Masterlist of Fics
Being a masterlist of the fics archived here. Yay!
Bandom Fics
Vampires-verse
A universe that features no actual vampires. Gerard has a disease that means he can't go out in the sun. He and Frank are in love. And are failboats. Obviously.
Vampires Will Never Hurt You (But I Make No Promises About Zombies)
G | 1,420 words | Frank/Gerard pre-slash [elementary school AU]
Summary: Gerard clenches his fists tighter. "It's a disease," he says defensively.
You Only Hear the Music When Your Heart Begins to Break
R | ~13,700 words | Frank/Gerard, mentions of Frank/OFC [high school AU]
Summary: Frank has high school figured out. His mom has given up arguing about the amount of time he spends in Gerard's basement, and he doesn't actually care if people think it's weird that he and Gerard hold hands in the hallways and go to the bathroom together. The only thing Frank cares about is figuring out why Gerard's suddenly avoiding him -- because what's the point of losing your virginity on Prom Night if you can't tell your best friend about it in the morning?
Spyro! (Or, The One Where Spencer is a Small Purple Dragon)
PG | ~9,000 words | pre-Panic!GSF, Pete/Patrick, Gabe/William [crack/fantasy AU]
Summary: It took Spencer approximately five seconds to realize he had wings.
Zombies Ate Your Idols (They Were Delicious)
PG-13 | ~3,200 words | Adam/Kris pre-slash (with hints of Adam/Kris/Katy), Frank/Gerard stage!(?)gay
Summary: In which Gerard Way takes a stand against discrimination, Adam Lambert discovers the importance of dice, Kris Allen is not kidnapped against his will, and the folks at 19E learn to love the stage!(?)gay. Welcome to the Zombies Ate Your Idols tour, 2010!
Tie Your Handlebars to the Stars
R | ~15,700 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas, various background pairings
Summary: In which Kevin Jonas gets lost twice and is found each time, and Mike Carden is almost (but really not) a fourteen-year-old girl. Or, a story about getting lost and finding more than just your way. (An obsessively-close-to-canon!AU.)
A Most Practical Plan
NC-17 | ~2,000 | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: Kevin has a surprise for Mike. [crossdressing]
Your First, Last, and Only Line of Defense
NC-17 | ~4,000 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: In which the Jonas family is already Mike's most troublesome casefile, then there is a kidnapping, some ominous fruit, and some tentacle sex. (A Men in Black AU.) [AMTDI/sexpollen/tentacle!porn/mpreg]
+Bonus!Ficlet: In Which Emily is the Most Sensible Member of the Jonas Family
It's My Show, Baby (Do What I Say)
NC-17 | ~3,060 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: Kevin says they never talk anymore, and it's true: they never talk, but Kevin talks all the time. All Mike wants, freshly back from touring, is to relax and to have sex with his boyfriend, but to accomplish his goals, he first has to make Kevin shut up and listen. [dub-con in an established relationship, bondage, D/s]
Bad Vibrations
NC-17 | ~3,500 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: In which there is lots of sex, a concert, and a remote-controlled, vibrating butt plug. Yes, this is exactly what you think it is. [D/s themes]
This is not my (heart)
PG-13 | ~25,000 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas, Brendon/Spencer pre-slash, Gabe/William
Summary: Kevin Lucas is not a girl, even if he did just wake up as one. He's handling it pretty well though; especially once he gets some highly unexpected help from Mike Carden, William Beckett, and Brendon Urie, who isn't a girl either. But with his parents worried, his brothers suspicious, and Spencer Smith apparently plotting his demise, waking up as a girl might actually be the least of Kevin's problems. [JONAS-verse, feat. genderswap and FTM!Brendon]
+Unrated Director's Cut Edition: What it Feels Like for a Girl
We're Together Like Glue and Hands
NC-17 | ~2,000 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: Homeless!AU. Kevin was living and working on the streets of Chicago when Mike rescued him. [Prostitution, somewhat graphic depiction of sexual assault, underage sexual activity (Kevin is 16).]
All I Want For Christmas
G - PG | ~2,600 words (total) | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: Kevin and Mike have a not-quite-perfect Christmas. (Written for Mundane Bingo)
1. Completely Socked in by Snow
2. Fighting Over the Remote Control
3. Cookies
4. Trying to Find Candles When the Electricity Goes Out
Merlin (BBC) Fics
Epistemology
R | ~840 words | Arthur/Merlin
Summary: Arthur knows, and Merlin knows he knows, and Arthur knows that Merlin knows that he knows.
