Xanthe

Title: The Christmas Tree
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: Suits
Pairing: Harvey/Mike
Rating: NC-17
Category: Slash
Genre: BDSM, romance, angst, holiday fic
Warnings: Features a loving, consensual, gentle BDSM relationship. And some Christmas sappiness!
Wordcount: 12,000
Status: Complete
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from this work. No copyright infringement is intended.
Spelling: I’m from the UK, so I use UK spelling in all my stories.
Author’s Notes: This is my Xanthe Xmas offering for this year☺. This story is set in my Possession story-verse. Some allusions are made to Possession, but you don’t have to read that to understand this.
Many thanks to:
bluespirit_star for beta and for letting me ‘borrow’ some of the ornaments mentioned in this story from her own tree!
georgiesmith for US beta.
flyingnorth, Haggy, N and S for audiencing.

Summary: Can Harvey meet Grammy for the first time, tolerate a tree in his apartment, broach a difficult subject with Mike, and also, somewhere along the way, learn to like Christmas?

“We’ll get you there,” Mike said, in a patronising tone of wise sympathy. “We’ll break you into the joys of Christmas eventually, Harvey Specter Scrooge.”

( The Christmas Tree - 1/2 )

Title: Envy
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: Suits
Pairing: Harvey/Mike
Rating: R
Category: Slash
Genre: BDSM, romance.
Warnings: Loving, consensual spanking
Wordcount: 3,600
Status: Complete
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from this work. No copyright infringement is intended.
Spelling: I’m from the UK, so I use UK spelling in all my stories.

Author’s Notes: I had great fun with this one! It was great to be writing spanky fic again - it's been too long! LOL!
This story is set in the Possession story-verse, a few months after the events depicted in that story. But you don’t have to read that to understand this.
Many thanks to lantean_drift and bluespirit_star for beta, and to Sue, Haggy and flyingnorth for audiencing.
You can also read this story on my website here.

Summary: Harvey raises the stakes in their D/s games late by initiating a scene late one night in the Pearson Hardman offices…with unexpected consequences.

( Envy )

Title: Cover Story
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Genre: Slash
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Categories: Romance, established relationship, angst, spanky, crack
Warnings: SPANKING
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 3,397
Spoilers: None (Well, Witch Hunt if you squint)
Disclaimer: These characters belong to DPB, CBS, Paramount, et al. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Tony seems to want to try something kinky, and Gibbs seems more than happy to oblige. But things aren't always what they seem, are they?
Author’s Notes: I may not be up to much at the moment, but I did manage to squeeze out a spanky crack fic with a side order of angst ;-). It's not beta'd! It's too small and silly for that! It's just a bit of fun.

( Cover Story )

Title: The Choice
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Tony, Tim, Gibbs.
Keywords: Angst, spanking. This is really all about the Tony/Tim friendship though!
Wordcount: 9,798
Warning: SPANKING. If you don't like spanking stories, then don't read it.
Author’s Notes: There’s no slash pairing in this, just an almighty punishment spanking and I’m not saying *who* gets spanked as that’d give a major plot point away *g*. There is a strong element of Tony/Tim friendship in this fic though – I’ll give that much away!
Thanks to: Aisling K and Sasha for the truly inspiring stories they’ve posted this week.
Summary: Tim and Tony fall out following a disastrous stakeout, and Gibbs reveals a truly unique approach to team building...

( The Choice )

Title: The One Where Tony and Tim Read Fanfiction
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Rating: PG
Summary: Tony and Tim find a "Deep Six" fanfiction archive.
Genre: Total crack. Really! Mild spanky references.
Wordcount: 2165
Notes: I had a conversation with Sasha, and it reminded me of a conversation I had with Triskellion about her fabulous story Online. So I wrote this. My sincere apologies...

( The One Where Tony and Tim Read Fanfiction )

Title: Coming Home
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: SGA
Pairing: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard (AU, set in a bisexual/BDSM universe)
Genre: Slash
Category: Romance, BDSM, spanking, hurt/comfort, angst, drama/action, BDSM-verse
Rating: NC17 for loving, consensual BDSM sex and spanking scenes.
Spoilers: Season One.
Wordcount: 183,800 – give or take *g*.
Posting: Because of the size of this story, I’ll be posting it in daily installments to my LJ. There are 19 installments of between 8000 and 11,000 words each. This story is finished and complete. I'll post links to the entire story at the end.

This novel-length story is a prequel to General & Dr Sheppard telling the story of how the AU John and Rodney first got together.

Summary: “Colonel John Sheppard knew, from the moment he first met Dr Rodney McKay, that the man would be trouble.”

