For @sapphicrnm Galentine's 2025 Day 2: eros (romantic love)...
Tired of two of her best friends pining over each other, Isobel decides to take matters into her own hands and drags Maria to New York to visit Rosa... and finds a second chance along the way.
“I cannot believe you managed to get Maria all the way out here!” Rosa exclaimed as she flung her arms around Isobel, briefly. Then slipping into Maria’s arms for a much longer hug.
Maria scoffed, hugging Rosa back tightly. A little too tightly. “She didn’t make me do anything. Things are kinda slow right now and you’ve been asking for a visit for–””
Isobel refrained from rolling her eyes. Ever since Rosa had gone back to New York after Christmas, Maria had been mopey. Worse, she’d been in absolute denial about it. Isobel had tolerated it for almost a week before she’d decided on the judicious application of tequila and very careful probing with her empathy to sus out that Maria wasn’t just missing her best friend.
No. Maria played her cards close to the chest, but Isobel was more than sure that Maria was absolutely, stupidly in love with Rosa, and had been since they were teenagers, at least.
Co-written with @ladynox
Another fill for @julybreakbingo 2024. Prompt: And They Were Roommates.
Chapter 4
The shitty thing about this place was that the breaker was down in the basement. The basement that was absolutely stuffed with old furniture and clothes, historical documents, boxes of old-timey clothes for new docents, and the like. Michael sneezed as he wound his way through the mess.
He rubbed his itchy nose with one hand and held his cellphone out in front of him with another. There.
The closet that the breaker was in was kept locked, but that never stopped Michael before. A little twist of power and…
Huh. That was weird. He frowned, jiggling his power in the lock a little more. It felt like something was… preventing him from getting it unlocked.
Michael stopped, sweeping his cell phone light across the room. He couldn’t see anything but boxes and paintings of long dead folk. But he felt…
Co-written with @ladynox for @riproswell
The Lockhart House was once a home, although it was never a happy one. Steeped in tragedy, it still stands today, in the heart of Old Town Roswell, attracting ghost hunters and those seeking to catch a peak of something from beyond the veil.
Contrary to popular myth, it wasn’t currently haunted (except by one paranormally talented docent). It was Michael’s favorite job and the best part of his summer home from UNM. Or at least was until Alex Manes was hired to man the gift shop, complicating an otherwise fun and easy job.
Co-authored with @ladynox for @riproswell 2022
Solo
a knife’s edge (status: complete; malex)
Performance Review (status: complete; marliz)
i thought i was a fool for no one/oh baby, i’m a fool for you
(status: complete; malex)
palabras sinceras (status: complete; malex)
A New Year, A New Hope (status: complete; malex)
A New Year, A New Hope (status: complete; malex)
Six (status: complete; malex)
Rough Stock (status: complete; miluca)
i could make you smile if you stayed a while (status: complete; miluca with background malexa)
Broken Sign (status: complete; miluca)
i set my clocks early cause i know i’m always late (status: complete; Michael & Maria)
A Tremendous Thing (status: complete, marilex friendship, background malexa)
Co-authored with @beautifulcheat
don’t threaten me with a good time (status: complete; malex)
Naked in Manhattan (status: complete; antsabel & marosa)
First Responders (status: complete; valevans)
The Starseed Job (status: complete; malexa)
Crossed Wires (status: complete; malex)
Contigo me encontré (status: complete; malex)
Shelter (status: complete; malex)
The Great New Mexico Fake-Off & Petit Four (status: complete; malexa; background forlex & echo)
cause you’re the one who resonates (status: complete; malexa)
Dealing with Dragons (status: complete; miluca)
Dealing with Knights (status: complete; malexa)
Milestones (status: hiatus; malexa, background echo)
(not so) quiet mornings (status; complete; malexa)
The Truth Is Right Here (status: complete-ish, see below for details); malexa, background Kyliz, endgame kaliz)