Ozymandias
G | ~840 words | Arthur/Merlin pre-slash
Summary: “Those who practice magic know only evil. They despise and seek to destroy goodness wherever they find it.”
Bruises
PG-13 | ~790 words | Arthur/Merlin
Summary: Arthur doesn’t see the bruises, but he knows where they are because he put them there.
Action Figures! (series)
G to R | ~2,000 words (total) | Arthur/Merlin
Contains: Spelunking, Vows, and Discovery
Aves
G | ~1,200 words | Gen
Summary: There was simply no way that it could be there, back on the Isle, but there it was.
Safeguard
PG-13 | ~1,200 words | Arthur/Merlin
Summary: Where's that pretty servant of yours, eh?
+ Protector
+ Providence
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
R | ~850 words | Arthur/Merlin
Summary: In retrospect, Merlin's ridiculous concerns about being executed make a lot more sense. [Sequel to You Say Tomato and I Say Tomahto by aeroport_art]
The One Where Uther Had a Cow
G | ~1,000 words | Arthur/Merlin
Summary: Uther has a cow. Or, more accurately, Ygraine had a cow. ...Nimueh is willing to admit she might have made a mistake somewhere in there.
+ The Sequel by laurie_ky
Marvel Comics Fics
Spin Control
PG | ~430 words | Billy/Teddy [Young Avengers]
Summary: Billy Kaplan learns to control the media.
Home
PG | 100 words | Billy/Teddy [Young Avengers]
Summary: [a Marvel Civil War-related drabble]
Homefront
G | 475 words | mentions of Billy/Teddy [Young Avengers]
Summary: Sometimes, war is hardest on those who aren't doing the fighting. [Marvel Civil War]
In Sickness
G | ~2,000 words | Billy/Teddy [Young Avengers]
Summary: Billy gets sick. Teddy takes care of him.
Untitled
G | ~530 words | Jimmy (Leech)/Warren Worthington [X-Men Movie-verse]
Summary: Jimmy likes to watch the boy with the wings go flying.
Nothing Like Love
R | ~780 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: Johnny likes girls, and Peter is in love with Mary Jane.
+ Something Like Love
How Johnny Got His Jacket Back
G | 375 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker [Ultimate-verse]
Summary: Web fluid isn't the easiest substance to clean from the leather, but Johnny doesn't mind.
Getting Caught
PG | ~380 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker [Ultimate-verse]
Summary: It was Peter's sixth visit to the Baxter Building when Susan caught them.
Spider-Bear
PG | ~530 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker [Ultimate-verse]
Summary: The bear sits unobtrusively on Johnny's shelf.
Fruit Pies
PG | 125 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Jealousy
G | ~200 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: Reed was on the cover of Newsweek again.
Five
PG-13 | ~500 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: It's not the Fantastic Five.
Captain Obvious
G | ~300 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker [Ultimate-verse]
Summary: Missing scene from Ultimate Spider-Man #98
Okay
G | ~530 Words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: In which Peter has a bad day, and Johnny is a good boyfriend.
On the Subject of Summer
PG-13 | ~660 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: "Stay over there and stop cuddling with me! It's already a million degrees without your help, Mr. Personal Space Heater."
Two in the Bed
NC-17 | ~480 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker/Mary-Jane Watson
Summary: Peter knew Mary Jane would find out one day.
Big in Japan
PG | ~210 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: [For the marvel_100 "Tentacles" challenge]
True Genius
G | 300 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: Sometimes, Reed makes things that are actually useful.
Convocation
NC-17 | ~1,700 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: "I," Johnny looked down at his lover seriously, "Am so fucking proud of you."
Hairstyles!!!
R | 755 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: "You gave me a mohawk, didn't you?"
Happy New Year
G | 300 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: [A New Year's triple-drabble for 2008]
The Family Arc
Family
G | ~590 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: The nurse gave an exasperated sigh. "I told you, sir: only family will be allowed in at this time."
No Not Bens Allowed!
G | ~1,150 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: Franklin fixed him with his best "adults are stupid" stare. "Because it's a club just for Bens, that's why!"
Family Circus
PG | ~410 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: "Unfortunately, Franklin won't be able to go to the zoo today."
The Dumb One
G | 1,015 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: "Hey, Mayday?" Johnny rapped his knuckles lightly against the door to his daughter's room.
The Monster Under the Bed
G | ~2,000 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: "Papa, there's a monster under my bed!" May looked up at him with large, earnest eyes. Peter woke Johnny.
