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The names of all the oz_magi authors have been revealed, so I can now tell you that I wrote two stories this year.  *g*  There are a total of twenty-nine posts, a variety of stories and pieces of art, icons and stuff.  There's a great amount of variety, so everyone should be able to find something they like.  Once again, I take off my hat to Rustler, who organized the whole thing and ran it, despite all the Real Life turmoil she's dealing with at the moment. She's a miracle worker. 

Here's a link to The Master List!

And here are links to my two stories.


Only Trust Your Heart written for tokixedge

Pairing: Miguel Alvarez/Ryan O'Reily
Keyword/Prompt Phrase: A realistic portrayal on a relationship.
Synopsis:  Ryan and Miguel are both hanging on by the tips of their fingers when they run into each other at Lardner.  Neither has much reason to keep going, but if they stick together, maybe they can find a way to survive. 
Author's Note: Special thanks to my wonderful beta: blackchaps


Wild Kingdom, Revisited written for haru776

Pairing:  Beecher/Keller
Keyword/Prompt Phrase: animal
Synopsis:  Toby's aware of the fact that he and Keller are playing a dangerous game of predator and prey.  But after almost three years in this hell hole, Toby isn't likely to buckle under to Keller's pressure.  If he's not careful, Keller's going to find out the hard way that in Oz, the prey can be just as deadly as the predator.
Author's Note: Special thanks to my other wonderful beta: trillingstar


Now, go read!!! 

And don't forget to give feedback!


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Finally, some smut!  This is a good thing - these tamingthemuse prompts have been far too gen for my comfort level lately.  Enjoy!



Title: Xander's Favorite Stake
Fandom: Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
Author: dustandroses
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: NC17
Genre: PWP
Warnings: Blood Play, Angry Sex
Summary: There was no one in the world that Xander hated more than he hated Spike.
Spoilers: None
Word Count: 1,296 words
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Prompt Notes: Inspiration for this story taken from tamingthemuse prompt # 287: Surely the Bitterness of Death is at Hand.
Notes: I was at a total loss for this prompt, but ozsaur, as usual, was inspirational, and came up with exactly what I needed to get this story going.



Xander's Favorite Stake

(link leads to my Live Journal post)


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Yet again, I blame tamingthemuse for the almost-gen fic.  Damn them, they're ruining my reputation!  Ozsaur says this story is 'cute!'  I find that a little disturbing, but I have to admit, I like it anyway.  I hope you will too.


Title: Never Stand Alone
Fandom: Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
Author: dustandroses
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Characters/Pairing: Xander, Giles, Spike, Spike/Xander Preslash
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Humor, Friendship Fic/Preslash
Warnings: It's Cute!
Summary: Xander had always heard that it was important to take a stand.  Unfortunately, he didn't realize until way too late that this time, the stand had taken him!
Spoilers: Vague Early Season Five References
Word Count: 5,011 words
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Prompt Notes: Inspiration for this story taken from tamingthemuse prompt # 286: Take A Stand.
Notes: I was floundering on this one, trying to come up with something that worked for me and, as usual, ozsaur came through in the pinch and supplied me with the perfect idea.  That's why she's my hero and shit.


Never Stand Alone


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Title: Spike and Xander's Rocking New Year's Eve
Fandom: Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
Author: dustandroses 
Beta: trillingstar, my other hero and shit
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: R
Genres: Developing Relationship, First Kiss, Basement of Doom Fic
Warnings: None
Summary: Spike, why are you in my house, wearing my last clean pair of underwear?
Spoilers: None
Word Count: 6,768 words
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Prompt Notes: Inspiration for this story taken from tamingthemuse prompt #284: Sphinx.
Notes: This story is dedicated to laazikaat, who goes above and beyond to get the Spander out there for all of us.
The story takes place on New Year's Eve 2000, which means mid-Season Five. However, a few things are different, making this story AU: Xander and Anya broke up at the end of Season Four, Xander still lives in his parent's basement, and Spike never fell for Buffy. So there.
Special thanks go out to trillingstar, who did a rush beta at the very last minute, while visiting family many miles from home.



Spike and Xander's Rocking New Year's Eve


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I wrote something, recently. Okay, I wrote a lot of something recently. A big lot. So I'm sharing with everyone. Hope you like it, I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. Enjoy!


