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Title: Car Ride (pt. 2 of Redemption Arc)
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairing: Zell+Selphie
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: PG-13 (for language)
Summary: Zell's mind is still reeling from the night before, and Selphie seems to not be on speaking terms with him. Can he do anything to assauge the situation? The last thing he wants is to lose a friend over this not-quite-a-nightmare that he hasn't even finished working out yet.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VIII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Car Ride

( Okay, Selphie... seriously, how long are you going to ignore me? )

Title: Inauguration (pt. 1 of Redemption Arc)
Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairing: Seifer/Zell, Zell+Selphie
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It's the inauguration ball, and Zell is having a good time enjoying his graduation--that is, until he spots Seifer. A moment of pity for the other boy turns out to be a great mistake, and before Zell knows it, he's lip-locked with his mortal enemy, of all the people in Garden to kiss him! What makes matters worse is that he can't even tell if this is a joke or not. Will he come out of this unscathed, or will this leave a mark on him forever?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VIII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Inauguration

( Every day of his life, Zell had run into Seifer. )

Title: Scarlet Ribbon
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: Larsa/Penelo
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Penelo's always been satisfied with the terms of her friendship with Larsa. But a week before his wedding to a foreign princess, Basch arrives with a bundle of letters that were never delivered. In them is Larsa's heart. What will she do now that she holds it in her hands?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Author’s Notes…

Something short. I don’t think it will be more than a few chapters. I have most of them outlined in my head already. But knowing my track record with saying a story is going to be short, and then it’s not… Well, we’ll see.

If you like it, please review! You don’t know how much encouragement that is for me—and it’s very much appreciated, at that.

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Scarlet Ribbon
Chapter One
What Will You Do?

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( Your hair was like strands of gold spun from the very sun-- )

Title: A Dangerous Leap
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: Larsa+Penelo
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Penelo and Larsa are vacationing at the Phon Coast. When Larsa loses a trinket his mother had given him, Penelo decides to retrieve it, seemingly at the peril of her own life.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Author’s Notes…

Just a short one-shot. I hope everyone enjoys.

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A Dangerous Leap

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( He would always remember the wind, scented with salt, tossing Penelo's long blonde curls about her face as it whistled past. )

Title: Trust and Temptation
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: Larsa/Penelo, Vaan/Penelo
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Summary: A sky-pirating mission has gone awry, leaving Penelo in Archades with Larsa while Vaan takes off to unknown destinations. She's all set to go after her partner, too, until Larsa informs her that she's not going anywhere anytime soon. At least, not until the agreement he struck with Vaan is null and void, and who knows when that may be?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Trust and Temptation
Chapter Eight
Partial Secrecies and Honest Endeavors
to protect what matters most

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( Why did he love her? )

Title: Trust and Temptation
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: Larsa/Penelo, Vaan/Penelo
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Summary: A sky-pirating mission has gone awry, leaving Penelo in Archades with Larsa while Vaan takes off to unknown destinations. She's all set to go after her partner, too, until Larsa informs her that she's not going anywhere anytime soon. At least, not until the agreement he struck with Vaan is null and void, and who knows when that may be?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction. Any character not involved within the game is © J.E. Jones, and to use them without permission of the author is illegal and punishable by law.

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Trust and Temptation
Chapter Seven
A Conference to Remember

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( She could hear her footsteps clacking along the floor and knew that any imperials around would be alerted to her presence immediately. )

Title: Trust and Temptation
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: Larsa/Penelo, Vaan/Penelo
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Summary: A sky-pirating mission has gone awry, leaving Penelo in Archades with Larsa while Vaan takes off to unknown destinations. She's all set to go after her partner, too, until Larsa informs her that she's not going anywhere anytime soon. At least, not until the agreement he struck with Vaan is null and void, and who knows when that may be?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Author’s Notes…

Special thanks to glass_metric for betaing. Another thanks to tsukinofaerii and mariagoner for helping me sort through this massive plot at times. Organization, yo!

And thanks to everyone else who has read this far! You guys are great. I hope you enjoy the chapter.

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Trust and Temptation
Chapter Six
Not As It Seems

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( The fire was warm against her legs. )

Title: Trust and Temptation
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: Larsa/Penelo, Vaan/Penelo
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Summary: A sky-pirating mission has gone awry, leaving Penelo in Archades with Larsa while Vaan takes off to unknown destinations. She's all set to go after her partner, too, until Larsa informs her that she's not going anywhere anytime soon. At least, not until the agreement he struck with Vaan is null and void, and who knows when that may be?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Author’s Notes…

Special thanks to mariagoner, tsukinofaerii, and gysecune for reading over this chapter as I went along. You guys are ever patiently listening to me prattle on about this story, haha.

Also a thanks to uzumakisama and glass_metric for betaing this chapter. Love ya! ♥

Hope everyone enjoys.

