Runaway Tales

Is anyone still around? I'd like to get in touch with some of my old RaTs friends but I'm not sure where to find any of you these days.

Title: Small Comfort
Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution (Divide & Rule)
Flavor(s): Peach 20 (the least I can do); Sangria 22 (time will rust the sharpest sword); White Chocolate 20 (arrogance)
Toppings/Extras: None.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1117
Notes: 1963; Julia Graves, Caroline Sheldon. Takes place some time after Splinters.
Summary: Julia wishes help had come from any other quarter but this.

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Title: Proposition
Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution (Divide & Rule)
Flavor(s): Prune 4 (one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration); Lemon-Lime Sorbet 9 (in your dreams)
Toppings/Extras: Gummy Bunnies – also for hc_bingo square “asking for help.”
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3821
Notes: 1949; Edward Iveson/Julia Graves. (Magic AU of Edward and Julia’s meeting in Paris.)
Summary: Julia has been asked to spy on one of the government magicians, but she has a rather different idea in mind. So does he…

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Title: Holding On, Letting Go
Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution (Divide & Rule)
Flavor(s): Sangria 26 (though much is taken, much abides); Cookies & Cream 17 (call)
Toppings/Extras: Cookie Crumbs
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2123
Notes: September 1943; Edward Iveson, Elizabeth Long. Cookie Crumbs for Truce.
Summary: This was never how Elizabeth meant things to be.

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Title: I Hear the Sound of Empires Toppling
Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution (Divide & Rule)
Flavor(s): Prune 6 (shoot first ask questions later), Sangria 19 (Rage, rage against the dying of the light), White Chocolate 22 (lethargy).
Toppings/Extras: Malt – Birthday prompt ( The waters turn from blue to red from likelolwhat).
Rating: Teen.
Word Count: 2906
Notes: early 1961; Ronald Whittaker, Julia Graves, Thomas Hallam, Alan Jemmings. (It's been a while since I've managed plot, but probably most related to Disillusionment for Whittaker, and Splinters for Julia.)
Summary: If it’s come to this, Ron thinks, it must be the end of the world…

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Part One (Also cross-posted to AO3, where you can read it in one piece).

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Title: Substitute
Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution (Divide & Rule)
Flavor(s): Lemon-Lime Sorbet 5 (sweet nothings); Cookies & Cream 24 (play)
Toppings/Extras: Brownie + Chopped Nuts + Gummy Bunnies (also written for hc_bingo square “grief” and Gen Prompt Bingo square “Happy Endings.”)
Rating: All ages/PG
Word Count: 13,508
Notes: Coffee shop AU, mostly because oonaseckar once said I probably couldn’t write a 21st C Edward/Julia AU, so obviously I had to try.
Summary: Julia Graves has perfectly reasonable motives for fake-dating a customer – it’s all about interior decorating, honestly…

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Part Two

Title: Everything But Words
Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution (Divide & Rule)
Flavor(s): Cookies & Cream 3 (spin).
Toppings/Extras: Gummy Bunnies (also for genprompt_bingo square “revelations and concealments.”)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1921
Notes: Nov 1949; Edward Iveson/Julia Graves. Follows on from Sent to Coventry (in which Edward and Julia finally confess their feelings for each other).
Summary: Everything has changed between Edward and Julia – but the rest of the world mustn’t know.

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Title: Hero of the Lower Sixth
Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution (Divide & Rule)
Flavor(s): Sangria 11 (cruelty has a human heart and jealousy a human face) + Cookies & Cream 12 (strike)
Toppings/Extras: Whipped cream + Brownie + Gummy Bunnies (also for hc_bingo square “bruises”).
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 5738
Notes: April 1930; Edward Iveson, James Seymour. (The backstory referred to in Shot in the Park, which came about trying to write Edward being a prefect at school, and then went in an odd direction. Warning for some (mild, brief) non-con/underage elements.)
Summary: Edward’s only trying to do his duty as a prefect …

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Title: Shot in the Park
Author: lost_spook
Story: Heroes of the Revolution (Divide & Rule)
Flavor(s): White Chocolate 5 (outrage)
Toppings/Extras: Brownie + Gummy Bunnies (also for hc_bingo square “orphans”).
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 6925
Notes: Aug 1951; Edward Iveson, Julia Graves, Roderick Howe, Amyas Harding, Diana Foyle, Lionel Graves, James Seymour.
Summary: Edward can’t seem to get through a visit to the Howes’s without injury. This time it’s worse than the last.

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