Title: Old Blood
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: dustandroses 
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: NC17
Genres: Demons Made Them Do It, First Time
Warnings: Some Graphic Violence, Dom/sub, Bondage, Blood Play, Consensual Discipline, Rough Sex
Summary: When Spike and Xander accidentally get caught up in a dangerous spell, it sets them on a course that could have deadly consequences for them both.
Spoilers: Through the end of Season Four.
Word Count: 35,000 words
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Notes: Written for fall_for_sx Season 8
The story takes place the summer between Seasons Four and Five. I've taken some liberties with the back story, as regards the canon events of Season Four, most particularly concerning Xander and Anya's relationship and Spike's role in Adam's schemes.
Special thanks to trillingstar for her quick wit and willingness to brainstorm silly ideas at the drop of a hat.


Old Blood on My Live Journal

Old Blood on AO3


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Title: Starts With An Earthquake
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: dustandroses
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Characters/Pairings: Spike/Xander, Buffy/Riley, Tara/Willow, Dawn, Anya/Giles
Rating: PG13
Genre: Gen - there are canon and non-canon pairings mentioned, but they are not the focus of the story.
Summary: What do you do when you're stuck in the middle of nowhere, celebrating the fact that you've made it through an entire year since the world as you knew it ended?  
Warnings: None, really.
Spoilers: The BtVS series through Season Seven, sorta. It's AU.
Word Count: 1495 words
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Prompt Notes: Written for tamingthemuse prompt #278: Rapid Eye Movement, which I translated as R.E.M. so I could use their song "It's the End of the World as We Know it (and I Feel Fine.) Hey, they say the prompts are open to interpretation, right?
Author's Notes: An AU Post-Apocafic vignette: Tara and Anya are still alive, but Xander has lost his eye and there are baby slayers hanging out, so it's a bit of a mix. Totally ignores the comics. Lyrics from the song It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. are taken from absolutelyrics.com.  I have a feeling these lyrics have been used for apocafic more than once already, but hey, they fit the prompt.   I blame tamingthemuse for all the gen fic I've been writing these days. :::points finger:::   It's all their fault!


( Starts With An Earthquake )


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Title: Return to Innocence
Fandom: Oz
Author: dustandroses
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Character: Ryan O'Reily
Rating: PG13
Summary: Ryan doesn’t ever remember being innocent.
Warnings: Talk of past child abuse.
Spoilers: None - Takes place Pre-Canon.
Word Count: 651 words
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Prompt Notes: Written for tamingthemuse prompt #277: Innocence
Author’s Notes: A pre-canon character study, and an extremely rare (for me, anyway) gen fic.


( Return to Innocence )


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Title: A Journey of a Thousand Miles Starts with a Quick Stumble
Fandom: Stargate: SG-1
Author: dustandroses
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Pairing: Jon (Clone!Jack)/Daniel
Rating: NC17
Summary: They’ve already seduced Jack to the dark side, now it’s time to take on Daniel.
Warnings: Could be considered Adult/Minor Sex (The minor involved has a 15 year old body, but his memories are those of a 50 year old man.)
Spoilers: Through Season Seven, Episode 12, Evolution, Part 2.
Word Count: 751 words
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Prompt Notes: Written for tamingthemuse prompt #276: A journey of a thousand miles starts with a quick stumble.
Author’s Notes: The clones Jon and Danny may have 15 year old bodies, but they have the full memories of their 40 and 50 year old 'originals'. This story is a part of my Clone to the Second Power series of loosely connected PWPs, based on the premise that when the 15 year-old Jack clone was made, he was lonely, so Thor (with Daniel's permission) created a Daniel clone to keep him company.

The clones go by the names Jon and Danny, to make it easier to tell them apart from the 'adult' originals.

You do not need to have read the other parts of the series to understand this story.



( A Journey of a Thousand Miles Starts with a Quick Stumble )

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Title: By the Light of a Blue Moon
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: dustandroses
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: NC17
Summary: A graveyard was no place to spend Halloween night, especially on the Hellmouth. Unfortunately, no one thought to tell the ghouls that.
Warnings: A small amount of graphic violence perpetrated on random ghouls.
Spoilers: None, really, but the story happens in early Season Five.
Word Count: 2830 words
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Notes: Written for the sixth annual spook_me challenge for this picture prompt, and for tamingthemuse prompt #275: Tranquil.
Blue Moon Note: There actually was a full blue moon on Oct. 31, 2001, which had a lot to do with how this story got written. Of course, in BtVS Land that coincides with the sixth season episode in which Dawn makes out with a teenage vampire, so I decided to set this story in season five instead.



