I wrote one assignment and five extra treats for Trick or Treat 2017. I loved the hell out of the stories I got, really enjoyed a bunch of stories and art from the collection, and had a blast writing. As usual, the Trick or Treat exchange was a great experience. A++ highly recommend.

Assignment and first treat: I was assigned to lionessvalenti, for whom I've written before, and whose prompts I often love. This year was no different. Kristy and the Haunted Camp Adventure actually started out as my assignment fill, and then I wrote four different 1000 word starts to it, and then it really took off. I got nervous I wouldn't finish it in time, and wrote Spicy (And Oh So Sweet) instead (after touring a Jelly Belly factory). (I came to Roswell after the fandom's heyday, and have been sad I missed out ever since, so I love getting the chance to write fic for it.)

Spicy (And Oh So Sweet) (2166 words) by escritoireazul
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Roswell (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tess Harding/Kyle Valenti
Characters: Tess Harding, Kyle Valenti, Jim Valenti, Liz Parker, Maria DeLuca, Isabel Evans
Additional Tags: Halloween, First Kiss, Friends to Lovers, ToT: Monster Mash, Fluff, Trick or Treat: Treat, Trick or Treat: Chocolate Box
Summary:

“Well,” he shuffles his feet, rubs the back of his neck. He’s so confident most of the time. It’s strange to see him like this, and kind of nice, too, though she likes his confidence just as much as everything else about him. “Spicy and sweet. I kind of get it now.”

Kristy and the Haunted Camp Adventure (8977 words) by escritoireazul
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cary Retlin/Kristy Thomas, Alan Gray/Mary Anne Spier
Characters: Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Dawn Schafer, Cary Retlin, Alan Gray
Additional Tags: Trick or Treat: Chocolate Box, Trick or Treat: Trick, Friends to Lovers, Ghost Hunting, High School, Extra Treat
Summary:

Things Kristy Thomas doesn't believe:

That ghosts are real.
That she'll manage to have any fun adventures senior year because she's so stressed about what comes next.
That she and Cary Retlin can ever be anything more than pseudo-friends.

When Dawn convinces them to explore an abandoned, maybe haunted, summer camp over fall break, Kristy just might have to reevaluate everything.

Treat two: I wrote a gender-swapped Lost Boys treat for skazka for Yuletide last year, too, and had so much fun with it that when I saw their prompts this year, I wanted to do it again. I did have some concerns that I wouldn't have a different story to tell, but this turned out to have a much different feel than the one I wrote last year.

In Love, and Blood, and Death (2852 words) by escritoireazul
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lost Boys (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Michael Emerson/Star (Lost Boys), David/Star (Lost Boys), David/Michael Emerson (Lost Boys), David/Michael Emerson/Star
Characters: Michael Emerson (Lost Boys), Star (Lost Boys), David (Lost Boys), Sam Emerson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Always a Different Sex, Trick or Treat: Trick, ToT: Monster Mash, mild blood play, Trick or Treat: Chocolate Box, Extra Treat
Summary:

Mike Emerson comes to Santa Carla and falls in love.

Treat three: I was deeply inspired by tekuates' prompts. I haven't written much BtVS fic in recent years, though it was my first online fandom and I love it still, and it was such a fun time getting to return to that canon.

Spark and Burn (1324 words) by escritoireazul
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Spike/Buffy Summers
Characters: Buffy Summers, Spike (BtVS)
Additional Tags: Oral Sex, Blood Drinking, Dominance, Submission, Orgasm Delay/Denial, Trick or Treat: Treat, Trick or Treat: Chocolate Box, ToT: Monster Mash, Extra Treat
Summary:

The fire cast golden light across the long line of his back, warming his pale flesh. He was thin enough the knots of his spine pressed against his skin and the edges of his ribs were a shadow just beneath the surface. When she drew near, he quivered, and she watched the motion flutter down his body. She could stroke his head, sooth him like the animal he was. Instead, she placed one hand on the side of his throat and dug her nails in.

Treat four: I love Mia Toretto a hell of a lot, and loved this prompt for haunted houses and their chosen family on the run.

Hiding, Haunting (2138 words) by escritoireazul
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fast and the Furious Series, Fast & Furious (2009)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Mia Toretto, Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner
Additional Tags: Snowed In, Haunted Houses, Alternate Universe - Ghosts, Trick or Treat: Trick, ToT: Monster Mash, Trick or Treat: Chocolate Box, Extra Treat
Summary:

“I don’t believe in ghosts,” she tells them, and in the light of day, her voice is steady and strong.

Treat five: I actually bought the game to write this fic (I loved Life is Strange, and had planned to buy the Before the Storm prequel anyway, but sumi's prompt bumped it straight to the top of my list). I absolutely fell in love with Amber Rose, and I've loved Chloe from the very first second she appeared on screen in the first game.

Flying and Falling (621 words) by escritoireazul
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Life Is Strange (Video Game), Life Is Strange: Before The Storm (Video Game)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Rachel Amber/Chloe Price
Characters: Rachel Amber, Chloe Price (Life Is Strange)
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Trick or Treat: Chocolate Box, Trick or Treat: Treat, Extra Treat, Minor Spoilers for Before the Storm Episode 1
Summary:

For the first time in a long time, it feels like something in Chloe's life is finally going right.

Dawn is my favorite BSC character, and she gets a lot of hate in the fandom, so when I saw pie_is_good's prompt requesting anything about Dawn (including a crossover with BtVS, which was one of the specific suggestions), I knew I wanted to write at least a short treat. I've always wondered at Oz's Aunt Maureen's calm reaction when Oz calls to see if Jordy's a werewolf, and still want to know more about what else might have come from that.

catalinay is the only one who guessed this was mine, which surprised me; not only is the title very much like another I've used, but Dawn + werewolves just screams me, or at least I think so.

Title: Cold is the Night
Author: escritoireazul
Characters/Pairings: Dawn Schafer/Stacey McGill, Mary Anne Spier/Logan Bruno
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set post-BSC and California Diaries; takes a lot of liberties with how werewolves work in BtVS and the BtVS timeline (which is fitting considering the timeline of the BSC).
Written for: pie_is_good as a Yuletide 2012 Treat.
Word count: 5000
Rating: all ages
Summary: Things are changing in Dawn's life, and she's not really sure what to make of it. (She runs and she runs, and the moon is so bright.)

( Cold is the Night )

Title: I'm Awake (and Alive)
Author: escritoireazul
Written for: aea for December Drabbles 2011.
Author's note: This is a transformative work of fiction for the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the movie The Lost Boys, though it's incredibly au for TLB. Set after the end of BtVS. Title and summary from "Awake and Alive" by Skillet.
Characters/Pairings: Faith/Oz
Rating: 13+
Word count: 1500, according to Word

Summary: I'm at war with the world / and they try to pull me into the dark.

( I'm Awake (and Alive) )

Don't forget, my holiday love meme thread is here. Such wonderful things have been said already that I am going to print them out and paste them around my office.

Title: Family Morning
Author: escritoireazul
Written for: catalinay, who requested Fast and the Furious, family
Rating: 13+
Word Count: 600+
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set after the movie Fast and the Furious and the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It is a companion piece to "wolf woman wild", "Thirty-One Days of the Wolf", "Wolf Moon On the Rise", and "Upon the Midnight Clear", but the only things you really need to know from them are that Letty got bitten and is now a werewolf and she, Dom, Faith, and Oz have a tenuous not so tenuous, pretty serious foursome going on.
Author's Note, the Second: I am still taking requests: On LJ and on DW.

( Family Morning )

Title: Wolf Moon on the Rise
Author: escritoireazul
Rating: 17+ for sex
Word Count: 1000+
Author's Note: This is a transformative work of fiction set after the tv series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and after the movie series the Fast and the Furious, specifically after the first few minutes of Fast & Furious. This is a companion piece to "wolf woman wild" and "Thirty-One Days of the Wolf", but the only things you really need to know from them are that Letty got bitten and is now a werewolf and she, Dom, Faith, and Oz have a tenuous foursome going on.

Summary: Some things are so goddamn hot Letty thinks they might kill her.

( Wolf Moon on the Rise )

Title: We are the Naked Ones
Author: escritoireazul
Written for: carlyinrome for femslash_minis
Prompt: Buffy/Buffybot, dirty pictures, reprogramming, Angel
Soundtrack: Bush's "Chemicals Between Us" (title and summary from this) and "Machinehead"
Word Count: 1700 words
Rating: 16+
Setting: AU after BtVS season five
Author's Note: This is very, very, very late and for that I'm really sorry.

Summary: There is no lonelier state than lying in this bed.

( We are the Naked Ones )

Title: Impressive (Unimpressed)
Author: escritoireazul
Note: This is a transformative work of fiction using characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Set in the Wishverse of BtVS season three episode "The Wish."
Written for: voleuse for femslash_minis Round 32: Wishverse.
Request: Lilah/Kendra, bargains, empty hallways, and unexpected luxuries
Word Count: 2200+
Rating: 14+

Summary: It's like a job interview, of sorts, but very little impresses Lilah Morgan.

( Impressive (Unimpressed) )

Title: Broken
Author: escritoireazul
Written for: snowpuppies for femslash_minis Round 25. Request: Buffy and Drusilla, dirt, panties, sexy kissing.
Warning: Character death.
Rating: 13+
Word Count: 1100+
Setting: Alternate season three in which Drusilla returns instead of Spike.

Summary: Death surrounds her, written in blood and written in bone.

( Broken )

Wonky internet is wonky. However, today is my day for iwry_marathon, which is a ficathon for Buffy/Angel stories. I blame southernbangel for making me want to write this and for making me see the good side of Buffy/Angel.

For today, you can see it at the I Will Remember You website here, but that will change.

Title: Give Thanks (Forgive Despair)
Rating: For all ages.
Notes: Splits away from canon after Buffy season seven. Buffy season eight comics and Angel season five do not exist.

Summary: There are many ways to hurt and even more to love.

( Give Thanks (Forgive Despair) )

Title: wolf woman wild
Author: Carla
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Joss Whedon, Universal Pictures, etc.
Setting: After The Fast and the Furious, though it references something little in Fast & Furious. Post season seven of BtVS and season four of Angel.
Rating: 16+
Written for: crimson_keys requested Letty/Oz or Letty/Faith or Letty/Oz/Faith and Letty becoming a wolf. Thanks to thestalkycop for encouragement while writing it, and for being the first person to catch my little shout-out.

Summary: Letty used to be a damned good mechanic and one hell of a lover but now she's so much more.

( wolf woman wild )