Sometimes, everything you're looking for ends up being right where you left it. *Entry for The Heart of Country Contest. 1st Place Silver Spur Award Public Vote, 2nd Place Silver Spur Award Judges Choice, 1st Place Gentlemen Wear White Award (Swooniest Fella) Public Vote and Judges Choice, 2nd Place Hay Ride Award Judges Choice.* Now expanded and complete!

Maka's world revolves around reading, correcting essays and giving lectures to students and specialists. She's single and not ready to mingle while Soul, a sarcastic trapeze artist in sparkly spandex, don't have the energy to care for a girlfriend he'll only see once every month. This is a one-shot series.

Maka is thrown out of her comfort zone and forced to have her life broadcasted for America's viewing pleasure as she finds herself on the dating show The Bachelor. Cameras follow her around as she gets to know the bachelor Soul Evans and fall in love with him. She's been running from love her whole life; not even she knows the end result. (The Bachelor AU)

MOVED to ao3.

Lucy Heartfilia orders a pizza late at night to settle her craving, and has a cute guy named Natsu Dragneel delivers it to her. All because of a little review she left, the two of them are now talking and seeing each other! Who knows what else life has in store for them? (Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail.) (Inspired by on-novacaine from Tumblr.) (This was supposed to be a one-shot...)

Butler AU. Never in her wildest dreams did she think her butler would end up being her boyfriend, yet there they were. Soul, the man who was only meant to be hired help around the house, helped her with so much more. From being her friend to her boyfriend to the center of her sexual desires. He had seeped into her life slow and steady.

This is a series of shorts. In the newest short, "Trouble," Maka Albarn has always spelled trouble for Soul Evans and her exploring his laziness with no shave November is no exception. When she pushes him into playing Santa for sick kids, will they both get more than they bargained for? SoMa fluff.

Soul and Maka meet at a small liberal arts college; romance, bickering, and hilarity ensues. Slowest burn you'll ever read. Slice of life style going by date entries. Accompanying art can be found linked on my blog linked from my profile.

" In fact, she already had a plan formulating in her head, and it was time to scrap any trace of Eater from this wall. This wall would belong to her in the end, she was freakin' sure of it." Street Art/Tagger AU. Rated for language and future adult content.

"Natsu freezes, his heart skipping a beat, blood turning to ice in his veins. Did—did the front door just unlock? That's not possible though. Lucy's dad isn't supposed to be home until—" Lucy's dad comes home from work earlier than planned and panic ensues. Natsu is caught with his pants down. Literally. (Rated T for language and suggestive situations/dialogue)

Everything one person's soul mate writes on their skin will show up in the same place on the other. Too bad Maka doesn't believe in soul mates, and when strange writing starts appearing on her arm, she doesn't want to get involved.

"Is it the hair?" Natsu asked, and Lucy tilted her head in confusion. "Or my appearance?" She shook her head. "Then I don't get it. Why won't you talk to me?" ... I do not own the rights to Fairy Tail.

Half-mermaid Maka is out for her weekly sea bath when she meets human loving merman Soul. Raised in two different worlds, they might find they have more in common than either could ever have imagined. SoMa Mermaid AU.

Spartoi is on a mission to get our favorite death scythe to finally make a move on his meister for Valentine's Day. Will they succeed? Cracktastic SoMa fluff with a heaping helping of Black*Star and a side of Spartoi. Now a collection. In the latest, "The Valentine," Maka gets an anonymous Valentine in her locker and decides to find out who sent it. Complete fluff eater.

College life is chaotic enough for Maka Albarn without having to stomach an art model with clear self-control issues in Drawing 220. Join Maka in her quest to survive two weeks of embarrassing encounters, ridiculous roommates, and the guy with the perpetually awkward boner. SoMa College AU. Written for Resbang 2015.

Clary and Jace argue over the correct lyrics to one of the best songs of all time and end up discovering their mutual love for really cool music. AU. OOC. One-shot.

AU Sixteen year old Maka has terminal leukemia. She and Soul struggle to keep their lives together and iron out a normal relationship in the face of the tragic situation. Written for SE Angst Week. This does not have a happy ending.

College AU Prompt: Your RA almost caught your illegal cat but I convinced them that it was just me meowing. Nalu

Lucy Heartfilia is moving into her new apartment to live alone for the first time. She's ready to live her independent life, but why is there a pink-haired boy claiming that it's his apartment, too?