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Trust and Temptation
Chapter Five
Fear of the Unknown

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( There was an entire folder on Vaan. )

Title: Trust and Temptation
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: Larsa/Penelo, Vaan/Penelo
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Summary: A sky-pirating mission has gone awry, leaving Penelo in Archades with Larsa while Vaan takes off to unknown destinations. She's all set to go after her partner, too, until Larsa informs her that she's not going anywhere anytime soon. At least, not until the agreement he struck with Vaan is null and void, and who knows when that may be?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction. Rian and Teri are © J.E. Jones. To use these characters without permission of the author is illegal and will be punished by law.

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Author’s Notes…

A very special thanks to mariagoner, who’s always willing to sit and listen to me spout ideas and then bounce some back. She also helped me with a portion of the first scene of this chapter, to which I am entirely grateful. Thanks, doll.

Another very special thanks to gysecune who also sits and listens to me ramble on about this story. Your patience is very much appreciated, haha.

uzumakisama, for taking time out of her busy schedule to beta this for me. You really don’t know how much help you give me, hon.

And to the rest of my readers, who have all left supportive and heartfelt reviews. Every time I receive one, I’m so happy, I couldn’t tell you. I don’t care how corny that sounds, heh. Love you guys!

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Trust and Temptation
Chapter Four
All of His Secrets

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( Penelo made herself comfortable in a stiff-looking chair that was actually quite soft and easy on the back. )

Special thanks to uzumakisama for beta-ing despite how she's got a cold at the moment. ILU ♥

Title: Radiant
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Pairings: [Sora+Kairi] [RikuxSora] [LeonxCloud]
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Genre: Romance/General
Summary: Kairi's leaving for college, and Sora's left to hold the fading threads of their relationship. Roxas suddenly won't shut up inside of Sora's head after nearly two years of silence. Riku's lost the courage to let Sora know how he truly feels. Cloud's still chasing his past, and Leon's tired of helping him fight his demons.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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For Mimi

Radiant
Chapter Two
Forsaken

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Leon

( I don't like it, Leon. )

Special thanks to uzumakisama and glass_metric for beta-ing this. ♥

Title: Trust and Temptation
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: Larsa/Penelo, Vaan/Penelo
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Summary: A sky-pirating mission has gone awry, leaving Penelo in Archades with Larsa while Vaan takes off to unknown destinations. She's all set to go after her partner, too, until Larsa informs her that she's not going anywhere anytime soon. At least, not until the agreement he struck with Vaan is null and void, and who knows when that may be?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Trust and Temptation
Chapter Three
Shroud of Mystery

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( It was nearing dusk by the time Penelo made her way to Larsa's study. )

Title: Radiant
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Pairings: [Sora+Kairi] [RikuxSora] [LeonxCloud]
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Genre: Romance/General
Summary: Kairi's leaving for college, and Sora's left to hold the fading threads of their relationship. Roxas suddenly won't shut up inside of Sora's head after nearly two years of silence. Riku's lost the courage to let Sora know how he truly feels. Cloud's still chasing his past, and Leon's tired of helping him fight his demons.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Author’s Notes…

New story; I know, I know. This started out as a one-shot, then… I got too many ideas as I was developing it, and let’s just say that it sprouted into a multi-chapter fic. It shouldn’t be as long as any of my others, no, but it won’t be too short, either. Probably nothing less than ten chapters.

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For Mimi

Radiant
Chapter One
A Voice in the Quiet

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Sora

( Sweat stung my eyes, and I stopped yet again to wipe it away. )

New story! It's co-written with mariagoner. :D Hope everyone enjoys.

Title: The Caliber of Consequences
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: LarsaxPenelo
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Genre: Romance/General
Summary: When in trouble with one empire, it's only common sense to flee to another. But as Penelo soon finds out, plans don't always go quite as simply as you hoped for...

The links to the first chapter can be found below:

[ff.net] | [mariagoner]

Title: Frog Prince
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Pairing: [LeonxSora]/[SoraxRiku]
Summary: Friendships are being broken, left in disrepair. An old love and a new love are tangling themselves together tightly. Everything is becoming so complicated and confusing, and it’s all that Sora can do to keep up.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction. Seiya is © S.G. Smythe, and to use this character without permission of the author is illegal and will be punished by law.

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Author’s Notes…

Sorry for the wait. It was going to be out earlier than this, but I had some trouble this week that kind of put me out of commission for a while. Anyway. I hope everyone enjoys the chapter.

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Frog Prince
Chapter Twenty-Three
In His Head

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( Come back soon, Sora! )

Title: Assuming the Identity of a Sixteen-Year-Old
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII; fanfic for mariagoner
Pairing: Older!Larsa/Penelo
Rating: Let's keep it at a PG for some language
Genre: Romance/tad bit of humor if you squint (unless I'm just hopeless at it)
Summary: Written for Knots, Ties, and Tides, AU spinoff on chapter ten.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction. The story of Knots, Ties, and Tides belongs to the lovely mariagoner, and everyone who hasn’t read this story (why would you be looking at this otherwise?!) should do so right now. ;)

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Author’s Notes…

Whoo, when’s the last time I wrote a gift fic? Been a while. Well, it seems like it, at least. I could be wrong. Regardless!