Author’s Notes and Thank Yous

1. “Coming Home” is set in the same storyverse as ‘General & Dr Sheppard’ (G&DS). You don’t have to have read that in order to read and enjoy this.
2. This story is set entirely in a universe where bisexuality and BDSM sex are the norm. The BDSM depicted in this story is lifestyle BDSM – so it’s more intense than the “silk scarves” variety. It is safe, sane and consensual and the characters enjoy their sexuality. If you are squicked by BDSM practices (such as spanking, bondage, biting, marking, and dominant/submissive power exchange) please don’t read this story.
3. First and foremost this is a story about two people finding each other and learning how to be together. The BDSM is just a backdrop to that story.
4. Obviously as this is an AU, where bisexuality and BDSM are the norm and people are comfortable with that, the characters speak and act a bit differently to how they might speak and act in our universe. It was established in G&DS that the characters in this universe are much more open about their sexuality and comfortable talking about it.
5. Some events from the actual show are depicted in this story but they don’t necessarily happen in the same order, and they certainly don’t happen in quite the same way as they happened on the show. In a few places I have used some actual lines of dialogue from ‘Suspicion’, Hide and Seek’, and ‘38 Minutes’. This was done on purpose to emphasise the fact that this universe sometimes has echoes of our own.
6. Please don’t post to tell me how and why this society won’t work – I'm pretty sure I already know! If you like this kind of thing then it’s an enjoyable fantasy. It's not intended to be a "how to" guide to the functioning of a BDSM society or as to how BDSM should be practised. It's a story about people first and foremost.
7. I’m not postulating that this society is any better or worse than our own – it’s a fantasy construct with its own good and bad points.
8. I was working off my own canon here as some of the events that happen in ‘Coming Home’ are referred to in ‘G&DS’. I tried to make everything fit appropriately, and hope I succeeded. Some things will be picked up in the next story in this series, whenever I get around to writing it *g*. Please note that although John is a General in G&DS, he starts out as a Colonel here.
9. I love getting friendly feedback so please leave some if you enjoy this story!
10. A note about the posting method. I'm posting in installments but the story is finished. I'm posting in installments for various reasons: firstly, I do like to reply to feedback. I think if people have been kind enough to leave it then I like to acknowledge it. So if I posted more than 2 a day I simply wouldn't be able to keep up with the feedback and I want to enjoy the feedback and give people proper responses. Secondly, I asked my flist how they wanted the story to be posted and the consensus was that daily installments were best. People mentioned how they felt G&DS had been a real event, and they'd loved having something new to read each day and being able to chat with other readers about the fic. Of course people who don't like installments can wait until the entire story is posted and then read it all in one go - no problems there! There are 19 installments to this fic.
11. My apologies for the exceedingly long author’s notes! There was a reason why I felt they were necessary with this story.
12. Just to recap - if you dislike BDSM, or the way I write BDSM in particular, and/or you hated ‘G&DS’, then there’s really no reason for you to read ‘Coming Home’. If you loved 'G&DS' and/or really enjoy the way I write, then yay and hoorah and I hope you get a kick out of this one too – it's you guys I'm writing for!

Big Thanks To:
bluespirit_star for constant encouragement, discussion and support, to say nothing of prompt and helpful beta. I honestly couldn’t have written this without you, and most of the time I was actually writing it *for* you! Thanks so much.
flyingnorth for enthusiasm and many a long discussion about this universe
shrewreader for US beta.
Everyone who has been so encouraging (and patient!) about this story and all my flist for being so supportive whenever I mentioned it.
bluespirit_star again for yet another gorgeous title graphic

Now, on with the story!

Coming Home - Part One: Trouble with a Capital ‘T’.

Title: General & Dr Sheppard
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing/s: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard. Rodney Sheppard/John Sheppard
Genre: Slash
Category: Romance, BDSM-verse, BDSM, UST, hurt/comfort, angst
Spoilers: Trinity and The Brotherhood.
Summary: An accident with Ancient technology sucks a John and Rodney from an alternate universe onto Atlantis – and they have very different ideas about sex, marriage and relationships.
Rating: NC-17


Many thanks to: Bluespirit for unwavering support, constant enthusiasm, good suggestions and beta help and for just being fabulous. I really can't thank Bluespirit enough. She's been so fabulous and I seriously doubt I'd have continued writing this story without her help and support. Any mistakes are my own. Special thanks also to Flying North for discussions and suggestions. Separate thanks also due to the fantastically talented Bluespirit for the amazingly inspiring title graphic ;-). There's a standalone piece to this title graphic as well which I'll be posting with the next chapter as it goes with it so well.

Warning: BDSM lifestyle themes, graphic, loving BDSM sex, dark, possessive sex, and consensual spanking. Please DO NOT READ if those ideas upset or squick you.

Disclaimer: This is a work of erotic fiction. It is not intended to be a how-to guide for BDSM - there are plenty of sites on the net for that. The alternate universe depicted is intended to be hot and fun - it's not a serious attempt to analyse how such a society would really work.

Extract: New John grinned. "Perhaps we should introduce ourselves. I'm General John Sheppard…"

"General?" John frowned. "Damn." He wasn't sure why that annoyed him, but somehow it did. You can't possibly be competitive with *yourself* he told himself, but the idea that this John outranked him niggled at him.

"Hah – so it seems that the John in their universe has progressed a little further up the career ladder than you, Lieutenant-Colonel," Rodney said, stressing John's title pointedly, in a tone of malicious glee, holding his hands behind his back and rocking back and forth on his heels a little in enjoyment of John's discomfort.

"And this is my husband, Dr Rodney Sheppard," new John added, gesturing towards his Rodney. The look on Atlantis's Rodney's face was so comical that John almost fell about laughing there and then.

( Part One: Making History )