Stargate: Atlantis Fics
Crossing
PG-13 | 440 words | Evan Lorne/Dr. Parrish
Summary: [Episode tag for Miller's Crossing]
Think of Your Body as the Pen Where the Ink Resides
G | 510 words | McKay/Sheppard
Summary: black ink scrawls up John's arm in curving Greek letters and numbers, numbers, numbers
Physics Error #36
PG-13 | 545 words | McKay/Sheppard
Summary: The fully indexed and cross-referenced database of all the scientific errors in Wormhole X-Treme! serves no actual purpose whatsoever (except to make Rodney feel better that at least someone noticed all the ways in which the show got it wrong, wrong, wrong), but everyone needs a hobby.
Sixteen Going on Forty
NC-17 | 1,455 words | McKay/Sheppard
Summary: "Are we fucking?" He asks bluntly, with an edge of expectation like of course we are.
John stands in stunned silence for a second. "I don't know what you're talking about," he hedges. [De-aged, underage sexual activity (Rodney is 16).]
Good Omens Fics
Angel Voices
PG-13 | 350 words | Crowley/Aziraphale
Summary: Pointless Christmas fluff
Supernatural Fics
In Which There is an Angel and a Kitten and Pie, and also Dean Winchester
PG | 950 words | Dean/Castiel
Star Trek (2009) Fics
Five Messages Sent While on Shore Leave
G | 300 words | Kirk/Spock
Summary: If you were here, I would share my peanut butter balls with you. [5 Things/Epistolary]
Speed Racer (Movie) Fics
Touched One Another (For the First Time)
NC-17 | 3,240 words | Speed Racer/Racer X
Summary: This is his chance to end this, he realizes acutely. He can stop this here, get back into the Mach 5 and go home and neither he nor Racer X will speak of it again. [Incest]
Inception Fics
The Strange and Unexpected Life of Robert Fischer, D.V.M.
PG | ~2,700 words | Robert Fischer/OMC/OFC
Summary: Following the death of his father, energy tycoon Maurice Fischer, in 2010, Fischer dismantled his inherited empire and entered the veterinary medicine program at Cornell University. When asked why, Fischer responded, "I felt I needed to make a drastic change in my life. My father's death was a wake-up call for me in many ways, and this has always been my dream. I finally decided to follow it." The Fischer Animal Clinic will offer free and reduced-cost veterinary services for low-income residents of the Los Angeles area.
Bandom Fics
Vampires-verse
A universe that features no actual vampires. Gerard has a disease that means he can't go out in the sun. He and Frank are in love. And are failboats. Obviously.
Vampires Will Never Hurt You (But I Make No Promises About Zombies)
G | 1,420 words | Frank/Gerard pre-slash [elementary school AU]
Summary: Gerard clenches his fists tighter. "It's a disease," he says defensively.
You Only Hear the Music When Your Heart Begins to Break
R | ~13,700 words | Frank/Gerard, mentions of Frank/OFC [high school AU]
Summary: Frank has high school figured out. His mom has given up arguing about the amount of time he spends in Gerard's basement, and he doesn't actually care if people think it's weird that he and Gerard hold hands in the hallways and go to the bathroom together. The only thing Frank cares about is figuring out why Gerard's suddenly avoiding him -- because what's the point of losing your virginity on Prom Night if you can't tell your best friend about it in the morning?
Spyro! (Or, The One Where Spencer is a Small Purple Dragon)
PG | ~9,000 words | pre-Panic!GSF, Pete/Patrick, Gabe/William [crack/fantasy AU]
Summary: It took Spencer approximately five seconds to realize he had wings.
Zombies Ate Your Idols (They Were Delicious)
PG-13 | ~3,200 words | Adam/Kris pre-slash (with hints of Adam/Kris/Katy), Frank/Gerard stage!(?)gay
Summary: In which Gerard Way takes a stand against discrimination, Adam Lambert discovers the importance of dice, Kris Allen is not kidnapped against his will, and the folks at 19E learn to love the stage!(?)gay. Welcome to the Zombies Ate Your Idols tour, 2010!
Tie Your Handlebars to the Stars
R | ~15,700 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas, various background pairings
Summary: In which Kevin Jonas gets lost twice and is found each time, and Mike Carden is almost (but really not) a fourteen-year-old girl. Or, a story about getting lost and finding more than just your way. (An obsessively-close-to-canon!AU.)