Our dear mariagoner was mentioning a sixteen-year-old Larsa the other day on [this post], AU for her story Knots, Ties, and Tides—particularly transpiring around the end of chapter ten. Now, I’m no genius here, and obviously I can’t write her characters as well as she can or know the story as well as she does. But… well—I, too, want to see some older!Larsa action going on here. Even if it’s short. I dare not write anymore, because then it might get out of my hands and carried away and then where would we be? Inside the mind of an over-enthusiastic fan of this story, no doubt!

Well, cheers. :D I hope you enjoy this, girlie. <3 (And all of you fab, fab, fab readers.)

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Assuming the Identity of a Sixteen-Year-Old


( His lips lightly brushed the tip of her nose. )

Title: Trust and Temptation
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: Larsa/Penelo, Vaan/Penelo
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Summary: A sky-pirating mission has gone awry, leaving Penelo in Archades with Larsa while Vaan takes off to unknown destinations. She's all set to go after her partner, too, until Larsa informs her that she's not going anywhere anytime soon. At least, not until the agreement he struck with Vaan is null and void, and who knows when that may be?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Author’s Notes…

Yeah, I don’t know how this chapter got so long… One second it was reasonably short, and then bam, almost 11K. Well, at least that’s an enjoyable read for everyone? Haha.

I’m glad to present you guys with this next chapter. I hope you have as much fun reading this as I enjoyed writing it.

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Trust and Temptation
Chapter Two
Watching You Walk Away

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( If you'll just wait here, ma'am. )

Title: Trust and Temptation
Fandom: Final Fantasy XII
Pairing: Larsa/Penelo, Vaan/Penelo
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Summary: A sky-pirating mission has gone awry, leaving Penelo in Archades with Larsa while Vaan takes off to unknown destinations. She's all set to go after her partner, too, until Larsa informs her that she's not going anywhere anytime soon. At least, not until the agreement he struck with Vaan is null and void, and who knows when that may be?

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction.

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Author’s Notes…

Just to set the record straight before I move onto anything else, this is not the mentioned sequel for Choice of Words. Haha, so nobody gets confused, I had to get that out of the way.

This story was inspired by a daily prompt I normally write, and that prompt was “write your morning.” I normally use original fiction of mine for these exercises, but I was growing weary of doing so many of them that way and decided I’d like to do fanfiction for this one instead. Lo and behold at the idea that came to my mind then! It gave birth to a whole new story.

Anyway, I’m really excited about this, and I hope that all of you will feel the same.

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Trust and Temptation
Chapter One
The Agreement

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( Miss! )

Title: Frog Prince
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Pairing: [LeonxSora]/[SoraxRiku]
Summary: Friendships are being broken, left in disrepair. An old love and a new love are tangling themselves together tightly. Everything is becoming so complicated and confusing, and it’s all that Sora can do to keep up.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction. San and Seiya are © J.E. Jones and S.G. Smythe. Seiya is © S.G. Smythe. To use these characters without permission of the author is illegal and will be punished by law.

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Frog Prince
Chapter Twenty-Two
He Didn’t Want It

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( Dinner was almost ready when San and Seiya showed up. )

Title: Frog Prince
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Genre: Romance/General
Rating: R, eventual NC-17
Pairing: [LeonxSora]/[SoraxRiku]
Summary: Friendships are being broken, left in disrepair. An old love and a new love are tangling themselves together tightly. Everything is becoming so complicated and confusing, and it’s all that Sora can do to keep up.

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Disclaimer: I do now own Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction. San is © J.E. Jones and S.G. Smythe. Seiya is © S.G. Smythe. To use these characters without the permission of the authors is illegal and will be punished by law.

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Author’s Notes…

Sorry for the delay. I started A Careful Remedy, and then the holidays caught up with me. But the newest chapter is here in the flesh for you to read and (hopefully, hurr hurr) enjoy. As always, thanks for everyone’s continuous patience. This story should be back on its normal schedule—a week to bi-weekly update—after this chapter, but I make no promises. Nothing should be coming up, but you never know, do you? Ah, life.

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Frog Prince
Chapter Twenty-One
Agitation at the Unknown

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( It was close to nine thirty when Sora finally made his way home. )

Title: A Careful Remedy
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Pairing: [RikuxSora]/[RikuxRoxas]
Rating: NC-17
Genre: Romance/General
Summary: When Sora threw himself from the third floor balcony of his bedroom on Christmas Eve, he had expected a quiet death. But Death has other plans for him, and it's up to Sora to gain some closure in the past before his four days run out to do so.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts, nor am I making any money off this fanfiction. Yukiru is © J. E. Jones, and to use this character without permission of the author is illegal and will be punished by law.

WARNING: This chapter contains explicit content. I urge you to be of the proper age and/or at the proper maturity level to be reading this. Please.

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A Careful Remedy
Chapter Three
And If I Wanted to Kiss You…

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[Part A]

( Part B )