Three dollars and some change

So. Remember Blood Ties? forsaken_fandom is having a Blood Ties fic awards thing, and there's voting and stuff. My Blood Ties stories are up for awards, and if you are so inclined in the Blood Ties fandom, you can vote for them.

Up for:

Best Author: Me :)

Best AU Fic and best Humour fic: Bodyswapping Only Looks Fun On TV: Whatever fantasies Vicki had about waking up in Henry's bed, none of them including waking up as Henry...

Best Crossover: Honour Among Thieves (Crossed with Highlander): Henry Fitzroy's past is littered with old friends and even older enemies... so which is it lurking in the shadows of the twilight?

Best characterization (Vicki): Vertigo: At three in the morning is the only time Vicki can let herself think about how far down the rabbit hole she's fallen... (Episode tag to 5:55)

So if you want to go vote, or even if you want to revisit some Blood Ties fic, head on over to:

Blood Ties voting list
And those voting rules

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Bodyswapping Only Looks Fun On TV (Taste for Trouble) (3/4)
A Blood Ties story
by mhalachaiswords

Summary: Whatever fantasies Vicki had about waking up in Henry's bed, none of them including waking up as Henry...
Disclaimer: None of these characters or shows belong to me. The Blood Ties series started with Tanya Huff and slipped sideways into Lifetime. If you haven't read the books, go out and buy them for this holiday season!
Rating: Overall, R (to be on the safe side) for swearing, adult content, some sort-of-slash, nakedness. This part is PG.
Spoilers: Up to "The Devil You Know".
Words: 4,370
Note: I started this before the interesting events in "Wrapped", and so we won't be dealing with those issues in this story. Which is too bad, because seriously. I also take a couple of tidbits from the Blood books, because they can fit so well here :) Lastly, about one-third of the way in, I started getting confused with the gender pronouns for Henry and Vicki. I think I fixed everything now. Let me know if things get confused.

Part One ~ Part Two ~ Part Three ~ Part Four


( The street was empty, surprising for a winter's Saturday night in Toronto. Vicki shoved her hands deep in the pockets of Henry's coat as she trudged towards her office. Henry had told her that vampires didn't feel cold the way humans did, but she was willing to bet that standing in a cold shower for twenty minutes would put a chill into even the undead. )

Bodyswapping Only Looks Fun On TV (It Must Be Friday) (1/4)
A Blood Ties story
by mhalachaiswords

Summary: Whatever fantasies Vicki had about waking up in Henry's bed, none of them including waking up as Henry...
Disclaimer: None of these characters or shows belong to me. The Blood Ties series started with Tanya Huff and slipped sideways into Lifetime. Read and watch, yo.
Rating: R (to be on the safe side) for swearing, nudity, adult content.
Spoilers: Up to "The Devil You Know"
Words: 4,800 this part
Note: I know this starts a little like Switchback, but it's not like that at all. For one thing, it has an ending.

Part One ~ Part Two ~ Part Three ~ Part Four


( Whatever fantasies Vicki had about waking up in Henry's bed, none of them including waking up as Henry... )

I just watched the latest episode of Blood Ties, 5:55, and I was like, I finally have a hook! Girly wangsty introspection ahead.

Vertigo
A Blood Ties story
by mhalachaiswords

Summary: At three in the morning is the only time Vicki can let herself think about how far down the rabbit hole she's fallen... (Episode tag to 5:55)
Characters/Pairing: Sort of Vicki/Mike and sort of Vicki/Henry and all kinds of woe.
Disclaimer: None of these characters or shows belong to me. The Blood Ties series started with Tanya Huff and slipped sideways into Lifetime. Read and watch, yo.
Rating: PG for angst, blood imagery, swearing
Setting/Spoilers: The night after 5:55, episode three in season two or fifteen in season one, take your pick. Spoilers for that episode, no doubt.
Words: 480, give or take

( It was 3:21 in the morning and Vicki couldn't stop thinking about blood. )