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It's the end of another

unconventionalcourtship round!

Congratulations to all who joined in, whether by signing up, writing, falling down the UC generator rabbit hole, promoting the fest, making banners, commenting or reading fic! Now it's time to relax and maybe peruse the masterlist.

Here is this year's masterlist of fic:

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a_belladonna

Title: Mountains Apart
Author:

a_belladonna
Fandom: Cycling RPF
Pairing/Characters: Vincenzo Nibali/Domenico Pozzovivo, Mario Cipollini
Rating: The first four chapters are pretty G-rated, chapter five warrants an "E" and chapter six is probably bordering on a "Teen" for a bit of violence
Length: 19,217
Summary: "Winning this battle could mean losing it all.

Workaholic Vincenzo Nibali doesn't eat fish, doesn't wear flannel shirts and certainly doesn't fraternize with the enemy. So why is he finding himself charmed by Tågegade By — his company's next development target — and the leader of its hostile opposition, Domenico Pozzovivo?

He must be more burned-out than he thought. His professional reserve is slipping. And he's starting to fantasize about a life beyond work... a life like Domenico has here. Maybe they can put their professional differences aside and explore this... friendship. Or maybe he's just deluding himself.

Because one of them has to win."
Notes: The setting is entirely fictional, though the community's struggle is heavily inspired by some real life cases of communities and citizens fighting against soulless development plans.
"Tågegade By" is a fictional village and is an homage to/slight crossover with the setting of Claus Deleuran's comic about Thorfinn.
A lot of the summaries in the Unconventional Courtship challenge have an American/British protagonist going to Italy and learning to enjoy life and find romance.
Since the protagonists here are Italians, I chose to try and subvert the trope - so in this story we have people from Southern Europe searching for love, happiness and hygge in a Danish setting. ;)
As usual, all events portrayed in this story are entirely fictional and I don't claim to know the people that appear in the story.

The story is beta-read by

delphi, for which I'm very grateful! Any and all remaining errors are on me.

Link: Here we go

liadt

Well done to those who posted fic during June \o/

For those that signed up and found obstacles in their way of finishing fic or have written another fic(s), July 1 - 7 is amnesty week. There's no need to claim a day, just post!

lilly_c

Title: Mr. Right Next Door
Author:

lilly_c
Fandom: Star Trek: Voyager
Pairing/Characters: Janeway/Chakotay
Rating: teen
Length: 5297 words
Summary: He's My Hero. A protector, a provider, a friend – he's every woman's hero….

WANTED: ONE GOOD MAN

Kathryn Janeway desperately needed her handsome neighbour's help with a most unusual situation. The sassy single woman had invented a boyfriend, and now her boss was demanding to meet Kathryn's darling. She knew of only one man who could possibly pull off the pretence….

Chakotay was handsome, intelligent and too darned sexy – he could unruffle her high-buttoned blouse with a careless whisper. But how could she possibly ask Chakotay to pose as her beloved without him believing she had romantic ulterior motives? Especially when Kathryn knew, deep in her heart, she'd found her real Mr. Right…right next door.
Notes: No spoilers, set in a non-Stafleet ‘verse. Using the summary from the Harlequin novel Mr Right Next Door by Arlene James. I had to self edit and use Typely to double check some things so any mistakes are my own and unintentional
Link: here at alittleimprobable

miss_grimwood

Title: Beach Bar Baby
Author: miss_grimwood
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Bellatrix/Rodolphus
Rating: Explicit
Length: 2763
Summary: After losing out on a promotion at Riddle's, and both her younger sisters announcing their engagements, Bellatrix decides to take a holiday. She jets off to the Seychelles and there she meets Rodolphus Lestrange. They spend a night of passion together and in the morning, he's gone. Two months later, Rodolphus takes a trip to London, and Bellatrix has some news for him
Based on the summary for Heidi Rice's novel 'Beach Bar Baby' for the Unconventional Courtship fest 2024
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56958490

quillpunk

Title: summertime sunshine
Author:

quillpunk
Fandom: The Attic - A.M. Burrage
Pairing/Characters: Stanley Forbes/Derek Wilson
Rating: PG13
Length: 1106 words
Summary: An invitation…

into the prince’s world!

