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• The Pale Winter Sun by mzcuits

  Fandoms: Hamlet - Shakespeare  

  • Mature
  • Major Character Death
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  10 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Hamlet/Horatio (Hamlet)
  • Horatio (Hamlet)/Original Male Character(s)
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Hamlet)
  • Gertrude (Hamlet)
  • Claudius (Hamlet)
  • Ophelia (Hamlet)
  • The Players (Hamlet)
  • Marcellus (Hamlet)
  • Hamlet (Hamlet)
  • Horatio (Hamlet)
  • Romance
  • POV Horatio (Hamlet)
  • Class Differences
  • Mutual Pining
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Character Study
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • Jealousy
  • On-Again/Off-Again Relationship
  • 16th Century
  • Bittersweet Ending
  • Dysfunctional Relationships
  • Loss of Parent(s)
  • Infidelity
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Getting Together
  • Sharing a Bed
  • Depression
  • Illnesses
  • Nightmares
  • War is hell
  • tragic danish boyfriends - Freeform
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Canon-Typical Misogyny
  • Wittenberg University Era (Hamlet)
  • Family Issues
  • Poly Relationship
  • Drug Use
  • Estranged Siblings
  • Horatio has a past and it got out of hand
  • minor allusions to wartime SA (not involving any main characters)
  • allusions to past Laertes/Hamlet
  • allusions to Hamlet/Ophelia
  • intentionally anachronistic literary and philosophy references
  • mention of self-harm scars
  • crossdressing (it is a Shakespeare inspired story after all)

  Summary

  Horatio’s story, from before the beginning until the very end.

  A medium-velocity-burn journey through the fluff-to-angst pipeline with a loyal, nerdy, prickly, laconic, and gentle person as a guide.

  Expect complex backstories, wild canon divergences, sexually charged character development, and classics as a coping mechanism.

  I always wondered how exactly someone seemingly so well-adjusted and self-sufficient as Horatio becomes so blindly devoted to someone like Hamlet?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  52,511

  Chapters:

  10/?

  Comments:

  17

  Kudos:

  57

  Bookmarks:

  9

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• Nymph by mzcuits for Elasmosaurus

  Fandoms: The Doomsday Books - K. J. Charles  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  16 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Joss Doomsday/Gareth Inglis
  • Joss Doomsday
  • Gareth Inglis
  • Cosmic Horror
  • Implied Body Horror
  • eldritch presence
  • Double Drabble

  Summary

  Gareth has an unusual affinity to the marsh.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  200

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  9

  Hits:

  40

• 1900 by mzcuits for blueyeti

  Fandoms: Sins of the Cities Series - K. J. Charles  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  09 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Rowley Green/Clem Talleyfer
  • Rowley Green
  • Clem Talleyfer
  • Growing Old Together
  • Celebrations
  • Established Relationship
  • Aging
  • Arthritis
  • Ficlet

  Summary

  A festive occasion in the Jack and Knave, Rowley reflects on his time with Clem.

  (Multiple cameos across SotC and the Lilywhite Boys series.)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  826

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  12

  Kudos:

  8

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  31

• A Field, Not Quite in England by mzcuits for whetherwoman

  Fandoms: Lilywhite Boys Series - K. J. Charles  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  05 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Jerry Crozier/Alec Pyne-ffoulkes
  • Alec Pyne-ffoulkes
  • Jerry Crozier
  • Violence
  • Dubious Consent
  • Alternate Universe - Tam Lin Fusion
  • Inspired by Tam Lin
  • Jewelry
  • Dark Fairy Tale Elements
  • English Civil War
  • Transformation

  Summary

  Dragonfly for a change of fortune, rose for a key.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,132

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  10

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  33

• never did sun more beautifully steep by mzcuits for secretandarling (outnumberedbybooks)

  Fandoms: Death in the Spires - K. J. Charles  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  19 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Jem Kite/Nicky Rook
  • Nicky Rook
  • Domestic Bliss
  • Fluff
  • Drabble
  • Post-Canon

  Summary

  a quiet morning when irony deserts Nicky for once

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  100

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  18

  Kudos:

  14

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  33