( By the Light of a Blue Moon )


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So I didn't end up writing a story this year; that pesky heart attack got in the way.  I did, however, manage to complete my art project for In Ordinary Time - written by Lexa C/MaryLex, one of the most amazing writers in Oz fandom.  Nothing personal against everyone who's NOT MaryLex, but damn!  Have you read her stories?   (:::genuflects:::  I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!)   Anyway.  The story is absolutely incredible, as usual.  It's also Alvarez/Mukada, which is why I chose the above screencap.  *beg*

You can check out my graphic here:




Be sure you check out Neevebrody's art for the same story - it's just beautiful.  There are two other stories, and four other artists this year, so don't forget to look around when you get there.  This is the third year, so check out the last two year's worth of stories and art, as well.   And don't forget to leave feedback!



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A River Called Denial

Nominated for Best Series
in Round 24 of the SunnyD Awards!
This hasn't happened to me too many times, so it's still pretty cool. And this is the first time it's ever happened for a Buffy fic. So allow me to revel. *g*

:::does the Snoopy Dance:::

Click on Spike to read A River Called Denial on my LJ fic journal dustys_fic, and click on Xander to read it on AO3.


A big THANK YOU to whoever nominated me!

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I finally got both my fic journals up to date, and now I can post my Master List of Master-bation!  Woo hoo!  I know you're excited, don't try to deny it.  I tried to get as many of your prompts in as I could, but there were some that just didn't make it.  Don't despair, though, I'm saving all the prompts I didn't get to, and putting them in my prompts folder.  You never know when you may see them again.  *g*

I'd like to dedicate this entire month's worth of stories to ozsaur, who not only stayed up past her bedtime betaing all but a small handful of these, but handed me prompts and propped me up when I was sagging low on energy and enthusiasm.  That's why she's my hero and shit!  I'd also like to thank trillingstar, who was a great support for me this month, as well.  Including one all-nighter, betaing the final fic in the A River Called Denial series that neither of us will ever forget, no matter how hard we try. 

So here it is: 31 days worth of masturbation fic.  Enjoy!



Buffy the Vampire Slayer

A River Called Denial Series - Spike/Xander, NC17.  Xander is having problems with his concentration, unless the subject is that annoying, damned sexy vampire Spike!  But if he refuses to admit it, it's not really happening, right?  Days 1 - 7, 6800 words total. 

Seeing is Believing - Spike/Xander & Jessie, NC17.  Spike turned around, half a block up the street and stood there, arms crossed. The smirk on his face proclaimed loudly that he was sure he’d won and Xander had lost this particular argument. The hell if he had.  Days 25 & 28, 3659 words.  Written for wardenda.


DragaeraVerse (Steven Brust Novels)

Desperation at Castle Black; or, Who Needs Opposable Thumbs, Anyway? - Loiosh, R.   Vlad kept him busy, and besides, who wanted to be tied down when he could be working for a witch with a reputation as a deadly assassin, living a life of danger and intrigue.  Day 27, 622 words.


Firefly

Handling Your Weapon - Mal, Jayne/Mal Preslash, R.  Note: Slight Gun Kink.  Jayne was examining some kind of complex rifle the smithy had presented to him. The open look of lust on his face was downright disturbing.   Day 13, 400 words.

Rasslin' with Your Right Hand - Jayne, Jayne/Mal Preslash, NC17.  Note: Gun Kink.  Sequel to Handling Your Weapon.  Jayne and Vera have always been close.   Day 16, 1034 words.


NCIS

Soaring - Tony, R.  Tony loves to dance.   Day 15, 100 words.

Lost in the Beat - Tony & OMCs, NC17.  Notes: Voyeurism/Eavesdropping.  Expanded story that started with the drabble Soaring.   He loved getting lost in the beat, his head falling back as the bass vibrated under his skin, along his bones, into his pelvis. It was erotic and sensual and he almost always left the bar with a hard-on.   Day 17, 1400 words.

Half a Mile High? - Tony, NC17.  Wide awake at two am, what the hell else is there to do?  Day 19, 100 words.

Fashionista - Abby, Abby/Tony, NC17.  Notes: Voyeurism, Exhibitionism, Underwear Kink.  Loose sequel to Half a Mile High?   Abby is fascinated by Tony's wide selection.  Day 21, 550 words.  Written for ozsaur.

Backfire - Gibbs, Gibbs/Tony Preslash, R.  One thing Gibbs has learned over the years is that Tony responds well to touch.   Day 24, 200 words.

