fadingtales
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since: 04-14-03, id: 369823, Profile Updated: 09-06-12
country: USA
Author has written 36 stories for Gossip Girl, Ironman, Vampire Diaries, Secret Circle, and Teen Wolf.

I'm just a 22 year old girl living vicariously through the lives of fictional characters.

Chapter art, and all accompanying gifs and graphics as well as short drabbles (under 200-300 words) are available at my tumblr.


For the most up-to-date progress on all of my WIPs go here.

UPDATE 8/6/12: I know I haven't been updating any of my fics, but I haven't abandoned any yet. I'm just really busy lately and haven't had time to buckle down and write. On the other hand, I've been doing a few gifset series on tumblr (i.e. Saving Katherine and Teen Vampire Wolf Diaries). So do check out my tumblr for crossover/crackshippy goodness! =) And the occasional drabble.


1. Turned to Steel » reviews
An Iron Man/Vampire Diaries Genderswap AU Fic featuring Caroline Fobres as Tonya Stark and Stefan Salvatore as Virgil "Pepper" Potts. Accompanied by Bonnie Bennett as Jamie "Rhodey" Rachel Rhodes, and Isobel Fleming as Obelia Stane. Manips available on fadingtales@tumblr
Crossover - Ironman & Vampire Diaries - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 12,825 - Reviews: 20 - Updated: 3-22-13 - Published: 6-21-12 - Caroline F.
2. The Devil's Currency » reviews
When Klaus catches Caroline following him, he offers her a bargain for the younger Salvatore. But when you trade with the devil, you have to deal with the devil's currency. AU loosely set after episode 3x02. A/N: rated M in ch. 3 and 8.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 9 - Words: 44,263 - Reviews: 221 - Updated: 1-22-13 - Published: 10-2-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus
3. Tracing Poems On Your Body reviews
By virtue of some sensual E.E. Cummings, Caroline realizes that while she may be familiar with courtship, she has never been properly seduced. Klaroline, erotic poetry, oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,107 - Reviews: 42 - Published: 11-7-12 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
4. All's Fair » reviews
Prequel to In Love and War. He could swear that at that moment when Ares had caught Athena in midair, the Fates themselves held their breath. This was the pivotal moment when everything changes and the dominos began to fall. Klaroline, TVD Greek Gods AU.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 6 - Words: 39,005 - Reviews: 196 - Updated: 10-2-12 - Published: 11-27-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus
5. The Definition of Beautiful reviews
Caroline had ventured out into the woods to reveal Klaus's true nature, only to discover something about herself instead. Based on my own tags/personal headcanon for the season 4 stills of Tyler and Caroline in the woods. Klaroline, oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,512 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 9-19-12 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
6. What is Dead May Never Die reviews
Takes place during the season one finale. Peter Hale contemplates his life while the fire ravages him, it's a world of ashes except for a spot of strawberry blonde hair. Peter/Lydia. Drabble.
Teen Wolf - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 563 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-8-12 - Peter H. & Lydia M. - Complete
7. The World is Our Oyster reviews
Mystic Falls has become a faded photograph in her mind. Familiar and nostalgic, but she can never go back. Not after everything that has happened. Klaus/Caroline/Stefan Future!Fic. Planned Two-shot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,028 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 5-10-12 - Caroline F.
8. The World on a Platter reviews
Rather than basking in the glory of the past the decade dance has her thinking of the future. An extended and slightly modified version of the Klaroline decade dance in 3x20. Oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,090 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4-29-12 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
9. This City is Turning Into Cinders reviews
Klaroline set in the 1920s, a time of speakeasies, bootleg liquor, jazz and the criminals who made it all possible: the mob. Oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,421 - Reviews: 28 - Published: 3-10-12 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
10. Leave It All Behind reviews
After finally leaving Mystic Falls behind them, Stefan and Caroline have to learn to leave behind the heartbreak as well. And maybe they can learn to do it together. Oneshot, future fic
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,179 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 2-27-12 - Caroline F. & Stefan S. - Complete
11. Bruised Peonies reviews
How easily her world had come crumbling. How all of her best laid plans came to naught. She's tired of trying to mold her life to fit this fairytale that had so easily succumbed into a nightmare. Companion fic to BLOODY ROSES. Damon/Blair. Oneshot.
Crossover - Gossip Girl & Vampire Diaries - Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,000 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-18-12 - Blair & Damon S. - Complete
12. The Hunt reviews
The day after the full moon Caroline Forbes unexpectedly finds a rather naked Original hybrid asleep on her doorstep. Klaus/Caroline. Oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 918 - Reviews: 22 - Published: 2-17-12 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
13. Alive reviews
He was the last person she thought would be the one to pull her out of her existential crisis on her birthday. My interpretation of how 3x11 Our Town will unfold. Klaus/Caroline. Oneshot
Vampire Diaries - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,472 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 1-11-12 - Caroline F. & Klaus
14. Forming Attachments reviews
He wasn't aware that Stockholm syndrome applied to the kidnapper. Klaus/Caroline. Set after 3x09. AU. ONESHOT.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,903 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 1-5-12 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
15. Just a Bit of Mistletoe Magic reviews
A TVD Cast Christmas Party takes an interesting turn with a bit of mistletoe and some spiked eggnog. A RL fic featuring Candice Accola/Joseph Morgan with hints of Klaroline.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 970 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 12-6-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
16. He is Poison reviews
He is poison and she refuses to get suckered in by his honeyed words. Klaus/Caroline. Oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,202 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-1-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
17. In Love and War reviews
The goddess of wisdom questions her sensibilities when she succumbs to the advances of the god of war. Klaus/Caroline as Ares and Athena. Done for the AU graphic meme on tumblr. Oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 886 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 11-12-11 - Klaus & Caroline F. - Complete