A collection of AU one-shots. SOMA. AU. In the middle of the chaos that is their relationship, there was peace.

If he would just move so that she could see the apartment she was hired to decorate, that would be great.

She shouts at him on a public bus, sobs over Katniss Everdeen on the walk home, and writes her number on his hand with so much force he bleeds. What a catch. —nalu, college au.

The living dead are actually a thing that is happening, apparently Natsu is the chosen one, Gray just wants his coffee, dammit, and Lucy is so over her life. Is there a sympathy card for Sorry the Zombies Ate Your Family? Also, do I smell romance in the air, or is that just the stench of rotting flesh?—natsu/lucy, gray/juvia, plus others

Fangirl AU. Maka Albarn is a college student who writes fanfiction in her spare time. Soul Evans is her boyfriend who finds his girlfriends hobby adorable. This is a collection of one shots about their relationship.

Lucy Heartfilia had never considered herself a gamer, but Fairy Tail made her believe otherwise. And the pink-haired boy she met didn't care about that, anyway.

It's summer, they're done with college for three months, and they've taken up dog sitting. Fun, right? Wrong. Impromptu kissing in the park turns into sixteen hairy beasts running loose through Magnolia. The couple has less than six hours to find the dogs before the angry owners come to collect their furry friends. This certainly won't be a walk in the park. AU

She's fire. He's the wind. Wild girl. Relentless boy. Bella can't hold her temper and Edward can't hold his tongue. Childhood enemies meet again in the unlikeliest of places.

AU, SoMa, Having trouble dealing with developments at home Maka impulsively decides to go drink her dinner. The handsome pianist at the bar makes her think perhaps the night isn't a total waste, even if he can't fix everything on her mind. (Some lime.)

"I want to hear you say it. I want you to tell me that love wasn't enough for you, that somehow what we have means nothing. I want you to tell me to leave, that you never want to see me again." Her voice quivered, full of emotion and hurt. "You fickle woman." Soul chided with hurt of his own. "I love you enough to set you free even though it is killing me." Tolkien-ish verse AU.

Take a brief look into the lives of Ooo's Gunter-Lincoln Paper Company co-workers led by the dubious Hunson Abadeer: bored but talented salesman Marshall Lee, his butt-kissing enemy Lemongrab, mildly righteous receptionist Fionna, and indifferent temp Flame Prince. Original and Genderbent. Crossover. AU/Crack.

Death by cherries, it would say on his tombstone. Death by cherries and meister mouth.

A story in four scenes for Reverb 2015. Inspired by art by Kona. Young Maka adores her Papa. She trusts him with her very soul. But when she turns eleven, everything changes. Her soul shatters, and after her mother leaves, she's left picking up the pieces. Then she meets and partners with Soul Eater. But can she learn to trust him? Perhaps she can. A story of redefining family.

Previously posted on Tumblr. AU in which Lucy searches for her predetermined soulmate. One-Shot. Bad summary, better to read.

Lucy, Natsu, and the distance a year brings.

Maka Albarn just wants to turn the page on a new chapter in her life, but instead finds herself thrown back into the past in the form of ex-boyfriend Soul Evans who inexplicably insists on accompanying her on a week long road trip. Pray for her. [SoMa, Road Trip AU, for Reverb 2015]

For Reverb 2015. "Maka belongs to a legacy, but she also has the will to surpass that legacy, and he will do whatever it takes just to follow a step behind her" – a peek into the strong partnership of Soul "Eater" Evans and Maka Albarn, told in shorts.

AU. They're teenagers, they're young and they can worry about love and life. A collection of character and relationship-centric, interrelated stories about some students of Fairy Gakuen. / NaLu, GaLe, JerZa, GruVia, Fraxus, Elfgreen with other pairings on the side. / COMPLETE

For Soul, moving to Shibusen is the latest in a long line of desperate attempts to find somewhere of his own. After leaving home and college, he settles down to work in a pub on this strange, insular island, hoping to find inspiration for his peace of mind and his music. He hadn't counted on the water spirits though. (SoMa)

what type of dog walks on two legs and has a nose like a snowman's? apparently the dog lucy wanted.—modern day au, nalu. for the ft fluff week.

AU. His eyes were brighter than the flickering Christmas lights that mocked her loneliness.

Falling in love with her butler was never in the plans, but it was oh so perfect. (extra scenes from my future butler AU titled As You Wish)

A litany of firsts for Lucy. (Modern day AU Nalu one shot in a bar)

Really, the boy's far too obvious about it. What's a bored old king to do? —nalu, medieval au.

