#Losyark

[scifrey]

Keepsakes

Status: Ongoing Ficlet collection; unbeta'd

Series: the Hob Adherent series

Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022) Includes some comics canon, and some cameos from the wider Gaiman-verse (including the Good Omens and Lucifer television shows), but it’s not necessary to know to enjoy the story.

Rating: Mature-ish.

Warnings: Discussions of grief and in-canon character death. Some sexytimes. Some whomp and hurt/comfort.

Relationships:  Morpheus | Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling, Eleanor | Hob Gadling’s Wife/Hob Gadling (past)

Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Hob Gadling, Patrick the Bartender, Harriet Butler, Matthew the Raven

Summary: Short ficlets set in the Hob Adherent world, based on prompts received from readers. Feel free to DM me or leave prompts in the comments, and if it resonates with me, I may write up a ficlet! Thank you for the inspiration in advance.

Set amid the events of Cling Fast and Carpe Diem

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Postcards

"So, a sword in Buckingham's army, a bandit, a printer, a shipwright and then a merchant middleman for the dockyards, a knight, a beggar, investment broker--"

"Slaver," Hob interrupts Harriet as she counts off his professions on her fingers one slow, sunny afternoon at The New Inn. "Call the thing what it was."

Hari offers him a sympathetic smile. They're the only ones in the pub proper today, as Patrick is off to tend his ailing mother, Dee doesn't come in Mondays, and Morph is having lunch with his editor.

"After which you were an MP and staunch abolitionist, a soldier again in America for the North, an industrialist and labor rights advocate, a yuppie and silicone valley early adopter--"

"Apple paid for most of this," Hob agrees, selecting a glass and checking it for water spots or lipstick stains.

"--and now a professor and publican. Am I missing any?"

“Oh!” Hob remembers as he pulls a pint for her. "And I was ruler of Hell."

She leans across the bar from her stool, and thwacks his arm. “Fuck off, you were not, you old liar,” Hari laughs.

"Was so!" Hob protests, setting her beer down in front of her. "Ask my husband. He was there. I was ruler of Hell for thirteen minutes and seventeen seconds on my six-hundred and sixty-sixth birthday."

Hari raises a challenging eyebrow at Hob over her pint glass as she takes a sip. "I won't believe a thing the Prince of Stories tells me," she says decisively, when she sets the beer back down. "And I don't believe you."

Hob pulls a postcard from L.A. off the bar back, where it's been pinned to a corkboard among a handful of others, all from the same city. This card depicts a cartoon devil drawn over a photo of the Hills, lounging on the iconic Hollywood sign. It says "Greetings from Sin City!" in bright yellow font.

Hob hands it to Hari to inspect. Her face gets drawn as her eyes flick over the handwritten note on the back.

"To my fellow former ruler of Hell; I did it! I opened a nightclub, just like you suggested. Visit me at LUX any time you'd like, Hobsie. xxx Lucifer Morningstar," Hari reads in a voice that grows increasingly strangled.

She hands the card back to Hob with trembling fingers. Then she shotguns the rest of her pint.

"So hell is real, then," Hari warbles.

Hob shrugs. "Everything is real. Humans create gods, not the other way around. If someone believes in it, it exists."

Hari nods thoughtfully. "I suppose you would know, being married to a god."

Hob chuckles. "Well, former god-ish. And don't worry, only people who believe they deserve to go to Hell actually do. Self-punishment or fulfilling prophecy, or something. I try not to think to much about that Celestial stuff."

Hari nods again, and without asking, Hob refills her pint glass. He has a feeling she's going to need it.

"But it is something I'm going to have to worry about," Hari says softly, accepting the drink with a nod.

"Not any time soon, I hope," Hob says, folding his arms on the bar top and leaning close to offer her a comforting look. "And when it does happen, I can promise you that my sister-in-law is gentle and kind. You have nothing to worry about."

Harriet runs her arthritis gnarled finger up and down the side of the glass, collecting up the condensation. "You know, that is actually a comfort." She looks up at Hob with a wicked little grin. "Especially knowing your husband."

Hob throws his head back and laughs.

[10moonymhrivertam]

Piano

“D’you play?”

“...It falls under my purview. I am able. I do not...anymore.”

“Hm.”

“Hm?”

“Giving myself a point in our argument, is all.”

“...For the worse, perhaps.”

“Are you trying to bully my friend, saying he can’t change for the better? I’ll fight you. With wasters.”

“I suppose I have no choice but to yield. For now.”

