BushRat8hide bio
 Author has written 16 stories for Pirates of the Caribbean, and Alice in Wonderland, 2010. "A writer is a world trapped in a person." — Victor Hugo "Most people outgrow their imaginary friends. Those who don't, become writers." — one of my T-shirts ;-) "Fer certain ye have t' be lost t' find a place as can't be found. Elseways, everyone would know where it was." — Captain Hector Barbossa I'm also at AO3 under my name of BushRat8, where there are a few stories that can't get past FFN's ratings, plus a large number for Pirates of the Caribbean which are there for various reasons: links that aren't allowed on FFN, too explicit, can't get any readers or reaction here, etc. Though I'd only ever intended to write two stories (Ruination/Widow's Walk), my Barbossa/Innkeeper universe kept expanding as the pair of them rooted around in my head and whispered Write Me! situations in my ear. That arc is now complete (although more tales featuring Sophie the Innkeeper will be upcoming that exist outside the arc) and you might like to try reading the — many more than two!! — stories in this order: 00. Ruination 01. What Dreams May Come (takes place between the two halves of Ruination) (explicit; available only at AO3) 02. Beginning a Life 03. Getting To Know You (available only at AO3 because of an offsite link) 04. Broken Egg 05. I Come Before You As But a Servant, Humble and Contrite (available only at AO3) 06. Three Words 07. Waterfall (available only at AO3) 08. Hands Off!! (violent and very explicit Non-Con; available only at AO3. Please don't read if Non-Con upsets you) 09. Restoration (violent and very explicit Non-Con; available only at AO3. Please don't read if Non-Con upsets you) 10. Offerings 11. The Scent of Herbs and Spice (available only at AO3) 12. The Man of the House 13. Adornment 14. In Her Stead (available only at AO3) 15. The Innkeeper's Prayer 16. Storm's Coming (available only at AO3) 17. Improprium (explicit; available only at AO3) 18. Spite 19. Fifty Shades of Barbossa (explicit; available only at AO3) 20. Unthinkable 21. Lean on Me (has an illustration link; available only at AO3) 22. Widow's Walk 23. I Survived (takes place after the first chapter of Widow's Walk; available only at AO3) 24. Despair (takes place after the first chapter of Widow's Walk; available only at AO3) 25. Reflections in a Crystal Wind (has song links; available only at AO3) 26. The Flight to His Waiting Dove (available only at AO3) A new arc has now begun which details Barbossa's life from his infancy up through his first visit (from his POV) to Grantham House. As usual, posts will not be made in any particular order, and several will be AO3-only owing to explicit content. I hope you'll visit me there! -oOo- I wish the Barbossa doll in my profile pic had Hector's striking blue eyes, but other than that, it's fabulous, don't you think? |
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Judge, Jury, Executioner by Cacotechny reviews
"Activate Kruger." Oneshot, character introspection
Elysium - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 481 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 3 - Published: 8/10/2013 - Complete
Queen o' the May by justadram reviews
Underland once had seven kingdoms. With the Red Queen exiled, however, only one monarch was left to reign in Underland, an unnatural state. And the Grumblers were astir. Inspired by Through the Looking Glass. Sequel to Merry Month of May. Alice/Tarrant
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 9 - Words: 34,735 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 38 - Follows: 13 - Updated: 11/10/2011 - Published: 8/3/2011 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] Dormouse/Mallymkun, White Queen/Mirana of Marmoreal - Complete
Ages of Alice by justadram reviews
It is widely held that for every season there is a hatter. What is not as well known is that for every hatter there is also an Alice. Alice/Hatter and other Alices and hatters throughout the ages. Narrated by Chessur.
