Due to my (not so) recent bout of "I don't want to do anything save read and maybe watch a bit TV", the muses have left me pretty much alone save on two occasions. The first result, a ficlet, dates back a few months (I just couldn't bring myself to take my beta readers' advice and correct my mistakes), the second was written on Tuesday.

Not surprisingly, the first is still "Harry Potter" -- I'm still not over my Sirius/Snape obsession -- while the second was caused by my most recent fascination, "Horatio Hornblower", in particular the HH/WB dynamic. Enjoy!

Promise
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: none (gen)
Rating: PG
Summary: One day in London, Hermione keeps a promise she made to herself - headgirl or not.
Beta thanks to: Lyle, Mike and Madraykin
1.006 words, gen, Hermione POV.

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( Promise )

khaleesian

Admittedly, my frustration with "The Order of the Phoenix" is beginning to take on weird shapes. Still. Grrr.

Black Night of the Soul
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Sirius Black / Severus Snape
Rating: R
Summary: There is a reason for the animosity between Snape and Sirius Black.
340 words, dark, non-explicit non-con, small spoiler for OotP, Snape POV.

I finally found a beta reader on [Rareslash] and thanks to him, both my stories are now finished and can be found on the 'net:

Discovering Things out of Darkness - #1: Miracles in the Flesh
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: Miracles
Pairing: Alva Keel / Paul Callan
Rating: R
Summary: Paul is reading signs, acts on his conclusions... and learns that chasms are not easy to bridge.
Beta thanks to: John
4.488 words, first time, PWP, Callan POV, set after episode 1.06 "The Hand of God". Spoilers for episodes 1.01 to 1.06.

Discovering Things out of Darkness" - #2: Know thy own Heart
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: Miracles
Pairing: Alva Keel / Paul Callan
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Before you can seek God's forgiveness, you have to find your own.
Beta thanks to: John
2.496 words, drama, Callan POV, set after "Miracles in the Flesh". Spoilers for episodes 1.01 to 1.06.

Due to the fact that they're changing servers at skeeter63.org and that therefore I can't access my website, it might take a while until the links above actually work.

...and too much time at work when you're even willing to read Bild to stave off boredom (now if that isn't a die-hard sign of desperation, I don't know what else could be!), you snap your knuckles and write in the most unusual fandoms:

Duty is a harsh Mistress
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: Gerry Anderson's "U.F.O."
Pairing: Ed Straker / Alec Freeman
Rating: PG
Summary: To deny yourself may work for a while, but it definitely won't make you happy.
Beta thanks to: tallsor
1.174 words, 3rd person POV.

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U.F.O., Straker/Freeman. Finally. I read that TPTB took on George Sewell as an actor because they wanted someone older, less handsome, more 'down-to-Earth' for the average viewer. I seriously don't know how they ever got the idea that he'd fullfill that criteria. I like the man, his looks, his easy rapport to Straker. Why, oh why, does no-one else write slash for that pairing? They are clearly very good friends, trust each other and have been working for S.H.A.D.O. for years; in fact, I believe they founded it together.
Why does instead everyone ooh! and aah! over Paul Foster instead whose relationship with Straker is more superior-subordinate and who's portrayed as the consumate Ladies Man? I don't get it. I seriously don't. I think Foster's just -- superfluous. Girls falling over themselves trying to get that guy's attention always felt like aliens to me, and the shot we saw of his naked, hairy chest certainly didn't make things better. Eeew.

( Duty is a harsh Mistress )

Too much "Battlestar Galactica" slash will do the following to you:

Truth at last
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica: The Original Series
Pairing: Apollo / Starbuck
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Some insights come too late.
Beta thanks to: tallsor
178 words, Apollo POV.

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( Truth at last )

Back from beta and still hot from the presses, here's "History in a Bottle", mabiana's reward for answering my earlier question of guess-what-fic. Mag7, OW. And Chris/Ezra, as asked. ;-)

History in a Bottle
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: The Magnificent Seven (TV series)
Pairing: Chris Larabee / Ezra Standish
Rating: PG
Summary: There's too much alcohol in Chris' past, or he'd remember encountering a certain gambler well before Four Corners.
Beta thanks to: tallsor
Old West, 1.732 words, Ezra POV.

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( History in a Bottle )

Lumina~, my seductress to Mag7, had beta'd this short story several days ago, but due to the events listed below, it took me some time to post it here. So, without further ado:

Bitter
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: The Magnificent Seven (TV series)
Pairing: Chris Larabee / Ezra Standish
Rating: R
Summary: Ezra just snaps one day, but then, Chris should have seen it coming - you always reap what you sow.
Beta thanks to: thenightsfall
Old West, 2.791 words, Chris POV.

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( Bitter )

I currently only seem to be able to write drabbles. Haven't got the faintest idea why, but until I find out, I decided to blame gwendolen *smirk*.
This time, I even managed to heed the 100-word-rule. A true drabble. Wow.

Of course, still my current addiction, that is, Mag7, and equally obvious, once again Chris/Ezra. What, predictable? Me?! *g*

Revelation
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: The Magnificent Seven (TV series)
Pairing: Chris Larabee / Ezra Standish
Rating: G
Summary: One person's loss is another person's gain.
Old West, 100 words (!), Chris POV, unbeta'd.