[be-kind-recklessly]

Fanart for chapter 4 of Losyark's Cling Fast, because this image popped into my head and did not disappear until i drew it.

[windsweptinred]

check out Cling Fast and the Hob Adherent series (by Losyark on AO3) for some good Hob/Eleanor content. Hob/Dream is the primary ship, but his relationship with Eleanor plays a fairly big role in the main story and is explored even more in some shorter ficlets. lots of great history details too. xo @hardly-an-escape

Oooo! Thank you so much! @tickldpnk8 tagging you in! 😁 Hopefully we can send some more fic recs your way!

[the-dreaming-library]

Hello! I was wondering if you or any of The Collective Unconscious have any recs for fics where Job has mort friends who know or learn that he’s immortal? Thanks!

Hello!

I have a few fic recs for you where Hob has mortal friends who learn about his immortality.

Ancient Roots, New Growth by AceDragonType Words: 7360

Hob loved his current life, people were more accepting than ever, and apparently immortality was now a known phenomenon. So maybe it was finally time to settle down and stop changing his identity.

Or five times someone realized Hob was immortal, and one time he just came out with it.

Rated Gen, no warnings

(Hob decides to stop hiding his immortality now that such things are being accepted, and the mortals in his life become aware of his age)

Cling Fast by Losyark Words: 59576

Hob Gadling is a clingy bastard, and he’s not ashamed to admit it. He clings to life. He clings to hope. He clings to his love of humanity. He clings to his Stranger. He also, unfortunately, has a habit of clinging to his name.

Which means, when the BBC is looking for a new pet history expert to appear in their educational docudrama series “Elizabethan Manor,” they’re overjoyed to find a professor who (according to their meticulous research) is actually descended from the Master of the National Trust building they’re filming in - Gadlen House.

Only Hob knows how right they are.

Rated M, No Warnings

(Hob joins a historical documentary and makes new friends, some of whom discover who he really is)

The Uses of Adversity by MonstrousRegiment Words: 65825

Graphic Depictions of Violence

What led Hob Gadling — at the time known as Robert Stranger, because he’d been in a permanent state of pettiness from 1889 to about 1904 and now he was stuck with it — to the dank, cold, and dark basement of the Burgess house on March of 1957 was not so much coincidence or fate as it was curiosity.

Yeah. Cats isn’t the only thing it kills.

Alright, wait. Back up. Let’s start from the beginning.

It was 1957 and Hob Gadling was, by no action or choice of his own, sort of — it’s a bit embarrassing — a criminal master.

Not mastermind! He hadn’t planned any of it. Honestly.

Rated E

(Hob has a whole team of Mortals on his side as they plan a heist to rescue Dream. They learn about who and what he is along the way)

If anyone has any recs to add, please include them in the comments!

[alicerovai]

(Cropped) pic inspired by this chapter from the “Rovaiverse”, a collection of fics by Losyark based on some of my Lokius drawings. This time, the author asked for a drawing to go with the chapter “Flirt”, which you can read here. Highly recommended! 👀 and if you want to see the full pic, it’s on my Patreon, together with other NSFW art - more NSFW Lokius is coming…

[kahlualeia85]

I've wanted to make a LOKI fanfiction list for a while so here are a couple specific Loki Mobius fics:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36109297/chapters/90014863

Wolf Ears Wolf Teeth by Kahlualeia85

What if Loki hadn’t left Mobius behind when he went after Sylvie in Roxxcart? This is a rewrite of the entire Loki TV show featuring Loki, Mobius, and Sylvie on an angsty jaunt through time. It features a full history for Mobius, an angry impulsive Sylvie, and some BAMF Loki. I love their journey from three untrustworthy damaged people to a cohesive team who work together to take down the TVA. Thor, Sif, and Val, as well as a host of my own Loki variants join them on their quest. This story features lots of Lokius, some SylviexThor if you squint, and Frost Giant genderfluid Loki.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33414274/chapters/83001109

Lowkey Coffee by sir_not_appearing_in_this_archive

Loki is a the newest barista at Low-Key Coffee, being trained by his grumpy co-worker Sylvie, and trying to catch the eye of Mobius, the handsome detective who’s a regular at the shop—wait, no he isn’t. He’s the God of Mischief, a prince of Asgard, and he’s certainly not supposed to be wearing an apron. Somehow, everyone he knows has gotten trapped in this espresso-soaked nightmare, and Loki is the only one who remembers who they all really are.

https://archiveofourown.org/series/2461363

F-words by Losyark

This is a series of stories based around fanart and both art and writing are gorgeous.

https://archiveofourown.org/series/2469025

Where the Edges Began by RunnyYolk

Episode 3 AU and full canon rewrite. Loki follows Sylvie through the time door, but it doesn't result in the Roxxcart Divorce. The depth of the TVA's lies are unraveled from the inside instead as Loki and Mobius stumble their way into a real trusting partnership...and more.