Comfort and Need - Tony, Tony/the Sergeant (OMC), NC17.  Note: Part of the Rough Comfort Universe.  Tony realizes that sometimes you have to go after what you need.   Day 29, 312 words.  Written for trillingstar.


Oz

A Temporary Solution - Jaz Hoyt/Fiona, NC17.  The Hole can be a lonely place, but Jaz isn't the only one who's suffering.  Day 10, 750 words.   Note: Sequel to Who's the Man? 

Plexiglas and Hungry Eyes - Miguel Alvarez/Ryan O'Reily Preslash, NC17.    Not like there was a lot of privacy in Oz.  Day 11, 300 words.  Note: Voyeurism.  Written for trillingstar.

Storyteller - Tobias Beecher/Ryan O'Reily Preslash, NC17.  Toby’s still somewhat uncomfortable around Ryan’s easy sexuality, but with the pot fuzzing the edges of his thoughts, Toby’s relaxed enough that he just closes his eyes and gets lost in the story.  Day 13, 200 words.  Note: Voyeurism. 

Turnabout - Miguel Alvarez/Ryan O'Reily Preslash, NC17.  This time, it's Ryan's turn to watch.  Day 13, 200 words.  Note: Voyeurism.  Sequel to Plexiglas Walls and Hungry Eyes.  Written for trillingstar.

Heavy Hitter - Ryan O'Reily/Sean Murphy Preslash, NC17.  Ryan liked being in charge, but if he couldn’t be the one making the rules, there was nothing he loved more than challenging the one who was.  Day 22, 592 words.  Notes: Voyeurism.  Sequel to Cock of the Walk. 

Too Late for Regrets - Vern Schillinger, R.  Vern hates being in the hospital.  Day 23, 100 words.

Late to the Party - Miguel Alvarez/Chris Keller, NC17.  Miguel learns the importance of punctuality.  Day 26, 200 words.  Note: Dom/sub. 

The Rules - Tobias Beecher/Chris Keller, NC17.  What else is there to do when you're in Lockdown?  Day 31, 300 words.   Notes: Voyeurism, Power Play, Orgasm Denial.  Written for paian.


Stargate: SG-1

The Naked Truth  - Jack, Jack/Daniel Preslash, NC17.  An Asgard with a sense of humor.  Nobody had expected that.   Day 8, 884 words.

The Gift that Keeps on Giving - Jack & Teal'c, NC17.   Jack is in need of a little downtime, and Teal'c has just the right solution.   Day 9, 861 words.  Written for salixbabylon.

Poetry Reading at the SGC - Jack/Daniel, NC17.  Poetry had never been a strong point of Jack's.  Under the circumstances, he usually preferred something with pictures.  Day 18, 1270 words.  Written for paian.

Simplicity - Jack, Jack/Daniel, NC17.  There was nothing wrong with toys, but sometimes it was nice to go with the classics.  Day 30, 100 words.  Written for sid.


Stargate Atlantis

Bound and Determined - John/Rodney, NC17.  Rodney had been lying there, bound hand and foot, forever.  Where the hell was his rescue party?    Day 20, 767 words.   Written for sid.


ETA:  These links all lead to my Live Journal fic journals, since I haven't yet figured out how to transfer them to the fic journal I have set aside for DW.  (Any suggestions on transferring a couple of private journals on LJ to a community here on DW will be gladly accepted.)

The challenge to celebrate hardtime100's eighth year was to write eight drabbles or flashfics over the course of the month, using prompts from past years.  As usual, I didn't start until a little over a week ago.  Procrastinators Unite!  (Sometime next week.)  Six drabbles and two flash fic later, I finished, waiting until the last minute, of course, which means I just posted the last of them today.

I've already posted a header for the other flash fic (Cock of the Walk), so today you get links to the last of the flash fic, and the six drabbles.  In case you're wondering, yes, I do intend to write in other fandoms in the near future.  *g*  As a matter of fact, I expect a fair amount of the masturbation month fic to be from other fandoms.  Why?  Because as soon as I finish mmom, it will be time to start on my next big project: Oz Big Bang III.  I think a small break is in order, don't you? 

In the meantime, here's some more Oz for you.


