Arctic Light

The problem with trying to write h/c in Highlander is that the characters' ability to recover almost instantly from anything, including death, makes it challenging. On the other hand, you can also just embrace it.

Title: Lemmings
Fandom: Highlander
Rating/pairing: PG/gen
Word Count: 3200
Notes: for my hc_bingo wildcard square - "hypothermia".
Summary: One avalanche. Three Immortals, freezing to death. And they're really annoyed about it.
Cross-posted: http://archiveofourown.org/works/235795

( Lemmings )

Title: The Lesser Evil
Fandom: Highlander
Rating/pairing: PG-13, gen
Warnings: (skip) Implied (very off-camera) child abuse. Also some gory violence.
Word Count: 11,800
Notes: For the hc_bingo prompt "Extortion".
Summary: Someone is trying to blackmail Amanda, but dragging her friends into it was a really bad idea.
Crossposts: On DW | on AO3

( The first note was slipped under her hotel room door in Madrid. )

Just an FYI/mea culpa about this story -- as a couple of readers have pointed out to me, my inadequate memory for canon details led to me completely screwing up some of Duncan's established canon (not to mention basically erasing an entire episode in Scottish history). This comment has a great deal more information on the time period than my inadequate research revealed. I do want to apologize for more than just messing up Duncan's religious identity in this story -- the more unforgivable part is that I erased the existence of an entire religious group in Scotland at the time; I'm very sorry and the fault is entirely my own.

Title: Solstice Child
Fandom: Highlander
Word Count: 2500 wds
Rating/pairing: PG, gen (with wee hints of Amanda/Duncan, plus appearances by other characters)
Notes: For hc_bingo square "Homesickness". Duncan doesn't think about what he's left behind. Except when he does.
Crossposted: http://archiveofourown.org/works/212655

( He doesn't think about it often. Not consciously, at least. )

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I just don't even know about my brain sometimes.

Title: Metamorphosis
Fandom: Highlander
Rating/pairing: PG; Duncan/Methos/Amanda (established)
Word Count: 4300
Summary: Nobody knew about this aspect of being Immortal because nobody had ever gotten this old before. This was started for a prompt at fic_promptly -- Any fandom or characters, wingfic curtainfic -- and quickly got out of hand, assuming it was ever in hand to begin with.
Crossposted: to AO3

( At first Duncan and Amanda thought Methos was simply ill. )

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Title: Sharks
Fandom: Highlander
Rating: general audiences, no pairings
Word Count: 1300
Summary: In my request for HL prompts, scrollgirl suggested the first time that Joe met Adam Pierson.
Crossposted: http://archiveofourown.org/works/205908

( Paris, 1984 )

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Title: Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
Fandom: Highlander
Rating: PG, gen
Word Count: 1300
Summary: "One Minute to Midnight" missing scene(s), taking place somewhere between the intro sequence and the first scene in the wine cellar with Joe, Duncan and Methos. Obviously there are some missing days in there. These are a few of them.
Crossposted: http://archiveofourown.org/works/204811

( The first time he surfaced, the world kept spinning away from him. )

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I never really meant these to stay anonymous forever, so I've reposted my hl_kink stories to AO3.

Rescue - Duncan/Methos, established relationship, no sex of any sort. Methos frees a drugged Duncan from captivity; full prompt at link. Originally posted here on LJ.

To Observe - Duncan/Methos/Amanda (+Joe), oh so very NC-17. Joe likes to watch - full prompt at link. Originally posted here on LJ.

(I've also dithered a lot on answering comments on anon stories, but heck, I figured that I try to answer feedback on my regular stories; there's no reason why anon should be different!)


Now that it's been three weeks, I also added to AO3 the stories that I wrote for terajk's People with Disabilities Being Awesome Commentfic Fest:

Fight Another Day - (Highlander) Duncan loses a hand and has to reinvent himself again. Amanda, Methos, Joe also appear. No pairings/warnings. Originally posted here on DW. (Yeah, answering my own prompt. Fail.)

Campout - (Dresden Files) For jadelennox's prompt Michael Carpenter post Small Favor, "Get away from my children." Gen, no warnings except implied spoilers for Small Favor. Originally posted here on DW.


Edit: I also wanted to thank everyone who's been participating in the Original Fiction Commentfest (even though I had to duck out, for the most part, due to RL obligations). I'm delighted with the response and all the stories that were written, and you can continue writing/prompting/commenting as long as you want.

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The original fic commentfest is coming along nicely - we have lots of prompt fills, lots of prompts, and can always use more! :) You can also write a fill for a prompt that's already had something written for it; the more the merrier. And if you like a story that's been posted, comments are love! ♥

I wrote another one for terajk's People With Disabilities Being Awesome Commentfic Fest:

Fight Another Day - Highlander, gen, ~1000 wds, Duncan POV with Methos, Joe, Amanda ... and also, er, for one of my own prompts, because I posted a prompt about one of the Immortal protagonists losing a hand and having to learn to fight one-handed, and this threw my brain into creative overdrive. SO HERE IT IS.

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Title: Cold Hands, Warm Hearts
Fandom: Highlander
Pairing: Duncan/Amanda/Methos
Rating: PG-ish
Word Count: 1900
Summary: "Come to Seacouver, Amanda. The winters here are so much milder than Paris, Amanda." This story is so fluffy that you could probably shear it and make a sweater.
Also crossposted to AO3.

( Cold Hands, Warm Hearts )

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I finally got around to writing something for remix_goes_wild! (List of authors offering fic to remix is here - including me; prompt list is here.)

Title: Things Fall Apart (The Center Cannot Hold Remix)
Fandom: Highlander
Pairing: gen
Rating: R
Word Count: 2300
Contains: one scene of graphic violence; references to canon sexual assault
Original Story: Sands of Time by keerawa
Primary Prompt: 8 (remix a drabble into a longer story)
Summary: The millennium is upon them, and Cassandra's in the fight of her life ... again. Takes place between seasons five and six.
Also crossposted to AO3.

( It begins with a dream, as things often do. )

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