Natsu just wanted his mac and cheese to get him through a long night of homework, but thanks to some tears and spontaneity, he ended up with a new friend. Modern AU meet-cute. Oneshot.

Futurefic. Laxus hates dealing with the guild kids. Specially his peers' children, and their equally young friends. He's not made to deal with lovesick rants, teenage spats, tea parties, or broken crayons. / Nalu, Gruvia, Jerza, Gajevy, Elfgreen and Fraxus - COMPLETE

A dumping ground of SoMa prompts and drabbles. 30: In which Soul should really start rethinking some of his decisions

It was just going to be another miserable night in Soul's life. He had an extensive list of them. Drinking away his sorrows until- Sea Glass. It was the first thing he noticed about her. Green eyes as bright as Sea Glass held up to the sun, and as lonely as he felt. Maybe it wasn't just another night. AU. Primarily SoMa, secondary KidStar, minor others.

"What's life without a little risk?" That's what she said when he asked her to go with him. Over and over again, the phrase seems to perfectly describe their lives. But big or little, Soul and Maka will face any risk, and they'll face it together. SoMa, minor others, sequel to Lonely Eyes.

I'm sorry I'm not there with you. But I love you. I'll love you, forever. Character Death. - GrayLucy

Dogwalker AU. Soul thinks he can handle walking Oni. He can't.

'Because he's an "insensitive idiot" and she's a "flat-chested bookworm", but they wouldn't have each other any other way.' A one-shot collection about a meister and her weapon, and a whole lot of awkward teenage feelings. SoMa.

"How much do you get paid for being an asshole?"— AU in which Soul finds himself vulnerable against the girl with harlequin eyes and wispy hair.

suddenly, you're unmoored, your ties cut, a balloon freed from the hand of a child. all that's left of home is you and a few meager trinkets, so what else can you do but continue on? (a science fiction au featuring a boy made of lightning, a flying assassin, a dream of immortality, and several ways to heal a broken heart.)

Erza was throwing a masquerade New Year party and Lucy wants nothing to do with it since she has been feeling like crap ever since her break-up with her boyfriend a week before. But when she ends up kissing him without noticing it was him during the count down, she realizes that the year wouldn't be the same with that pink-haired idiot by her side. —natsu&lucy

For Resbang 2014. "Best friends help each other however they can, right?" – In which Maka Albarn initiates a friends-with-benefits arrangement with close friend, Soul Evans, and through a series of sexual mishaps, realizes they may not be so different in their wants after all.

Her father always used to tell her that her hair was the color of the sand, and her eyes the shade of the glass on the shore. She was as much a part of her small town as the sea, until the boy with the shark teeth appeared and shattered the place where she stood frozen in time. Soul/Maka. Beach-town AU. Resbang 2014 entry.

Natsu knows where to put it. ―NaLu

TiMER AU. Timers, devices implanted in to people's wrists that countdown until the day a person meets their soul mate, came out to a lovelorn public when Maka Albarn was a young girl. Excited to meet her soulmate, the One she is going to spend the rest of her life with, she obtains one as soon she turns of age. But after ten years with a blank Timer, Maka begins to lose hope.

Clicking that link, Lucy had fallen in love with someone who lived 2500 miles away.

Getting interrupted gets old fast. (Nalu AU oneshot)

The story of what happens after an awkward phone conversation with a pizza guy. / One-shot. AU. AH. OOC.

Red Riding Hood AU. Five years ago, she had been a measly bakers assistant. Five years later, she enters the Dark Forest where someone very precious waits for her.

Soul is a dirtbag burnout and no one is surprised, but they don't know why the nerd-girl valedictorian hangs around him. Regular high school AU. SoMa friendship and... things. Rated M for drug use, language, and THINGS to be safe. Ends on a lemony note. May possibly add some one-shots later, we'll see.

They never acknowledge it, but it's there. Between the shadows of the night and the space where their gazes meet there is something tangible, but never do they speak of it. NaLu.

Their nighttime rituals became a matter of course somewhere between complete exhaustion and shrugging off superficial wounds that didn't need to be treated right away.

[AU, 2nd Person POV] "Jesus Christ, this would be so much easier if you would please stop being so freaking hilarious and adorable. It's just really so inconsiderate of you." Why falling for your best friend is a really bad idea, according to the universe's favourite plaything, Lucy Heartfilia.

