He had been here before. Men swarming through the door, pointing guns at him and his family, fear and anger bubbling up in his chest. Two words in the air; in his mind. Targent. Azran. But he isn't a kid anymore, and, this time, he'll keep his wife and daughter safe. He will. SPOILERS FOR THE PREQUEL TRILOGY.

"The fire I began is burning me alive…" Even one year after his fateful encounter with Targent, Desmond Sycamore is still dealing with the burns. A direct sequel to Forged in Fire.

Raymond convinces Professor Sycamore to take a day off. What will he do with all this free time?

"Nothing will ever change this animal I have become" Desmond Sycamore finally begins to recover from his encounter with Targent, but fate has other plans for him. Sequel to Forged in Fire and Extinguished.

This is a collection of 100-word drabbles, a challenge for me against my typical style of anthology-type drabble series in other fandoms, exploring some ideas and the dynamics of this relationship. A long-ish one-shot/chaptered story is in the works. This is my preparatory phase. K to T. R&R welcome!

"Great men are forged in fire. It is the privilege of lesser men to light those flames." Targent didn't always have an enemy, but Desmond Sycamore did. In facing that enemy for the first time, the young archaeologist will learn terrible truths about his enemy and himself. Pre series. Warnings: Violence (no gore), blood, trauma, mentions of kidnapping

Oneshot. MAJOR AZRAN LEGACY SPOILERS! "But, Hershel, don't worry. You'll see me again." Hershel Bronev knows that his mother and father are gone. But he made a promise to protect his little brother, Theodore. And he'll keep that promise no matter what.

"Hershel Bronev died the day I first encountered them, and everything else I cared about followed soon after." Descole looks back over everything that was stolen from him the day Targent entered his life. (Oneshot)

Descole's dying and his memory takes him back to a time and asks him to make a choice. Set in an AU after Azran, so there's spoilers. Also mortality issues, a little bit of blood, and sadness. Is T a good rating for this? We'll see. Please read and review!

Descole's search for eternal life had led him to investigate an unlikely lead in a town called Folsense. Descole/Anton.

Descole is distraught after he returns empty handed from mission, can a gift from an old friend lift his spirits? *MAJOR AZRAN LEGACY SPOILERS*

Elaine Hawthorne is dying of an illness that has already claimed her family. But Death has an interest in her and offers her an interesting contract that may give an interesting alternative. AU! GrimReaper!Descole/Dying!Elaine(OC) One Shot. Rated T just in case.

3 years had flown by for Jean Descole. At last, his journey had ended - which gave him time to do something he had intended to do for a long, long time. *Azran Legacy spoiler warning*

So we all know that Descole was disguised as Doland Noble in Last Specter, right? End of story. The only problem is that now we need to see the start. For, surely, our dear Descole couldn't have just magically jumped into the role of butler, could he? One-shot.

The many times that Descole did, and didn't, lose his cape, as seen through the eyes of his butler.

Descole had an easy ride fooling everyone in Misthallery. Everyone except for Brenda.

"I want no excuses," the English man says. "If you've failed to get me Hershel Layton, I'll have to get him myself."

Descole is contemplating his problems with Proffessor Layton on christmas Eve.

Clive, Descole and Don Paolo get together for Christmas, and now they will never be alone for Christmas ever again. Three of the greatest supervillains are friends - watch out, Layton. They're plotting... and drunk.

Today we explore the origins of one of Professor Layton's most beloved tropes.

Glimpses into what life could have been like had they gone together. (AU)

Emmy can't believe it. Descole has taken her... captive. Yes, captive. (How humiliating.) Can the professor and Luke save this daring damsel?

"With time, I can forgive him... but I will never forget what he has done to me, my family and Misthallery."

- - Miracle Mask spoilers - - While taking up residence at Reunion Inn, things can be a bit rocky between Randall and Descole - who, reluctantly, have to stay in the same suite. Inspired by that one special episode in MM where Randall and Descole are just kinda. Casually chilling in their hotel room.

Descole had thought he'd seen the last of the lot of them. Emmy had thought he was smarter than that. (Desuremi-ish) (Post Azran Legacy)