eyes closed, head first, can't lose

List o' Awesome:
1) arsenicjade has written a piece in my fledgling Avengers dyslexia!verse, and it is FABULOUS. I'm also working on a sequel (with AJ's encouragment and assistance, because we are writing braintwins) and her contribution is really inspiring. "Things Ain't So Lonely Anymore"
2) The wonderful fatum_sts has translated my Merlin fic To Command the Sea (the King of Camelot Remix) into CHINESE! How cool is that??? (My fic is a remix of mariana_oconnor's lovely fic, which can be found here.) You can read the new translation here! :-)
3) I saw National Theatre Live's re-broadcast of Frankenstein (with Cumberbatch as Frankenstein and Miller as the Creature) last week, and it was breathtaking. The physicality work was astounding. My jaw literally dropped. I'll be seeing it again in a few weeks, when they're going to show it with the leads in the opposite roles. So. Excited.
4) Summer Camp One is over! I'm working sporadically over the next few weeks, prepping for the course I'll be teaching and the show I'm directing, and bouncing around to different theatres in the area to meet people. I think it'll be nerve-wracking and boring in turn (because meeting cool people is scary, and also I am crap with unstructured time). I hope to do more hiking. B/c of DESERT.

Right. ONTO THE FIC:

Title: Mending
Fandom: White Collar
Series: Sneakers and Sheriff Badges. This is the fourth part, but can be read as a stand-alone!
Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Allusions to neglect and abuse.
Notes: This was written for the Whump-a-Palooza fest on whitecollarhc.
Thanks: I had two wonderful betas for this fic: neontiger55 and embroiderama! All remaining mistakes are my fault. Also, a special shout-out to ivorysilk, who's pretty much the entire reason that this is a 'verse, and not just that-kidfic-I-wrote-that-one-time.
Summary: Neal breaks his arm.

( “Never mind,” Neal says, more of his head disappearing around the door, until he’s just a fluff of hair backlit by the Batman nightlight in the hall. “Go back to sleep. I didn’t mean to wake you up.” )

Title: As It Is Written
Fandom: Avengers
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Pre-Clint/Coulson
Warnings: The story's about someone with a learning disability, and there's internalized negativity about it as well as verbal abuse from other characters. There's also vaguely-alluded to unpleasantness with Trickshot, which I didn't get into because comics canon terrifies me. PM me if you need more information about potential triggers. ♥
Notes: This fic was inspired by Hawkeye's scene in the beginning of the Avengers, when he makes the observation about the Tesseract being a door. One of the positive things about dyslexia is that it can mean a person comes at a problem from a different angle.
Thanks: I want to internet-marry my betas, alfadorcat and miriad,who made this story so much better. Any remaining mistakes are all mine.

Summary: Clint is dyslexic.

( The first time the teachers send a note home with Clint, about his problems, about how he’s dumber than the other kids, his dad’s not angry. He just laughs, which, Clint realizes, isn’t actually better. )

Title: Who's the Fairest Trade of All
Fandom: Grimm
Author: hoosierbitch
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Monroe/Nick
Word Count: 450
Notes: So, when I first got into Grimm, I did so because rabidchild67 was into it, and I fangirl her. Once I caught up on eps, I snuck into the meme, and filled a prompt anonymously just to get my feet wet--and it turned out to be one of her prompts, because of how she is funny and wonderful. ♥

Summary/Prompt: Nick seems to owe Monroe a lot of the time. Monroe will take payment in sex now, please.

( You want me to come with you to chase a what now? )

Title: we will all learn
Author: hoosierbitch
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Pairing: Alex/Hank/Sean
Notes: This was originally written for a prompt on 1stclass_kink , but rubynye has pointed out their innappropriate-for-a-kink-meme-anti-underage-kink stance. And there's only one Beast/Havoc/Banshee prompt on the much-nicer-but-smaller xmen_firstkink (HOW IS THAT?), and this don't fit it. So it is just here! The prompt was for these three boys finding a safe space together amidst the crazy that is their lives.

Summary: Sean has bad boyfriends.

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( The point of having two boyfriends was to avoid being alone )