Jan. 17th, 2024

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Hornhead (Matt | PG13 | 10,599 words): Matt begins to develop...demonic features, starting with waking up with horns. This is a fun comics-style romp.

Excerpt:
"Maybe they're just... stuck on?" Matt had said desperately after Foggy had collected himself. He didn't really want to touch them. Maybe if he didn't accept them as part of reality, they'd vanish as suddenly as they appeared.

"They look pretty... part-of-your-skull-y, Matt."

Matt sat down at his kitchen table, almost buried his head in his hands before he remembered he didn't want to touch anything. He settled for slouching and feeling lost at sea. Okay. Deep breath. "What do they look like?"

"I mean, they're not crazy. They're like the ones on your mask. Red. Kinda ... dinky?"
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Whichever you are, i love you (Foggy/Matt | PG13 | 7,029 words): Matt wakes up looking like a demon; Foggy helps him. This is a really sweet fic with Foggy helping Matt to accept the changes he's undergone.

Excerpt:
Matt nodded and turned his head away. "I didn't know– I only know what I can feel. I–" Matt wheezed out a terrified breath and forced himself to ask, "What does it look like, Foggy?"

Ready to do something he was more used to, Foggy cleared his throat and straightened his back the littlest bit. "Um, your– the horns are dark gray. And so are your fingers. From the second knuckle down, like they're covered in… coal dust, or something. And the tail–" Foggy's voice broke and he gulped down a breath. "The tail is kind of dark red."

Matt struggled to hold back tears and licked his lips. Foggy gasped sharply– he must not have noticed the tongues before. Scrubbing a clawed hand across his face, Matt said, "I'm sorry, Fogs. I don't know… I don't know why this is happening."

Foggy paused, then took a hesitant step forward, arm half outstretched. Immediately, Matt took a long step backward and held a warning hand out to Foggy. "Foggy, don't– I don't want to hurt you." Absentmindedly, Matt stroked his fingers over the spot on his stomach where he'd scratched himself when he woke up, but there was no cut in his skin, no scar or blood to be found.
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The One Who Holds the Seven Stars (Jack/Stephen | PG13 | 498 words): The Surprise weathers a terrible storm. This was written for the Day After Tomorrow Challenge and is an interesting ficlet about what it would be like for an apocalypse in the Age of Sail.

Excerpt:
Jack had never seen the like in his many years at sea. The storm tore 'round the Surprise, then through it as though with teeth. Snow fell, disconcerting considering their location, and sleet came down in sheets, icing deck and men alike.
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Service for Seven (Alfred | G | 233 words): Alfred arranges matters for Bruce when needed. This is a very sweet ficlet of Alfred caring for Bruce.

Excerpt:
It is a simple matter to arrange things, not through Mister Kent, his best friend. Nor through Miss Diana, his suitor.