jedibuttercup: Tom Mason and John Pope (mason/pope)
Title: Now That the Dawn Has Come
Author: [livejournal.com profile] jedibuttercup
Fandom(s): Falling Skies
Rating: R/Mature; language and canon-typical violence
Warnings/Notes: A Falling Skies canon divergence story, continuing the plotline established in "Waiting for the Dawn". Contains slash between two angsty, foul-mouthed, conflicted survivors of an alien apocalypse, and chronicles the shifting evolution of their family as they do their best to save Earth from the Espheni threat. (Because canon's version ... could have used a little applied logic.) Further research notes here.

Summary: "Alas! We were lost [...]! We shattered ourselves! We left our elder brothers behind! Our younger brothers! Where did they see the sun? Where must they be staying, now that the dawn has come?" 106,135 words.

(In which Tom and Pope undertake to save the human race. Starting with each other.)

Link to Fic: Now That the Dawn Has Come (on AO3), or in 5 parts at DW, starting here.

Link to Art: Art by cassandrasfisher

Acknowledgements: Written for the 2016 [livejournal.com profile] extreme_bigbang. Many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] debirlfan for the timely alpha read; [livejournal.com profile] lanalucy for keeping the challenge going; and everyone who encouraged me along the way!
jedibuttercup: Tom Mason and John Pope (mason/pope)
Title: Waiting for the Dawn
Author: [livejournal.com profile] jedibuttercup
Fandom(s): Falling Skies
Rating: R/Mature; language and canon-typical violence
Warnings/Notes: A Falling Skies canon divergent AU, beginning during 3.05 "Search and Rescue" and continuing through the end of the season. Summary and chapter titles borrowed from the Popul Vuh. Contains low-key slash; canon-typical h/c, angst, and interpersonal conflict; semi-canonical death of a minor character; family feels; and a hopeful, sort-of-fixit ending.

Summary: "Such was the defeat of the rulers of Xibalba: accomplished only through wonders, only through self-transformation." 43,500 words.

(Or: instead of a fight in the woods, Tom and Pope have a conversation. And from that ripple in the pond, the future changes.)

Acknowledgements: To [livejournal.com profile] sulien, [livejournal.com profile] pronker, [livejournal.com profile] edenfalling and [livejournal.com profile] xlade for being a huge encouragement when I needed it, and everyone else who reads and comments on my more obscure work.

Waiting for the Dawn ) (or story at AO3)

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