do you have to live quite so relentlessly in the real world?

Title: The Way To A Man's Heart (And All That Jazz)
Pairing/Characters: Arthur/Gwaine, Freya/Merlin, Leon, Percy, Elena, pretty much the whole gang in a minor capacity.
Rating: NC17
Word Count: ~8800
Summary: Arthur learns that sometimes blind dates – even unexpected, unwanted ones with Merlin's friends – work out. Eventually. (Written for gwaine_quest for the prompt of 'modern AU, Gwaine is a chef and Arthur berates his cooking')
Warnings/Content Notes: Slightly drunken sex, bickering, tormenting Merlin (who deserves it, probably), plus a tense I never usually write in, so that was interesting.
Author's Notes: So this wanted to be a 20k epic with actual plot but I ran out of time. This bit stands alone but a sequel is underway. Thanks to isisanubis for the beta ♥
Disclaimer: The characters depicted belong to Shine and the BBC. No profit is being made.


( The Way To A Man's Heart )

So leupagus hosted this "damn your fandom is awesome at what you do" fest. And mainly what I do, as my poor flist knows, is bitch about my university. Here we have Leon, Gwaine, Arthur and Merlin as Psychology PhD students, Morgana as the evil IT lady, and Elena as the sociology student for whom Gwaine would totally ignore his love of the scientific method.

What Passes for Normal, PG, blink-and-you-miss-it A/M, 930 words

( what passes for normal )


This one was written for wldcatsprstr_14's "fix-it-with-fluff fest".

Merlin/Gwaine, G, Hot Chocolate, 545 words

( hot chocolate )

And these next two were written for cinnatart's multi-fandom kissing meme.

The first has backstory! This backstory: So this is from a fic I started when I first fell into this fandom where Gaius owns a summer camp for disadvantaged kids. Merlin, Gwen, Will, Elena, Gwaine and Lancelot are regular supervisors/counsellors/whatever the word is. Uther wants to buy the land the camp is on, and sends Arthur to volunteer/do reconnaissance. Merlin sees through that ruse in a second and hates Arthur with a passion. But then destiny. And now the backstory is almost longer than the kiss. *facepalm* Basically the fic is like 99% abandoned, but I figured I could at least finish a smooch for this meme.

Arthur/Merlin, First Kiss, G, 588 words

( first kiss )

Arthur/Gwaine, Spin The Bottle: Not Just For Horny Teenagers, PG-13, 710 words

( spin the bottle )

Alrighty! I have a couple more to post, but I want to write a few more first. Aw yis.