Hey guys! This is a new kind-of-series that I've been working on for Assassin's Creed! Sorry for everyone waiting for any of my other stories, I've hit some major writer's block with them and I don't want to write anything that I'm not proud of (at least, I don't want to write anything that will make me cringe TOO much). So I started writing some oneshots for Assassin's Creed to hopefully get over my writer's block for my other stuff. I guess we'll see how well that works out soon huh.
This series will mostly consist of oneshots with prompts that I generally get from generators. That means that sometimes they will be cracky (Like this one. Seriously, take this chapter with a grain of salt). Also, if I have a prompt that I'm really interested in and feel like it would make a good chapter story, I'll post that one separate from this main series. That way the whole thing doesn't get too congested.
Also, this series will mostly be focused around the pairing of Desmond Miles x Connor Kenway.
No I'm serious.
I've fallen completely in love with this pairing and there's hardly anything for them, it breaks my heart. So I decided to make my own fics to contribute, because I felt it needed to be done. That's the pain of a rare ship my friends, you have to actually do things.
That said though, if you have any requests feel free to let me know and I'll see what I can do.
Another thing: this series is loosely (and I use that term in the slightest way it can be) based on the Visiterverse created by Riona and worked in by various other writers on Archive of Our Own (the list consists of Riona, salanaland, and VampireBadger). Now, I want to make it very clear that my stories have nothing to do with their stories. They're all amazingly talented writers working together on various aspects in this one AU, which in itself is vastly complicated and wonderful. The only things that I am using that are like their works are: I've got lots of Assassins and Templars all living in one place and they actually get along (mostly), and that Haytham and his merry band of Templars are absolutely disgusted by Abstergo and its behavior (they don't consider them to be true Templars). Other than that, my stories will be entirely different from theirs, and also mine will have no bearing on their stories whatsoever. If any of you have an actual Archive of Our Own account (I, sadly, do not), please let them know what I am doing. I mean in no way to infringe on their story or whatnot, so I just want that to be clear.
On that train of thought, I also want to make it abundantly clear that I do not own Assassin's Creed. Assassin's Creed is the property of Ubisoft, and I merely play and obsess over the games. If I ever make any crossovers in this series I will disclaim that as well in that chapter.
The updating for this series will be pretty sporadic, and I actually have a good excuse this time: my laptop upgraded to Windows 10, and ever since then it has REFUSED to work properly. Whenever my laptop is working, I will update. Scout's honor (that's probably going to come back to haunt me...).
Anyway, now that that long Author's Note is over with, I present to you the first installment in my Assassin's Creed oneshot series.
Remember, this one is VERY cracky.
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Everything was completely still and quiet in the room, no one daring to move or make a sound. Five people watched apprehensively as two men sat in the middle of the room, gazing into each other's eyes without blinking. You could have sliced through the tension in the room with a knife, and everyone but the two in the center were visibly affected by it.
A door on the side of the room opened suddenly, startling the five apprehensive occupants of the room. The two men, however, made no response that showed they were even aware of the unexpected movement. Another man stepped through the doorway, and he rose an eyebrow at the scene before him. He crossed the room to a man standing as far away from the center as he could with discomfort shining through his stiff posture.
"Shay," the newcomer said, leaning close to the other man and whispering as quietly as he could, his mouth barely moving. "What's going on here?"
The other man, Shay, leaned closer to the newcomer and whispered just as softly, "No idea, Haytham. Connor and Desmond just went still all of a sudden and started this staring contest. It's so bad that even Edward's gone silent."
Haytham looked over at Edward and saw that his father was indeed uncharacteristically still, not taking his eyes off of Desmond and Connor. Indeed, no one in the room dared to look away from the two assassins.
"Surely there must've been something that caused this," Haytham whispered to Shay. "Did they have an argument?"
Shay shrugged almost imperceptibly. "I don't know, sir. They were acting as normal, and then all of a sudden they were doing this."
Haytham drew breathe to say something else, trying to get to the bottom of the matter, when suddenly the silence of the room was shattered.
"I wanna know what love is!" Desmond sang, startling everyone (except Connor) worse than they had been when Haytham walked in. "I want you to show me!"
"I wanna feel what love is!" Connor's deep voice this time. The man himself was still avidly staring at Desmond, who responded in kind. He reached up and placed his hand gently on Desmond's cheek. "I know you can show me!"
As the last notes of the song faded away, both men turned around and walked out of the room through the door together.
All was silent for a moment, until Ezio spoke up. "Ah, so it was sexual tension."
Haytham facepalmed.
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I am sorry for this.
Also, quick note really fast that I forgot to mention (and I'm too lazy to fit it up top). Unless I specifically say otherwise, all these oneshots are unrelated to each other. That is, they don't really have a baring on the others unless I tell you guys they do.
Alright, thank you for reading and I hope you have a lovely day/evening!