marcicat

Title: Tending Gardens Made of Stars
Author: marcicat

Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)
Rating: T

Summary: AU: the characters of the Last Binding Series, still with magic but IN SPACE so the houses are all spaceships. Edwin hires the Blyths (and company) to retrieve the Sutton after his brother stole it.

Written for the 2026 No True Pair Challenge.

( Tending Gardens Made of Stars )

Title: Fortunes and Floriography

Author: marcicat

Fandom: Original Work

Summary: My first non-writing work posted to AO3!

Note: For the Taggle 2026 exchange

Title: Resonance and Redirection

Author: marcicat

Fandom: Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

Rating: T

Summary: Rebuilding a magical residence takes a village, especially one as opinionated as Spinet House.

Note: For the Taggle 2026 exchange

( Resonance and Redirection )

Title: Tournaments and Tails

Author: marcicat

Fandom: Heated Rivalry

Rating: T

Summary: Set in some nebulous post-Hollanov-marriage timeline. Cliff's never going to agree to do a favor for Roz again.

Note: For the Taggle 2026 exchange

( Tournaments and Tails )

Title: Terrapins and Toast

Author: marcicat

Fandom: The Last Binding (Freya Marske)

Rating: G

Summary: A quiet morning, breakfast, and a turtle.

Note: for the Taggle 2026 exchange

( Terrapins and Toast )

Title: Morning Calls

Author: marcicat

Fandom: Guardian (TV)

Characters: Zhao Yunlan, Da Qing, Shen Wei, Ye Zun, Zhao Xinci

Tags: AU, Found Family, Cat Tribe Best Tribe, time travel speedrun, there was only one apartment, Ghost Cat

Summary: The morning after the night before. (A follow-up fic to Night Letters.)

Author's note: For Be a Goldfish Week 3! Approximately 72 words of this were written back in 2020 as part of 'Night Letters.' And now that's one more draft released to the wild!

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( Morning Calls )

Title: Sanctuary Code

Author: marcicat

Fandom: Murderbot (TV), The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells)

Characters: SecUnit | Murderbot, ART | Perihelion, Pin-Lee, Arada, Ratthi, Palisade Combat SecUnit, Gurathin, Iris, Dr. Mensah, Lutran

Tags: AU, Found Family, IN SPACE, mutual administrative assistance-ship, avoiding talking about feelings, or anything else, SecUnit to the rescue

Summary: A series of awkward conversations.

Authors note: This started as an AU look at one way 'Exit Strategy' might go in a Murderbot (TV) universe, then gradually went off the rails, as stories sometimes do.
  

( Sanctuary Code )

Title: Waiting for a sign
Author: marcicat

Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Characters: Beckett Mariner, Bradward Boimler, D’Vana Tendi, Samanthan Rutherford, T’Lyn, D’Erika Tendi, T’Pring, Spock, Christine Chapel, James Kirk, Christopher Pike

Tags: AU, Time Travel, Alternate Dimensions, Space Monsters, Team as Family, Found Family, Family

Summary: In an alternate universe where Orion was a core member of Starfleet from the beginning, the Lower Decks crew encounters space monsters, time travelers, and a weird rock. So, basically a normal Thursday.

Author’s note: Title is from the song ‘Sounds of Earth’ by Jim Moray. There’s also a quote about soulmates that was adapted ever-so-slightly from a poem by Victoria Erickson.

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( Waiting for a sign )

Title: A kind of spirit music
Author: marcicat

Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks
Rating: G

Summary: The good news is that the cave probably isn't haunted.

Author's Notes: For xinger88. Title from ‘Sounds of Earth’ by Jim Moray

Battleship Tags: Beach, Broken Limb, Bruises, Caretaking, Cultural Exchange, Female Character of Color, Fish, Found Family, Friendship Gestures, Ghosts, Ice, Late Night Conversations, Parent-Child Relationships, Party Games, Trapped Together, Trust, Winter, Wound Tending

on AO3

Title: Mixtape of humanity
Author: marcicat

Fandom: Stranger Things
Rating: G

Summary: El throws a hail mary and sends the entire town of Hawkins back in time to 1984, and they make the most of their second chance. Thirty years later, they're living their best lives in California, because why not?

Author's Notes: For xinger88. Title from ‘Sounds of Earth,’ by Jim Moray.

Battleship tags: Alternate Universe, Family, Fluff, Found Family, Fresh Starts, Happy Ending, Laughter, Roommates, Sequel or Prequel, Survival, Temporary Character Death, Wine

on AO3