Xanthe

Title: Silent Night
Author: Xanthe
Fandom/s: Multi-fandom crossover fic, featuring many of my favourite fandoms
Pairings: Harvey/Mike from Suits – but the rest are a secret! However, I can say that lots of lovely couples, old and new, make an appearance during the course of the story. If you are desperate to know, you can click on the spoiler button to read the fandoms and pairings, but it’s more fun to just let them surprise you – trust me ;-).

Fandom/s: Suits, The X Files, NCIS, Ricochet, Person of Interest, Sherlock, Rizzoli & Isles, Stargate: Atlantis, James Bond (Skyfall)
Pairings: Harvey/Mike, Skinner/Mulder, Gibbs/DiNozzo, Rick/Matt, Finch/Reese, John/Sherlock, Rizzoli/Isles, Sheppard/McKay, Mallory/Bond

Rating: NC-17
Category: Slash
Genre: BDSM, romance, humour, angst, holiday, multi-fandom crossover
Warnings: Loving, consensual BDSM, including spanking, flogging and nipple clamps.
Wordcount: 21,500
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 my fanfiction stories.

Summary: It’s Christmas Eve, and Harvey has a surprise planned for Mike, with a diverting cast of characters making guest appearances. However, Mike has a secret of his own…

Extract:

“Stop it!” Mike said, with a roll of his eyes. “Stop with the whole channelling your inner Bond villain thing, and just tell me what the hell we’re doing tonight.”

“Channelling my inner Bond villain?” Harvey raised an eyebrow.

“You know exactly what I mean! All you need is a fluffy white cat on your knee to complete the image, and Barbara Broccoli would be on the phone in seconds.”

Harvey considered that for a moment. “Hmm, I like that idea, but no. I don't have time for world domination – I'm far too busy dominating you.”

Author’s Notes: This is my Christmas fanfic offering for this year, a slightly bonkers bit of fun, featuring several different fandom pairings. It’s a crossover between my Possession and 24/7 universes, but you don’t need to read either of them to understand this. You just need to know that Harvey and Mike are in a Dom/sub relationship in this universe. None of the events of season two of Suits have happened, and it exists in its own alternate timeline, following on from season one. Not that it matters very much in the context of this story!

A big Christmassy thank you to bluespirit_star and tingreca for beta, and to Jacci and Nell for audiencing. Any mistakes are mine.

Dedication: For mcshepletgirl, who wanted this so much for so long (or at least a version of it!). Also, to everyone who supported me in the writing and publishing of Ricochet – that meant such a lot to me, and I wanted to write this to say a giant thank you to you all!

( Silent Night - 1/3 )

Title: The Word
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Genre: Slash
Rating: NC-17
Keywords: Loving, consensual, graphic BDSM, Master/slave relationship.
Wordcount: 4000ish
Status: Complete
Posted: 29th October, 2011
Disclaimer: These characters belong to DPB, CBS, Paramount, et al. No copyright infringement is intended.
Warning: This story features specific BDSM scenarios appropriate for a Master/slave dynamic. It is loving and consensual and both participants enjoy it, but please don't read it if you don't enjoy that kind of thing.
Thank yous: Tobluespirit_starandtaylorgibbsfor beta and to Nikita, Hilde and Sue for audiencing.

Author’s Notes: This story is fordinky_di_1who made the winning icon in the Gibbs/Tony BDSM category. I had the idea for this story almost as soon as I saw this icon – but I knew it’d end up long, so I tried to think of something else. But in the end I gave in and went with my original idea, which is why it’s a tad longer than the other winning fics. It’s just what came to mind.
This story is set in the 24/7 universe featured in my story Two Masters , where Tony is Gibbs’s 24/7 sub. It’s set several months after the events featured in that story, so Tony and Gibbs are now settled into their relationship and it has evolved. You don't have to have read 24/7 or Two Masters to read and enjoy this story.

Summary: “I’m going to give you a word,” Gibbs said, trailing a finger over Tony’s freshly spanked ass.

( The Word )

Title: Two Wolves
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Rating: NC-17
Keywords: Angst, romance, major hurt/comfort, drama, action, first time, massive Tony-whump and massive Gibbs-whump!
Warnings: Violence, rape/dubcon
Wordcount: 147,000
Status: Complete
Posting: As it is so long, I will post this story in six chapters, starting on Monday June 6th and finishing on Saturday June 11th
Disclaimer: These characters belong to DPB, CBS, Paramount, et al. No copyright infringement is intended
Spelling: I use UK spelling in all my stories
Spoilers: Nothing very specific but general knowledge of the show up to the end of Season 8

Thank yous: To my trusty audiencers: taylorgibbs, Sue and nikitariddick, who kept me going during the writing process. I think I’d have given up at a very early stage if you hadn’t been so encouraging ☺.
To bluespirit_star for the beautiful title graphic.
To my fantastic betas: taylorgibbs and to annieb1955 for the great medical beta.
They all did a wonderful job. This is a very long story, and I appreciate them giving up their time to help me with it. Any mistakes are all mine.
Special thanks to taylorgibbs and Sue for handholding and support. You have been my rocks! Thank you so much ☺.

