#enklavefest

[salvador-daley]

Tattoo

A Klaus Hargreeves x Dave Katz fic

A/N: A sad slice of post-season 3 Klaus for @enklavefest. Thank you to @allisoooon and @badsext for your much-appreciated beta services. 😘😘

CW: A swift kick to the emotional nards.

Words: 2.3k

Snippet: The impulsiveness of the decision wasn’t out of character, especially when under the influence. It was not to be the first time Klaus would awake with the familiar sting on his skin and only a vague memory of how the new marking had got there. But Klaus had wanted to impress him with his spontaneity.

There was a wicked satisfaction in watching Dave’s eyes grow wide at his spur-of-the-moment exploits, his old stories: the time he woke up on a ferry to Norway following a weeklong bender; the day he stole a cop car during Spring Break; the coke-fuelled orgies at the statehouse.

“A spider? Or maybe a rose?” Klaus had waved his beer bottle at the designs pasted on the walls: anchors and swallows and hearts with scrolled banners underneath. “What do you think?”

Dave had chuckled in the way he always did - with a slight shake of his head and a shy smile. “If there’s one thing you are not, it’s a delicate little flower, soldier.”

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[enklavefest]

I've been really busy lately, and I don't think I'll have my fic finished by tomorrow. Can I still participate, and post it in a few days?

Yes, absolutely!

If you’re posting on tumblr, please remember to tag us @enklavefest and if you’re adding to AO3, please add it to both the EnKlaveFest and EnKlaveFest2023 collections whenever you post your work.

[gatoplanet]

You are the boss of klave smut do you have any author shouts for other tropes? Im new to the ship

omg you’re too sweet, i am klave smut middle management if anything 🥺 and god there are so many super talented people who write/have written for klave, i’d just be giving you a wall of usernames lmao - but i think the klave event collections on ao3 are good places to start!! there’s enklavefest 2021 which is an all-ratings prompt fest we did that i have only recently finished one of my two fics for and klave fucktober 2021 which is all spicy all the time, and a lot of the people who submitted for those have written other klave fic, so if you see something there that you like i’d probably also recommend the rest of that person’s everything. and definitely go back and look at stuff from 2019/2020 too, the post-s1 hiatus is probably when klave had the most active writers and there’s a lot of really incredible work

[squishitude]

Klaus insists on wearing it every time they get groceries @hermitreunited

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idea from @bowelfly’s masterpiece

[yeah-klave]

A Short History of What Happened - Chapter 2

Written, with love, for EnKlave Fest 2021. @enklavefest​

Read Chapter 1: HERE.

Prompt: Omegas aren’t allowed to join the army, but then Omega!Klaus gets dropped into Vietnam and has to pose as a Beta. He manages quite well, right until he goes into heat. Alpha!Dave is protective and incredibly aroused/horny.

Genre: Omega verse, smut, developing relationships, slow burn, undercover, misunderstandings, secretly in love.

Word length: This chapter: 600

Warning: This chapter is suitable for all audiences, but the entire work, when posted, will contain explicit sexual content.

Disclaimer: I don’t own any of The Umbrella Academy characters or settings.

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Dave felt a sharp pang somewhere in the region of his heart at the sight of the omega sitting alone on the truck. He looked so lost and bewildered. And small.

Logically, Dave knew the omega was approximately the same size as the other beta guys sitting around him. But, to Dave, he just seemed small. And delicate. And… vulnerable.

Dave took a deep breath and tried to mentally prepare himself, valiantly ignoring the flutter of butterfly wings in his stomach.

He stood up in the cramped space, awkwardly moved down the truck and perched on the seat adjacent and slightly behind where the omega sat. He was staring forwards blankly in what appeared to be a daze.

Dave rested a hand lightly on the omega’s shoulder, then dropped it back to his own knee as the omega turned in surprise. Dave didn’t want to spook him.

In a light, friendly voice, Dave asked, “You just get in country?”

“Oh, uh…” the omega said, looking forward again for a moment, before turning his body slightly to look back at Dave. “Yeah,” he said nodding and smiling shyly. The butterflies in Dave’s stomach did a few summersaults.

He gazed into the omega’s eyes, held eye contact and smiled back. Dave could hear his pulse pounding in his ears. His brain felt distant and clouded. The omega looked down shyly, then flicked his eyes back up to meet Dave’s. Dave’s breath caught in his chest and he had to remind himself it was his turn to speak.

