Roundup: Little Black Dress 2022

[firecat]

littleblackdress is an exchange for characters that "go with anything," that is, they can be shipped with multiple other characters. This is the first year I've participated. 65 people signed up and wrote 94 works in 63 fandoms.

My LBD character was Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I shipped him offscreen with 438 people, and onscreen with Geordi.

I received two gifts: A delightfully cute ficlet featuring Lucifer Morningstar/Ella, and really good John Wick/Marcus. I also want to call out a second John Wick fic in this exchange, also with Marcus. It wasn't written for me but I definitely feel like I got three gifts!

What I wrote:

Recalibration (3329 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Data/Geordi La Forge
Characters: Data (Star Trek), Deanna Troi, Geordi La Forge
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV Geordi LaForge, Sexual Experimentation, Data Is Fully Functional, Crushes, Androids, Getting Together, Kissing, Hand Jobs, Timeline What Timeline
Summary:

Data’s project to recalibrate his sexual response programming calls for him to have encounters with a variety of partners.

Geordi signs up to participate, but he’s terribly nervous. His feelings for Data go way beyond sexual.

What I received, and a recommendation:

Maybe it's because you care for her. (584 words) by CorinaLannister
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Lucifer (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ella Lopez/Lucifer Morningstar
Characters: Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV), Ella Lopez, Linda Martin (Lucifer TV)
Additional Tags: Deal with a Devil, But no deal actually occurs, Lucifer Feels, linda knows
Summary:

Lucifer goes to Linda for help fixing a problem he is having and blunders on in to the office without first checking if anyone was in there.

Born under a bad sign (2357 words) by asuralucier
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: John Wick (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Marcus/John Wick, mentioned High Table/John Wick
Characters: Marcus (John Wick), John Wick, Winston (John Wick), The High Table (John Wick)
Additional Tags: Sex As Worldbuilding, Implied Unsuccessful Gangbang because have you met John Wick, Hurt/Comfort, Complicated feelings of loyalty, Weird Pining, Pre-Canon, Rape and Trauma Recovery, There are a lot of ways to deal with feelings Marcus, but this is so not it, Violence
Summary:

Winston smiles. “I merely like Jonathan a precise, appropriate amount, Marcus. Unlike some other people.”

A young John Wick is inaugurated by the High Table and becomes the New York Continental's newest dog. But it all comes at a price.

This wasn't officially my gift but I really liked it:
this world doesn't need no opera (2400 words) by Jedi Buttercup
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: John Wick (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Marcus/John Wick
Characters: John Wick, Marcus (John Wick)
Additional Tags: Supernatural Elements, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix-It of Sorts
Summary:

He filled his lungs, breathing in his friend's would-be end, then opened his eyes and leaned down over Marcus' bloody face, pressing their lips together to breathe out beginning.