Title: Who's the Man?
Author: dustandroses 
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Pairing: Jaz Hoyt/Fiona
Rating: NC17
Warnings: None
Summary: Shifting in his chair, Hoyt glanced around, wondering if anyone would notice if he busted a nut before they left for chow. Fiona could do that to him - just the thought of her lips on his cock, or her tongue up his ass and he was hard as a rock.
HT100 Flash Fic Prompt #59: What Would Brian Boitano Do?
Spoilers: None
Word Count: 2024
Author’s Notes: A sequel to Fair Trade, but I think it can be read on its own.
Dedicated to: hagiologic, who wanted more Jaz/Fiona.  Your wish is my command.  *g*



Six Drabbles:

Something in the Air - Sean Murphy (with a side order of Beecher/Keller & Ryan O'Reily), NC17, 200 words (a double drabble), Spoilers: The End of Season Three (A Lockdown Fic)

Hungry - Richie Hanlon, NC17, 100 words, Spoilers: None

Bad Influence - Ryan O'Reily/Chris Keller, Nate Shemin, R, 100 words, Spoilers: Season 3, Episode 5, U.S. Male

It's the Hair - Schillinger and Beecher, PG13, 100 words, Spoilers: Season 3, Episode 5, U.S. Male

Sock Puppet - Cyril and Ryan O'Reily, NC17, 200 words (a double drabble), Spoilers: Season 3, Episode 5, U.S. Male

Don't Think Twice - Miguel Alvarez/Donald Groves, NC17, 100 words, Spoilers:Season 1, Episode 5, Straight Life


Enjoy!


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If you've read my last post already, you know I created art for the Oz Graffixation Challenge on oz_graffiti.  I liked the idea of starting with a piece of art, and letting that inspire someone else to write a story, but I have to admit, I had no idea what parts, if any, of my concept would come across to a writer.  I chose Season One Beecher & O'Reily, which isn't all that surprising, if you know my stories.  I like seeing those two together, especially in Season One.

So I made a graphic, and crossed my fingers, hoping something good would come out of it.  OMG.  I was so very, very lucky.  MaryLex (aka marythefan) chose my graphic!  I absolutely love her writing.  I was ecstatic before I even read a word of her story.  And what a story it was.  I was amazed at how much she touched on the underlying ideas that were in my head, even though I had no idea if they'd come across in my art.  

MaryLex's story is just wonderful, and I urge you all to read it.  (And if you have the courage, go on down to the comments and see exactly how happy I was with the fic she wrote.)

While you're there - check out cmk418's drabble - Wow.  It's almost scary how well she got into Vern Schillinger's head. 


Season One Beecher/O'Reily graphic by me.

Eight Thousand Meters by MaryLex (marythefan.)

Lesson To Be Learned by cmk418.



Note: Don't forget to take a look at the rest of the posts for The Graffixation Challenge!  There is some really amazing art there already, and now that my story is written, I'm looking forward to reading everyone else's fic.  Check them out, and be sure to leave comments for all the excellent art and stories.  (They're still posting: I think there are three stories out with extensions, so it may be a few days before everything is posted.)


Enjoy!


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I decided to do art for the Oz Graffixation Challenge being held over on oz_graffiti, so I wasn't actually planning to write a story.  Especially not a Beecher/Keller story.  I don't write B/K very often, it's really not my favorite pairing.  But there was a last minute drop-out, and Ozsaur batted her eyelashes at me and I caved.  So I wrote B/K.  I was very pleased with how it came out.  I even gave it a happy ending, amazingly enough.

The Graffixation challenge was a reverse-a-thon: the art came first, and you had to write a story inspired by that art.  Since I didn't get to chose my art, I was a bit nervous, but daicon_oroshi created a great piece of art, and gave me lots to work with.  If you don't know her, check out her journal, she's done some wonderful Oz art work, and created a number of Japanese style comics with Oz characters, as well. 

Just remember, she doesn't speak English very well, so her translations from her native Japanese come mainly from Google Translate.  Oh, and in case you're wondering, she left a note on her journal after the earthquake/tsunami, saying that she was okay.  She hasn't posted since, but hopefully everything is still all right with her.


Beecher/Keller Art by daicon_oroshi


Title: Stealing Luck
Beta: ozsaur, my hero and shit
Pairing: Beecher/Keller, (with flashbacks to Beecher/Schillinger)
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Dub-Con, Non-Con Flashbacks
Summary: When Judge Lema admitted that her treatment of Toby had been influenced by her own prejudices, they told Toby he was lucky. Told him he’d been given a second chance and to be careful not to screw it up. But they hadn’t lived through what he had. They just didn’t understand.
Spoilers: Strangely AU Spoilers for Season One and Season Two.
Word Count: 7600 words
Author’s Notes: The story may have warnings for Dub-Con and Non-Con, but in the end, it’s a love story, and it ends up just as happily ever after as a love story is supposed to.