“Yeah, shit’s crazy. I know.” The small smile lit the omega’s face up like a sunrise. Dave’s heart was racing and he had to tear his eyes away in order to keep his breathing even and under control. He could still feel the omega’s wide eyes on him.

“Yeah!” the omega agreed, breathily.

Dave swallowed and looked back at him. For a moment, he let his gaze drift down to the omega’s mouth and then guiltily flicked back up to his eyes.

“You’ll adjust,” he said kindly.

Dave took a deep breath, then held his hand up. It was a little difficult in the cramped space.

“I’m Dave.” He purposefully softened his gaze and kept his voice low and non-threatening.

The smile on the omega’s face was replaced by a more serious expression. He twisted and brought his hand up to clasp Dave’s.

“Klaus,” the omega said nodding earnestly, the flicker of a smile returning to his lovely face.

Dave smiled warmly, feeling the tingling, electric rush that surged through his body, radiating from the point of contact between them. From the first press of skin against skin. His stomach gave a sudden, swooping twist. The butterflies continued their excited flapping.

Dave took another shuddering breath. Out of the corner of his eye, he was dimly aware of a movement under Klaus’ seat, the dull scrape of something heavy sliding across the floor of the truck. He’d remember it later, of course. He'd remember it with a sharp pang, playing the moment over in his mind. But for now, it hardly registered, he was so completely transfixed by the sparkle in Klaus’ large, innocent eyes.

Dave couldn’t quite put his finger on it, but the omega’s scent had changed subtly since he first saw him in the tent. The fear and disorientation were still there, but they seemed duller, somehow, less vivid than before. There was something else there now, though. Something with depth. Something that was sharp and tangy to begin with, but then became deeper and slowly morphed into something warm and woody and comforting. Dave thought that – just perhaps – it might be the olfactory reflection of the interested flicker he could have sworn he’d seen flash across those hypnotic green eyes.

Klaus, Dave thought. Klaus, Klaus, Klaus.

[official-tuabangevent]

EnKlave - New Fandom Event!

Once again, thank you to all participants of the Fandom Bang 2020. Thankfully, the fun doesn't have to stop here.

A new fandom event is being hosted and moderated (by a different set of fans!) that we want to encourage you all to check out. Good friends of our happy community EH have begun the Klave-centric fandom event, aptly named EnKlave! (Kl/ave being the most common nominal for the ship comprised of Klaus and Dave.)

If you're a fan of this ship, there's no better time to get involved and create some content! Likewise, I'm sure some amazing work will come out of this, because for some reason or another, y'all are crazy talented.

They have an official tumblr up and running, so check out the deets here: 

https://enklavefest.tumblr.com/ @enklavefest 

Good luck to the host and team, and to all participants! Keep bringing the love, positivity and creativity out in fandom! You're all rockstars.

[enklavefest]

Uploading Your Fic

So, you’ve written a fic for EnKlave Fest (yay!) — here’s how to add it to our AO3 collection!

Go to post on AO3 as you normally would. In the box labelled ‘Post to collections/challenges’, add BOTH EnKlaveFest and EnKlaveFest2023.

The fic will be ‘unrevealed’ by default. Our friendly mods will be able to make it public on 21st February.

We’ll try and do this as soon as possible for fics added on or after the posting date, but we have regular lives too so please be patient if it’s not immediate! (This only applies to the fic itself, not each individual chapter)

If you have any questions, feel free to message us!

[enklavefest]

Hello! First of all : thanks you for hosting EnklaveFest again, it's a real joy to participating! ♥ My fanwork is longer to do than I planned and I want to know : what if I don't finished my participation for the 21th? Could that be possible to submit it in the next days with appropriated tag and have a chance my work be share here? Thanks you for your time!

Thank you for participating! Yes, late entries are totally fine and will absolutely be shared too. When you post, just tag @enklavefest to make sure we see it!

For AO3-using participants, you can also still add to the EnKlaveFest and EnKlaveFest2023 collections (please remember to use both!) even after the 21st if you’re writing for one of our prompts.

[salvador-daley]

Salvador Daley’s Masterlist

Most of these fics contain naughty words and are unsuitable for minors. Don’t see what you’re looking for? Requests are always open. 