Journalist Derek Wilson has bagged an incredible opportunity… the chance to interview the notoriously private Prince Stanley Forbes of Monrosa! Alone together at his stunning beachside finca, Derek soon discovers there’s more to the royal, than just his crown. But could a fling under the Mediterranean sun lead to a lifetime of love?
Notes: summary is adapted from: Summer Fling With A Prince by Katrina Cudmore

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56914456

rubylily

Title: even my shadow in the moon is yours
Author:

rubylily
Fandom: Octopath Traveler II
Pairing/Characters: Agnea Bristarni/Throné Anguis
Rating: Explicit
Length: 8362 words
Summary: When Agnea Bristarni's hired protection is attacked, Throné Anguis takes on the task of protecting the famous dancer. Her task is complicated by the fact that, having already survived countless attempts on her life, Agnea feels invulnerable. And, after one electric kiss, the attraction between them becomes a dangerous distraction. Will Agnea's recklessness be her undoing — or will Throné's feelings leave her fatally compromised?
Notes: Inspired by Katherine Garbera's Bodyguard Most Wanted.
Link: Read on AO3 | Read on Dreamwidth

goddess47

Title: Danger at the Low Hills Mine
Author:

goddess47
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing/Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Rating: PG
Length: 1600
Summary: Rodney McKay has reopened a closed silver mine. An old assay report points to the mine as a source of naquadah, a mineral that is more powerful than uranium and a possible source of clean energy. He’ll have to work with the last man he wants to see -- Sheriff John Sheppard — to re-open the mine and search for the mineral. But with the mine becoming increasingly unstable, can they find what they are looking for—before it’s too late?

Notes: Many thanks to

melagan for the moral support that I got this done!

Also for Stargate Atlantis Anniversary Fest 2024

Link: Danger at the Low Hills Mine on AO3

chacusha

Title: Mission to the Dominion
Author:

chacusha
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Pairing/Characters: Odo/Quark
Rating: Teen
Length: ~30k words (first chapter is 1559 words)
Summary:

His personal bodyguard

Quark had teased him, insulted him, but still he seemed to be stuck with Odo as his official chaperon! He'd been appointed to look after him during a crucial assignment in the Gamma Quadrant, and he refused to leave his side -- day or night...

Just because Quark was handsome and petit didn't mean he needed Odo's protection! And he simply refused to be seduced by him. At least, that was the idea. Until his twenty-four-hour bodyguard decided the safest place for him was in his bed!

(Summary from Mission to Seduce by Sally Wentworth.)
Notes: The fic is finished but I am spacing out the posting of the chapters. The first chapter is posted and is 1.5k words; the whole fic is ~30k words in 19 chapters.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56864107

paranoidangel

Title: Trust Issues
Author: Paranoidangel
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Pairing/Characters: Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
Rating: General
Length: 1176 words
Summary:
Pirate Blackbeard thrills in capturing treasure; delights in pulling off elaborate scams; and has an outrageous reputation with the ladies and the men. But there is only one man for him: fellow pirate Stede—seductive, brave and unpredictable. He's hoping to make their relationship permanent, until he raids the wrong ship. Now the English are stalking him, his crew is verging on mutiny and Stede has disappeared.

When Stede reappears with a new plan wanting Blackbeard's help conning the English, Blackbeard senses trouble. It seems like Stede has joined up with the English to turn him over to the King. Blackbeard is about to take the biggest risk of all—and find out the true meaning of trust and betrayal.

Goes AU from late season 1.
Notes: Warning for major character death

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56855701

melagan

Title: My Haunted Love
Author/Artist:

melagan
Fandom: SGA
Pairing/Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, and a ghost
Rating: teen and up
Length/Size: 7000
Notes: Based on The Matchmaking Ghost by Janice Bennett.

Summary: John is a ghost hunter. Rodney lives in a haunted mansion. Shenanigans ensue. But a deeper mystery lies within the haunted mansion.