18. Something Wicked reviews
She was never the angel of mercy. Kindness was not her strong suit. He knows this very well and that's how he plans to get under her skin. Adam/Faye as an angel and devil. AU. Part of the AU meme on tumblr.
Secret Circle - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,247 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 11-6-11 - Adam C. & Faye C.
19. Puzzle Pieces Of Us reviews
"Don't forget me, okay?" She hadn't realize how those last few words, spoken in jest, would become a cruel and unusual punishment. Klaus/Caroline. AU. Oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,097 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 10-23-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
20. Rewritten » reviews
History has a way of repeating itself and in the end she's not sure if she wants it rewritten. Damon Salvatore TVD /Blair Waldorf GG AU crossover fic. A/N: Takes place before GG s2x13 and acts as an alternate ending for TVD s2x1.
Crossover - Gossip Girl & Vampire Diaries - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 25,139 - Reviews: 83 - Updated: 10-15-11 - Published: 3-9-11 - Blair & Damon S.
21. Ship of Fools reviews
After the dust has settled, after the bloodshed and the tears, and after he tries to redeem himself, but is not forgiven, he reckons it's time to leave. Klaus/Caroline. AU. Oneshot
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,438 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 10-11-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
22. Stolen reviews
Prequel to Filling Up Empty Spaces. He was the one that stole her away, but in this game of heist he finds himself losing something he didn't even know was his. Klaus/Caroline. AU. Oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: M - English - Romance/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,106 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 10-6-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
23. The Thanks We Get reviews
She's caught in between her loyalty towards her friends and the beast she's grown strangely attached to. Klaus/Caroline. AU. Oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 917 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 9-10-11 - Klaus & Caroline F. - Complete
24. Filling Up the Empty Spaces reviews
He had only started to get use to the silent house, the empty rooms and the cold bed sheets. Klaus/Caroline. AU. Oneshot.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 996 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 9-9-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
25. Words Like Violence reviews
Of all the creatures and the monsters he's seen throughout his lifetime, it turns out that the most dangerous is the golden haired, petulant little infant vampire asleep in his bed. Klaus/Caroline. AU. Drabble.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 496 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 9-7-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
26. The Horrible Things reviews
He didn't expect his worst critic to become his best defender. Klaus/Caroline. AU. Drabble.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 448 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-6-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
27. Mercy reviews
In a rare moment of either insanity or clarity Caroline realizes that Klaus may not be everyone had made him out to be. Klaus/Caroline. AU. Drabble.
Vampire Diaries - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 363 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 9-5-11 - Caroline F. & Klaus - Complete
28. The Saddest Thing in the World reviews
"As she stomps out of the room, she recalls someone telling her once that the saddest thing in the world, is loving someone who used to love you." Katherine Pierce/Damon Salvatore/Blair Waldorf, AU, ONESHOT.
Crossover - Gossip Girl & Vampire Diaries - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 721 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 8-30-11 - Blair & Damon S. - Complete
29. Eternal Contemplations » reviews
Timing means nothing and everything when you have an eternity to live. Damon Salvatore/Blair Waldorf TVD/GG cross-over fic
Crossover - Gossip Girl & Vampire Diaries - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 24 - Words: 102,047 - Reviews: 260 - Updated: 1-16-11 - Published: 1-30-10 - Blair & Damon S. - Complete
30. Accidental Arson reviews
What had started out as an innocent friendly gesture somehow ends up with Dan Humphrey in a darken room with Blair Waldorf. Dan/Blair. Set during 3x18. AU.
Gossip Girl - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 936 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 7-12-10 - Blair & Dan - Complete
31. Operations of the Heart » reviews
What do you do when you think you just lost your chance at true love? You self-destruct. Tony/Pepper, movie-verse.
Ironman - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 9,610 - Reviews: 38 - Updated: 6-1-10 - Published: 4-5-10 - A. E. Stark/Tony & V. Potts/Pepper
32. Colluded Individuals » reviews
What do you have when you get Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf lurking around in a dark alley way? Trouble.Takes place after 2x08, Chair, AU.
Gossip Girl - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 4,141 - Reviews: 24 - Updated: 4-5-10 - Published: 2-6-10 - Blair & Chuck
33. The Long Con » reviews
All it takes a little misguided hope, expertly placed, to bring down an empire. It's what Jack Bass does best. WARNING! Spoilers for the upcoming episodes that haven't aired yet! Based on the latest spoilers for S3, takes place after 3x12. C/B Jack.
Gossip Girl - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 5 - Words: 5,200 - Reviews: 13 - Updated: 3-4-10 - Published: 2-3-10 - Blair & Chuck - Complete
34. So Damn Beautiful » reviews
The thing about Chuck and Carter is that they are both of the opinion that nobody loves Blair Waldorf the way they love Blair Waldorf. Love triangles are always so messy. Future fic, set a few years after end of S2. Chuck/Blair/Carter. A/N: graphics on LJ
Gossip Girl - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 12 - Words: 39,747 - Reviews: 97 - Updated: 1-21-10 - Published: 9-23-09 - Blair & Chuck - Complete
35. Bloody Roses reviews
Blair Waldorf and Damon Salvatore through the heartaches and heartbreaks of life. "...he dreams of trailing kisses down her long white throat, staining them the color of bloody roses." Damon/Blair, cross-over fic. Onshot.
Crossover - Gossip Girl & Vampire Diaries - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,342 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 1-11-10 - Blair & Damon S. - Complete
36. Balancing Act reviews
He sent her earrings that would match the Erickson Beamon necklace...She didn't send these back but instead sent him a card that read, "Not Enough!" quoting her new stepfather's favorite phrase, albeit in a different context. Post season 2 finale. C/B.
Gossip Girl - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,557 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 7-19-09 - Complete