2011 Big Bang Masterlist
Alphabetical Order by Title
Title: Fall Better
Author: eiirene
Crafter 1: finite_farfalla
Crafter 2: madnessisreal
Fandom: Generation Kill
Character/Pairing(s): Brad/Nate, mentions of Bryan Patterson, Mike Wynn, Ray, Godfather, Sixta
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 20 096
Warnings: swearing, slightly homophobic comments by a high school student. Also diabetes-inducing amounts of fluff and sappiness.
Summary: It starts with a pair of skates (they have toe picks). It doesn’t end there. A story of two skaters featuring a cat, a gender-specific couch and a lot of ice.
Link to Fic: here
Link to Craft 1: here
Link to Craft 2: here
Title: For One Moment Longer
Author: kubis
Crafter 1: eiirene
Crafter 2: the_liftedlorax
Fandom: Generation Kill (HBO)
Character/Pairing(s): Brad/Nate, mentions of Ray, Mike, couple of other Bravo guys and a few OCs
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 20082
Warnings: mentions of PTSD and other kinds of bad things that can happen to a person after (s)he goes to war; also: sex and swearing
Summary: They were sleeping together and then they weren’t. Brad went to England and to Afghanistan, and back to England again, and now when he comes back, he learns that Nate isn’t at Harvard, but works at Wringley’s, a place for veterans with PTSD.
Link to Fic: here
Link to Craft 1: here
Link to Craft 2: I’ll add the link asap after I get it!
Title: I burn at the ends (I learn to regret)
Author: saline_joy
Crafter: enjoyelsilence
Fandom: Generation Kill
Character/Pairings: Ray, Brad, Nate, Ray/Brad, Lilley, Rudy, Trombley, Mike Wynn, Poke, past Nate/Walt
Rating: R
Word Count: 37,145
Warnings: Character death (off screen); non-consensual drugging and mental, physical, and psychic torture
Summary: Mutant AU! In a time when those with powers are being locked away in facilities to control them, Ray has been careful to hide his power for years. When he gets caught and then rescued, he's brought into an underground band of people working for the resistance movement.
Link to Fic: Here on AO3
Link to Craft: Gorgeous mix & graphics by enjoyelsilence
Title: Lost Books of the Odyssey
Author: eudaimon
Crafter 1: lunatics_word
Crafter 2: the_liftedlorax
Fandom: Generation Kill
Character/Pairing(s): Brad/Nate, Nate/Ray, Doc/OFC, Poke/OFC
Rating: NC17
Word Count: ~25, 000
Summary: Brad is a rock music photographer looking for a change. After getting his heart broken, he goes backpacking across Europe, with barely more than his camera to guide him. He meets Nate, a student who has lost his focus and struck out searching answers. The journey brings them together and changes them both. It's a myth, of sorts.
Link to Craft 1: art by lunatics_word here
Link to Craft 2: mix by the_liftedlorax here
prologue: the desire to move
part 1: to be a stranger
part 2: to satisfy your curiosity
interlude: Doc
part 3: to make a friend
part 4: to experience an exotic landscape
part 5: or ease your fears
part 6: to risk the unknown
interlude: Pacific
part 7: to bear witness to the consequences
epilogue: the desire to travel seems characteristically human
Title: Prodigal Son
Author: bookstorequeer
Crafter 1: vertrauen
Crafter 2: rainyrocket
Fandom: Band of Brothers
Disclaimer: This never happened. No disrespect is intended to the original men or the actors involved and no profit is made from its existence.
Character/Pairing: Lipton-centric, Speirs/Lipton
Rating: R for war violence, violence, and homophobic slurs
Word Count: ~27,255
Warnings: war-violence, violence, death (war), character death (canon), character death (main character - old age/illness), homophobia, some very vague smut
Summary: An exploration in Lipton. This is a look at the caretaker of Easy, from childhood in Huntington to old age in Montana, living with his partner Ronald C. Speirs. Prodigal Son is the life of Carwood Lipton, as it unfolds through the events of The Velveteen Soldier, looking at the same life from the point of view of the other man in it. Curious how Carwood coped with looking after an entire company of soldiers lead by an absentee CO? Or how he adjusted to life after the war? This is the story of how little First Lieutenant Carwood Lipton grew up, found love, and built a house of cards with Captain Ron Speirs.
Link to Fic: Masterpost || Masterpost at warbigbang
Link to Craft 1: Fanmix by vertrauen
Link to Craft 2: Art by rainyrocket (to come)
Links to Fic: chapter 1 || chapter 2 || chapter 3 || chapter 4 || chapter 5 || chapter 6 || chapter 7 || chapter 8 || chapter 9 || chapter 10 || chapter 11
Title: Six Days In June
Author: Kahtya Sofia (kahtyasofia)
Crafter 1: vertrauen
Fandom: Generation Kill
Character/Pairing(s): Sgt. Brad Colbert/ Lt. Nate Fick; Ensemble; Original Characters
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 80,252
Warnings: Combat related violence, no more graphic than appears in source material; homophobia relevant to the U.S. Military in 1967
Summary: Lieutenant Nate Fick is a UN military observer in Jerusalem. Staff Sergeant Brad Colbert is a peacekeeper waiting to be transfered to Egypt. Together they're caught up in the events of the Third Arab-Israeli War.
Link to Fic: Archived on AO3
Link to Craft 1: Find vertrauen 's fan mix and cover art here
Title: You who are my home
Author: sephirothflame
Crafter 1: kymericl
Crafter 2: terebi_ko
Fandom: Generation Kill, with mentions of The Pacific and Band of Brothers
Character/Pairing(s): Brad Colbert x Nate Fick x Ray Person, Snafu, Eugene Sledge, Eric Kocher, Walt Hasser, Mike Wynn, Gabriel Garza, Hoosier, Godfather - with mentions of and/or minor Brad/Ray, Nate/Garza, Snafu/Sledge, Hoosier/Leckie, Reporter/OFC, Walt/OFC
Rating: NC17
Word Count: 98,645
Warnings: AU, threesome, mild dub-con, sex like whoa, minor BDSM, begging, rough sex, mild bondage, mild drug use, use of sex toys, kidnapping, mentions of breathplay, anxiety disorder/panic attacks
Summary: Nate is a college kid trying to make it through these last few months before he can graduate. Brad and Ray are mobsters out to collect money from his father the Senator. Nate just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the results of it are far beyond what any of them could have imagined. All they want to do is move on, but as hard as they try, it really doesn’t seem like an option.
Link to Fic: here
Link to Craft 1: here
Link to Craft 2: here