rodo's journal

Title: Web of Fate
Fandom: Carnival Row
Author: rodo
Chapter: prologue/17+E
Length: 558 words (77,000 in total)
Rating: 16+
Genre: Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Worldbuilding, Adventure
Characters: Rycroft Philostrate, Jonah Breakspear, Vignette Stonemoss, Runyan Millworthy, Darius Prowell, Absalom Breakspear
Pairing: Philo/Vignette
Warnings/Labels: war, and mentions/occasional depictions of associated atrocities; canon-typical fantasy racism
Disclaimer: Everything you recognise belongs to Amazon, of course
A/N: I started this story in August 2021, and I finished the draft in 2022, so this was all written prior to the second season. So some of the worldbuilding contradicts what was shown in season 2. Still, I had so much fun re-reading this lately that I thought I’d polish it up some more and post it anyway, in case some of you will like it as well. Since it’s an AU, the plot of the second season is not that relevant anyway.


Summary: A year after the attempted assassination of Chancellor Absalom Breakspear, The Burgue is at war, and it’s not going well. In order to break the stalemate at the front, some unlikely soldiers are recruited to fight in a place nobody expected, and Philo and Jonah find themselves caught up in it against their expectations.



( “Mister Winetrout, sir?” a feeble voice asked. )

Title: Better Late Than Never
Fandom: Knight Flower
Author: rodo
Length: 7639 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: romance, humor
Pairing: Cho Yeo-hwa/Park Soo-ho
Disclaimer: everything belongs to MBC
A/N: written for kaitou during 2025’s fandom5k

Summary: Yeo-hwa is back in Hanyang, but getting together with Soo-ho turns out to be a bit more complicated than she had imagined. But then again, when has their relationship ever been simple?


( Mischievous banter, a hand on her wrist, an elegant twirl like a practised dance move, and Cho Yeo-hwa found herself in Park Soo-ho’s arms. )

Title: Together
Fandom: Happiness
Author: rodo
Length: 2.331 words
Rating: 6+
Pairing: Jung Yi-hyun/Yoon Sae-bom
Warnings: mentions of Covid
Disclaimer: everything belongs to Studio Dragon, naturally
A/N: written for pale_and_tragic during 2023’s Yuletide.


Summary: Yi-hyun’s story didn’t end with a literal bang. Instead, he ended up quarantined – and as always, Sae-bom refused to leave his side.



( “Really reminds you of something, doesn’t it?” )

Title: A Lazy Morning
Fandom: A Discovery of Witches (TV)
Author: rodo
Length: 427 words
Rating: 6+
Genre: fluff
Pairing: Diana Bishop/Matthew Clairmont
Disclaimer: everything belongs to Sky, naturally
A/N: written for bearholdingashark for 2023’s fandomgiftbasket

Summary: Sleep is hard to come by at the Bishop house for Matthew Clairmont. He doesn't mind. Much.



( Matthew Clairmont woke to a subtle but unsettling shifting of beams that no human would be able to perceive. )

Title: A Certain Silent Suffering
Fandom: Game of Thrones
Author: rodo
Length: 4414 words
Rating: 6+
Genre: missing scene, 5+1, pining
Pairing: Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark
Disclaimer: GOT belongs to HBO, of course
Beta: sunlightstars

Summary: Five times Podrick Payne mooned after Sansa Stark and one time she acknowledged it.



( Squiring for Lord Tyrion wasn’t that bad. )

Title: In Vino Veritas
Fandom: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Author: rodo
Length: 1377 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: humor
Pairing: Gaby/Illya
Disclaimer: Not mine, naturally
A/N: written for misbegotten for 2022’s fandomgiftbasket

Summary: Gaby’s quiet evening gets disrupted by Illya and Napoleon being their usual combative selves.



( It had started innocently enough. )

Title: Peaches, Blossoms and Memories
Fandom: Arang and the Magistrate
Author: rodo
Length: 2033 words
Rating: 0+
Genre: humor
Pairing: Arang/Kim Eun-oh
Disclaimer: Everything you recognize belongs to MBC
Beta: R
A/N: written for betony for 2022’s Chocolate Box

Summary: If there is one thing that’s frustrating A-rang in her new life, it’s Kim Eun-oh’s obstinate refusal to remember anything. But that just makes her even more determined to bring his memories back – with mixed results.


( Dal-rae had been going gray before her time for years. )

Title: Like a Moth to a Flame
Fandom: Mr. Sunshine
Author: rodo
Length: 6130 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: post-canon, hurt/comfort, fix-it
Pairing: Eugene Choi/Go Ae-shin
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to tvN/Netflix/the production companies, naturally
Beta: aurilly
A/N: written for ConvenientAlias for 2021’s Yuletide

Summary: A step back changes everything, and Eugene finds himself facing a future he never thought he'd have.


( A will to live was a funny thing. )

Title: A Cold Wait
Fandom: Mass Effect: Andromeda
Author: rodo
Length: 3495 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: action adventure, established relationship
Pairing: Jaal/F!Ryder
Disclaimer: everything belongs to Bioware
Beta: Sara
A/N: Written for Isilloth during 2021’s fandomgiftbox

Summary: During a mission gone wrong, Jaal and Sara make an unexpected discovery on Voeld.



( “Peebee! Hurry!” Sara Ryder called from behind cover while bullets and plasma beams whizzed past. )

Title: Children of an Age
Fandom: Illang: The Wolf Brigade
Author: rodo
Length: 13,217 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: casefic, hurt/comfort
Pairing: Im Joong-kyung/Lee Yoon-hee
Disclaimer: Nothing you recognize belongs to me, of course
Beta: beatrice_otter
A/N: written for ardentaislinn as part of 2020’s Yuletide

Summary: “You didn’t think walking away from this life would be that easy, did you?”

Just when Im Joong-kyung thought he could finally get away, Jang Jin-tae threatens him with the one thing he cares about: Lee Yoon-hee. In order to free both of them from his influence, he has to play a dangerous game and go undercover to find a mole in the police.


( Now, I’ll live by my own rules. )