Sept/October note: My family caught covid, we're all currently fine and most of us are vaccinated (still a bit worried about my MIL who didn't get the shot, tho...). This has caused a delay and massive back-ups through my entire life, so please be patient with me as I try to get everything back to normal. Writing is something I'm still very passinate about and will continue as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone for the love and support!

WANTED: Volunteer Beta Reader - I have noticed an increase in small grammatical errors in my writing. While I have usually done all the proofreading and editing myself, I can not deny that as my stresses have increased so too have my slips of dyslexia. An important part of my speech therapy for it was recognizing when I need help, and that time has come. So. I'm looking for someone with fabulous grammar skills who can volunteer to check over my work for any odd bits I missed. PM to inquire.

"Love and Peace!" - Vash the Stampede, Episode 4 Trigun

Returning Fan fiction writer after a ten year hiatus.

Hello! I'm "Mint Tea and Skulls", hobby writer. Feel free to read and review. Any and all criticism/advice is welcome. I am a biochemistry student in my last year of college, and a new parent, so I don't always have time for updating. However, I want to try to meet the self established goal of updating at least one active story a month. Feel free to hold me to that and PM me if I haven't updated a story you like and there is no update for that month.

Due to the limitations of rating, full adult story content is hosted on a second site. However, I will do my best to maintain all important plot points between the two sites as I can. If anyone that reads both versions feels I missed any important story details, please feel free to contact me and let me know. I want the reading experience to be enjoyable for everyone in their own way, while still allowing me to tell full adult stories.

As stories near completion, they may be restructured to decrease over all chapter number through combining chapters relating to a particular scene or arc.

Stories tagged as "Completed" have had their final restructuring and are set pieces. In time, I also hope to produce fan-graphic novels of the stories as well.

Any and all references to real life music, places, items, or people is not used with permission or as an attempt to claim ownership. I am not paid for these stories, nor do I receive any money from their posting. Any original characters I create for a fan fiction are open to reuse and re-imagining. Use of cover art is open to discussion, but only if it is for something related to the story it was created for.

Hiatus stories:

Dark Knights: [RenoxOC] - Reno stumbles onto one of Shinra's Unspoken secrets. Taking place during FF7 the game, after Rufus has become the head of the company. Angel Lorns and her team are a highly classified Shinra Task Force, code name: Dark Knights, that Rufus hopes will be able to replace the failing SOLDIER program. Not every work place transition is a smooth one, especially when a Turk gets accidentally drug into a second underground war against Shinra.

Slightly AU, takes place during Rufus's Presidency before the destruction of Midgar.

(I promise this is still being worked on. Updating it to match the latest rules for the site has been a pain, it is a very explicit story. I'm so sorry for the delay. Update! I have been gifted Final Fantasy VII: Before Crisis. There will edits to this story before production continues.)

Unanswered Questions: With their original mission failed from the start, a pack of time-traveling warriors must continue their war against the heartless in the very past they had sought to change. But the situation needs a delicate hand, after-all, if your parents never fall in love, how do you exist to save the world in the first place.

Set after Kingdom Hearts I. The beginning 2 chapters of content are a rewrite of the original story posted.

(Meant to move this to Hiatus as I have gotten KH3, and am making sure that my current story arcs fit within the cannon.)

Currently Writing:

Dancing Girl: [LuciferxOC] - Once Lucifer learned the truth behind his family's involvement with Decker, he makes the final decision on their "relationship". Moving forward isn't always easy. Lucky for him, Maze always has his back and new adventures are right around the corner.

AU: Takes places a few months after season 3 with implied changes to season 3. Spoilers. The cover art for this story is of my own design. (Fan work is always loved and accepted.) To help clarify, all events and time lines from the first two seasons are considered part of the AU timeline. Bits and pieces of season 3, and eventually seasons 4 and 5, will be used and interpreted as it fits into the planned story-line. (I had already had plans for Micheal, and his reveal from the season 5 trailer is entire too perfect to not keep.) This story is centric to Lucifer and Natalie. In the future, I may write a companion [ChloexDan] piece that focuses on the rest of the cast during the story. In the meantime, please enjoy references to events in season 3-5 as Easter eggs and nods to a world that never was in this story.

Extra Note: The current plan is to break this story into two pieces for category purposes, and as we are nearing the end of the first half I have begun the mass editing process for the first half. I have begun posting the final, explicit rendition on Archive of Our Own. Once the first half is completed, there will be a new content hiatus as the final drafts are posted and I get a head start on production of the second half. Rendition into a "comic" style of story is still planned for this piece, although there is not a current timeline.

Full explicit stories are posted under "Mint Tea and Skulls" to:

Fan graphic novels will be posted to Deviant Art: https:///

Social Media and general updates: Twitter - @TeaSkulls