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Day 4: Flirting or pining
“Is that a knife in your pocket or am I piquing your interest?” Sorn purrs.  “...Both,” Val’dran says. 
April 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
gewhana.bsky.social
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Day 1- first line

"The first time is clearly an accident, but that doesn’t stop the devastatingly handsome stranger from glaring at him."

From my #bloodweave fic Holding My Breath (like I met someone)

archiveofourown.org/works/58867537
April 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
maniikoi.bsky.social
Day 1: The opening line/paragraph of any fic.

This is from one of my wips called, "Marry Me."

#ffxv #promptis #25daysnippetchallenge
A snippet of a fic I'm writing
May 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
mistcontinent.bsky.social
gonna start doing the #25daysnippetchallenge today let's fucking gooo. this is the thread i'll use for all of it so mute as needed. the challenge:
May 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
maniikoi.bsky.social
Day 10: Dialogue of my choice

This is a WIP from a reincarnation au that I started after re-reading The Song of Achilles and breaking my heart all over again 😭💔

#patroclus #tsoa #25daysnippetchallenge
A snippet from a WIP of mine about Patroclus and Achilles
May 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Day 2: Description of the main character
It’s a drow. Sorn stalls for a moment, surprised, before he then immediately drinks in the sight with nothing short of curiosity. Male – fantastic – and diminutive at a few inches shorter than Sorn is, the other drow is… pretty. High cheekbones, plush lips, a plum undertone to his skin. His eyes are two different colours, the left deep red and the right blue with a faint yellow ring. And he’s scarred, too. Not terribly so, but… notably. Easily visible in such revealing clothes. Oh, but he's going to draw attention. There’s a bit of mystery to him, from the scars to the eyes to the almost wary expression accentuated by the way he peers through thick white lashes.
April 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
maniikoi.bsky.social
Day 8: Food and drink

This is a small scene of Noct and the bros at his favorite restaurant eating dessert from my werewolf au, "Full Moon Rising."

archiveofourown.org/works/37337677

#ffxv #25daysnippetchallenge #promptis #werewolfau
A snippet from my Werewolf au story called "Full Moon rising"
May 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
maniikoi.bsky.social
Day 2: Description of the main character

Here's a two for one! This is from a polyship witch!Noctis au called "Soul Bound" ft the bros as supernaturals

#polyshiproadtrip #ffxv #promptis #gladnoct #gladnis #promnis #ignoct #promptio #25daysnippetchallenge

archiveofourown.org/works/53019424
A snippet from one of my fanfiction stories called "Soul Bound."
May 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
eternalscout.bsky.social
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Day 3: Something funny
"We've gotten this far," Gale points out. "And we're all in — mostly — one piece." Val'dran gives him a deadpan look. "Shadowheart has forsaken her faith, Wyll is a devil, I've lost an eye, Karlach has been told she's going to burn up if she doesn't literally go to hell, Astarion is being hunted by some sort of monster hunter and you've been told by an old friend to blow yourself up." "Mostly! I said mostly!" Gale reiterates. "And besides I have not blown myself up. Thanks to you all. Which I am grateful for, I would have you know."
April 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
gewhana.bsky.social
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Day 8- food

#bloodweave making moussaka together from my fic Love And Its Decisive Pain:
archiveofourown.org/works/54520618
Gale added tomatoes and broth to the sauce, covering it to let it simmer before sliding the eggplant into the oven to broil. By the time he turned back around, Astarion had poured them both a glass of red wine and was happily chowing down on cheese and crackers. “So we've got fancy sauce and eggplant slices. What's next?” he asked between bites. Gale leaned against the counter next to him and pressed a kiss to the corner of his mouth where a few stray crumbs had gathered before taking a sip from his own glass. “We need to make a different fancy sauce,” he explained and Astarion groaned.
May 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
gewhana.bsky.social
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Day 6- a description

From my #bloodweave fic Will You Please Stand:
archiveofourown.org/works/55519015
It wasn't until they'd reached the Ravengard manor and split up to go help their respective soon-to-be weds that Astarion found it. Nestled in one of the dozens of pockets Gale had hidden in these robes. A small, black velvet box. Astarion had never been one to ignore his curiosity. He opened it immediately. A brightly polished gold ring rested inside, tiny rubies embedded like stars in the band.
May 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
maniikoi.bsky.social
Day 5: Something sad

I don't often write sad fics, but here's one from my fic called, "Dawn of Remembrance."

