Haro's Writing Journal

Title: To Drive the Cold Winter Away [FF.NET] [A03]
Pairing/Character(s): AmericaxEngland
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance/Fluff
Word Count: 1,020
Summary: America waits at the airport on a bitter winter day.

( He sniffled and wiped his hand under his nose. How miserable... )

Title: Somnium [FF.NET LINK] [A03]
Pairing/Character(s): AmericaxEngland
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance/Sci-fi
Word Count: 2,300
Summary: Somnium, they had named it. When the United Federation of America and the United Kingdoms had made the decision to terraform this planet together, it was hailed as the largest project of its type to date. And it was.
Note: Written for the usxuk short story anthology. This is not AU. I'd also like to thank marimo_blogger for the STUNNING artwork she did for this story. You can see it HERE!

( It was a perfect place for life, for humanity... )

Title: Changeling [FF.NET LINK]
Pairing/Character(s): AmericaxEngland
Rating: PG-13 (Warning for some self injury. It's done for self preservation, but I figured it was better to be safe and warn just in case.)
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Word Count: 7,507
Summary: When Arthur turned fourteen, he discovered something about himself that changed his life forever. He was a changeling, a faerie left behind in place of a stolen human child, and he had no choice but to conceal that fact from the world. But after four years of hiding it, he meets Alfred Jones, who may just be the key to unraveling the mystery of his past...
Note: For kurusa7227 at the usxuk Secret Santa. I had an extremely rough last half of December, so I was unable to finish your Atlantis fic. I hope that this very lengthy oneshot is able to make up for that. It is for your fairy tale princes prompt- Just because it says Fairy-tale, please don't assume it has to be all fluffy and light and stuff. It's okay if it a bit dark. As long as they are royalty and some magic is thrown in there, I will be satisfied.

( He woke up in the morning to the feeling of wings pushing out from his back, breaking the skin and unfolding behind him... )

Title: You Can't Take the Sky from Me [FF.NET Chapter Thirty-One] [ Writing Journal Previous Chapters ]
Pairing: AmericaxEngland, PolandxLithuania, GermanyxItaly, SpainxRomano, Belarus---->Russia, PrussiaxSwitzerland, GreecexJapan, HungaryxAustria, SwedenxFinland
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance/Humor/Drama/Action+Adventure/Alternate Universe
Word Count: 3,620
Summary: Ace pilot America is on a mission for the World Military when a chance encounter with a group of sky-pirates leads him to team up with their captain, England, against a malevolent group that wants to fill the sky with zeppelins. [USxUK- Steampunk AU]
Chapter Summary: America leaned forward and pressed his finger to the map, working to pinpoint the coordinates on the aged and stained piece of parchment before him.

“We’ll need to go up far north, almost to the pole. It’s crazy that they’d build something up that far. It’s cold and dangerous, and there are all those mountains, but hell, the Kosmider doesn’t seem to shy away from crazy…”
Author's Note: There aren't enough apologies in the world for the lack of fic updates recently. I have had... so many issues, but I still don't think that's a fair enough excuse. I love you all, and I still love all of my stories. I just haven't been able to dedicate to them the time they deserve. Hopefully I can do that now. Thanks so much for sticking around if you're still here. I do have some fanarts that I need to update my resource post with, and I'll get to that soon. Also, I know I pimped it once before, but I do have a FIC TUMBLR. I post fic snippets, artwork, resource stuff, and random misc. for all of my fics over there. Feel free to follow it!

( America here was just talking to us about the location of this Kosmider base. It sounds like a deathtrap, but that’s nothing we can’t handle. )

Title: Royalty in Spades [ FF.NET LINK ]
Pairing/Character(s): AmericaxEngland. Blink and you'll miss it AustriaxHungary and GermanyxNorth Italy.
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance/Drama/AU
Word Count: 8,191
Summary: Alfred and Arthur were marked by fate to rule the Kingdom of Spades together, but while Alfred accepted his role, Arthur rebelled against it and went into hiding. Now Alfred is searching the kingdom for his queen, and when he finds him, he also finds himself falling in love.
Note: Oh boy. This is for yaoishadow66613, who was one of the two winners of my charity auction at help_japan. She wanted a fic centering on the ArteStella cardverse. The auction was just for a oneshot of 1k or more, but it ended up being... much larger. This is part one of two, and the second part should be posted this week.

Human Names:
Lea- Liechtenstein
Mei- Taiwan
Veronique- Seychelles

( It's as if you are entwined, as if your souls are one and your hearts beat simultaneously... )

Title: Finding Freedom [FF.NET Chapter 6] [ Writing Journal Previous Chapters ]
Pairing: AmericaxEngland (Also: GreecexJapan)
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance/Humor/Drama/Alternate Universe/Action
Word Count: 4,192
Summary: Arthur is a guardian angel who feels as if he's at the bottom of the heavenly ladder. Alfred is Freedom Star, a young superhero at the top of his game. When their paths cross, Alfred's life (and Arthur's afterlife), will never be the same.
Chapter Summary: Arthur was English. He was really English. Like, when I thought of a stereotypical English guy, something akin to an older version of Arthur would come to mind. Sure, he had his quirks, but he was definitely… way English.