Link: My Haunted Love

cornerofmadness

Title: Where I Have Lost, I Softer Tread
author:

cornerofmadness
Fandom: Prodigal Son
Rating: Teens and up
Warnings: violence, kidnapping, serial murder
Length 10K +
Relationships: Gil Arroyo/Jessica Whitly
Characters: Gil Arroyo, Jessica Whitly, Malcolm Bright, JT Tarmel, Dani Powell
Additional Tags: second chance romance, crime scene descriptions, hurt/comfort, descriptions of wounds, drugging
Summary: Gil and his team are facing a new serial killer who is leaving sheets of unknown music at the crime scenes. None of them could imagine what the music means and who it is connected to.
Notes: Written for Unconventional Courtship 2024 for Hunting a Hometown Killer By Shelly Bell pubbed by Mills & Boon (find it here.

Find the story here.
The Song inspiration here.

Current Mood: hot
Current Music: Midsomer Murder

colisahotnorthernmess

Title: Yours In Nerdy Specs
Author: colisahotnorthernmess
Fandom: Retro Electro Workshop RPF
Pairing/Characters: Rob Howard/Matt Marchant
Rating: T
Length: 1281 words
Summary: Vintage electronics restorer Rob Howard just received the latest sexy note from his hot, anonymous admirer. Getting the cards at work suggests that they're someone he's familiar with, but he can’t be sure, and the not knowing is driving Rob crazy. When the person is discovered, he knows better than to mix business with pleasure, but the words are irresistible. And so is Matt.

Notes: Inspired by YOURS IN BLACK LACE
by MIA ZACHARY

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/56743216

sidhe_faerie

Title: The Warlock’s Secret
Author: sidhe_faerie
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing/Characters: Arthur
/Gwen, Morgana/Merlin, Gaius, Kilgharrah, Morgause, Uther
Rating: M
Length: 4k+
Summary:
Based on Heiress to a Curse by
Zandria Munson (Harlequin Books)

Merlin had to kill her. That's what the dragon said.

Yet one look at Lady Morgana Pendragon and Merlin was a man possessed by a hunger he'd never known. Keeping his secret from the woman whose death would bring peace to Camelot would take all of his stone-cold strength, and protecting his secret might be the death of him. But protect it he must, for if he did not, he would die because of it.

She sensed that he was different…

Lady Morgana was drawn to her foster brother's new manservant. He stirred something inside her like no man had before. Primal. Dark. Seductive. She longed to know what secret he was keeping, and what did he know of the mysterious winged creature rumored to be haunting the night skies? The truth would be her undoing—or her destiny….

Notes: Thank you for allowing me to participate.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56712565

roselightfairy

Haven (16030 words) by Roselightfairy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gimli (Son of Glóin)/Legolas Greenleaf
Characters: Gimli (Son of Glóin), Legolas Greenleaf
Additional Tags: Sea-longing (Tolkien), Pining, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Road Trips, Unconventional Courtship 2024
Summary:

Gimli, Lord of Aglarond, hasn't seen his friend Legolas of Ithilien for eight years—but the image of his unclothed body and a memory of withdrawn intimacy has been imprinted on his mind ever since. Determined to accept his friend’s rejection, it has taken every ounce of his iron control to keep his distance.

Now Legolas has asked him for his company on a journey to the Grey Havens, and in honor of their old friendship, Gimli determines to aid him without letting his feelings get in the way. But his body and heart refuse to listen to his urgings, and over the course of a journey, those feelings only grow stronger.

And perhaps, in the end, the strength of his care will be enough to save them both.

stonepicnicking_okapi

Title: Another Side of That Moon
Author:

stonepicnicking_okapi
Fandom: BTS
Pairing/Characters: Yoongi/Seokjin
Rating: Gen
Length: 10,023
Summary: Private Investigator Min Yoongi has got problems: a black eye, a nagging mom, a struggling business, but his biggest problem is his ex-flame Kim Seokjin waltzing back into his life after ghosting him 2 months, 2 weeks, and four days ago. Seokjin wants to help on a case, but Yoongi wants answers.
Notes: Summary used was Another Side of Midnight by Mia Zachary; Private Investigaor/Detective Noir AU