archiveofourown.org/works/59571805

#25daysnippetchallenge #ffxv #ff15 #finalfantasyxv #postworldofruin
A snippet from my fanfiction for final fantasy xv called "Dawn of Remembrance."
May 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
maniikoi.bsky.social
Slowly working my way through the #25daysnippetchallenge since I keep forgetting about it, but here's day 9: blood/injury/sickness

⚠️Trigger warning for animal attack, injury, and blood

From my #ffxv #promptis fic, "Full Moon Rising."

archiveofourown.org/works/37337677
A snippet from my final fantasy xv fanfiction
May 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
maniikoi.bsky.social
A little late because I got busy and forgot, but better late than never!

Day 3: Something funny

This is an ongoing wip from my fic called, "The Secret Guest."

archiveofourown.org/works/59562391

#promptis #ffxv #25daysnippetchallenge
A snippet from my ffxv fanfiction called "The Secret Guest."
May 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
maniikoi.bsky.social
Day 6: Any Description

This is one of my favorite works. I'm a sucker for soulmate stuff, and it was so fun to write this for the Apricity: A Prompto Spring and Winter zine.

archiveofourown.org/works/41276958

#25daysnippetchallenge #ffxv #promptis
A snippet from one of my ffxv fics
May 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
eternalscout.bsky.social
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Day 5: Something sad
Val’dran whines brokenly as Halsin presses down on a bleeding wound. “It hurts,” he protests, tries to lift his hand to push Halsin away, but can’t even manage that. “It hurts, make it stop, make everything stop I don’t want to anymore—” Halsin shushes him. “Permanent solutions are a last resort,” he says. “Just keep breathing, Shadowheart and I will take care of this. We’ll have you right as rain. Don’t close your eyes—Val’dran. Val’dran. Stay awake, stay here. No—stay with me! Shadowheart, I need that potion, now!” Halsin’s voice is comfortably warm, even as it dissolves into cotton. As everything just… gently fades. Oh, is he… losing consciousness? That’s nice. He can’t feel the pain if he’s unconscious. If he’s…
April 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
maniikoi.bsky.social
Day 7: A beloved NPC

Nyx has got to be one of my all-time favorite side characters, and I don't write him nearly as much as I want to.

This is a scene from my "Soul Bound" fic where Nyx makes his first appearance.

#25daysnippetchallenge #ffxv

archiveofourown.org/works/53019424
A snippet from my ffxv fanfi tion called Soul Bound.
May 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
eternalscout.bsky.social
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Day 11: A kiss!
“You must let me know how it feels to kiss you like this,” the other drow says. “Please?” “I don’t—I don’t understand,” Val’dran stammers. “What is there to understand?” Sorn replies. “Just feel. May I?” Val’dran swallows, but nods. Just feel? Fine. He’ll try that then, Sorn can assuage his curiosity and… and something. Sorn leans in without hesitation, making a pleased noise as their lips meet, never mind the oddness of Val’dran’s upper lip, the fur, the way his whiskers twitch. The way his whiskers give tiny sparks of knowledge to Val’dran’s brain about the closeness of Sorn’s face. That’s… oddly… nice? The whole kiss is oddly nice. Or maybe it’s not odd, because it’s Sorn.
May 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Day 8: Food & Drink
Val’dran twitches an ear at him, offering a slanted look. “I must be,” he replies lazily. “But I found I needed a snack. Your chef is kindly taking some time out of his busy schedule for me.” Chorizo scoffs where he’s putting together what appears to be a sandwich, but Sorn can see he’s clearly pleased at having his work appreciated. It’s no wonder to find Val’dran being a little bit manipulative. What drow isn’t? But how effective it is, too, from that darling little kitten. “He really is a wonderful chef,” Sorn agrees. “I am only hoping he has the time to make something for little old me as well…” “No,” Chorizo tells him. “You’re going to demand some nonsense again!” Sorn pouts. “I wouldn’t. You’d let me go hungry? I?” “Eat a banana,” Chorizo declares. “Here you are, Val’dran. Don’t share any with that waste of space, he doesn’t deserve it.” Val’dran accepts the sandwich with a nod and a sly smile. “Of course not. Thank you very much, Sauceman.” Chorizo harrumphs and goes back to his preparations, though not before lobbing a banana at Sorn, who catches it just before it hits him in the face. He cackles as he follows Val’dran out of the kitchen, more amused than anything.
May 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
eternalscout.bsky.social
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Day 7: A beloved NPC

