Aegean Sea

Title: Two Kingdoms
Canon: Polyfaceted
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Original characters (Meyers family); Brenda (Young) Meyers/Bill Meyers; past Brenda/Brett Saunders
Rating: R
Word Count: 25,634 total
Warnings: PTSD, flashbacks, and related nightmares; references to past domestic abuse, past rape, past child abuse, past incestuous child sexual abuse, "present" incestuous preteen sexual harassment, "present" teen sexual abuse, abortion and guilt over it; alcoholism; drug use; addiction; underage prostitution in terms of sex in exchange for drugs (very oblique/non-graphic); traumatic amputation and character with gunshot wounds from war. Each chapter has its relevant warnings.
Summary: When Brenda and Bill strike up a relationship, they don't know how they'll change each other, nor how their children will factor in. From the mundane things like raising a family, to the realities of their everyday (PTSD, anxiety, depression, and, eventually, a lost limb), to the unusual, their family solidifies every step of the way.
Notes: Many thanks to my beta, bookblather, and my wife for pushing me to finish the last difficult chapter. Thanks also to rainbowfic readers whose input has helped shape how this family develops.The art post, here, has the covers (below) made by katiemariie. (For the record, this is still being beta'd; I'll remove this note when it's done.)




Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven

Title: Two Kingdoms, Chapter Six
Canon: Polyfaceted
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Original characters (Meyers family); Brenda (Young) Meyers/Bill Meyers; past Brenda/Brett Saunders
Rating: R
Word Count This Chapter: 2,519
Warnings This Chapter: Addiction and rehab.
Summary: In this chapter, Karen meets Lena at Zach and Adamo's wedding. As a result, she decides to go into rehab.

Master Post

Chapter Five

( Zach and Adamo’s wedding is huge. )

Chapter Seven

Title: Two Kingdoms, Chapter Four
Canon: Polyfaceted
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Original characters (Meyers family); Brenda (Young) Meyers/Bill Meyers; past Brenda/Brett Saunders
Rating: R
Word Count This Chapter: 3,541
Warnings This Chapter: Past incestuous child sexual abuse (of a toddler and of an older child), present incestuous sexual harassment of a preteen, anxiety.
Summary: In this chapter, Karen's sexual abuse at Brett's hands comes out, and the family feels the effects of the revelation.

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Chapter Three

( Bill sits outside with Karen by the neighbor’s picket fence. )

Chapter Five

Title: Two Kingdoms, Chapter Two
Canon: Polyfaceted
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Original characters (Meyers family); Brenda (Young) Meyers/Bill Meyers; past Brenda/Brett Saunders
Rating: R
Word Count This Chapter: 3,199
Warnings This Chapter: PTSD-related nightmares; hinted-at child sexual abuse.
Summary: In this chapter, Brenda and Bill talk about child custody and names once they get married. Brenda has a particularly unpleasant nightmare. Karen, too, has nightmares, but she doesn't want to talk about them.

Master Post

Chapter One

( “I got you something,” Bill says one night. )

Chapter Three

Story: Starstrewn
Title: There Will Be a Surcharge for Placing Your Captain in Danger
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 34,926
Notes: This was written for originalbigbang. Sara's fantastic mix for it is you know you're not alone. Warnings for attempted genocide of an alien species.
Summary: Bryta is just your local independent shipper and trader. Things like wormholes into another universe are not part of her plans, and forget inter-universe rescue missions.

( Bryta’s fingers glide across the screen. )

Story: Polyfaceted
Title: Stay True
Rating: R
Word Count: 15,063
Notes: This is part of Polyfaceted, but is posted here because it’s for queer_bigbang. (It will eventually be crossposted to corlioni.) Check out the absolutely awesome art by adriannedb78239, here, including the dividers I used here. Warnings for Sexual content, homophobia, transphobia, violence, some strong language, bullying, and gender dysphoria.
Summary: Zach is definitely not a girl, but he's also not a boy, no matter how he looks. While her family may be accepting from the very start, the wider world isn't, and making things work inside her own head—everything from orientation to pronouns—isn't exactly easy, either.

( Zach is sixteen months old the first time he gets his mother to buy him a dress. )

Story: Gate University
Title: Spiced Chili
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,091
Notes: I don’t have a timeline or anything yet. This story is still very much under construction, and I’m feeling my way as I go. Constructive criticism is, as always, welcome.
Summary: The townies don't know much about Gate.

( “So you’re a townie, huh?” )