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kingsmanreversebangWe're a little less than a month from turn in (I meant to do this last week but forgot), and it's a good time for authors to share snippets of their stories in progress and members of the comm - artists, other writers, cheerleaders - to read and comment.
This is not to be an exercise in constructive criticism in any way, shape, or form. It's a chance for everyone to cheer on writers, many of whom are writing more than one story. If there's something that you don't like, then say nothing. Same holds if there is something you see that doesn't make sense or has spelling and grammatical errors, please remember, these snippets are from works still being written and edited.
Authors, if you do wish to share your work in progress, please put the artist's name and a short description of the art and pairing in the comment subject line, e.g., "For AnarchyCox's Merlin in Tuxedo Mills & Boon Cover artwork, Merlahad" (to use my own as an example).
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This is not to be an exercise in constructive criticism in any way, shape, or form. It's a chance for everyone to cheer on writers, many of whom are writing more than one story. If there's something that you don't like, then say nothing. Same holds if there is something you see that doesn't make sense or has spelling and grammatical errors, please remember, these snippets are from works still being written and edited.
Authors, if you do wish to share your work in progress, please put the artist's name and a short description of the art and pairing in the comment subject line, e.g., "For AnarchyCox's Merlin in Tuxedo Mills & Boon Cover artwork, Merlahad" (to use my own as an example).
Your mods can't wait to see what's been cooking in your fertile brains!
NB: If you aren't a frequent visitor to Dreamwidth, you can get notifications of new comments in your email by clicking on the Track This link.
As always, if you have any questions, please contact your mods,
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For AnarchyCox's "Merlin in Tuxedo Mills & Boon Cover" artwork, Merlahad
28/5/19 18:59 (UTC)"Why is she so bent on making your life miserable? Other than you being bent, of course."
Harry chuckles at the witticism. "My brother is happily wedded and he has a lovely family. When it had become clear that I had no plans to marry and produce offspring of my own, my mother decided that my brother's wife wasn't suitable and started a campaign to have my brother divorce her and take custody of their children. I'd put my foot down and banned my mother from residing at or visiting the family estate or any Hart property where Peter and Elizabeth were staying.
"Peter is entitled to his happiness and I adore Elizabeth and the children. They don't need to suffer my mother's poison." Harry grimaces, thinking of all the ways his mother could ruin that family.
"So ye make yourself her target. That is an impressive display of fraternal solidarity."
Blushing at the praise, Harry changes the subject. "What about you? What keeps you in bespoke suits these days instead of threadbare Gunner jerseys?"
Merlin chuckles. "Ah, yes, those god-awful jerseys. Would ye believe me if I said that they'd been hand me downs? They only thing I could afford as a poor university student?"
"Maybe, except you had an awful lot of them. If I recall, you even had a few you looked like you'd slept in."
"Maybe I still sleep in them?" There's a glint of devilry in Merlin's eyes. "Or maybe I sleep in nothing at all?"
"Are you teasing me?"
"Maybe?"
Harry shakes his head. "I like you, Merlin. But if that's an offer, I'm going to have to turn it down."
"Why?"
Harry sighs. "You are going to be my arm candy for the next few months. It's not going to be a real relationship."
"And sex will just complicate things."
"Exactly." Harry grimaces and shrugs, feeling like something out of a Victorian novel.
"You're right, and it's been a long time since I've fallen into bed with a man on the first date."
"This hasn't exactly been a date, more like an after-action report." Harry bites his lip, feeling a bit foolish.
But Merlin doesn't seem to care. "So I guess I'm not going back to your place and you're not coming to mine tonight."
"Afraid not."
They sit in contemplative silence, but Harry doesn't mind. Merlin is a good looking man, with a profile right off of an ancient Roman coin and he enjoys looking. But Harry does wonder if he's being an idiot for turning down what Merlin had so delicately offered.
Re: For AnarchyCox's "Merlin in Tuxedo Mills & Boon Cover" artwork, Merlahad
28/5/19 22:14 (UTC)Re: For AnarchyCox's "Merlin in Tuxedo Mills & Boon Cover" artwork, Merlahad
1/6/19 02:21 (UTC)