Not me getting incredibly attached to very minor characters... (Cedric the elf from Witcher 2)
He wakes sluggishly, feeling heavy and weak. But that must be wrong, surely? He is not… supposed to wake. He remembers a strange light, a warmth… golden cat’s eyes filled with compassion. A farewell. Is it to be different, then? He was so certain… Cedric opens his eyes, an endeavour that feels impossibly difficult until he succeeds, at which point he is mostly just confused. He lies nestled where he remembers speaking with the witcher Geralt, stiff and aching. Weak. Very weak. His side, soaked in blood, aches the worst. How…?
April 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
gewhana.bsky.social
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Day 9- injury

From my #bloodweave fic Act The Maggot: archiveofourown.org/works/54390598
Shadowheart fussed with something out of view—long, white braid tickling his skin—before pressing a hand against his abdomen and sending a nausea-inducing wave of pain through him. “That fucking hurts,” he hissed and she looked down at him, unapologetic. “Well, that's what happens when you get gutted,” she said matter-of-factly. Astarion blinked up at her, sorting through muddle memories to try and figure out what had happened. He didn't have much success, beyond remembering Cazador and the river and pain. The pain he knew was from running water except… except the tadpole had conveniently freed him of that limitation. It had completely slipped his mind in the panic of submersion. Yet plunging into the water had hurt terribly. What was it that Shadowheart said? “I got gutted?” “Yes,” she said with another press against his tender middle, “From navel to sternum. Not neat either. Kind of like he wanted to turn your insides into a jigsaw puzzle. You've been out for a good twelve hours,” her face was completely neutral, and Astarion was reminded she'd spent most of her life worshiping Shar.
May 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
eternalscout.bsky.social
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Day 10: Dialogue of your choice
"Hello again," he says. "Oh, come on," Moy says. "You do realise this doesn't seem like coincidence?" Val'dran shrugs, cleaning blood off his blades. "Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence. Let's not make it three times." "Oh?" Braelin says, moving up with a key jauntily swinging on his finger. "Do your friends not like being rescued then? We could leave them. No skin off my back." "I didn't say that!" Moy protests. "We would… appreciate… assistance," Izwae says.
May 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Day 6: Any description
Regardless, they were a group of four to start with, and one remains. Or rather remained, because Val'dran has found him in pieces. He wrinkles his nose, shoving an arm aside with his boot to peer at the floorboards. The stain in the wood is deep enough to tell him he hasn't been moved, but that it's only a day old at most. And… dismembered while still alive, he suspects. At least to some degree. At least, while the man has clearly been brutally murdered, he's still recognisable. Human, possibly southern from the colouring of skin and hair, young adult. Has a tattoo on the neck — a snake. Unfamiliar, could be mere decoration
April 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Day 15: A confession
Halsin shakes his head. “You underestimate your own kindness, your willingness to learn, your patience,” he replies. “I have lived a long time. Seen many things, many people. My heart does not stir lightly. But it does now.” Val’dran furrows his brows. “Your heart does what? Is it not functioning properly?”  Halsin laughs loudly at that, and Val’dran can’t fathom why it’s funny. Has he misinterpreted something? He’s good at common, but it still does trip him up at times. At least he hasn’t accidentally done insult, this time.  “No surprise a drow would not be so adept with metaphors of the heart,” Halsin chuckles. “Let me put it clearer; I want more than to fight side by side with you, or sit at the campfire. I want to lay with you under the stars and feel your skin against mine. Want to hold you close, and hear that charming laughter you so rarely deign to share. I want you, Val’dran. If you were to be amenable. If I’ve… misread the situation, we can let it rest, dismiss it, but I… must know if it can be something more between us.”  Val’dran stalls. This was not where he expected the conversation to go. He’s not sure what he expected, but not this. And Halsin says it’s clearer, but it’s not. He says he wishes companionship, but he also says he wants Val’dran, and that sentence is rarely meant in any platonic manner.  “I… you want sex? Or… something else? It’s… not clear to me what you want,” he admits, feeling uncharacteristically flustered about the fact.  “Heh, sorry, perhaps I am too poetic,” Halsin smiles. “I want a romantic relationship. With sex if and when wanted, but I appreciate your company and your wit just as much. I don’t think I’m wrong in saying you appreciate mine too.” 
May 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM