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Biggles Holiday Airdrop
Jan. 17th, 2025 12:04 amI ended up writing three things!
Sandstorms (Raymond & EvS, 2300 wds)
Raymond's first meeting with Major Sterne, and his first as allies with von Stalhein.
My recipient requested post-Hatchet debrief fic, and I noodled around on how to approach this, since I've written Raymond and EvS a couple of different times, until I hit on the idea of having "Major Sterne" EvS first approach Raymond in a particularly sympathetic context, and having that sympathy come back on him much later. And then it just fell together.
Clear Blue Skies (Ginger & EvS, 1700 wds)
Von Stalhein stops by the Air Police office looking for Biggles, but Ginger is the only one there. An unexpected chat happens.
This was a pinch hit. The recipient requested Erich & Ginger, which is a combination I've been curious about writing, but never actually have tried before. I kicked around two different ideas, one with the two of them having a sympathetic encounter on the trip home from Sakhalin, and the other, a later-era conversation when it hits EvS like a ton of bricks that he never really just chats with Biggles's men and maybe he ought to start.
Rivals at Heart (Biggles/EvS & Algy, 1600 wds, mature)
Erich is preoccupied; Biggles can't figure out why. (Late in series established relationship.)
This was a treat for a prompt that caught my eye, about Erich being unfoundedly jealous of Algy. Jealousy isn't a trope I normally write, as such, so it was a new set of feelings to explore, and I had a great time! (Also, it turns out that possessive EvS is incredibly hot and I should write him more often.)
Sandstorms (Raymond & EvS, 2300 wds)
Raymond's first meeting with Major Sterne, and his first as allies with von Stalhein.
My recipient requested post-Hatchet debrief fic, and I noodled around on how to approach this, since I've written Raymond and EvS a couple of different times, until I hit on the idea of having "Major Sterne" EvS first approach Raymond in a particularly sympathetic context, and having that sympathy come back on him much later. And then it just fell together.
Clear Blue Skies (Ginger & EvS, 1700 wds)
Von Stalhein stops by the Air Police office looking for Biggles, but Ginger is the only one there. An unexpected chat happens.
This was a pinch hit. The recipient requested Erich & Ginger, which is a combination I've been curious about writing, but never actually have tried before. I kicked around two different ideas, one with the two of them having a sympathetic encounter on the trip home from Sakhalin, and the other, a later-era conversation when it hits EvS like a ton of bricks that he never really just chats with Biggles's men and maybe he ought to start.
Rivals at Heart (Biggles/EvS & Algy, 1600 wds, mature)
Erich is preoccupied; Biggles can't figure out why. (Late in series established relationship.)
This was a treat for a prompt that caught my eye, about Erich being unfoundedly jealous of Algy. Jealousy isn't a trope I normally write, as such, so it was a new set of feelings to explore, and I had a great time! (Also, it turns out that possessive EvS is incredibly hot and I should write him more often.)