If you were to ask any random citizen of Fiore who the strongest Fairy Tail member was, you'd most likely hear a mixture of Gildarts, Erza, Natsu, and Laxus. When you asked the members themselves, it was a different story.

He loved her like the orchid that sat on his grandmother's windowsill. AU.

He has hands like the sun and hair like strawberries, being with him is as easy as breathing. high school!AU Natsu/Lucy one-shot.

He will always be an emotionally manipulative bastard, and she will always have more issues than Vogue. — nalu, modern au. for Abby.

Wes Evans had never imagined that his brother demanding a ride to the library would end like this. [Au]

AU. In which there is a huge misunderstanding regarding Maka Albarn's new exercise routine and Black Star lets late-night documentaries get to his head.

NaLu Week Day 1: Gift. Long-distance relationships can be hard. It doesn't take long for Natsu and Lucy to realize this.

When Miss Maka Albarn moves to the western town of New Bly, there is nothing and no one to hold her there. Not even a local weapons manufacturer. But change comes even to the least aware, and nothing can be the same after a year in New Bly. North & South SoMa fic. Gift!fic for ocha-no-deathscythe. Happy holidays, darling! Four parts. Cover by the glorious eisschirmchen.

The morning comes and it's time for pretenses. ―NaLu

Moonlight drives and sharpened knives. This is the story of us.

AU. "She just hates him a little less than she does the rest of the world." – In which Maka Albarn refuses to lose a bet, and Soul Evans makes a surprisingly good fake-boyfriend.

Victorian AU "The man that holds your affections would have no other option but to attend to you. He would be honoured to." - Maka is at a ball where everyone's main objective is marriage, and the one person whose proposal she would consider is not even attending. Or so she believes.

He makes sure she catches the challenge in his voice because he knows that being doubted is all Maka Albarn needs to proof people wrong. - Five different kisses for five different purposes.

Tattoo AU. She watches as he runs his mechanical pen over her friend's skin, as he carves art into her back like an artist does on paper. But she has never come any further than the waiting room until now and he wonders what has changed.

Bastion AU. When the Calamity strikes and the old world is destroyed, Maka is left with nothing. But she soon finds a lonely group of survivors: Stein, the mad doctor, Kid, the shell-shocked diplomat, and Soul, the quiet young man who can swing a hammer. Slowly, they build a new home together, until the true nature of the Calamity is revealed. Resbang 2013

When college student and campus security cop Maka Albarn's residence hall is terrorised by an amateur pornographer filming girls in the showers and posting the videos online she and her college drop out campus security partner Soul Evans must work together to catch the creep before the videos can go viral. M for language, violence and sexual references

It wasn't the dead they should be worried about, it was the living — sequel to Ripchord.

AU: Because honestly, it took her more than a steamed cappuccino on his oh-so-gorgeous-hair (twice) and a high five on his oh-so-handsomely-idiotic-face to just say yes. Gray, Lucy, and their oh-so-sweet-love. Gray/Lucy. One-shot.

Roller skate AU. Soul doesn't know how to skate. Maka offers to teach him. He learns more than he bargained for.

As she deals with the husband, she tries not to over-analyze how her partner has no issue going after the children first, how his attention snaps to their quicker movements, how, overnight, he has become eerily efficient at avoiding their fangs. ZombieAU. SoulxMaka

He's having the worst day of his life, but hers is going quite well. She's unafraid of most things, particularly the one thing he really fears. They're total strangers, but that all changes when he sends a plate of sushi flying onto her shirt. "You know, you scare the hell out of me. But I think it'd be a shame to let you go tonight without kissing you now." One-shot AU.

High school AU. Beneath her sunlight is a storm, and beneath his armor is a little boy crying for his father.

They come to her in quiet moments and before she falls asleep. They rear fiercely when he makes a flippant remark and when Blair makes blood burst from his nose. Though most of all they come after a near failed missions and lockers full of scented notes.

These are the 1960s, the times of civil war and full-out war and those who stand against it or stand in it. He is a soldier, and she is the incensed flower-child that blossoms in his heart. Soul/Maka AU. Set in 1967.

He sits alone in a bar, until he gets a visit from someone with piercings and a bandana who looks a lot like he might fifteen years from now. - some GaLe.

BALLET AU. He wants to capture her music and put it in a box all for himself.

Maka has this little green and faded red matchbox and Soul just might fit into it, but not really.