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 5 - Words: 14,643 - Reviews: 45 - Favs: 85 - Follows: 18 - Updated: 2/10/2011 - Published: 1/3/2011 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] Cheshire Cat/Chessur - Complete
Just Large Enough For Two by justadram reviews
You're always dreaming, Alice... Alice awakes to find a figure sitting upon her bed. Setting: Alice's London bedchamber; Alice/Tarrant; expanded to two parts
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 7,499 - Reviews: 34 - Favs: 206 - Follows: 52 - Updated: 2/5/2011 - Published: 2/3/2011 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] - Complete
The Smell of Cinders by justadram reviews
The smell of cinders lingers on him, as if he is Death itself... UST; Unrequited between Mirana and Hatter; Setting: after Horunvendush Day; Works as prequel for ILML, where Mirana's past desires are hinted at; One-shot
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: T - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,594 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 4 - Published: 2/2/2011 - [White Queen/Mirana of Marmoreal, Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] - Complete
Off Balance by justadram reviews
A swing is just the thing... UST; Alice/Hatter; Setting: Underland; One-shot
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,373 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 59 - Follows: 7 - Published: 2/1/2011 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] - Complete
Merry Month of May by justadram reviews
May must be a most pleasant month, he concluded: a month for coupling, nesting, and singing. This was the month Time selected for Alice to return to him. As long as Alice continued to step through her looking glass, it would always be May for Hatter.
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 15 - Words: 45,231 - Reviews: 68 - Favs: 138 - Follows: 47 - Updated: 1/25/2011 - Published: 12/6/2010 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] Dormouse/Mallymkun, Cheshire Cat/Chessur - Complete
Underland Christmas by justadram reviews
A selection of stories revolving around Alice's first Christmas in Underland, where she introduces her friends to traditions from Above. Alice/Hatter
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 5,640 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 22 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 12/23/2010 - Published: 12/7/2010 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] Dormouse/Mallymkun, March Hare/Thackery Earwicket - Complete
Assuming the Crown by justadram reviews
Heavy is the head... Romance/Angst; Alice/Hatter; Setting: Hatter's workshop; missing scene for "Merry Month of May".
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,167 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 2 - Published: 10/18/2010 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] - Complete
The Key by justadram reviews
Where one door closes... UST; Alice/Hatter; Setting: Alice's bedroom and a sleep place. One shot, stand alone fic.
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,838 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 4 - Published: 10/6/2010 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] - Complete
I Love My Love by justadram reviews
"Little maid, pretty maid, whither goest thou?" Alice has forgotten her friends in Underland, until one day she follows the figures she sees in the looking glass. Alice/Hatter; later chapters rated M.
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 22 - Words: 64,405 - Reviews: 134 - Favs: 276 - Follows: 93 - Updated: 9/29/2010 - Published: 7/18/2010 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] Dormouse/Mallymkun, White Queen/Mirana of Marmoreal - Complete
An Unconventional Use for a Hat by justadram reviews
A hat is a head covering... UST; Alice/Hatter; Setting: aboard the Wonder and Hatter's workshop; flashback for "Merry Month of May".
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,586 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 3 - Published: 9/28/2010 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] - Complete
Playlist Shuffle Off to Buffalo by justadram reviews
Playlist Shuffle Challenge: FIVE drabble-filled efforts. Alice/Hatter, angst, fluff, and everything in between, K to T. Ch 5 has M content.
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 5 - Words: 10,838 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 25 - Follows: 9 - Updated: 8/9/2010 - Published: 7/20/2010 - [Alice K., Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp] - Complete
A Serious Medical Condition by JenKM1216 reviews
Part three of the Sponge Bath trilogy. Hermione discovers the truth behind Severus' paralysis relapses.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,190 - Reviews: 16 - Favs: 28 - Follows: 4 - Published: 6/12/2007 - Hermione G., Severus S. - Complete
Payment by ThatGuyBehindTheCounter reviews
Tia Dalma doesn't resurrect people for free, and the price she exacts is nothing that children need to read about. Rating, people. Check it.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,358 - Reviews: 16 - Favs: 16 - Updated: 11/27/2006 - Published: 10/6/2006 - Complete
The Not So Long Awaited Sponge Bath Sequel by JenKM1216 reviews
Severus is having paralysis relapses.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 917 - Reviews: 19 - Favs: 38 - Follows: 7 - Published: 7/28/2006 - Hermione G., Severus S. - Complete
The Sponge Bath by JenKM1216 reviews
Severus is in the hospital being cared for by Hermione.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,113 - Reviews: 54 - Favs: 104 - Follows: 19 - Published: 6/28/2006 - Hermione G., Severus S. - Complete
Severus Snape and the SexEd Snafu by Grindylowe reviews
If you're going to read this, for the love of God do it safely.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,457 - Reviews: 313 - Favs: 471 - Follows: 65 - Published: 10/31/2001 - Severus S. - Complete
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Creation reviews
