loaded_march

Title: All the Dead Are Here
Author:

loaded_march/Footloose on AO3
Prompt Number: 38
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 47,000
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Warnings: Horror themes, death themes, major character death (temporary), blood, gore, gross stuff, decomposition, mutilation, violence, chaos, failure to obey the How To Survive A Horror Movie Rules, and, worst of all, Gwaine making a bad zombie joke
Summary:
There's not much outside Arthur's purview -- eventually, all creatures fall to the Reaper's scythe. It's never personal. It's just his job.

That was true until Arthur ran into the only death he's ever regretted reaping -- Merlin, who is inexplicably alive and well.

But that's not all. There are monsters that exist outside of life and death, and they're spreading like vermin in the city of London. The balance is in jeopardy, and Merlin may be the only one who can help him restore order in the chaos.
Notes: This prompt? Aces. I couldn't turn it down. Thank you, prompter, for coming up with it! I hope it was in the ballpark of what you were hoping for. A big, giant THANK YOU to

castmeaway, who did an amazing beta at the 11th hour.

Read the Fic on AO3.

So, the

hs_merlin reveals are up! And I can now officially de-anon.

Before I do, I'd like to say, damn it, a lot of you guessed which fic was mine even though I tried my hardest to (1) disguise my writing style, but apparently failed miserably and (2) write drama instead of action, which is more my forte, and (3) deny it left and right. Now, I really, really want to know what gave me away so that I can, you know, do better and not fail at the whole anon thing next time. If there's a next time.

I'd like to thank

gealach_ros for the lovely, lovely prompt, because grabbed my brain and ran away (pun intended) with it. I don't think I would have written what I did if something hadn't inspired me the way this prompt had.

But, yes. To quit babbling, my submission was:

Stop Watching (On AO3)
Word count: 52,000
Summary:

Browbeaten and threatened into denying himself by a domineering father who refuses to be embarrassed by even a whisper that his son is gay, Arthur has given up everything that he's ever wanted in his life to keep the peace -- shaky as it is -- with Uther.
Arthur Pendragon, a former track and field Olympic medallist, is the well-liked and successful track coach of Camelot High, with a long list of former students making the national teams. For years, he's been courted to join the coaching staff at Ivy League universities, with the national team, for the Olympic team, but instead of jumping at the opportunities in front of him, Arthur keeps his head down and stays at Camelot out of a feeling responsibility for his students, duty to the school, and a tiny, little bit of fear.
It's the first day of school and a new runner joins Arthur's team -- a senior transfer from Ealdor High. Merlin Emrys is out, open, impossibly friendly, immediately popular, and impossibly persistent.
Merlin has two goals: the Olympics and Arthur.

Random work in progress snippet (okay, just a line of dialogue, because it amuses me) to something that is:

a) Part 10 of Loaded March

b) An Extra to Loaded March

c) The Big Bang fic

d) Something that is none of the above and that I shouldn't be working on

( If you picked (d), read on )

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