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I had four days off from work and did almost nothing. In the back of my head, I thought: hey, I could use this time for writing!

And then I didn't.

Instead, I played Dragon Age: Inquisition so much. (My roommate dungeonmarm has started replaying the game and of course that made me want to play again, too.

On the book front, I decided to start with the books I have in a bag next to the couch, specifically because I put them there to read, and I started with Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane. I'm a little underwhelmed, tbh. I used to love Gaiman's writing passionately, and I don't know if I've just grown out of his style or if it's the first person POV that's doing me in. I guess I'll give it another try tomorrow.

It occurred to me a moment or two ago that I've been seeing a lot of people post lists of the books they were intending on reading for the year, and I realized that—following my usual pattern, the less fic I read, the more original fiction I read instead, and I have all these paper books that I would love to dig into. So! A book list for the year is incoming!

I'm also thinking that a list of my fic WIPs would also not be a terrible thing to invest some time in...

Yesterday, I felt like I'd adulted so much! And then I realized I only did three things. ^^;;

* I had an optometrist appointment with a glaucoma specialist in Little Rock, and was told by the optometrist and the technician that I had really abnormal optic nerve pathways, but that it was probably due to being a premature baby and not actual glaucoma. (The spot where the optic nerve goes through the hole in the back of your eye? Mine are really big, and they've been that way for years.) So I have an appointment next year to keep checking it, and I didn't have a copay for a specialist, so double win.

* After my dad took me home (He's retired now, so he thinks its his job to drive me everywhere.) we had lunch at a local Japanese restaurant, and then went to Home Depot so I could get a sink snake for my clogged bathroom sink. Then I unclogged my sink and cleaned my toilet, which was basically everything I had energy for.

*Things I should do today—do the dishes, take out the trash, sweep my bathroom, place my new bathmats and throw out my old one, and maybe vacuum? That might be wishful thinking.

My store had inventory on Sunday (from 3:30am to 9:30am, uuuuugh) and then my dad came over to do his laundry and hang out. I passed out around 5:30pm and didn't wake up until 8am this morning. So that's how my weekend has been. :D That also means that I've fallen behind on snowflake_challenge. The last I did was day 4, so here's 5-7:

( Day 5 )

( Day 6 )

( Day 7 )

This one is a little rough for me, because (as I mentioned in the last entry) I've been reading more books and less fic. This is what AO3 bookmarks are for, I suppose. ;)

Day 2

Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create.

Okay, it's confession time. Although my primary fandom is The Flash I don't... read any fic. I really want to! And if you read fic in that fandom and want to leave me recs that would be great!

change my friends to enemies (show me how it's all my fault) by saekhwa.

This was written years and years ago, but it still gives me happiness. an X-Men(First Class)/Losers crossover in which Roque gets mutant powers and a new family with the X-men. It's Roque/Armando and has healing and redemption and Roque fighting to let people back in. Dark stuff happens, but there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Warnings are at the end of the fic.

Drunk Minds Speak Sober Hearts by m4x_87.

One of the few finished coldflash stories I have bookmarked on AO3. Barry gets whammied by Rainbow Raider, but it's lust instead of anger. This gets explicit near the end, and tbh the first chapter isn't that great until about half-way through? But it has solid Cisco voice, a charmingly scheming Leonard Snart, and a Barry Allen who knows exactly how to get under his skin. I re-read this today for this rec list, and it still made me laugh.

those three words over even "I love you" by QLaLa.

My second coldflash recommendation. Set during the episode "Family of Rogues", Barry decided to go undercover on a heist with Lewis and Leonard Snart. Leonard had feelings about this. There's snark and sexytimes and accidental feelings. It's lovely. Also explicit. Read this if you haven't already, you won't be disappointed.

For my last rec, I really have to go with The Night War: 60th Anniversary Edition by praximeter.

If there is one MCU fic that should be required reading, it's this one. Bucky Barnes' wartime memoir, and—guys, guys, just read it. It's painful and genuine and it's about loss and hope and love and how war changes people. It technically says it's Steve/Bucky, but honestly I consider this to be one of the most beautiful gen novels I have ever read.

So Unlike Yesterday (1071 words) by Moriavis
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart
Additional Tags: New Years, Established Relationship, Len doesn't know how to do emotions, But he's trying
Series: Part 21 of Finding ways to come together
Summary:

Barry didn't always figure out what Len needed. Sometimes, talking is unavoidable.

Let Your Heart Be Light (997 words) by Moriavis
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Characters: Barry Allen, Joe West
Additional Tags: Christmas, Established Relationship, Joe loves his kids, Barry was not ready
Series: Part 20 of Finding ways to come together
Summary:

Barry wasn't ready for this heart to heart. Not with Joe. Not on Christmas.

So, I meant to talk about this on Monday, but then I dove into retail hell and have only now resurfaced from work exhaustion.

Monday, December 3rd, was my first day off this week. (I have three? By some magical accident? But I'm also not giving them back!) It was around ten in the morning, and I thought to myself: I could be a normal human, get dressed in something that's not pajamas, and take our rent check to the office! I'll actually get a receipt this time! And while I'm out there, I can check the mail, too!

I talk to myself a lot in mental exclamation points in hope that the pretend excitement will translate into actual excitement.

So I wrote out the check and walked over to the main office. On my way, I noticed a bird sitting close to the curb, in a parking space, and because I talk to animals all the time, I said, "Hi, bird!" It fluttered, but didn't get very far. It looked injured, and I immediately became Very Concerned and told it to be careful, and went to the office.

Which was closed. At ten AM. On a Monday. WTF, our apartment complex is ridic.

( Birb adventure! )

Call It What You Want (8904 words) by Moriavis
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Flash (TV 2014)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Characters: Barry Allen, Leonard Snart, Cisco Ramon, Iris West
Additional Tags: First Kiss, First Time, Fluff, Fandom Loves Puerto Rico, Leonard Snart Lives
Summary:

Barry did it -- he finally asked Leonard out on a date.

Why is it taking forever for the date to actually happen?

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I wrote this story for sperrywink, who donated during the Fandom Loves Puerto Rico charity drive. It was actually a lot of fun to write, once I got over the stress of being a year late with it. /o\

Title: love comes and finds a heart entangled
Summary: Leonard can't deal with his guilt.
Pairing: Barry Allen/Leonard Snart
Rating: G

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