Face Value Verse Timeline and Links
This post will be updated with links and notes as the verse grows.
Face Value is not being written in order. The first story arc contains four stories: "Face Value", "Burn", "Bumps in the road/Planting Roots" and "The Life That Was". If you haven't read anything from this 'verse before, I recommend reading those first to get an idea how they got together and how Lindsey fits in. The parts between those four fics are bits and pieces to flesh out the story so far. Everything after "The Life That Was" is established relationship.
Not everything is posted in my journal yet. Some of it is only posted at comment_fic, other bits are cf-pieces put together as one bigger story, then posted at provideleverage. Those are the pieces where I haven't decided yet if I maybe recycle them for a bigger story. Until I figure that out, I just post links here. So if you wanna track the 'verse, keep watching this post, please.
I'm getting kinda tired of LJ's character limit, to be honest. I'll still post smaller stories or stories that can be split easily to LJ first, but really, it's easier to read them on AO3. Everything that has an AO3 link is beta'd and polished and rewritten, that's why not everything is up there yet.
General Note: The offices of Leverage Consulting and Associates never moved to L.A. in this verse. That makes sense insofar that if they were set in Los Angeles, they would know about Wolfram and Hart from the start. And probably even saw Lindsey around since he was in the papers regularly. Hence - Chicago. :-)
Uh, ratings. I have no clue, so I made it easy for me. NC-17s have smut, more or less graphic. PG-13s have nothing more than kisses.
So that you know what you get - the parts currently marked as "unbeta'd" are in the works and will be polished/rewritten/beta'd in the following weeks/months/years.
So I'm giving you a rough order here with estimated timeline if possible. Here we go:
Face Value (PG-13)
The thing that started it all. See A/N for this one for how I placed them in context of the two shows.
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Misinterpreted (PG-13)
Originally not written as part of the verse, but you can fit it in during the Chicago Interludes of Face Value if you like. No Lindsey. PG-13, but suggestive.
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Dreams (PG-13)
Almost two months after Face Value, immediately before Burn.
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Burn (NC-17)
Two months after Face Value. Follows "Dreams".
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Bumps In the Road (PG-13)
Takes place about three months after "Burn".
Link to LJ
Link to AO3: see Planting Roots, since it's supposed to be one story.
immediately followed by: Planting Roots (PG-13)
Schmoop, but no sex. They were tired...
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Moving In (NC-17)
About three weeks after Bumps In the Road.
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Mirrored Movements (PG-13)
Shortly afterwards.
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
The Life That Was (NC-17)
Takes place three months after Bumps In the Road. Angel, Spike and contract issues.
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Let's Talk About... (PG-13)
A few weeks after Life That Was. Talk about past torture included, but not in graphic description.
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Partners, Past And Present (PG-13)
A few weeks after Life That Was.
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
The (unbeta'd) Getting Domestic Schmoop *g*:
Favorite Shade of Blue (PG-13)
Painting the Bedroom (NC-17)
These next pieces have no specific date (except for "Vulnerability" and "Testing Boundaries"), but they live together for at least half a year then. Estimated order:
Comfort (PG-13) unbeta'd.
Vulnerability (PG-13)
Set exactly one year after Angel's Not Fade Away
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Black and Blue (NC-17) unbeta'd.
Testing Boundaries (NC-17)
Two Months after Vulnerability. Chocolate sauce, handcuffs and shower sex.
Link to LJ: Not posted to LJ because character limit.
Link to AO3
The Snuggling Job (PG-13) unbeta'd.
Happy Hour (NC-17) unbeta'd.
Lost Temper and Learned Lessons (NC-17) unbeta'd.
This one is definitely planned as part of a bigger story, but I have no idea yet how. But it has Spike, and I haven't decided yet for the reason he is there in the first place.
Scowling Swans (PG-13)
Eliot and Swan Lake. Crack.
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Defying Mortality (NC-17)
Link to LJ
Link to AO3
Enzian, Sleep Deprivation, and How They Go Together (NC-17) (AO3 link)
Updated 22nd of May, 2017
Archive part of this entry: links to the old/unbeta'd versions so I have them in one place.
Old version Face Value
Misinterpreted Unbeta'd
Dreams
Burn
Moving In
Mirrored Movements
Enzian, Sleep Deprivation and How They Go Together (NC-17) unbeta'd.
immediately followed by Hangover (PG 13) unbeta'd.