Fic recs: Vampire Chronicles
Dec. 20th, 2016 06:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I passed a miserable morning yesterday procrastinating on this work assignment, but it did result in discovering a great new Vampire Chronicles fic:
Moon Above, Sun Below (9764 words, Explicit) by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
monstersinthecosmos. Author's description of the pairings: Armand/Daniel, Daniel/Half of NYC.
The author's summary had me at "Armand used to watch Daniel have sex with people," and the fic delivered. Women and men brought in to arouse Daniel and serve as a conduit to/for Armand, who starts to direct the proceedings before gradually becoming more involved. There's a lovely scene set in the Met, too, where Armand thinks about his past and his place in the world and Marius and Daniel. The fic is sexy and well-paced, makes excellent use of Armand's telepathic powers, and does an admirable job of getting inside Armand's head and depicting his relationship with Daniel, which I think is hard to do.
I also bookmarked Desecrating our Sanctuaries (1812 words, Mature) bymorbidromantic, but I wouldn't call it a rec unless you, like me, enjoy a Marius/OFC biting vignette.
ETA: Wait, did I never rec other VC fic here? Could have sworn I did, but I can't find them. Here are two others I enjoyed a lot the last time I went trawling through the tag, almost two years ago:
Lupercalia (4812 words, Explicit) byGreekhoop. Marius/Mael. Author's summary: Marius amongst the wolves. Set during his captivity in Gaul.
Sedge and Bee (4126 words, Explicit) byGreekhoop. Enkil/Khayman. Author's summary: The first time Khayman went to war.
BTW, as usual, finding good VC fic on the AO3 is akin to panning for gold through mounds of muck like this:
Moon Above, Sun Below (9764 words, Explicit) by
The author's summary had me at "Armand used to watch Daniel have sex with people," and the fic delivered. Women and men brought in to arouse Daniel and serve as a conduit to/for Armand, who starts to direct the proceedings before gradually becoming more involved. There's a lovely scene set in the Met, too, where Armand thinks about his past and his place in the world and Marius and Daniel. The fic is sexy and well-paced, makes excellent use of Armand's telepathic powers, and does an admirable job of getting inside Armand's head and depicting his relationship with Daniel, which I think is hard to do.
I also bookmarked Desecrating our Sanctuaries (1812 words, Mature) by
ETA: Wait, did I never rec other VC fic here? Could have sworn I did, but I can't find them. Here are two others I enjoyed a lot the last time I went trawling through the tag, almost two years ago:
Lupercalia (4812 words, Explicit) by
Sedge and Bee (4126 words, Explicit) by
BTW, as usual, finding good VC fic on the AO3 is akin to panning for gold through mounds of muck like this:
The rosy nipples were still red and swollen from impetuouly sucking lips They rose from his milk white skin like two pearls of sugar. The androgynous boy's amber eyes were overshadowed by long lashes and he languidly gazed into space whilst memories came to life on the bottom of those honey filled orbs.