🌶 Denotes level of smuttiness 😇 = Smut free

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One-shots

Ocean 🌶🌶

A visit from an old friend creates a perfect storm of emotion

Namaste 🌶🌶

When the yoga class is cancelled, a flexible stranger comes to the rescue. A collab with @badsext

Lock-in 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

(Sean Falco x Reader x Billy Delaney)

The bar is closed, but the night is only just beginning. A collab with @seanfalco

Library 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

A curly-haired Irishman falls afoul of the librarian’s strict rules on late books

Bad Day  🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

He offers to relieve her frustrations after a rough day at work

Peanuts 🌶🌶🌶

Would you like to play a game?

Massage 🌶

A short story with a happy ending

The Christmas Trip 🌶🌶🌶🌶

A party with a difference

Cabo

A New York marketing exec attempts to escape her messy life with a trip to a 5* resort in Mexico, but an evasive stranger upsets her plans for drunken oblivion

Part 1 🌶🌶 | Part 2 🌶🌶 | Part 3 🌶🌶 | Part 4 🌶🌶

Premiere

A flirty encounter leads to a night that tests her will and her boundaries 

Part 1 🌶🌶🌶 | Part 2 🌶🌶🌶🌶 | Part 3 🌶🌶

Festival

A night of drinking games leads to games of another kind

Part 1 🌶🌶 | Part 2 🌶🌶🌶🌶 | Part 3 🌶 🌶

Quarantine

A young starlet finally lands what she hopes will be her big break. But first she has to endure two weeks locked up with her annoying co-star

Part 1 🌶 🌶 | Part 2) 🌶 🌶 🌶 | Part 3 🌶 🌶

Makeup

A well-known actor falls for an older makeup artist on set, but is she hiding a secret?

Part 1 🌶🌶 | Part 2 🌶🌶 | Part 3 🌶🌶🌶 | Part 4 🌶 🌶

Klaus Hargreeves

Medium 😇 COMPLETE!

TUA AUgust 2021

Klaus wonders what his life might have been if he’d never been adopted by Reginald Hargreeves, until a shocking revelation leads him to seek out the one man who can provide the answer

Chained 😇 NEW CHAPTERS!

TUA Masked Author Shocktober 2021

A young Klaus Hargreeves wakes up to a nasty surprise following a one-night stand with an enigmatic artist

Stitches 😇

TUA Masked Author GenJune 2021

Klaus has been in rehab more times than he can remember. But following a frightening wake-up call, he decides to give it another shot

Valentine’s Day in Vietnam 😇

EnKlaveFest 2021

A hungover Klaus awakes after a night in the arms of a young man from Dallas

Silk 🌶

Klave Fucktober 2021

Dave gets frisky with Klaus over breakfast and discovers a new kink

Jungle 🌶🌶

Klave Fucktober 2021

A young soldier seeks some privacy in the Vietnamese jungle, but he’s not the only one

Taste 🌶

A Klesbians AU story

Vina’s mind wanders to her female friend Niki while in bed with her fiancé

Tannenbaum 😇

Klaus has no job and no money and can’t make Christmas decorations to save his life. But none of this will stop him from planning a festive surprise

WFH 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

Dave has a pressing work deadline, but stupid, sexy Klaus is determined to distract him

Atlantic  🌶🌶🌶

Broke, down on his luck (again) and with only his sister's nasty book for company, a young Klaus Hargreeves waits for his ‘boyfriend’ to pick him up and whisk him away from this rundown New Jersey hotel. If only a handsome, blue-eyed Texan boy with a head of sandy curls would fall into his lap... 

High Altitude WIP! ✈️

An enemies to lovers slow burn featuring Flight Attendant!Klaus and Pilot!Dave having a series of sexy misunderstandings which will culminate, eventually, in smut

Salv’s Tidbit Collection 😇

A smorgasbord of light and tasty one-shots

[enklavefest]

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who participated in EnKlave Fest 2021! I had an awesome time, and I hope you did too! All of the works everyone submitted were incredible! I’m so impressed with you all!

Be sure to support your favorite creators and check out the folks you hadn’t heard of before--spread the love with kudos and comments, I know they’ll be appreciated!

Feel free to use the prompt lists as inspiration throughout the year. I’ll pin this post to the top of the EnKlaveFest Tumblr for reference:

The general list

The 18+ NSFW/Kink/Squick list – by clicking on this link you agree that you are 18+ and you’re willing to read through prompts related to things that are NSFW/Kinks/Potential squicks

If at any point you fill one of the prompts feel free to tag @enklavefest, and I’ll give it a reblog.

