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Smutswap was really fun this year. There were a lot of good fics! Below are my favorites. All of them are NSFW/Explicit.

My gift:
The Tremble of Your Body on the Day You Let Me In, Merlin, Merlin/Arthur
Summary: Merlin's puzzled when Arthur moves their sparring session to the privacy of the Darkling Woods. As the afternoon wears on, however, he starts to get an inkling that there's more than just lessons in swordplay on the agenda. So, of course that's just when they're quite rudely interrupted. But Merlin's not going to let bandits or nefarious magic or even a lack of lubrication get in the way of finishing what they started.

This transitions from Arthur being a sly fox to an almost-funny magic curse and I love all of the tropes in it! 13k of smut, how did I get so lucky :D

As Above, So Below, Original Fiction, OMC/OMC
Summary: Many years ago, the leaders of Kyr and Kault signed a treaty to keep the peace in the peninsulae; their successors, however, did not honour it.

Istvan, the Giant of Kault, invades Kyr with all his forces and takes the king as his prize. Ettian, the newly deposed king, slowly begins to understand precisely why the treaty was broken in the first place.


This one has fascinating world building, a conqueror set on his conquest, and two characters you end up loving for being bad in their own ways.

a resting place for weary men, Original Fiction, OMC/OMC
Summary: London, 1889. The newly widowed Duke of Carlisle, burdened with the task of managing the steel factories his late husband owned, entertains an unexpected nighttime visitor.

Really well done political kink & power imbalance with two great characters and some super sexy banter and desk sex. And the 1880s outfits and decor are so detailed!

And the fic I wrote:

When You Treat Me Like That, Teen Wolf, Chris Argent/Lydia Martin
Summary: It’s been at least seven years since she’s seen him, but his hair barely has any grays. He’s wearing brown leather boots, dark wash denim, a deep green henley, and a leather jacket, and he looks damn good.

Between working on her PhD, forming an underground network of banshees and hellhounds, and keeping track of Scott’s pack when he’s busy with vet school or a mission, Lydia’s been busy.

But that doesn’t mean she can’t make up for lost time now.