The Flower Trying to Bloom In Snow

Completed Fics

A Gift of Frost
Characters: Shiva, OC
Rating: G
Contains: Allusions to lore, but no real spoilers
Wordcount: 2023
Notes: Written for Yuletide 2023
Beta: rhi and thesecondbatgirl (thank you both!)
Summary: Shiva does not ask how her siblings choose their Dominants. She knows only that they are compelled to find mortal hands through which to work. She seeks a new Dominant in the frozen Northern Territories.

Completed Fics
A New Book
Characters/Pairings: Ezio Auditore da Firenze/Sofia Sartor
Rating: R
Contains: Light BDSM, implied sex
Wordcount: 100
Notes: Written for who_shot_kr as part of the prompt meme.
Beta: None
Summary: Sofia has a new book to show Ezio; it's not entirely what he expected.

On the Rooftops of Roma
Characters: Ezio
Rating: NC-17
Contains: Masturbation, danger kink
Wordcount: 703
Notes: Written for 2011 kink_bingo.
Beta: A certain gracious paladin.
Summary: Half the fun in this is getting caught and getting away.

Incomplete Fics

Completed Fics
In the Service of Snark
Canon: King Thrushbeard
Rating: PG
Contains: Innuendo
Summary: King Thrushbeard's wife has not at all lost her talent for razor wit, though she has learnt some measure of humility.
Word Count: 1700

Swansong
Canon: The Wild Swans
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: Swans mate for life.
Wordcount: 1044

Incomplete Fics

Completed Fics
Without Words
Pairing: Mitsuru/Yukari
Rating: G
Contains: Endgame spoilers
Wordcount: 1225
Summary: Mitsuru doesn't have the right words for Yukari--but maybe that doesn't matter.

Reunion
Pairing: Akihiko/Mitsuru
Rating: PG
Contains: Ending spoilers.
Wordcount: 1250
Summary: Their reunion is unexpected, and the sweeter for it. Loose sequel to "Farewell."

Missed Opportunities
Pairing: Minato/Ms. Toriumi
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Wordcount: 100
Summary: She wonders what might have been.

Farewell
Pairing: Akihiko/Mitsuru
Rating: PG
Contains: Ending spoilers
Wordcount: 250
Summary: She doesn't want to say any more goodbyes.

Facility
Character: Mitsuru
Rating: G
Contains: Uh, warning for the canon/Evoker use?
Wordcount: 225
Summary: She envies Arisato's facility with his persona.

A Hope In Hell - crossover with Lost Odyssey.
Characters/Pairings: Kaim Argonar, Mitsuru Kirijo, Sarah Sisulart (Kaim/Sarah as background)
Rating: PG
Contains: Mild spoilers unto June of Persona 3.
Summary: They did not expect to find another world within the cave.
Wordcount: 1715

Incomplete Fics

Completed Fics
Visitation - Crossover with Final Fantasy XII
Characters: Delita, Venat
Rating: G
Contains: Spoilers for both games.
Summary: Delita finds something unexpected in the library.
Word Count: 453

In Cleansing Fire
Pairing: Delita/Ovelia
Rating: PG
Contains: Spoilers for the ending.
Summary: He has bathed the world entire in flame, that new growth might rise from the ashes.
Wordcount: 1075

Negotiations
Pairing: Delita/Ovelia
Rating: PG
Contains: Spoilers
Wordcount: 500
Summary: It is a business arrangement; it need not be disagreeable.

Revived
Characters: Ramza, Mustadio
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Wordcount: 100
Summary: Being revived is unsettling.

Incomplete Fics

Completed Fics
A Clever Ruse
Pairing: Balthier/Ashe
Rating: PG
Contains: Endgame spoilers
Wordcount: 1747
Summary: She must admit that the sky pirate does not lack for clever ruses, but that does not make him any less irritating.

Sticky Sweet
Pairing: Ashe/Balthier
Rating: PG
Contains: End of game spoilers
Wordcount: 1131
Summary: Ashe escapes the confines of the palace for a day, and goes to see an old friend

To the Last Drop
Character: Balthier, Fran
Rating: G
Contains: References to alcohol
Wordcount: 646
Summary: Balthier knows better than to take the challenge, but he might as well do it anyway.

Compensation
Pairing: Balthier/Ashe
Rating: G
Contains: Minor spoilers (through Shiva).
Wordcount: 679
Summary: Metal and gems are not the only things of value.