Again thank you all so much, see you at the next one!

[yeah-klave]

A Short History of What Happened - Chapter 3

Written, with love, for EnKlave Fest 2021. @enklavefest​

Catch up with the story so far: Chapter 1; Chapter 2

Prompt: Omegas aren’t allowed to join the army, but then Omega!Klaus gets dropped into Vietnam and has to pose as a Beta. He manages quite well, right until he goes into heat. Alpha!Dave is protective and incredibly aroused/horny.

Genre: Omega verse, smut, developing relationships, slow burn, undercover, misunderstandings, secretly in love.

Word length: This chapter: 1k

Warning: This chapter is suitable for all audiences, but the entire work, when posted, will contain explicit sexual content.

Disclaimer: I don’t own any of The Umbrella Academy characters or settings.

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For the remainder of the journey, Dave fought hard to keep a dopey smile from spreading across his face. But, riding the giddy high of his first conversation with Klaus, Dave found it difficult to keep his expression neutral.

In the melee after disembarking, Dave kept his eye on the skinny, waif-like figure moving through the crowd. Dave’s protective alpha instincts were on high alert and he watched the figures moving around Klaus suspiciously, warily noting that their larger frames appeared to dwarf his in every way.

Dave saw Klaus look around nervously and then anxiously tug his collar tighter around his neck. During their brief conversation on the truck, it had seemed that some of Klaus’ anxiety had dissipated, but in the crush of bodies and the gathering darkness, Dave could sense it mounting again with force.

Once again, the almost overpowering impulse to protect the omega rushed through Dave. He had a physical urge to shield his small body from the dangers surrounding him. Dave had to dig his fingernails into the palms of his hands to remain where he was, the sting of pain helping him to focus. Afterall, nothing would inadvertently give Klaus’ identity away faster than a full-scale, physiology-fuelled alpha meltdown. Dave knew he was smarter than that. But that didn’t make ignoring his instincts feel any easier.

So when Dave found out that he’d been assigned the first shift of lookout duty that night, he took a steadying breath, acknowledging to himself that a little time and space would be good for him. A few hours on his own, in the quiet of the night, would help him get his head straight and his thoughts in order.

Walking away from camp, however, Dave couldn’t say he was particularly surprised when a sickening wave of panic and jealousy washed over him.

Logically, Dave knew that taking a literal and metaphorical step back was probably the best – and safest – course of action for both him and Klaus. However, he couldn’t help looking back over his shoulder at the easy bustle of early evening and the unit beginning to gather around the campfire to warm their ration cans. He saw Klaus hovering on the edge of the group, once again looking a little lost and out of his depth.

If Dave had been there, he would have caught Klaus’ eye and nodded to the empty spot next to him. Klaus would have wandered over and perched delicately on the upturned crate. As the men around them chatted and smoked and shared stories of beta girls back home while they waited for their food to warm through, Dave would have feigned interest in his own gloopy can of ham and lima beans and then tried to casually draw Klaus into conversation. He’d have started with a few innocuous comments, and when he managed not to say anything that scared him away, Dave would have quietly broached some of the bigger questions. In the relaxed hum of evening, he might have finally got a few answers to the questions surrounding Klaus’ sudden – and, frankly, mysterious – arrival.

Dave took a deep breath, turned his head forwards and continued trudging to his assigned sentry position on the perimeter of the camp.

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Three hours later and Dave was ready to admit, he was not having a good night. Usually, he quite enjoyed this duty. Living in such close quarters with so many other men, the opportunity for a little space and a few hours of quiet contemplation was more than welcome.  

Tonight, however, Dave’s thoughts were buzzing and he felt oddly jittery and unsettled. He took a deep breath and tried to focus on the ambient jungle noises and the low whir of insects.

It didn’t work. All he wanted was to be back at camp.

He tried to convince himself it was just because he was tired and was looking forward putting his feet up on his cot and closing his eyes as the unit traded banter and a radio played quietly in the background.

But Dave couldn’t even fool himself. He knew it wasn’t anything to do with that. He just wanted to be closer to Klaus.

This whole, weird, unusual situation had set off an itch in Dave’s brain. Rather than having a calming effect, the quiet of the night around him only gave him space for his thoughts to run wild. As the warm, sticky air pressed against his skin like a wet cloth, he reluctantly ran through his growing list of questions again, trying to untangle the facts from the confusing swirl of intoxicating pheromones and consuming alpha urges.