And he had wings, which were his superpower, so he probably needed something like ‘angel’ or ‘seraphim’ in his name. I stared at him for a moment, trying to muster up something that had a good ring to it.

Ahah, that was it. That sounded awesome, and… I thought it went with Freedom Star pretty well, which was important.

I grinned, staring straight at the throng of reporters. “Britannia Angel. He’s called Britannia Angel.”
Author's Note: Three chapterfic updates in three weeks? ALL RIGHT! Also, a couple of gorgeous fanarts: America and England by kiirusama and America and England by luvpixel. Please drop the artists a comment if you can. :D

( He had never felt so alive... )

Title: You Can't Take the Sky from Me [FF.NET Chapter Thirty] [ Writing Journal Previous Chapters ]
Pairing: AmericaxEngland, PolandxLithuania, GermanyxItaly, SpainxRomano, Belarus---->Russia, PrussiaxSwitzerland, GreecexJapan, HungaryxAustria, SwedenxFinland
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance/Humor/Drama/Action+Adventure/Alternate Universe
Word Count: 4,519
Summary: Ace pilot America is on a mission for the World Military when a chance encounter with a group of sky-pirates leads him to team up with their captain, England, against a malevolent group that wants to fill the sky with zeppelins. [USxUK- Steampunk AU]
Chapter Summary: The Ukko were always up for a fight, providing that the fight meant something. They were confident in their strength, and deservedly so. They weren’t called the rulers of the northern skies for no reason. They fought with a wide variety of weapons, all of them having perfected their respective arts, and they were hardy and… tough. Living constantly in that weather alone was admirable, England thought.

He would be heading up north to rendezvous with the Ukko, and he planned on leaving later that day. The less time wasted, the better.
Author's Note: An extra long chapter to at least... sort of make up for lack of updates. Sorry, everyone! Fanarts: America and England by kazlicya, Italy and Romano by DarqueCrystal, America and England by gloomybunny, America, Switzerland, and Prussia and Switzerland by Chaolover2, Belgium by LiveOak, and Belarus by revoiment_hika. THANK YOU TO ALL! Please give these artists props if you can!

( For me though, being a pirate doesn’t mean that I’m going to sacrifice being a gentleman... )

Title: Magic in the Air
Pairing/Character(s): AmericaxEngland
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance/AU
Word Count: 1,783
Summary: Alfred decides to take Arthur on a romantic ride above the quidditch pitch for his birthday. [Harry Potter AU]
Note: This takes place in the same universe as Magic Works, but it's not necessary to read that one to understand this. It was written for the fifth day of usxuk's Special Relationship Sweethearts week. Today's theme was 'Across the Universes.' It was also written for binnin, because I promised her an HP au oneshot with a concept like this.

( Alfred pulled his wand (oak, dragon heartstring core) out of his robe and pointed it forward, cocking his hand upward just a bit. “Accio Cleansweep.”  )

Title: Constellations [FF.NET LINK]
Pairing/Character(s): GreecexJapan
Rating: G
Genre: Romance
Word Count: 804
Summary: Japan spends a peaceful night under the stars with Greece...
Note: For arizonaicerose at helpbrazil2011. Prompt was: Greece/Japan- peacefulness under the stars.

( The evening sky was inky blue and filled with stars, like crisp velvet littered with small white diamonds... )

Title: The Faerie Path [FF.NET Chapter Two] [ Writing Journal Previous Chapter ]
Pairing: AmericaxEngland
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance/Drama/Alternate Universe/Fantasy
Word Count: 4,844
Summary: Sir Alfred of Earncynn never believed his mother's tales of magic and the faerie folk, until he came face to face with their world upon encountering Arthur Kirkland, a prisoner of the fae. Based loosely on The Ballad of Tam Lin.
Chapter Summary: Arthur stepped forward, closing the distance between the two of them. His gaze was desperate, imploring. "I don't know who you are seeing or what you are seeing, but I swear to all Alfred," his voice caught, and then it wavered as he spoke the next part, "if you leave, you will…" the dark of the night could not hide the tears forming at the corner of his eyes, "you will die."
Author's Note: Right now I'm working on finishing up updates of You Can't Take the Sky from Me and Cerulean. I honestly would have finished Cerulean tonight if not for a massive headache. Hopefully I'll be able to finish it by the weekend. Meanwhile, I've revised another chapter of this fic for posting. Here it is!

( You're not dreaming, Alfred. I'm really here... )