Augustrope 2026

by 9cbffs

Summary:

30 days, 30 prompts, 30 fics.

Notes:

...or at least, that's the plan. We'll see what actually happens.

link to the Augustrope challenge prompt list is here.

I'm not sure how long some of these are going to be, so maybe I'll regret dumping them all in one fic, but I suspect a lot of them will be on the short side so I figure it's best to do it this way (plus, coming up with 30 titles sounded like a nightmare). Oh well - if I want to change my mind later, I can.

They're all going to be for the same ship, but the vibes will vary, and tags will be added/updated each day - the tags that apply to each chapter will be in the notes of that chapter so you can skip around as desired.

Enjoy!

CHAPTER 1 TAGS: Post-canon, First Meetings, Established Relationship

Chapter 1: First Meeting

Ryan isn't the superstitious type; doesn't ascribe the same sort of meaning to it as Alonzo does, with his tarot cards and his newspaper horoscopes – both of which always, somehow, seem to read in his favor.

But even he has to admit, it is weird – all the shit they discover they had in common, all the ways their paths had almost crossed; attending the same school for a year back in ‘83 (different grades, different crowds), dealing in parallel neighborhoods as teenagers (knows the street Alonzo got attacked on like the back of his hand), frequenting some of the same bars (“Caballos, what a shithole”), associating with some of the same Sicilians (“Dino Ortolani, what a fascinating specimen”) – yet somehow, only meeting now, in Oz.

"One could say," Alonzo muses in between kisses, "it's almost like it was –"

"Don't," Ryan groans, rolling his eyes as Alonzo titters. “Christ.”