where there's smoke there's--

I wrote this for unconventionalcourtship and I'm not satisfied with it. I was all set to write a pirate AU but duh, merryghoul, searching for Age of Sail research in a short time frame isn't going to go well. So I went with "merryghoul revisits 2019-20 WWE...again." Don't worry, I'm not doing every wrestler that was active in WWE from 2019-20.

Over the summer I hope to expand this fic using an old femslashficlets table while pondering what I might do with Iddy Iddy Bang Bang, if anything at all. I had this idea but I have no idea if I'm going to do that one idea. Probably will write down all my ideas. Anyway,

Title: Kabuki Girls
Author: merryghoul
Fandom: WWE
Pairing/Characters: Asuka/Kairi Sane, Paige
Rating: Mature
Length: 1378
Summary:
Asuka has a long way to go. She's got a fresh start playing in SmackDown's women's tag team division, but getting her wrestling career back on track is going to take more than a change of scenery. She's got to shut her past out and focus. On the matches, not on her new teammate, a recent call up from NXT with a sunny disposition--and annoyingly distracting good looks.

All Kairi Sane ever wanted was to fight on the main roster, and she's not going to waste one single second of her time on SmackDown. Exercise keeps her head in the game. But her teammate keeps knocking her off track. Maybe it's just that Asuka's been grumpy lately. Or maybe it's something else, something Kairi doesn't have a name for yet.

Asuka and Kairi spend all their time together--in the ring, in catering, in hotels--and ignoring their unspoken feelings isn't making them go away. Acting on attraction is one thing, but turning a fling into forever would mean facing the past--and redefining the future.
Notes: Summary is from Game Misconduct by Ari Baran.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56291596

Title: Reluctant Villanelle
Author: merryghoul
Fandom: Killing Eve
Pairing/Characters: Eve Polastri/Villanelle, OFCs
Rating: Mature
Length: 1867 words
Summary:
The dress they’re returning isn’t fake—it’s deadly

For contract killer Villanelle, the anonymous threat is explosive. Return the dress stolen during her last assignment—or other assassins will be hunted down. When an assassin is killed just before meeting MI5 employee Eve Polastri, Villanelle must take Eve under her “protection.”

For a psychopath, Villanelle is the most guilty-acting innocent woman Eve has ever seen. Still, working with Villanelle is the only way to stay ahead of a ruthless enemy. And as Eve’s instincts and Villanelle’s skills hone in on the truth, trusting the desire simmering between them could be their only chance—or the last move they’ll ever make.

(Summary modified from the summary of Reluctant Hero by Debra Webb and Regan Black.)

Notes: Contains mentions of the ending of Season One and has sexual content (no sex) and minor character death. Story will probably not adhere to canon when Season Two finally airs.

Link: Dreamwidth | AO3

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Title: Return of the Immortal Viking Woman
Author: merryghoul
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)/Vikings (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Ashildr | Me/Clara Oswald, Harald Finehair
Rating: Mature
Length: 2261
Summary:

The Immortal Viking Claims Her Wife

Clara Oswald was giddy when she married her friend Me. But fearless raider Me has been gone so long, Me's proud arrogance is the only memory Clara retains of her. Now Clara must remarry to protect her TARDIS.

But then, on Clara's wedding day, the conquering warrior returns to gasps of horror and surprise! After all, Me was supposed to be dead, though to Clara's starved gaze Me seems very much flesh and blood...and less than impressed to find her beautiful wife intent on marrying someone else!

Notes: Fic based on the summary for Return of the Viking Warrior by Michelle Styles. For unconventionalcourtship and seasonofkink (square: hurt & comfort). Fic contains some references to The Legends of Ashildr, but you don't need to read that collection of short stories to understand what's going on.

Link: Also on AO3.

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Title: A Radiant Heart | AO3
Author: merryghoul
Fandom: Sleepy Hollow (TV)
Pairing/Characters: Ichabod Crane/Katrina Van Tassel (Crane), Alfred Knopp
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences (for mild body horror)
Length: 2094
Summary:
Ichabod Crane has pushed it too far this time. Gnawing and clawing at his soul are the demons he carried back from his quest into their land. Weak and exhausted, the dark witch gazes down a road at his only hope--a lone vehicle with blazing headlights. Desperate, he makes a mad dash for the light, and the striking woman illuminated in its wake.

Katrina Van Tassel senses him before she sees him. The good witch with emerald eyes and fiery red hair has never dabbled in dark magic. But one look at Ichabod turns her life upside down. Soon Ichabod is lured into his dangerous world...and his powerful arms. A few sultry kisses are not enough to save Ichabod from his demons--it's going to take some seriously potent sorcery. And they're running out of time.
Notes:
Summary adapted from the back cover blurb from the Harlequin Nocturne novel This Wicked Magic.


Apologies for any typos and the like--I'll get to them as soon as I notice them.

I'm thinking of doing a remixed expansion of this fic in the near future, but I wouldn't hold myself to my words.

( A Radiant Heart )