Entries tagged with shaun

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Winter of the Past - The Last Door OST (Carlos Viola)

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A Better Distraction

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (Beginning's End)
Summary: Shaun uses the key he'd been given only to find Xander's having a bad day. Shaun doesn't take being helpless any better than Xander, though. Maybe there's something he could do to help.
Word Count: 740
Rating: Teen

( sometimes that's all you need )

Current Mood: cozy

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idle thought #666

This will be...a long time in the future. But. One of the reasons I definitely ship Shaun and Desmond is, well, first tsundere characters are, like, my jam, but. In AC3 specifically Shaun mellowed. A lot. Still snarky, but he softened a lot and actually made time for Desmond and was quietly supportive about Bill.
The moment I knew The Secret Histories wasn’t going to stay 100% gen was when Shaun got really soft to Desmond, and Desmond was doing it back with a little teasing. (I probably should’ve known before, maybe when Desmond was having his panic attack and probably when Desmond was thinking ‘you know what sounds nice being back in London with Shaun buying me a sandwich’, but, uh, I can be dense about crushes in real life too, so.)

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: At the Hairdressers - The Bourne Identity OST

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Pillow Talk

usually I try not to make specific kinds of jokes about things like word count numbers but in this case given what’s implied I think it’s pretty appropriate, actually
happy Echoes anniversary!
This is just a nebulous fluff thing that wouldn't leave me alone the week before until I wrote it, and then when I was done I stared at it and went 'uh, this actually works really well as a 'special' because it doesn't really spoil anything and probably doesn't 100% fit in with the story anyway'. So it may someday be somewhat AU whenever I get to that part, but isn't as much as, say, A Tad Too Inviting. Also I'll note I'm sick, keep writing chapters out of order that I'm probably going to have to heavily revise whenever I actually get there, and have been watching The Bourne Identity a lot all because of a) being sick and b) a one-off joke that's going to happen in the next interlude-esque volume? That being said I actually kinda like this a lot and hope you do too, thanks for sticking with this story!

Main Points: Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: In a quiet moment, Shaun and Desmond get to talk.
Word Count: 690
Rating: Teen
Warnings: ish. Definitely teen, nothing on-screen, but implied offscreen sex.

( what it says on the tin )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Unearthly Forces - TSW ST (Simon Poole & Mark Canham)

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Scars of Time

Main Points: Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Desmond gets some of the pieces in place to take down the Park.
Word Count: 1894
Rating: Teen

( or water )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: The Hunter - Adam Jensen

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New Beginnings

Shaun may or may not be right about Xander--not that Desmond's not peeking in at the edges, but how far that's influencing things is up to the reader. Man, it's awesome and weird to finally have this done.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (Beginning's End)
Summary: Xander and Shaun finally get to talk (and do a little more than just talk).
Word Count: 2205
Rating: Teen

( when one door closes )

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Remember Me - Birthday Massacre

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A Frame Job

This took forever because the mercenaries really really didn’t want to be written. So I just didn’t go into detail, and apparently that worked.

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (Beginning's End)
Summary: The Council go through negotiations and then discuss.
Word Count: 750
Rating: Teen

( it's personal )

Current Mood: awake
Current Music: The Cross Darkens the Horizon - Assassin's Creed Brotherhood ST

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Darkens the Horizon

Going back through to see if they talked about it and no, it was Shaun and Rebecca that discussed it and Shaun absolutely called Desmond’s reaction. Well, half right anyway. He didn’t think Desmond had actually thought about it.
Hey a wild reference to Bloodlines would you look at that
also yes desmond but you might remember you did have a big fight about the past once already so shaun had a good reason to think that might be a touchy subject
only the bit at the end was planned, but then I remembered oh hey Rebecca has the surveillance stuff and she absolutely wouldn’t let this slide now that she’s back and then suddenly I was at over 3000 words how does this happen I ask of you

Main Points: Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Shaun and Rebecca panic a bit.
Word Count: 3199
Rating: Teen

( checking in with haste )

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Alone in the Dark - TSW OST

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Corrupted Spiral

Desmond decided to opt out of doing any missions for Bach, because as much as he doesn’t like Edgar, Bach really rubbed him the wrong way. Probably the ‘war journalist who loves watching the show rather than actually wanting any of it to stop’ bit. Even though dealing with Theodore Wicker’s issues and demons is a good thing to do. Fortunately, he’s got Agents now.