Bonus Drabble: Hero by cmk418  -   she wrote a drabble for all the Graffixation art pieces, and I love this one.  It's so perfectly Keller, making the ultimate sacrifice for Toby.  


Enjoy!


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Okay, so somehow I never managed to post a link to my Oz Magi story for last year, or the vid and fan art I received. What the hell was I thinking? Or not thinking, as the case may be. In any event - here's a link to the vid and art KateJ made for me.  I asked for Keller's seductive side, and gave a list of who he could be seducing.  She chose Chris/Ryan, and showed me just how sexy Ryan can be when he's paired with Keller.  OMG.  Hot. 

Now I want to write Keller/O'Reily for my Oz Big Bang this year.  Any one have any ideas for a long, meaty, twisty, sexy Chris/Ryan plot?  Yeah...that's not going to be an easy one to come up with.  Anyway...here's the link to the vid.  

Crossfire - vid and art by KateJ.  Check it out!


And here's a link to the fic I wrote:


Title: Distracted
Beta: trillingstar, my hero and shit
Pairing: Miguel Alvarez/Ryan O’Reily
Rating: NC17
Summary: Ryan searches for distractions, and finds more than he expected.
Spoilers: Through Season Three, Episode Six - Cruel and Unusual Punishments
Word Count: 6100 words
Author’s Notes: Quick and Dirty Beta by the marvelous trillingstar on everything but the last scene – any faults you find there you can blame directly on me.
Several quotes taken from Unnatural Disasters and U. S. Male - Season Three, Episodes Four and Five, written by Tom Fontana and Bradford Winters.


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Okay, so I was not an official member of the Jamboree.  But it was held in Boston, and there were Oz peeps there, and I needed to meet them, so I hung out this afternoon, and it was great!  We didn't get to see cheights who was supposed to join us, but had RL stupidness instead.  You were missed, Cat. 

I did get to met rustler, one of my very oldest fandom friends, the person who encouraged me to write my first full-length fic, betaed it for me, and even helped me get it included into kaynyne's excellent fanzine AdSeg.  Now see?  Look at the monster you created!

I met trillingstar, who's been one of my inspirations and solid supports for the last two years.  More than once in the last several years, I've wondered what I would do without her and ozsaur helping me hold my fandom-writing-self together.  The answer to that question would probably be "fall apart rather spectacularly," in case you were wondering. 

And I met my very newest fandom friend, a fellow Bostoner, hagiologic, who I just friended today.  I expect to know her for a long time, too.  Hate to say it, but you fit in with the lunatics of this little asylum just fine, so we won't be letting you go anytime soon!  *g*  (Hey Cat, looks like we're starting a Boston Oz fanclub, and you've been drafted to join.  Aren't you happy?)

I was only there for four hours, but I had a blast.  I'm pretty sure we talked non-stop for all four hours.  Even while we were eating.  As hagiologic said, it's a relief to talk "fandom" and have the people you're talking to know exactly what you mean, and not look at you like there's something strange growing out of your forehead.  Okay, so maybe I'm paraphrasing, there, but I think you get the idea.  It was a great experience, and I thank the three of you for making it so. 


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Here's a quick glimpse into the past: A story I wrote almost six years ago for a drabble challenge on hardtime100 - the Oz drabble challenge comm.  The reason I'm revisiting the story today is that last month aletter2elise made an wonderful drawing inspired by it, and since I'm in the process of fixing up breakingparole (my oz fic journal) and adding this art to my story, I thought I'd share it with the rest of you as well.

BTW - the drawing is most definitely NSFW!!!

Enjoy!


Title: There's a Riot Going On
Beta:  ozsaur (she's my hero and shit)
Pairing:  Beecher/O'Reily
Rating:  NC-17
Prompt: Challenge #74 - Wet.
Word Count: 1000 words (Ten 100 word drabbles)
Notes:  This is a slightly AU version of the riot at the end of Season One.  In this version, they did not put the wounded in the shower room, and there was at least half an hour between the time Said gets Adebisi and the homeboys tied up and the time the SORT team shows up. 
First posted on hardtime100 on April 26, 2005. 
The drabbles alternate between Tobias Beecher’s POV and Ryan O’Reily’s.
Inspired by “Riot In Cell Block Number Nine” by Leiber & Stoller, as sung by The Blues Brothers.  


 

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( Art by aletter2elise! )