Summary: While investigating the disappearance of a Marine, Gibbs is abducted, sold, and forced to fight in a brutal tournament where the price of winning is almost as high as the cost of losing, and death waits constantly in the wings. After five months of hitting brick walls, Tony finally hatches a desperate plan to rescue Gibbs, only to find him a very changed man. In order to escape, Tony has to remind Gibbs who he is and awaken a sleeping wolf inside him. But, haunted by his ordeal and the acts he’s been forced to commit, can there ever really be a way back for Gibbs?

Author's Note: This is really a giant hurt/comfort epic! However, I should stress it does not feature partner betrayal - it's more about how Tony and Gibbs bond as a result of a horrific situation going on around them. It is dark in places, but I do love a happy ending, and I think the payoffs make it worthwhile :-).

This story was inspired by this NSFW picture from meret which I received on the same day that my neighbour’s son knocked on the door to warn me to keep my cats in as a local dogfight was looking for bait – an idea that horrified me. The two sort of morphed into this story – which then took on a life of its own. While researching this story, I also found this site (definitely NSFW!). Who knew?

It’s been thirteen years since I wrote Subterfuge in The X Files fandom. That had a very similar premise to this story, but Two Wolves is a very different kind of story and goes into much darker territory. However, there is one scene in this story that is a deliberate homage to Subterfuge ☺. Star Trek: TOS, Being Human, Torchwood, Birds of Prey and many other shows, including NCIS have dealt with a similar central premise in their own way, but this is obviously my particular dark take on it.

( Two Wolves - 1/19 )

Title: Two Wolves
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Rating: NC-17
Keywords: Angst, romance, major hurt/comfort, drama, action, first time, massive Tony-whump and massive Gibbs-whump!
Warnings: Violence, rape/dubcon
Wordcount: 147,000
Status: Complete
Spoilers: Nothing very specific but general knowledge of the show up to the end of Season 8
Posting: As it is so long, I will post this story in six chapters, starting on Monday June 6th and finishing on Saturday June 11th
Disclaimer: These characters belong to DPB, CBS, Paramount, et al. No copyright infringement is intended
Spelling: I use UK spelling in all my stories

Thank yous: To my trusty audiencers: taylorgibbs , Sue and nikitariddick , who kept me going during the writing process. I think I’d have given up at a very early stage if you hadn’t been so encouraging ☺.
To bluespirit_star for the beautiful title graphic.
To my fantastic betas: taylorgibbs and to annieb1955 for the great medical beta.
They all did a wonderful job. This is a very long story, and I appreciate them giving up their time to help me with it. Any mistakes are all mine.
Special thanks to taylorgibbs and Sue for handholding and support. You have been my rocks! Thank you so much ☺.

Summary: While investigating the disappearance of a Marine, Gibbs is abducted, sold, and forced to fight in a brutal tournament where the price of winning is almost as high as the cost of losing, and death waits constantly in the wings. After five months of hitting brick walls, Tony finally hatches a desperate plan to rescue Gibbs, only to find him a very changed man. In order to escape, Tony has to remind Gibbs who he is and awaken a sleeping wolf inside him. But, haunted by his ordeal and the acts he’s been forced to commit, can there ever really be a way back for Gibbs?

Author's notes: This is a giant hurt/comfort, action/thriller/suspense epic. Despite the warnings, it's not really a rape or rape recovery fic as such, and I should stress it does not feature partner betrayal - it isn't about Tony or Gibbs hurting each other, it's more about how they bond as a result of a horrific situation going on around them. It is very dark in places, but I do love a happy ending, and I think the payoffs make it worthwhile :-).

This story was inspired by this NSFW picture from meret which I received on the same day that my neighbour’s son knocked on the door to warn me to keep my cats in as a local dogfight was looking for bait – an idea that horrified me. The two sort of morphed into this story – which then took on a life of its own. While researching this story, I also found this site (definitely NSFW!). Who knew?

It’s been thirteen years since I wrote Subterfuge in The X Files fandom. That had a very similar premise to this story, but Two Wolves is a very different kind of story and goes into much darker territory. However, there is one scene in this story that is a deliberate homage to Subterfuge☺. Star Trek: TOS, Being Human, Torchwood, Birds of Prey and many other shows, including NCIS have dealt with a similar central premise in their own way, but this is obviously my particular dark take on it.