Main Points: Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Desmond has a nightmare and Rebecca has some news.
Word Count: 1935
Rating: Teen

( hell's motel )

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Dark City - Machinae Supremacy

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Beat of Our Decay

Main Points:
Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Rebecca returns to find a lot has changed in her absence.
Word Count: 1813
Rating: Teen

( out of the loop )

Current Mood: (vaccine)
Current Music: VENDETTA - UNSECRET (FEAT KRIGARÈ)

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A Time We Knew

vaccines are painful now for less pain later

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (Beginning's End)
Summary: Rebecca and Shaun get to serve as backup.
Word Count: 1909
Rating: Teen

( using the key )

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Desynchronization - Assassin's Creed II Unofficial ST

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Frame of Reference

This isn’t much, but I had the line about the Palantir sitting around for ages and decided I should probably do something with it.

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (The Meddling Gene)
Summary: Xander has a warning.
Word Count: 365
Rating: Teen

( curse of being genre savvy )

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Love Eternal - Arcana

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Nothing Ventured

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (Beginning's End)
Summary: Rebecca has an unexpected conversation.
Word Count: 1364
Rating: Teen
pre-Shaun/Xander

( breakdowns )

Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Believe in Me – Blackmore’s Night

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A Vacation Deserved

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (Beginning's End)
Summary: Willow figures out what's going on with Shaun.
Word Count: 1176
Rating: Teen
pre-Shaun/Xander

( this isn't easy )

Current Mood: yare yare
Current Music: The Other Side - Birthday Massacre

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Hide for a Season

text brought to you by Beta-senpai, who was really excited to get to contribute something from this character.

Main Points:
Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Desmond gets a text and a phone call. One of them is welcome.
Word Count: 1393
Rating: Teen

( the serpent is dreaming )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Closer to the Truth (Take Me Home) - Cryoshell

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Closer to the Truth

WHOOPS I closed out of this accidentally thinking it was the text doc I was making tag notes in and lost a couple paragraphs. That sucks.

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (Beginning's End)
Summary: Willow finally arrives (with another guest), but Shaun's behaving strangely.
Word Count: 1568
Rating: Teen
pre-Shaun/Xander

( drowning in my mind )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Sleepwalker (Live) – Adam Lambert

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Let Me Out of This Dream

...Because this volume wants to keep going with the dark themes, warning for past probable dubcon for Shaun and aftermath of mind control (again, brief/implications). Maybe I should’ve expected it could go here given that TSW is gritty dark urban fantasy, and it’s not like there aren’t the occasional AC sidequest touching on specific themes.
Also someone (Shaun maybe) tell this goofball he’s allowed to stop re-traumatizing himself. This one isn’t his fault, but he is absolutely being reckless. And can also stop victim-blaming when it comes to himself. He’s not listening to me.
Adult ravens don’t tend to gather shiny objects like younger ones do—they like them, yes, but they also tend to be warier.

Main Points:
Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Shaun checks in on Desmond, who with some thought puts the pieces together.
Word Count: 2823
Rating: Teen
this chapter is definitely considered pre-slash

( everywhere that I go I see another memory )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Two Hearts – Birthday Massacre

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Dreaming Nightmare Together

I started with the first paragraph and then Shaun just took off running. Alternative Title: The Unraveling of Shaun Hastings. He did misinterpret some things, but he is still extremely bright. He is also in the interesting position where he would absolutely punch his other universe self with no hesitation.

Main Points:
Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Rebecca checks in on Shaun, who is not dealing.
Word Count: 3264
Rating: Teen

( the string board makes an early appearance )

Current Mood: overheating
Current Music: Local Lore - The Secret World ST

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Eyes of the Eagle

Main Points:
Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Desmond acquires a clue and goes hunting.
Word Count: 940
Rating: Teen

( continuing the main plot )

Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Remember Me - Birthday Massacre

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How Long Until I'm Free?

(I legit don’t remember if soda actually ever came up as a topic of discussion with the Modern Assassins so if I’ve gotten this wrong, sorry, we’re handwaving it.)
also xander is actually older for once. This is weird. In a good way, I think, but still. Weird.

Main Points:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Assassin's Creed (Beginning's End)
Summary: Xander has the answers to Rebecca's questions, and she is taking this seriously, but it's also the perfect opportunity to tease him.
Word Count: 1784
Rating: Teen
pre-Shaun/Xander

( I've done this all before )

Current Mood: yare yare daze
Current Music: Something Must Be Done - The Secret World ST

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Settling Into Routine

So The Secret World does mention some really dark topics, so I feel like this chapter deserves some sort of content warning. There's about a sentence mention of a (dead) rapist at the end of the third paragraph. ( expansion on that you might wanna skip if it's an issue ) There's also a mentioned mob killing four paragraphs after the texting portion. This chapter is more laying the groundwork for the world and a bunch of side missions, so can probably be skipped without losing too much of the main plot. Stay safe, readers.

Main Points:
Assassin's Creed/The Secret World
Summary: Desmond pokes around a little more.
Word Count: 1554
Rating: Teen
Warnings: the above.

( all the side missions )