[lokiusficrecs]

Fold

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33180379

Folded up under blankets as he recovers, struggling with the questions of how to fold his new identity into his understanding of himself, where Loki really wants to be is folded into the arms of the confused and hurting human who has saved his life... and whom he wants to save in return.

Author: Losyark

Rating: Teen and Up

Word Count: 6,595

[scifrey]

NINE-TENTHS

by J.M. Frey

Cover Design by J.M. Frey

Cover Art by @seancefemme

About the Book

Twenty-four is one year too young for a quarter-life crisis, but hey, Colin's always been an overachiever. He's got a degree in Sustainable Tourism, which his family says he's wasting as a barista, an annoying anxiety disorder, and no freaking idea what to do with his life. The only thing going his way is the cute coffee shop regular, a homo draconis named Dav (who, in his humanshape, is a total hottie.) Still, it'd be easier if Dav didn't have a habit of accidentally setting things on fire when he's startled. Like the café kitchen.

When Dav breaks draconic taboo and volunteers as a replacement bean-roaster to apologize for the inferno meet-ugly, sparks really fly. Everything's finally happening for Colin, until he learns that hooking up with Dav means that under dragon law, Colin is absorbed into Dav's hoard.

Possession may be nine-tenths of the law, but becoming his boyfriend's property does not make this whole identity crisis thing easier. Especially now that Colin must navigate politics, paparazzi, and legal questions about his personhood. Colin's still angling for his Happily Ever After, but the growing scrutiny on his relationship with Dav threatens their budding romance. And if he's not careful, Colin's fight for agency may just destroy symbiotic human/dragon relationships worldwide.

Tropes:

#CoffeeShopAU #ForcedProximity #FriendsToLovers #Miscommunication #SecretRoyalty #ABODynamics (ish) #ContemporaryFantasy #Dragons #ShifterRomance #PosessiveRomance #SunshineAndGrumpy #MutualPining #SharedBraincell #TwoHalvesOfAWholeIdiot #MeetUgly

How To Read:

The first five chapters of the book will drop January 13th, 2024.

After that, chapters will drop every Wednesday and Saturday morning.

For now you can:

☕Shelve it on Wattpad when it drops (or now, if the link will let you), so it's in your library and you get update each time a new chapter is released.

☕Follow me on Wattpad, so you're alerted every time this, or any other story of mine, updates. (I'm currently serializing three different books at a time, and have chapters scheduled to drop nearly every day of the week until 2025!)

☕Sign up for my Newsletter to be reminded of the release date, and to stay abreast of any developments with the novel.

Is this book only on Wattpad?

For now, yes. I'm currently working with W by Wattpad Books to release a re-worked, spicier, version of my Watty-Award winning sapphic romance TIME AND TIDE.

I want them to pick this book up as well, especially since I really want to write the other two books in the series, so I'm trying to prove to them that I'm worth it.

In that case, this means centralizing all my lovely readers on their site, with the hope that you'll vote, comment, and recommend the heck out of it to your friends, so it gets lots of buzz.

Happy Reading!

[ao3feed-lokiangst]

Forgive

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3F1Qrsx

by Losyark

Mobius has granted Loki forgiveness, though some of Loki's sins seem unforgiveable. Loki has also worked hard to forgive himself. But will his family ever be able forgive him? And can he ever forgive THEM for what they kept from him his whole life?

Words: 5036, Chapters: 1/3, Language: English

Series: Part 5 of Rovaiverse

Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Loki (Marvel), Mobius M. Mobius, Thor (Marvel), Jane Foster (Marvel), Odin (Marvel), Frigga | Freyja (Marvel)

Relationships: lokius - Relationship, loki/mobius - Relationship, thor/jane, Odin/Frigga

Additional Tags: lokius, okay, It is slash, it always has been, Odin's A+ Parenting (Marvel), Apologies, discussions, hashing it out, they're not there yet, But they're getting closer, Bonus Agent Coulson, Mobius is protective, Jane Foster is a Good Bro, Jotunn Loki (Marvel), Genderfluid Loki (Marvel), Loki has a penis, Loki has a Vulva, Loki is Soft, Loki Whump, Mobius is soft, Mobius is also handsy

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3F1Qrsx