Appropriate Casting Decisions - Crossover with Final Fantasy IX
Pairing: Balthier/Ashe/Garnet
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Crack?
Wordcount: 100
Summary: Balthier approves of the casting of this scene.

Sting
Pairing: Ashe/Vossler
Rating: NC-17
Contains: Rough sex, dubious consent
Wordcount: 858
Summary: He does not know this woman who stares him down over their crossed blades.

Visitation - Crossover with Final Fantasy Tactics
Characters: Delita, Venat
Rating: G
Contains: Spoilers for both games.
Summary: Delita finds something unexpected in the library.
Word Count: 453

Too Soon the Sun Rises
Pairing: Balthier/Ashe
Rating: NC-17
Contains: Spoilers, sex
Summary: Regardless of aught else that befalls, they still have this.
Wordcount: 2150

Rubies
Pairing: Balthier/Ashe
Rating: PG
Contains: Spoilers through Pharos
Summary: It is no mere trinket he brings her, but something of great rarity.
Word Count: 2043

The Low Road - Crossover with Final Fantasy X
Pairing: Auron/Basch
Rating: R
Contains: Spoilers abound for both games. Also violence.
Summary: Neither of them need tell his story, when both look like this.
Word Count: 1600

A Warmer Welcome
Pairing: Balthier/Ashe
Rating: PG
Contains: Ending spoilers
Summary: She has need of a pirate, for this sort of errand; it is her particular curse that the one best-suited for it is so gods-cursedly difficult.
Wordcount: 1305

Pirates Without A Sky
Pairing: Balthier/Fran
Rating: PG
Contains: Endgame spoilers; hints of ties to FF Tactics.
Summary: They make plans while they recover.
Wordcount: 1030

The Theory of the Sky
Pairing: Balthier/Fran
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Strange how one's perceptions alter.
Wordcount: 100

Open Air
Pairing: Balthier/Fran
Rating: G
Contains: Spoilers through Golmore, and tooth-rotting fluff.
Summary: They've their own rhythm.
Wordcount: 400

Requiescat in Pace
Pairing: Vossler/Ashe, Basch/Ashe
Rating: G
Contains: Spoilers through the Stilshrine of Miriam
Summary: Paramina is both alike and unlike to Dalmasca.
Wordcount: 2100

Feather-Light
Pairing: Gabranth/Drace
Rating: G
Contains: Spoilers, the irony cudgel
Summary: He keeps the shed feather from her chocobo longer than he would have admitted to anyone.
Wordcount: 1550

A Poor Actress
Pairing: Balthier/Ashe
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Spoilers
Wordcount: 1100
Summary: This is not where she expected to find a petitioner.

Dair Agus Saileach
Characters: Vossler, Ashe
Rating: G
Contains: Spoilers through the first ten percent of the game or so? (Up to Leviathan)
Wordcount: 1600
Summary: Ashe learns swordplay from Vossler.

Midsummer
Characters: Fran, Mjrn, Jote
Rating: G
Contains: Minor spoilers for Eruyt Village.
Wordcount: 1100
Summary: The viera dance at midsummer.

Waiting
Pairing: Vossler/Ashe
Rating: PG
Contains: Spoilers through Leviathan.
Wordcount: 400
Summary: Ashe is not good at waiting.

Shake the Heavens
Characters/Pairings: Mateus, Ultima
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Wordcount: 2000
Summary: Even a loyal servant may turn rebellious when treated ill.

On Easy Terms
Characters/Pairings: Drace/Gabranth
Rating: PG-13
Contains: Non-explicit sex, spoilers (Up to the Salikawood)
Wordcount: 2900
Summary: Gabranth dislikes the layers and complications of any interaction with a native Archadian, but occasionally it's worth it.

Out of Place
Pairing: Larsa/Penelo
Rating: PG
Contains: Significant spoilers for the ending of the game as well as main party members' backstories
Wordcount: 5600
Summary: Penelo feels quite out of place at an Archadian ball.

Incomplete Fics
The Invaluable Art of Knowing When to Fold - Crossover with Final Fantasy VI
Pairing: Balthier/Celes, Locke/Celes referenced
Rating: PG, this installment
Contains: Spoilers for Balthier's backstory.
Wordcount: 3200
Summary: One of the most valuable lessons a young sky pirate will ever learn is when it is wisest to simply cut his losses and walk away.