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Author has written 32 stories for Star Wars, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and Hobbit. I'm an amateur writer and musician with professional aspirations. I love curling up with a good book and sinking my teeth into a new piece of music. I'm in the process of preparing my first novel for submission and drafting my second (because I really am crazy and couldn't stop this whole writing thing even if I tried) so if updates because sporadic, it's because I'm focusing on my original work. I love hearing from you guys -- reviews and pms alike. If you have any comments on my writing, let me hear it! At the end of the day, I'm trying to improve my craft and tell great stories, so I want to hear how I can do that better! :) I now have a tumblr where I post ramblings, observations, and gifsets of shiny things that amuse me. Come follow me at cellostargalactica.tumblr.com! There are some AMAZING artists who have drawn art for The Toymaker and the Widow and you can view them here: http://whywouldineedaname.tumblr.com/post/42592058862/i-had-an-idea-to-do-egyptian-style-art-for-the http://cellorocket.tumblr.com/post/42505471862/erebor-or-bust-this-ones-for-cellorocket http://cellorocket.tumblr.com/post/41010566081/verbingallthenouns-the-toymaker-and-the-widow If you've drawn something for one of my stories, tell me about it and I will link it here and credit you in the next chapter I post for the story in question! NOTE 2/11/13 -- I will be taking down A Bright and Broken sword for some reworking. Rest assure that it will be reposted, likely under a new title, as soon as Circles is completed! Thank you for your understanding and patience. | |||||||
1. A Good Man » reviewsOn a cold grey morning in October, 2170, a failing fisherman hires a strange young man with an ill-fitting name and a dark secret. This secret is the key - and the young man must choose whether to let it define him, or to rise above it and become a good man. BAaT/Post-BAaT Kaidan.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,897 - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 6-1-13 - Published: 5-27-13 - Kaidan A.2. Two reviewsOn Virmire, three became two. Now that Saren is dead, the survivors must learn to accept their loss. Team Milky Way, Shenko, Wilenko, smut.Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,727 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 5-23-13 - Shepard (F) & Ashley W. - Complete3. Circles » reviews"Kaidan knew instantly that this woman would be an unmistakable and unmovable feature on the landscape of his life. He knew it in the way you know a storm is coming, the thick air clinging to skin, the rumbling on the horizon. She would be as vital as the air he breathed." Shenko from the very beginning. ME1Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 20 - Words: 76,196 - Reviews: 368 - Updated: 5-20-13 - Published: 9-1-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A.4. The Toymaker and the Widow » reviews"He whittles for the widow and her child; his sweet, sad widow," said Bombur smugly. "How is she his widow if he's still alive?" Bilbo wondered. "Because she's not my widow," Bofur cut in. "She's a widow. I have no claim to her, or anyone."Hobbit - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 21 - Words: 110,254 - Reviews: 565 - Updated: 4-18-13 - Published: 12-26-12 - Bofur5. A Very Long Engagement » reviews"It was easier when I hated everyone with no exceptions, you know?" While Shepard and Kaidan contend with trouble in the Terminus, their new child, and an upcoming wedding, Jack struggles to come to terms with change, especially change in the shape of a certain Lieutenant. Jack/James, Shenko. Part 2 of a Mass Effect Epilogue.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 17 - Words: 87,330 - Reviews: 311 - Updated: 4-18-13 - Published: 7-12-12 - Jack & James V.6. Prelude reviewsOn the last day of their Citadel leave, Shepard and Kaidan make music. Fluff, smut, and just a hint of angst.Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,230 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 4-17-13 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete7. Scars reviews"Maybe it's a weakness bred into Shepard's very being; that no matter who wears her skin and blood and bones, she will love Kaidan Alenko. It earns her a beating when the Illusive Man catches her reading nearly a decade's worth of his reports, but she can't help herself. There is an odd fire in her gut as she studies Kaidan Alenko's words." Citadel DLC.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,639 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 4-15-13 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete8. Broken reviews"You need to find someone who isn't a broken down mess like me." Shepard presses a shaking fist to her eyes and swallows. "Someone whole." Shepard and Kaidan after the Reaper War.Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,734 - Reviews: 22 - Published: 4-5-13 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete9. Inseparable » reviewsKíli threw his small body into his elder brother's arms. "Promise you won't leave me, ever as long as you live." "Why would I ever leave you?" Fíli asked lightly. "We're brothers, aye? We're meant to stick together." Kíli brightened, so easily swayed then. "Aye," he nodded. "We stick together." Kíli and Fíli through the years: loyalty, honor, love, and loss.Hobbit - Rated: T - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 7,365 - Reviews: 67 - Updated: 2-2-13 - Published: 12-29-12 - Fili & Kili10. Four Christmases reviewsOver the years, Shepard and Kaidan always find a way to spend Christmas together. Fluff, smut, romance, and just a hint of angst.Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,476 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 12-24-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete11. Chicago reviews"He knew that look. Coy, yet still with a predatory edge. A half dozen variations, too: maybe she'd bite her lip or brush his hand with light fingers. It carried the same message, regardless; just wait until tonight." After the defeat of Saren, Shepard and Kaidan take a little shore leave. And it is every bit worth the wait. Fluff, smut, and romance.Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,834 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 12-19-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A.12. Pillar of Salt reviewsBefore Vancouver burned under the Reaper's gaze, the man's name was David Alenko, and hers was Kathryn. Their son's, Kaidan. Here, in this wild, burning place, they were only man and woman – stripped bare as skin. Here in this wasteland, they had only a purpose to sustain them: find the resistance. Mass Effect 3 through the eyes on Earth.Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Tragedy/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,015 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 12-17-12 - Kaidan A. - Complete13. Ghost reviews"If she looks at him out of the corner of her eye, she doesn't recognize him. He's a bone-thin, harrowed survivor who has taken her bright, loving son's place. He's a ghost, drifting from room to room, leaving a chill behind. She's afraid to leave him alone, for fear that he'll disappear." Vignettes on grief from an outside perspective. Post ME1.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,292 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 12-16-12 - Kaidan A. - Complete14. Memory reviews"I missed you," Shepard said, her voice thick. "You're standing right here, and I still miss you." Kaidan and Shepard remember what's important. Mid ME3, smut, oneshot.Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,156 - Reviews: 23 - Published: 12-14-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete15. Fifteen Seconds reviewsAnd in these last gasping seconds of conscious life, Shepard lives a lifetime; one she might have had, if things were different. Vignettes on the end.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,157 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 12-9-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete16. To Be Free » reviewsI'll tell the story of Marian Hawke, the woman who taught a slave what it was to love and to be free. I'll tell the story of what we taught each other. DA2 through the eyes of Fenris.Dragon Age - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 24 - Words: 135,809 - Reviews: 377 - Updated: 12-5-12 - Published: 3-24-11 - Hawke (F) & Fenris17. The Lyrium Warrior » reviews"You said you never wanted this, but that's not true. You wanted it. You competed for it." Before he was Fenris, he was Leto; a slave who risked everything to compete for the chance to become a Lyrium Warrior.Dragon Age - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 28,983 - Reviews: 33 - Updated: 11-27-12 - Published: 7-10-11 - Fenris18. A Ship for Shepard reviews"Sam Shepard hated birthdays. Her mother made an effort to fill them with presents and games and a cake so delicious it could only possibly happen once a year, but because Shepard never got what she truly wanted, she figured the entire institution of birthdays was a failure. And what Shepard truly wanted was to meet her father." Vignettes on family, loss, and love.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,510 - Reviews: 23 - Published: 11-8-12 - Hannah S. & Admiral Hackett - Complete19. Distraction » reviewsCommander Shepard has two men and a choice. Whoever said two is better than one has never loved before. Smut quasi-AUMass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,892 - Reviews: 34 - Updated: 11-4-12 - Published: 8-29-12 - James V. & Kaidan A.20. Five reviewsKaidan after the destruction of the Normandy and the death of Shepard.