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( Revelation )

I seem to be the only one seduced into writing Schatz/Taube slash - which, frankly, is astonishing. Taube is gay, for God's sake, and Jupp + partnership + homophobia = UST is really not a hard stretch to make. Duh.

Geständnisse
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: SK Kölsch
Pairing: Jupp Schatz / Klaus Taube
Rating: PG
Summary: Jupp Schatz hat ein verständnisvolles Ohr gefunden und trinkt vielleicht ein, zwei Kölsch zu viel...
1.111 words, Jupp POV, spoilers for season 1 and 2.

And since SK Kölsch is a German TV series, this ficlet is written in German. Just so you know.

Boromir. Leaves in his hair. The forest floor of Lórien.

If that doesn't say 'sex', I don't know what. My subconscious is drooling. So, without further ado:

Lórien
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: Lord of the Rings (Herr der Ringe)
Pairing: Aragorn / Boromir
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Dort, auf dem Waldboden von Lothlórien, steht die Zeit für einen Herzschlag still.
300 words, Aragorn POV.

Yes, it's also in German.

Yes, both are in German. I wrote them some time ago and finally decided to upload them to my page:

Freier Fall
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: Twin Peaks
Pairing: Dale Cooper / Harry Truman
Rating: PG
Summary: Harry Trumans Welt ist mit Agent Coopers Ankunft ganz gehörig auf den Kopf gestellt worden.
3.200 words, Truman POV.

Verwechslung
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: The Magnificent Seven (Die glorreichen Sieben)
Pairing: Chris Larabee / Ezra Standish
Rating: PG
Summary: Im Wilden Westen hat die Telegraphie die Buschtrommeln ersetzt.
247 words, humor.

Admittedly, they're both pretty much pointless. So what.

And this one's set in the AFT universe. Don't worry, it's also in English.

Crossroads
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: The Magnificent Seven (TV series)
Pairing: Chris Larabee / Ezra Standish
Rating: PG
Summary: Ezra and the liberating freedom of burning your bridges behind you.
Beta thanks to: thenightsfall
ATF AU setting, 350 words, Ezra POV.

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( Crossroads )

Two drabbles (although, technically, they're too long to fall under that category; well, more than 100 words, see?). This time, both Mag7, Chris/Ezra. One OW, one ATF. See for yourself.

The following one is the one set in the Old West, and no, this time, I didn't write in German... ;-)

Sunlight, Sun bright
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: The Magnificent Seven (TV series)
Pairing: Chris Larabee / Ezra Standish
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A snapshot of a moment in the bright light of the sun. A study in contrast.
Beta thanks to: thenightsfall
Old West, 563 words, other POV.

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( Sunlight, Sun bright )

My new "Oz" story is now back from beta and up on my page. I'm not totally happy with it, but then, who ever is.

See, Hear and Speak No Evil
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: HBO's "Oz"
Pairing: Tobias Beecher / Chris Keller
Rating: R
Summary: Chris Keller is in Cedar Junction for confessing to Hank Schillinger's murder, but FBI Agent Taylor hasn't given up the hunt.
Beta thanks to: tobyfan
3.850 words, Beecher POV, set post season 4.2.

I even forced myself to start with the income tax return form today. Productive much. Swell.

Speaking of porn, "Not a Place" pretty much amounts to the same. Lundy and LaFiamma are so slashy - they beat each other up, they get up each other's nose, they care for each other despite it all, even as early as in the pilot when LaFiamma drags Lundy away from the burning car that he knew had to remind Lundy of how his wife Caroline died.

Not A Place
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: Houston Knights
Pairing: Levon Lundy / Joe LaFiamma
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Set after the episode "Bad Girl", Joe LaFiamma discovers he can't deal with the loneliness anymore, because home is not a place - it's people, and that's the connection he's been missing desperately.
Beta thanks to: zortified
6.103 words, first time, Joe angst, LaFiamma POV, spoilers for ep. 1x07 - "Bad Girl".

Why there isn't more slash out there, I'll never understand. Furthermore, I cannot believe that no one seems to have any interest in releasing the show on DVD.

The following is the first true porn I ever wrote, and I fluctuated between embarrassment, pride and horniness during writing and posting it. I still know how much my face was on fire when I showed it - unfinished, but well under way - to moonilicious.

Still, it won the 2001 Serge Award in the "PWP" category, so I'd say I was pretty successful, wasn't I? :::smug look:::

Feeding Ray
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Benton Fraser / Ray Kowalski
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Fraser only intends to feed Ray Kowalski - but he discovers soon that lunch breaks can be spent in an altogether different way...
Beta thanks to: lmondegreen
8.004 words, PWP, Fraser POV.

The following ficlet was originally intended to be the prologue of a longer story (parts of which were posted to the [viceslash] Mailing List in 2000), but sadly, my inspiration dried up. That's not to say, however, that I might not, one day, get back to this. The relationship between Crockett and Tubbs is certainly interesting enough, and the tons of Crockett/Castillo slash out there on the web need a bit of balancing out. *g*

A Crack in the Wall - #1: A Confession in a Graveyard
Author: allaire mikháil
Fandom: Miami Vice
Pairing: none (gen/pre-slash)
Rating: G
Summary: Sonny Crockett faces a wall he can't break down, and has to deal with a painful truth.
887 words, Crockett POV.

Plus, in the Burnett arc? Crockett in a grey suit in the moment he realizes what he's done during his amnesia? Sooo pretty. :::drool:::