Barbossa thinks about the innkeeper lying quietly in bed with him and muses over a secret desire that all men have. A snippet of late-night introspection.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 458 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 3 - Published: 10/8/2018 - Hector B., OC - Complete
Refuge reviews
A recounting of the day Barbossa discovers and visits Grantham House for the very first time, and meets a shy young maidservant who impresses him with her cooking. Several years pre-CotBP.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,704 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/6/2018
Scar reviews
Barbossa has been grossly insulted, so he challenges the offender to a duel. The origin of the captain's facial scar in a drabble-and-a-half, pre-CotBP.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 159 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Published: 7/5/2018 - Hector B., OC - Complete
What's In a Name? reviews
Naming their daughters was easy. Naming their son… that's a bit more problematic. A Cornish baby's parents have a discussion.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K+ - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 377 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 1 - Published: 7/2/2018 - Hector B., OC - Complete
Adornment
One evening, Barbossa explains to the innkeeper how and why he acquired his earrings.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,199 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 1 - Published: 6/1/2018 - Hector B., OC - Complete
The Innkeeper's Prayer reviews
Hector Barbossa's lover, the innkeeper of Grantham House, isn't a particularly religious woman, but she does have a prayer — not all of it reverent — that she says for him every night whenever he's away at sea.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 307 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 2 - Published: 4/8/2018 - Hector B., OC - Complete
Beginning a Life reviews
Their first night together. Breakfast in bed. A warm bath. The discovery of terrible scars from their past lives. These are some of the things that start Barbossa and the innkeeper on their way to becoming a couple.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,376 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 8 - Published: 1/13/2018 - Hector B., OC - Complete
Unthinkable reviews
A man very much in love can still be a cruel son-of-a-bitch, particularly under the influence of way too much strong drink. And even a man who's spent a lifetime believing regret is a useless emotion can feel it keenly when the consequence of what he's done sinks its long, sharp teeth into his heart.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,243 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 6 - Published: 8/31/2017 - Hector B., OC - Complete
Offerings reviews
Each time Captain Barbossa comes into port, he brings presents for the innkeeper of Grantham House, both large and small. She loves every one of them, but what she cherishes most is never the object itself. Five gifts in five vignettes.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 5 - Words: 4,150 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 1 - Published: 8/27/2017 - Hector B., OC - Complete
Spite reviews
When they unexpectedly show up at the same port at the same time, a drunken Jack Sparrow discovers Barbossa's hideaway at Grantham House. Insults and nastiness ensue.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: M - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,731 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 5 - Published: 8/9/2017 - Capt. Jack Sparrow, Hector B., OC - Complete
The Man of the House reviews
As the innkeeper of Grantham House goes about her daily business, many things, large and small, trigger memories of Captain Barbossa.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,868 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 4 - Published: 7/8/2017 - Hector B., OC - Complete
Three Words reviews
Barbossa wonders why it's so impossible for him to say those three special words that would make his innkeeper happy and let her know for certain what he feels. A bit of character introspection centered on Hector Barbossa & the Innkeeper of Grantham House.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 826 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 2 - Published: 6/30/2017 - Hector B., OC - Complete
Broken Egg reviews
After spending a substantial amount of time ashore, Captain Barbossa must finally bid farewell to the innkeeper of Grantham House and go back to the business of pirating. However, he leaves behind him a complication that both of them should have anticipated.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,453 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 4 - Published: 6/19/2017 - Hector B., OC - Complete
The Cat Who Floats By Himself reviews
It's not easy being a floating blue cat with the ability to evaporate. With apologies to Rudyard Kipling. One-shot.
Alice in Wonderland, 2010 - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,513 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 2 - Published: 5/4/2016 - Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp, Cheshire Cat/Chessur - Complete
Widow's Walk reviews
A sequel to RUINATION in two brief chapters. The innkeeper of Grantham House circles the widow's walk day and night, longing for Captain Barbossa's return. When he does, things are not as he left them.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,382 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 4 - Published: 12/18/2015 - Hector B., OC - Complete
Ruination reviews
In a nameless Caribbean port, an equally nameless 32-year-old spinster innkeeper recounts her recurring acquaintance with Captain Hector Barbossa beginning from the age of 14. Complete.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,382 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 4 - Published: 11/28/2014 - Hector B., OC - Complete