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56618500/chapters/143911234

kick_back_80s

Title: blood in my veins stained me
Author: kick_back_80s | ropememory
Fandom: Justified (TV Show)
Pairing/Characters: Dickie Bennett/Raylan Givens
Rating: T
Length: ~7.5k
Summary: Dickie walks into the dining room, sees the Apple Pie left on the table and suddenly he’s younger, fresh out of high school and a harbinger of ruined dreams. He remembers standing in his ma’s dining room, staring at the mess on the floor, Coover crying in the corner. He remembers hours later the news his mama dropped on him. The memories wash over Dickie and stick, sap from a tree that won’t come off his fingers without scrubbing them red and raw.
Notes: The summary I was working from is Sins of the Soul by Eve Silver. This is essentially my pet Justified rarepair.
Link: DW (Publicly Accessible) | AO3 (Archive Locked)

cherrypink

Title: bad, bad people (don't live in our house)
Author: cherrypink
Fandom: Hotel Portofino (TV)
Pairing: Gianluca Bruzzone/Anish Sengupta
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 12,197
Summary: After finding himself lost in a snowstorm, Nish happens upon the cabin of a mysterious man who saves his life. Their night of passion, however, has more consequences than he ever bargained for.

Notes: Based loosely on Italian Tycoon, Secret Son by Lucy Gordon.

The first chapter has been posted, the second chapter is coming in the next few days.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56583235/chapters/143814388

meridian_rose

The Professor and His Ghost Hunter (10964 words) by meridian_rose
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Ghost Whisperer
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Melinda Gordon/Rick Payne
Characters: Melinda Gordon, Rick Payne, Delia Banks
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Romance Novel, based on a romance novel summary, Community: unconventionalcourtship, Melinda never met Jim
Summary: Melinda Gordon, medium, meets sceptic Professor Rick Payne when she tries to rid Grandview University of a troubled spirit. Melinda confronts the spirit's past, unexpectedly exposing Rick's, and awakening feelings she thought she'd never experience again.

For the 2024 Unconventional Courtship challenge, based on the summary "A Lady's Champion" by Janice Bennett.

bring_me_sugar

Title: A Little Secret
Author:

bring_me_sugar/Missy @ AO3
Fandom: A Room with a View
Pairing/Characters: Lucy Honeychurch/George Emerson; past Lucy Honeychurch/Cecil Vyse; Mr. Emerson; Original Child Characters
Rating: PG
Length: 1781
Summary: Once, Lucy Honeychurch was a young tourist in Florence. Now she's a mother of a ten year old child, struggling through the aftermath of World War I. An encounter with her son's real father leaves Lucy in a tizzy. Can the love she tried to tear out of her save her?
Notes: Summary inspired by a whole host of secret baby romances, too many to pinpoint a single blurb.

Link: here

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Unconventional Courtship Masterlist 2024

Mountains Apart (Cycling RPF, Vincenzo Nibali/Domenico Pozzovivo)

Amnesty Week 2024

Mr. Right Next Door (Star Trek: Voyager, Janeway/Chakotay)

Beach Bar Baby (Harry Potter - Bellatrix/Rodolphus)

summertime sunshine (The Attic - A.M. Burrage, Stanley/Derek)

even my shadow in the moon is yours (Octopath Traveler II - Agnea/Throné)

Danger at the Low Hills Mine (Stargate Atlantis - John/Rodney)

Mission to the Dominion (Star Trek: DS9, Odo/Quark)

Trust Issues (Our Flag Means Death, Ed/Stede)

My Haunted Love / Stargate Atlantis - John Sheppard/Rodney McKay

Where I Have Lost, I Softer Tread/ Prodigal Son

Yours In Nerdy Specs - Retro Electro Workshop RPF - Rob Howard/Matt Marchant

The Warlock's Secret (Merlin, M, Merlin/Morgana)

Haven [Lord of the Rings, M, Legolas/Gimli]

another side of that moon [BTS, gen, Yoongi/Seokjin]

blood in my veins stained me [Justified, T, Dickie Bennett/Raylan Givens]

bad, bad people (don't live in our house) [Hotel Portofino, Nish/Gian]

The Professor and His Ghost Hunter (Ghost Whisperer) Teen & up, Melinda Gordon/Rick Payne

A Little Secret ( A Room with a View, PG, Lucy/George)

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