Fanart, Fanfiction and Fangirling

I was finally able to finish one of the WIPs I started last month but, SURPRISE, I got inspired and started another one. I realised the other day we are nearing the end of September (THANK GOD), which means... Kinktober is around the corner! I saw the prompt list some time ago and had an idea, but was too busy with work to do something about it. But when I went back to it this week, the proverbial light bulb lit up, so now I have 2 fanart ideas and a fanfic WIP. I'm not doing anything too kinky, because I'm a big wuss, but I hope I can come up with something decent.

But that's a future-me problem. For the moment, here's the fic I finished.



Title: The dawning of our love
Fandom: Interview with the vampire
Pairing: Armand/Daniel
Rating: Teen/PG-13
Summary:

"Are you really in love with me?" Daniel asked, voice so low he wondered if Armand had even heard him.

"More than you can imagine," Armand whispered, gently cradling Daniel's face in his hands.

...

Daniel was exhausted. He had insisted on doing another day-walking session, but now he was sore all over, his skin itched, and he could feel the beginning of a headache spreading through his skull.

"Wait here," Armand said as soon as they walked into Daniel's apartment.

He quickly walked around the living room, drawing all the blackout curtains shut and plunging the place into darkness. He switched on the floor lamp and turned back to him.

"Come. Sit down."

Daniel was too tired to argue about being ordered around in his own home and simply did as he was told. A heavy sigh escaped him as he flopped down on the sofa. He closed his eyes and let his head loll back against the headrest.

Read the rest on AO3.

I'm currently working on two other fics and pondering whether to take part in the Devil's Minion Big Bang, but for the moment I'm going to post this. It's just a tiny little bit of self-indulgent fluff, little more than a drabble, really, but I was in desperate need of something fluffy, so here it is.



Title: Windows to the soul
Fandom: Interview with the vampire
Pairing: Armand/Daniel
Rating: Teen/PG-13
Summary: Armand misses Daniel's human eyes
A/N: Just a tiny little bit of self-indulgent fluff

...

"I miss your human eyes." Armand was lying on his side next to Daniel, one elbow bent and head propped up against his hand. "I liked the way you looked at me back in Dubai, your eyes always had a sparkle in them when you were trying to figure me out. I could have spent hours getting lost in them." He gently brushed the pad of his index finger around one of Daniel's eyes, slowly tracing the lines etched into his skin by the passing of time.

Daniel smiled up at him.

"The great vampire Armand waxing poetic on me?"

Also posted on AO3.

Here's the second fic I've written for Devil's Minion Week 2026. I originally got the idea from "Touching the sun", a wonderful piece of fanart by LukeLemon: on Instagram - on Tumblr.

I'm not doing anything else for this fest, I don't want to burn myself out. I'll take my time and keep working on the WIPs I have, hopefully I'll finish them soon(ish).



Title: I'll take you under my wing (somebody should)
Fandom: Interview with the vampire
Pairing: Armand/Daniel
Rating: R/Mature
Summary: Daniel was still mad at him. For openly lying to him, for turning him against his will, for messing with his life in so many fucking ways. But he needed him. And he wasn't going to drive him away now that Armand had finally made up his mind and decided to be a decent maker.
A/N: Written for Day 3 of Devil's Minion Week 2026. Prompts: Maker and Fledgling dynamic exploration. Protective behaviour. Vampire abilities. Pet play and brat taming.

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"Nice," Daniel commented as he walked into the suite.

It had taken Armand just a matter of seconds to convince the young man at the reception desk to hand over the key to one of the fanciest rooms in the hotel. Daniel's lips stretched into a bitter grimace. He couldn't deny he felt a pang of envy at Armand's psychic abilities, the seemingly effortless way he could get into people's heads and play with them as if they were little more than overgrown puppets. He had been a vamp for two years now and had learned to read minds easily, but that was it. He couldn't fly, couldn't control fire... Sure, he could change his eye color, but that seemed like a pretty inconsequential gift to have. But that's what you get when your maker fucks off right after forcing his blood down your throat and leaves you to figure it all out on your own. Asshole. And now he had the gall to say he loved him.

Read the rest on AO3.

A few days ago I found out about Devil's Minion Week 2026 (16 - 23 August) and thought I could use it as motivation to try and finish a ficlet I had recently started. Well, fast forward to 3 days later, and I now have not one, but two ficlets that only need some minor editing before they can be posted.

I hadn't felt this inspired since the fateful summer I fell headfirst for Nick/Greg (CSI). With the one big difference that IWTV is an active fandom and I don't feel like I'm screaming into the void any time I post something. Let's hope this feeling lasts.

Finally! I've been working on this ficlet for months, but it never sounded right. Part of the problem was that I wanted to try my hand at case fic, because what's the point of writing CSI fanfic if you don't throw in a murder every now and then? But as I'd never written a crime story before, I didn't really know what I was doing.

This is obviously not a real case fic, it's way too short, but it's a little different from what I usually write and I'm glad I was finally able to finish it. And yes, I'm posting it today because it's Eric Szmanda's birthday. :3



Title: My favorite distraction
Fandom: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Rating: PG (just for the mention of blood)
Summary: Nick can't crack a case. Greg volunteers to help.
A/N: Inspired by the following prompt by creativepromptsforwriting:

"Don't you have better things to do?"

"Not really. You're kind of my favorite distraction."

...

Nick groaned, frustrated. He had studied all the photos, read all the notes, double checked all the test results, but still something didn't add up. He rubbed his temples and sighed.

"You look like you need a break."

He looked up and saw Greg lean on the door frame, the bright pattern of his shirt standing out sharply against his immaculate lab coat.

Read the rest on AO3

June has been a busy month and I didn't have much time to draw. This week has finally been quieter, but it's so hot I get sweaty just picking up a pencil.

In the end, I decided to use the current heat wave as insiration.

( Drawing under the cut )

I recently went to an exhibition on food in Japanese anime and in one of the rooms there was a life-size cardboard cutout of Creamy. I’d never drawn her before, so I took that as a sign.

I especially enjoyed colouring this, which is something unusual for me, I’m always terrified of ruining my drawings when I colour them.

Drawing and close-up behind the cut.

( Pampulu Pimpulu Parimpampum! )

This isn't one of the main prompts, but when you get an idea, you don't argue with the muse, you just draw it.

Drawing and prompt list under the cut.

( Yep, those are pretty sharp )

I hate not following the correct order for prompts, but I'm not going to give up on an idea only because I got it a few days too late. So here's a super quick sketch of Inspector Zenigata eating instant noodles, because that's a classic.

Also, this is the first time I've drawn Zenigata, yay!

Drawing and prompt list under the cut.

( Enjoying your cup noodles, pops? )

I saw this challenge on Tumblr a couple of weeks ago and thought I could give it a go... And of course I've already fallen behind. Oh, well, I'm only using it as inspiration and as a stimulus to avoid getting too lazy.

Anyway. I usually draw little manga-style self portraits when I write letters, postcards etc., but for this I wanted to try something a little different. Still cartoonish, but in a slightly different style from what I'm used to.

( Drawing and prompt list under the cut )