Chapter One: Lone Wolf
Part One
Part Two
Part Three

Chapter Two: Thrown to the Wolves
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six

Chapter Three: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Part Seven
Part Eight
Part Nine

Chapter Four: Cry, Wolf
Part Ten
Part Eleven
Part Twelve

Chapter Five: Big, Bad Wolf
Part Thirteen
Part Fourteen
Part Fifteen

Chapter Six: The Strength of the Wolf...
Part Sixteen
Part Seventeen
Part Eighteen
Part Nineteen

Two Wolves Artwork

Title: Soul Deep
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Genre: Slash
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Categories: AU, angst, romance, hurt/comfort, supernatural
Rating: R
Word Count: 82,500
Status: Complete. I'll post in four instalments, starting on Thursday Sept 30th and finishing on Sunday October 3rd when I'll post the entire story to my website.
Spoilers: None - this is an AU take on the show as a whole, ranging in time from 1978 to 2006.
Summary: Most people never touch another person's soul...but when a 20 year old Leroy Jethro Gibbs meets an 8 year old Tony DiNozzo, it sparks an event that links them forever.

( Soul Deep - 1/12 )

Title: Birth-Day
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Genre: Slash
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Categories: Supernatural (vampires), angst, romance, AU
Rating: NC-17
Warning: Blood-play, rough sex.
Wordcount: 11,000
Spoilers: None.
Disclaimer: These characters belong to DPB, CBS, Paramount, et al. No copyright infringement is intended.
Author’s notes: This is my first ever vampire fic! I intended this to be a one-shot piece when I started it, but I embellished it rather more than I expected and got quite involved in my own mythology. I’m not sure I’ll do any more in this universe, but in case I do, I’m giving the series a name (“Allegiance of Blood”) and titling this as Book One. This story is complete of and by itself though.
Many thanks to: taylorgibbs for beta, and nikitariddick and bluespirit_star for audiencing. All mistakes are mine. Thanks also to Bluespirit for the title graphic.
Summary: Death is just the beginning…
Extract: Tony saw the hazy figures moving in the distance. They came slowly, gliding soundlessly over the snow, their long teeth gleaming in the moonlight. There were dozens of them.

“Boss?” he whispered, wishing he had his gun. “What the hell do they want?”

“You,” Gibbs said quietly.

( Birth-Day )

Title: Dark Harmony
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Genre: Slash
Categories: Angst, romance, kink
Rating: NC17/FRAO
Status: Complete
Wordcount: 4000ish.
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: These characters belong to DPB, CBS, Paramount, et al. No copyright infringement is intended.
Warnings: Consensual, graphic, spanking/whipping/flogging, BDSM, D/s.
Author's Notes: I've had a bad couple of weeks, and this story is a reflection of that. It's intense so be warned! This story is intended to be a one shot, not set in any particular universe. Many thanks to Nikita for fabulous and fast beta!
Summary: Gibbs needs Tony's submission as much as Tony needs to submit.

( Dark Harmony )

Title: Hands
Author: Xanthe
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Fandom: NCIS
Rating: NC17 for explicit sex.
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Wordcount: 6,543
Summary: It’s Christmas…and Tony has a fascination with Gibbs’s hands.
Author’s Notes: I must admit it’s really me who has a fascination with Gibbs’s hands *g*. This story grew out of a discussion that I had on the subject with lantean_drift on my birthday. It’s been brewing up ever since and I finally gave into it and wrote it. It was supposed to be just a little Xmas fic but it kind of grew. It’s unbeta’d so please forgive any errors and accept it as my little present to all the people who have been so kind and generous in sending me feedback these past few months since I started writing again.
Extract: They were the hands of a craftsman who could coax smooth curves out of solid wood and the hands of a killer who could caress a gun into perfect working order. They were working hands, creative hands, patient hands. They were hands that knew how to get the best out of wood, and guns, and…him.

( Hands )

 

Title: Hiding in Plain Sight
Author: Xanthe
Fandom: SGA/NCIS crossover
Pairings: Gibbs/DiNozzo, John/Rodney, Carson/Caldwell, Teyla/Ronon, Ziva/McGee, and some other pairings that would spoil the story if I revealed them.
Genre: Slash, het
Category: AU, BDSM-verse, hurt/comfort, romance, BDSM, spanking, action/case, angst
Rating: NC17 for explicit BDSM sex (m/m slash, femslash and het) and spanking. There are also scenes of torture in some parts of the story.

Summary: When a serial killer murders three marines on Atlantis, NCIS are called in to investigate. However, their arrival brings complications for everyone – revealing a lie, a prophecy, a secret and a nemesis.

This story is set in my Coming Home universe, and takes place a few months after the events depicted in General & Dr Sheppard. You don’t have to read them to make sense of this although some events from those fics are referenced in this one, particularly General & Dr Sheppard. Some of the concepts of the universe are also referenced.  

( Further notes beneath the cut )

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’.