He just needed to be near Klaus, to look him in the eye – those beautiful, hypnotic eyes – and ask him what was going on. He needed to hear Klaus explain in that high, breathy voice. He needed to look deep into his eyes and then, as the words poured out of him, he needed to let his gaze wander down to those full, soft lips. He needed to reach out and cup that perfect, peach-skin cheek in the palm of his hand. He needed to lean forwards…

Dave swallowed thickly and shook his head a little, feeling the uncomfortable heat of his cheeks and the excited flutter and swell deep within him.

No, Dave told himself. No. Now was not the time or the place for those kind of thoughts.

He took a long, deep, cleansing breath through his nose, then released it slowly out of his mouth.

Tomorrow, he thought to himself. Whatever happens, I’ll try and talk to him tomorrow.

Little did he know, however, that within twenty-four hours, he would have unwittingly and irrevocable changed the course of their relationship forever.

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Read more of my work here: yeah-klave tumblr master list or on AO3.

[enklavefest]

Author: @katplanet Rating: Explicit Relationship: Klaus Hargreeves/David “Dave” Katz Characters: Klaus Hargreeves, David “Dave” Katz Additional Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Drug Use, Vampire Klaus, Human Dave, Biting, Vague Alternate History, Offscreen Nonconsensual Turning, Vampire-Typical Blood Stuff, Vampire-Typical Homoerotic Melodrama Language: English Chapters: 1/?

Dave swings his legs over the side of his cot, which there’s still a man at the foot of. He’s staring at Dave, or possibly at the middle distance between them. Motionless and pale, a little glassy in the eyes, mouth hanging open and - ah.

“On your feet, private,” the CO says, and the man doesn’t move.

What’ll happen next is the CO will repeat himself, and then he’ll repeat himself louder, and then he’ll grab the man by the scruff and probably scare the living daylights out of him, no pun intended, and none of them have time for that. So Dave leans forward, ducks until he’s level with the man’s eyes.

“Hey,” Dave says to him, as kindly as he can manage with the CO looming, with the gunfire in the distance getting closer. “What’s your name?”

[enklavefest]

Hello! So, weird question. First of all, I'm super excited to see that this is an event that is taking place! I need more Klave fics in my life, dang it. I wanted to sign up very badly but I have an internship that I'm starting so I unfortunately will have to pass this time around. However, I was wondering if you're going to leave the prompt list up afterwards? I really love some of the prompts and would totally write them if they were still available at a later date.

Hi! That’s a great question!

Yup! The lists will stay up for future reference. So anytime you need a prompt feel free to come by and grab one! (Plus, even after the fest is over, if you ever fill one of the prompts and tag enklavefest, I’ll be happy to reblog it!)

Good luck with your internship! :)

(Also, there’s no deadline for sign ups, so if you find you have some free time to knock something out last minute, you’re more than welcome to!)

[enklavefest]

Valentine's Day in Vietnam

Username: @salvador-daley

Tumblr Link: https://salvador-daley.tumblr.com/post/643740992243138560/valentines-day-in-vietnam

Prompt: Valentine’s Day in Vietnam

Tags: Mostly fluff, with the tiniest hint of smut. A smut soupçon, if you will. Refs to drug-taking and heavy drinking. Really tame by my standards.

Author’s note: A short little slice of feels written especially for @enklavefest​. My first character fic and my first (mostly) smut-free work. Go easy on me. Enjoy!

Snippet: 

HE WAKES without opening his eyes at first, vaguely aware that he is, not for the first time, in a strange bed. Eventually, he opens one crusty lid, then the other. Immediately, the light pouring through the open shutters sears his retinas and he closes his eyes again, hands shooting up to rub them. When they come away, he notices his fingertips are blackened with kohl pencil.

The ceiling fan rattles gently as it spins, doing nothing to refresh the cloying, humid air. The noises of the bustling street below can be heard through the shutters; market sellers shouting loudly in a language he doesn’t speak, vehicles sputtering along potholed streets.

He rubs his beard and turns, spying the man in the bed next to him snoring softly, and slowly the pieces of the previous night begin to come together. Hazy fragments float across the surface of his mind, but the memory of skin on skin still lingers, like footprints on wet sand.

[yeah-klave]

I’ve just gone on such a prompting binge! I’m so excited to see the list tomorrow!!

In the meantime - there’s still time to get your promps in for Enklave Fest 😁

@enklavefest