Title: Through my Veins – A Cuddy & House Story
Author: blue_raine
Show: House, MD
Pairing: House / Cuddy
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama, Romance
Summary: As Cuddy is now taken, House needs a new start. When he is leaving, both need to deal with his decission. "I really want you to really want me. But I really don't know if you can do that" - Could Cuddy let him walk away? Could House live without her?

Disclaimer: House is owned by Fox and the Lyrics of "I really want you" belong to James Blunt.
Authors Note: Chapter 4/7

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

Title: Through my Veins – A Cuddy & House Story
Author: blue_raine
Show: House, MD
Pairing: House / Cuddy
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama, Romance
Summary: As Cuddy is now taken, House needs a new start. When he is leaving, both need to deal with his decission. "I really want you to really want me. But I really don't know if you can do that" - Could Cuddy let him walk away? Could House live without her?

Disclaimer: House is owned by Fox and the Lyrics of "I really want you" belong to James Blunt.
Authors Note: Chapter 3/7

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

Title: Through my Veins – A Cuddy & House Story
Author: blue_raine
Show: House, MD
Pairing: House / Cuddy
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama, Romance
Summary: As Cuddy is now taken, House needs a new start. When he is leaving, both need to deal with his decission. "I really want you to really want me. But I really don't know if you can do that" - Could Cuddy let him walk away? Could House live without her?

Disclaimer: House is owned by Fox and the Lyrics of "I really want you" belong to James Blunt.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2

Title: Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse - Book I: The Invisible Chains
Author: Eurypon
Format: Novel
Length: Chapter: 10 774 - Total 213 371 (December 16, 2009)
Status: WIP
Rating: NC-17 - M - M/M Slash
Warnings: Violence, incest, rape, non-con, domination may all occur in varying degrees

Chapter 29: Prince Of The Mukthars

Queen Emelasuntha gets a visit form a young man with fascinating information. Rullio of Brenx reaches the capital... but rides around it. Emelasuntha and Sobrathi, together with the men of the Tribe of Mekthona, stake out the royal castle. Baron Damydas leaves for the Northern Marches but manages to loose himself in the crowd. Rullio has another hot encounter. At Lorseth Castle a new page is welcomed by Rahendo. Ffindall Dram receives a useful report. Anaxantis and his group are exploring the Renuvian Plains and finally they set eyes on the enemy. An all to near encounter with a deadly arrow makes Anaxantis think about what would happen in the event of his death. Again Rullio's charms lead to the unavoidable. The plot thickens while two unlikely men meet each other.

Links: Aarinfantasy & FictionPress

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Title: Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse - Book I: The Invisible Chains
Author: Eurypon
Format: Original - Novel
Length: 190 000 (November 14, 2009)
Status: WIP
Rating: M - NC-17
Warnings: Violence, incest, rape, non-con, domination may all occur in varying degrees
Link: aarinfantasy and fictionpress
Summary: (by the author) A long and brooding chronicle with bitterness, savage tribes, bloody battles and crowns lost and gained. About friendship in arms, love in bonds, devotion against all odds and undeserved tenderness. M/M Slash

Review: The story is set in a kind of Middle Ages. Although very recognizable, there are some differences with our actual Middle Ages. Some regions in this world have more a feel of ancient Greece.

The kingdom of Ximerion is under threat of an attack on both its southern and northern border. The danger coming from the north is far less serious and the high king sends his youngest sons to the Northern Marches, under the guidance of an old and trusted friend, both to handle the situation and to safeguard them from the far more serious situation in the south.

Almost immediately strife breaks out between the half brothers, although they also feel attracted to each other... though this attraction takes some strange forms.

Like the author states in the summary it is a long and brooding tale. It requires some investment of the reader, especially in the beginning. Those who get past the first three or four chapters are well rewarded however.

Out of the Introduction-Warning by the author:

This will be a long and brooding chronicle with bitterness and savage tribes and bloody battles and crowns lost and gained. It will tell about foul betrayal and fighting in desperate situations. About friendship in arms and love in bonds. About devotion against all odds and undeserved tenderness. About reversal of fortunes and growth in adversity.

Be warned: there will be scenes of domination and rape, but never random or unexplained. Of course there will be smut. There will also be incest. The graphic description of armed conflict and the sacking of villages and cities may not be to everybody's taste. Characters you might have grown to love will die and their death will not always be an easy one.

It is doubtful that at the end of the story there will be anybody left who is totally innocent.

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Can the King of Hell fall in Love? Rated T-M
Romance/Fantasy/Angst
In Progress

http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2599097/1/Lucifer_Oh_Lucifer

**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**

So there is the final update... Over the past day we have processed around 11 million jobs out of the 12 million that were in queue at that time. Please bear in mind that over this past day, more jobs for notifications are also created. So while the queue has been dropping, we are still not fully caught up at this point, due to backlog and new jobs. We have roughly 3 million jobs still pending that involve the notification system in some manner. We had hoped we could have fully cleared the queue in a day, but unfortunately we can't clear it too quickly, since we need the rest of the site to operate normally. From our current perspective on the amount of jobs that are left in queue, and how many it has processed thus far, we believe it will take around another 8 - 12 hours to process everything.

And finally some answers to some questions:

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Title: (assorted titles)
Fandom: BBC Merlin
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Gwen
Description: Romance, with a bit of drama (depending on which story)
Summary: Mainly Arthur and Gwen together!
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/~ellaumbrella

Barbie Gets Kidnapped

P r o l o g u e

Schools Out For Summer

Authors Note: Okay so I have like a thousand stories I'm already writing but...I've had this idea for ages, and I just never had the chance to write it until now, I will update on a regular basis so don't worry, the story will start from around her home life, so if your confused on any of the bits tell me, reviews are appreciated too. And thank you to my beta JessNutsss, for all that she's done. :)

Rating: T and later on probably M.

One minute I was standing on the curb waiting for my father, the next I was getting pulled into a car, with a whole load of scary people, WAIT there's a hot buff guy.

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Title: Only the Cause and End of Movement
Fandom: Harry Potter
Format & Word Count: Fic, 2,000 words
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Remus/Tonks, with appearances by Ted and Andromeda Tonks
Description: Angst with a side order of romantic fluff.
Warnings: Various Deathly Hallows spoilers regarding Remus and Tonks' relationship. Also, did I mention angst?
Summary: Remus comes home for the last time.

(love is itself unmoving, only the cause and end of movement)

Title: Only the Cause and End of Movement
Fandom: Harry Potter
Format & Word Count: Fic, 2,000 words
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Remus/Tonks, with appearances by Ted and Andromeda Tonks
Description: Angst with a side order of romantic fluff.
Warnings: Various Deathly Hallows spoilers regarding Remus and Tonks' relationship. Also, did I mention angst?
Summary: Remus comes home for the last time.

(love is itself unmoving, only the cause and end of movement)