Title: silence and patience (pining and anticipation)
Fandom: High Rollers (Aerois campaign)
Rating: G
Length: 2740 words
Content notes: Quill/Lucius, set in some vague post-current-canon (episode 154, The Knights of Grief) near future, some spoilers. For the prompt "iktsuarpok (n. Inuit) the anticipation of waiting for a loved one". Title comes for "Dress" by Taylor Swift.
Author notes: I've had this idea in my head for *months*, I'm so glad this prompt got me to write it!
Summary: “Having a secret boyfriend would be very romantic,” Lucius said hopefully, eyes sparkling as the words called back all the romance novels he’d read in secret as a teenager, afraid of being mocked for them. “And I love having secrets with you!”

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Title: The grave preceded me
Fandom: High Rollers - Curse of Strahd campaign
Rating: T
Length: 410 words
Content notes: Set at the end Episode 25, Descent of the Dragonborn. Canonical character deaths. Title comes from Emily Dickinson's "Bereaved of all I went abroad".
Summary: "Maybe Shadow would have disagreed, would have insisted they honour the dead, but Shadow isn’t here, and Rose needs to save the living."

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Title: Place your head on my beating heart
Fandom: High Rollers - Aerois campaign
Rating: G
Length: 1357 words
Content notes: Established Quill/Lucius relationship. Spoilers through Episode 88. Also fills one of my prompts from thisbluespirit 's Prompts for 2021: "stolen moments (Quill / Lucius - Window & Morning)". Title comes from Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud".
Author notes: Quill and Lucius are currently keeping their relationship secret (except from Fayeth - it's not said in the fic itself, but Lucius told her because he's not a dick, and she is delighted by it). Obviously, Lucius being Lucius, "secret" probably means "half the skyship knows and is betting with each other on who the next person to find out will be"! 
Summary: After a nightmare, Quill turns to Lucius for comfort.

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Title: What It's Like
Fandom: High Rollers: Aerois campaign
Rating: G
Length: 1734 words
Content notes: Modern/Human AU, Quill/Lucius.
Author notes: For the "crush" challenge. Inspired by a the first prompt of this "friends to lovers ideas" tumblr post.
Summary: Lucius admits to the group that he's never kissed anyone. Quill has an idea.

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Title: Nightmares and Dreams
Fandom: High Rollers D&D - Curse of Strahd campaign
Rating: G
Length: 830 words
Content notes: Set during Episode 22, Riders in the Night.
Summary: A conversation between Xiiki and Xiros, after the attack of the Nightmares.

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Title: (If I Could) Fly
Fandom: High Rollers: Aerois
Rating: G
Length: 2451 words
Content notes: Set during episodes #50, A Desperate Escape, and #76, Echoes of the Galaxy.
Author notes: For the Gravity challenge. Am I mad I've already used "Fall Down or Fly" as an HR fic title? Take a wild guess! 
Summary: Quill's been hesitant to use this spell, but if ever there was a time to... Two times Quill casts Fly while in astral space.

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Title: Sentry's Painting
Fandom: High Rollers (Aerois)
Rating: G
Length: 1735 words
Content notes: Quill & Sentry, implied Quill/Lucius.
Author notes: I may have taken some minor liberties with the use and appearance of the "mending" cantrip!
Summary: Back on the airship, Quill returns the Solwynn painting to Sentry. 

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Title: Shockwave
Fandom: High Rollers: Aerois
Rating: G
Length: 1331 words
Content notes: set at the beginning of Episode 56 (Hearts of Glass).
Author notes: How this relates to the prompt: background made me think of NPCs, which made me think of Fayeth, which led to speculating on what she might have been doing in the background of the canon scenes.
Summary: After the explosion on the Stormchaser, Fayeth wonders and worries.

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Title: Conversations
Fandom: High Rollers (Aerois campaign)
Rating: G
Length: 1499 words
Content notes: Spoilers for episode #44, The Elenasto Fiasco.
Author notes: This came from my own need for someone to talk to Lucius please...They had two days with nothing to do but talk things over, some sort of conversation must have happened!
Summary: After discovering Moonstar's identity, there's a lot to talk about.

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Title: As The Rains Come
Fandom: High Rollers (Aerois campaign)
Rating: G
Length: 2174 words
Content notes: Modern/human AU, Quill/Lucius, fluffy hurt/comfort. Inspired by this tumblr post. Title comes from After The Storm by Mumford and Sons.
Author notes: Did I write myself this absurdly sweet AU as a self birthday present? Yes, I 100% did ;)
Summary: Driving to a camping trip, Quill and Lucius get caught in a storm.

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Title: Speak Low
Fandom: High Rollers (Aerois campaign)
Rating: G
Length: 1616 words
Content notes: Set during Episode 39 (uses dialogue from it), spoilers through that episode. Title comes from Much Ado About Nothing (‘Speak low if you speak love’).
Author notes: Inspired by this tumblr post which I have been thinking about for days... There were some very interesting RP choices in that scene, from Tom bringing up the ritual in the first place to Kim and Katie deciding that's what Nova and Aila would remember and think to tell him about!
Summary: Newly returned to the living, Quill has some questions.

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Title: Return from the Nighteye
Fandom: High Rollers: Aerois campaign
Rating: G
Length: 668 words
Content notes: SPOILERS for episode 32, Whispers of the Void (and previous episodes), set at the end of 32.
Author notes: Thought process on the prompt was shower -> rain -> storm, and was going to be more character study on different characters' reactions to storms until I watched episode 32 and... well. (skip) I cried so much about Quill, from the moment Mark went "she's not in shadows..." and I saw it coming to that damn final image of him and Sentry on the altar. I made my best guess at the spelling of place and god names, from Mark's Behind the Screen and reddit threads.
Summary: Thunder roars continuously above them, and Aila almost wants to go outside and roar back.

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