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"we didn't even kiss until issue 26" (Red vs Blue, Grimmons, complete)

2022-11-28T15:34:12Z

we didn't even kiss until issue 26 (187703 words) by Cinaed
Chapters: 48/48
Fandom: Red vs. Blue
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Dexter Grif/Dick Simmons, Dexter Grif & Kaikaina Grif | Sister, Michael J. Caboose/Leonard L. Church, Kaikaina Grif | Sister/Huggins, Lavernius Tucker/Crunchbite, Agent Texas | Allison/Sarge, Chrovos/Donut's Moms, Franklin Delano Donut/Agent Washington
Characters: Dexter Grif, Kaikaina Grif | Sister, Dick Simmons, Franklin Delano Donut, Sarge (Red vs. Blue), AI Program Epsilon | Leonard Church, Lavernius Tucker, Michael J. Caboose, Dylan Andrews, Frank "Doc" DuFresne, Agent Washington (Red vs. Blue), Agent Carolina (Red vs. Blue), Vanessa Kimball
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Secret Identity, Friends to Lovers, Temporary Character Death, Implied/Referenced Torture, Heroes & Heroines, Villains, Slow Burn, Canonical Character Death
Summary:

Dick Simmons has a multi-step plan. Move to Blood Gulch, become a superhero, assume a civilian identity, and save the day with the other heroes of the city. He didn't count on his fellow superheroes being so weird, the villains even weirder, and getting stuck with the most annoying coworker in the universe at his civilian job. But there are secrets and danger in the city, tensions boiling under the surface, and Simmons may be in over his head.

Well, I started this fic in a very different world and as a very different person-- April 2019 and past me was in a toxic workplace, living with roommates she wasn't fond of, and also thought she was cis-- and now it's complete!

It's been a long, weird road, involving a lot of real life shenanigans, but I'm so happy with the final result and so happy to finish this long WIP. And so happy to be in a much better place in my personal life as well! I'm a homeowner, I work at a branch with decent coworkers and out as nonbinary to pretty much everyone except my family, and I have my wonderful girls, Hilda and Zelda, who bring me joy every day.

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Hope Y'all Are Having a Better Week

2019-11-26T19:35:15Z

Well, so far I spent about 7 or 8 hours on Monday in urgent care getting diagnosed with a kidney stone, and am currently on a ten-day medicine plan to hopefully get rid of that, so Thanksgiving is gonna be SO much fun this year! Especially since apparently there are multiple types of kidney stones and you won't know how to adjust your diet until you pass it and let the doctors test it, and each type's preventative diet directly contradicts the others?

I am straight up not having a good time you guys. :(

The super strong ibuprofen is keeping me from being an agony, but it still feels like, well, a pressure of a stone in my side, so I'm just constantly uncomfortable. :(

Keep your fingers crossed for me that I get rid of this sucker quickly, please!

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A Brief Hiatus

2019-07-26T13:53:58Z

Posted this on Tumblr, figured I should crosspost here too.

You guys may have noticed a heat wave going on. Unfortunately my library’s A/C unit can’t hold up to the high temperatures (it’s a long and complicated story, but namely BUREAUCRACY STRIKES AGAIN), so for the last few weeks I’ve been having to do story time and shelving in 82 F / 27 C and just, uh, being constantly dehydrated and exhausted.

That plus a personal fuck-up that cost me a bit of money (advice: don’t agree to buy expensive theater tickets for your friend and her family, they should buy their tickets themselves) has my anxiety up a bit, which always means I get hyper-critical of my writing and struggle a lot.

Essentially, I’ve had like absolutely zero brain for writing anything at all.

Upside is that my birthday is coming up in two weeks and I have the whole week off! I’ll probably be able to get back to writing then. Just taking a two-week hiatus in the meantime.

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