AU. In which Maka loses her vision after a brutal car accident and Soul Evans takes it upon himself to care for her.

Maka and Soul exist together and they try figure out how they want to go about it.

City Girl Bella meets Class Clown Edward when she moves to small-town Tennessee. He's gorgeous, flirtatious, and possibly downright nuts. Can she hold onto her heart around a guy who flirts with anything that breathes? So much fluff.

She was happy, at least she thought she was. But now, something was wrong, something was off. Why would it be that she'd prefer to hang out with a Soul, a friend, rather than her boyfriend. "Soul, are you in love with me." "What do you really want then Maka?" A story about how sometimes what you think you want, is completely different than what you really do. Soul/Maka

MERMAID AU. Falling hard for the mermaid he was supposed to hunt was not part of the plan but, then again, he was never one for plans anyway.

Syaoran, an arrogant pianist lands a job as a piano director at a prestigious music school. He always thought he was the best at his art until he met Sakura, a mysterious girl with a talent for piano. As they grow close, more secrets unravel between them and emotions run high. Mature content inside. SxS

ZOMBIE AU. In a city overrun by the undead, getting out was the only way to go from the very beginning.

Before they even started, their relationship had ended. Ironic how a misreading of a phone number can result into her breakup with a complete stranger–who was also currently one of the most eligible bachelors in Japan.

Sex between friends complicates everything. Bella knows this. But she has no idea how much more Edward is going to complicate things.

When it came down to it, he was filthy. Grease and motor oil were things she would definitely categorize under "filthy". So why was it that she found him smeared with those substances so incredibly desiring? AU!

Emerging from the wreckage of the Chapter of Sloth and a quiet moment between weapon and meister. Also a piggyback ride. Spoilers through the Salvage arc of the manga.

AU! There's a fine line between being top-student and a jaded moron. Maka Albarn can't understand the subtle beauty in music, can Soul Evans teach the lyrics of the soul to a damaged girl while the threat of disownment looms over him?

AU. He's the boy who talks to imaginary people. She's the girl with a sleep disorder. They're unlikely friends but they make it work.

And I've been taking you for granted. — Soul/Maka.

AU! Everyone's said he's always been out-of-reach, something too far gone to retrieve. But she didn't realize he's been around the corner all along.

AU! Part III of III in the Quicksand series! – Because life was nothing more than a free fall, right?

The relationship Natsu and Lucy share will always confound Lisanna, regardless of time or space.

Two broken souls live on the same street, sharing only a lawn. He barely knows her name, and she judges him by the bottle in his hand. Together, they'll inadvertently help heal each other's wounds. AH/AU Rated M or excessive bourbon consumption.

AU! Part II of III in the Quicksand series – He's filling something inside of her that she never knew was empty.

AU! Part I of III. It was so easy to sink into the habit, almost like quicksand.

She thinks marriage is really just a load of bull, and he believes it's rather political. Soul/Maka, rated T for language. Manga spoilers from the Operation Baba Yaga Castle arc.

AU! "So live for me. Live for me, Soul. Stay alive for me, fix yourself for me." - Soul Evans had nothing until he met a curious girl in the hospital.

05: "How many more near-death experiences do you have to go through before you understand you're not invincible?" A 10-piece, song-inspired, drabble collection anyone could swing to...

In which Black Star chucks mistletoe at Soul's head. Christmas companion piece to Unfamiliar.

As he did so, he caught a whiff of jasmine – like a faraway perfume he had once liked on someone.

Spirit didn't hate the boy. He couldn't even honestly say he disliked the younger weapon. Spirit's thoughts about his daughter and her weapon, and a late night conversation.

Winner of Winter 2010 Indie! Pet names and Pop Tarts. Sunday mornings with Etta and Ella. Cibola. Candymouth. You finally realize the truth. What if it's too late? M for drinking, drug use, sex and effing language. ExBxJxAxEm/POV, AH, OOC.

In which four people are stuck in a closet. Lucy fumes, Loki leers, Natsu sets things on fire, and Gray just wishes someone would kiss Lucy so they could all get out. Oh, and Happy is an evil genius. That too.

SxS. Sakura comes against a truth that shakes her confidence. "I'm just afraid he'll change his mind." Syaoran did have a lot of admirers and in the end, Sakura was just Sakura. "Shouldn't you be talking to me about this?" one-shot

Tsubaki worries and speaks, "Don't grow up too fast..."