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,214 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 10-6-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete21. The Rain reviews"There are a lot of things in life that I hate, that I really fucking despise, and I make no secret of them. But if there is one thing that scrapes on my skin and raises the hairs on the back of my neck like nails on a chalkboard, it's the rain. I fucking hate the rain." Jack on her childhood on Pragia.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,618 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9-3-12 - Jack - Complete22. Yes, Sir reviewsAfter the Cerberus Coup, Kaidan pulls rank.Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,549 - Reviews: 29 - Published: 8-30-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete23. The Steady Goodbye reviews"Their careers are storied. The first human Spectres, Admirals of the Alliance Navy. They're celebrities and war heroes, and they've done it all side by side. They have innumerable special commendations and enough honors to decorate the broadside of a freighter. Together, they raised three children. Together, they lived. These are the last moments of their lives together."Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,789 - Reviews: 30 - Published: 8-23-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete24. The Bet reviews"Come on, Alenko. You bet me you could pilot the Mako without crashing or flipping it, and you lost." Shepard grinned. "Quite amply, I might add. You owe me a drink." Shepard and Kaidan go out for drinks on the Citadel. Hijinks and shenanigans ensue. Mid-ME1 oneshot.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,626 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 8-18-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete25. A Step Forward reviews"Even before Shepard thunks down to my hole on Engineering, I know she's coming. She's only able to hold herself back for a few hours at best before she gets the itch to stick her crooked nose in my business. I think if I didn't like her so much, I'd hate her fucking guts." Jack and Shepard have a drink after Pragia.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,574 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 8-15-12 - Jack & Shepard (F) - Complete26. Real reviews"At one time, he was afraid that Shepard had not truly come back, and instead Cerberus had fashioned a cruel facsimile for its sick purposes, capable of walking and talking and feeling exactly as Shepard did. He feared they had created a puppet that wore her lovely face. It was a fear Udina had somehow known well." Kaidan comes to terms with the standoff. One shot.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 920 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 8-8-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete27. The Horizon Letters » reviews"It took him three days to feel guilty for the way he'd spoken to Shepard, and another week to muster up the courage to do something about it." Kaidan Alenko and Commander Shepard correspond through the course of ME2. Hurt, angst, reminiscing, and above all, a love that can't be broken.Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 8 - Words: 14,876 - Reviews: 89 - Updated: 7-19-12 - Published: 7-11-12 - Kaidan A. & Shepard (F) - Complete28. Reunion » reviews"This isn't it for us,' Kaidan says fiercely. 'After this is over, no matter what happens, we'll find each other, okay?" With the Reapers defeated and the galaxy in turmoil, Kaidan and Shepard search for one another. When the stakes rise for the both of them, will they find a way to reunite? Part 1 of a Mass Effect Epilogue. F!Shep/KaidanMass Effect - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 15 - Words: 64,270 - Reviews: 374 - Updated: 7-11-12 - Published: 6-26-12 - Shepard (F) & Kaidan A. - Complete29. Wound and Light reviewsAfter 10 years apart, the Exile and the Disciple cross paths once again. It turns out finding one another was the easy part. From strangers, to master and apprentice, to care and beyond; A KOTOR2 love story.Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,930 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-22-12 - Exile/Meetra Surik & Mical/Disciple30. The Blba Tree reviews"I know my feelings cannot be wrong. I feel a resonance hum through her words as they bridge the breach between us, and I know for certain that our paths will cross again." Though they are apart for 10 years, the Exile is never far from Mical's thoughts.Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,647 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-29-11 - Mical/Disciple & Exile/Meetra Surik31. The Garden » reviewsTheir marriage united Ferelden, though they are hardly a united front behind closed doors. Alistair and Anora believe they have nothing in common, but could they be mistaken? An exploration of what it is to love, and how it happens where you least expect.Dragon Age - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 7,006 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 9-4-11 - Published: 7-5-11 - Alistair & Anora
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