A Most Practical Plan
NC-17 | ~2,000 | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: Kevin has a surprise for Mike. [crossdressing]
Your First, Last, and Only Line of Defense
NC-17 | ~4,000 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: In which the Jonas family is already Mike's most troublesome casefile, then there is a kidnapping, some ominous fruit, and some tentacle sex. (A Men in Black AU.) [AMTDI/sexpollen/tentacle!porn/mpreg]
+Bonus!Ficlet: In Which Emily is the Most Sensible Member of the Jonas Family
It's My Show, Baby (Do What I Say)
NC-17 | ~3,060 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: Kevin says they never talk anymore, and it's true: they never talk, but Kevin talks all the time. All Mike wants, freshly back from touring, is to relax and to have sex with his boyfriend, but to accomplish his goals, he first has to make Kevin shut up and listen. [dub-con in an established relationship, bondage, D/s]
Bad Vibrations
NC-17 | ~3,500 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: In which there is lots of sex, a concert, and a remote-controlled, vibrating butt plug. Yes, this is exactly what you think it is. [D/s themes]
This is not my (heart)
PG-13 | ~25,000 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas, Brendon/Spencer pre-slash, Gabe/William
Summary: Kevin Lucas is not a girl, even if he did just wake up as one. He's handling it pretty well though; especially once he gets some highly unexpected help from Mike Carden, William Beckett, and Brendon Urie, who isn't a girl either. But with his parents worried, his brothers suspicious, and Spencer Smith apparently plotting his demise, waking up as a girl might actually be the least of Kevin's problems. [JONAS-verse, feat. genderswap and FTM!Brendon]
+Unrated Director's Cut Edition: What it Feels Like for a Girl
We're Together Like Glue and Hands
NC-17 | ~2,000 words | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: Homeless!AU. Kevin was living and working on the streets of Chicago when Mike rescued him. [Prostitution, somewhat graphic depiction of sexual assault, underage sexual activity (Kevin is 16).]
All I Want For Christmas
G - PG | ~2,600 words (total) | Mike Carden/Kevin Jonas
Summary: Kevin and Mike have a not-quite-perfect Christmas. (Written for Mundane Bingo)
1. Completely Socked in by Snow
2. Fighting Over the Remote Control
3. Cookies
4. Trying to Find Candles When the Electricity Goes Out
Merlin (BBC) Fics
Epistemology
R | ~840 words | Arthur/Merlin
Summary: Arthur knows, and Merlin knows he knows, and Arthur knows that Merlin knows that he knows.
Ozymandias
G | ~840 words | Arthur/Merlin pre-slash
Summary: “Those who practice magic know only evil. They despise and seek to destroy goodness wherever they find it.”
Bruises
PG-13 | ~790 words | Arthur/Merlin
Summary: Arthur doesn’t see the bruises, but he knows where they are because he put them there.
Action Figures! (series)
G to R | ~2,000 words (total) | Arthur/Merlin
Contains: Spelunking, Vows, and Discovery
Aves
G | ~1,200 words | Gen
Summary: There was simply no way that it could be there, back on the Isle, but there it was.
Safeguard
PG-13 | ~1,200 words | Arthur/Merlin
Summary: Where's that pretty servant of yours, eh?
+ Protector
+ Providence
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
R | ~850 words | Arthur/Merlin
Summary: In retrospect, Merlin's ridiculous concerns about being executed make a lot more sense. [Sequel to You Say Tomato and I Say Tomahto by aeroport_art]
The One Where Uther Had a Cow
G | ~1,000 words | Arthur/Merlin
Summary: Uther has a cow. Or, more accurately, Ygraine had a cow. ...Nimueh is willing to admit she might have made a mistake somewhere in there.
+ The Sequel by laurie_ky
Marvel Comics Fics
Spin Control
PG | ~430 words | Billy/Teddy [Young Avengers]
Summary: Billy Kaplan learns to control the media.
Home
PG | 100 words | Billy/Teddy [Young Avengers]
Summary: [a Marvel Civil War-related drabble]
Homefront
G | 475 words | mentions of Billy/Teddy [Young Avengers]
Summary: Sometimes, war is hardest on those who aren't doing the fighting. [Marvel Civil War]
In Sickness
G | ~2,000 words | Billy/Teddy [Young Avengers]
Summary: Billy gets sick. Teddy takes care of him.
Untitled
G | ~530 words | Jimmy (Leech)/Warren Worthington [X-Men Movie-verse]
Summary: Jimmy likes to watch the boy with the wings go flying.
Nothing Like Love
R | ~780 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: Johnny likes girls, and Peter is in love with Mary Jane.
+ Something Like Love
How Johnny Got His Jacket Back
G | 375 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker [Ultimate-verse]
Summary: Web fluid isn't the easiest substance to clean from the leather, but Johnny doesn't mind.
Getting Caught
PG | ~380 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker [Ultimate-verse]
Summary: It was Peter's sixth visit to the Baxter Building when Susan caught them.
