Words of Wood

So back in January I said how I was kicking around a post-finale fic idea which would probably turn out to be REALLY long and everyone here encouraged me? Well, I finally finished it. I've been posting in chapters to AO3 and managed to keep a good buffer all the way through so that I had plenty of time between writing, editing and posting. (Except for the epilogue, which took me three weeks to write.)

It's the longest thing I've ever written by a good 5k. I'm incredibly proud of it.

Title: We're not pure of heart, but we're sure of aim (Wolf 359)
Word count: 52,300 words
Characters: Renée Minkowski, Isobel Lovelace, Hera, Doug Eiffel, Daniel Jacobi, Miranda Pryce, Dominik Koudelka
Pairing: Gen focus with Dominik/Renée, Renée/Isabel, mentions of past Jacobi/Kepler
Content/Tags: Post-Finale Fic, Deal-with-it rather than fix-it fic, Post-Canon, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst for everyone, multiple POVs, Friendship, Bad Decision, LLF Comment Project, Low-key alcohol issues, An endless amount of angst-filled conversations, workplace drama, Artificial Intelligence, Heists, vague diversions into political drama, Hurt/Comfort, AI Rights Crusade

Summary: Going home is never simple, even when home exists. Sometimes it doesn't. For the Hephaestus survivors, "home" is no guarantee of comfort, or even safety, and there's still Goddard Futuristics to contend with. And a brand-new person named Miranda.

AO3 link

...I have literally just realised the two sentences in my icon are the wrong way round. It will now really annoy me until I'm motivated enough to remake it, because I don't think I saved a draft copy. (If you are reading this in the future where it in fact starts with "I'm the commander" then please ignore this.)

Anyway! Episode 54 of Wolf 359, was, as promised, A Lot, and I wrote a ridiculously ott-angsty missing scene on the bus because MINKOWSKI AAAAAAAAGH!

Under Control, 500 words. SPOILERS. On the Hephaestus, everything is completely fine.

(I think I'm going to stop posting fic on DW again because I don't think anyone reads it here. Straight to AO3 seems to be the way to go these days.)

Then I realised that it fills the "slaves" square for my hc_bingo card, and therefore I have completed a bingo line! The first time ever I have done so in the actual challenge period rather than scraping in under amnesty.

I will be back before too long with a new bingo card!

ETA: Loooook I got a shiny (and very thematically apt) graphic! :DDDD

Title: Just Breathe (Wolf 359)
Word count: 1700 words
Characters: Renée Minkowski, Isobel Lovelace, Hera
Pairing: Gen-ish, also M/L-ish. However you want to read it I guess.
Content/Tags:Set during early season 4. Friendship, hugs, panic attacks. Fills the "hostile climate" square for hc_bingo.
AO3 link

Summary: Minkowski may have nearly died horribly, but the important thing is that she didn’t. So it’s all behind her now. No underlying trauma. Really.

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