Spider-Bear
PG | ~530 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker [Ultimate-verse]
Summary: The bear sits unobtrusively on Johnny's shelf.
Fruit Pies
PG | 125 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Jealousy
G | ~200 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: Reed was on the cover of Newsweek again.
Five
PG-13 | ~500 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: It's not the Fantastic Five.
Captain Obvious
G | ~300 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker [Ultimate-verse]
Summary: Missing scene from Ultimate Spider-Man #98
Okay
G | ~530 Words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: In which Peter has a bad day, and Johnny is a good boyfriend.
On the Subject of Summer
PG-13 | ~660 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: "Stay over there and stop cuddling with me! It's already a million degrees without your help, Mr. Personal Space Heater."
Two in the Bed
NC-17 | ~480 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker/Mary-Jane Watson
Summary: Peter knew Mary Jane would find out one day.
Big in Japan
PG | ~210 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: [For the marvel_100 "Tentacles" challenge]
True Genius
G | 300 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: Sometimes, Reed makes things that are actually useful.
Convocation
NC-17 | ~1,700 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: "I," Johnny looked down at his lover seriously, "Am so fucking proud of you."
Hairstyles!!!
R | 755 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: "You gave me a mohawk, didn't you?"
Happy New Year
G | 300 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker
Summary: [A New Year's triple-drabble for 2008]
The Family Arc
Family
G | ~590 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: The nurse gave an exasperated sigh. "I told you, sir: only family will be allowed in at this time."
No Not Bens Allowed!
G | ~1,150 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: Franklin fixed him with his best "adults are stupid" stare. "Because it's a club just for Bens, that's why!"
Family Circus
PG | ~410 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: "Unfortunately, Franklin won't be able to go to the zoo today."
The Dumb One
G | 1,015 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: "Hey, Mayday?" Johnny rapped his knuckles lightly against the door to his daughter's room.
The Monster Under the Bed
G | ~2,000 words | Johnny Storm/Peter Parker, Reed Richards/Sue Storm
Summary: "Papa, there's a monster under my bed!" May looked up at him with large, earnest eyes. Peter woke Johnny.
Stargate: Atlantis Fics
Crossing
PG-13 | 440 words | Evan Lorne/Dr. Parrish
Summary: [Episode tag for Miller's Crossing]
Think of Your Body as the Pen Where the Ink Resides
G | 510 words | McKay/Sheppard
Summary: black ink scrawls up John's arm in curving Greek letters and numbers, numbers, numbers
Physics Error #36
PG-13 | 545 words | McKay/Sheppard
Summary: The fully indexed and cross-referenced database of all the scientific errors in Wormhole X-Treme! serves no actual purpose whatsoever (except to make Rodney feel better that at least someone noticed all the ways in which the show got it wrong, wrong, wrong), but everyone needs a hobby.
Sixteen Going on Forty
NC-17 | 1,455 words | McKay/Sheppard
Summary: "Are we fucking?" He asks bluntly, with an edge of expectation like of course we are.
John stands in stunned silence for a second. "I don't know what you're talking about," he hedges. [De-aged, underage sexual activity (Rodney is 16).]
Good Omens Fics
Angel Voices
PG-13 | 350 words | Crowley/Aziraphale
Summary: Pointless Christmas fluff
Supernatural Fics
In Which There is an Angel and a Kitten and Pie, and also Dean Winchester
PG | 950 words | Dean/Castiel
Star Trek (2009) Fics
Five Messages Sent While on Shore Leave
G | 300 words | Kirk/Spock
Summary: If you were here, I would share my peanut butter balls with you. [5 Things/Epistolary]
Speed Racer (Movie) Fics
Touched One Another (For the First Time)
NC-17 | 3,240 words | Speed Racer/Racer X
Summary: This is his chance to end this, he realizes acutely. He can stop this here, get back into the Mach 5 and go home and neither he nor Racer X will speak of it again. [Incest]
Inception Fics
The Strange and Unexpected Life of Robert Fischer, D.V.M.
PG | ~2,700 words | Robert Fischer/OMC/OFC
Summary: Following the death of his father, energy tycoon Maurice Fischer, in 2010, Fischer dismantled his inherited empire and entered the veterinary medicine program at Cornell University. When asked why, Fischer responded, "I felt I needed to make a drastic change in my life. My father's death was a wake-up call for me in many ways, and this has always been my dream. I finally decided to follow it." The Fischer Animal Clinic will offer free and reduced-cost veterinary services for low-income residents of the Los Angeles area.