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The Professor and His Ghost Hunter (10964 words) by meridian_rose
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Ghost Whisperer
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Melinda Gordon/Rick Payne
Characters: Melinda Gordon, Rick Payne, Delia Banks
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Romance Novel, based on a romance novel summary, Community: unconventionalcourtship, Melinda never met Jim
Summary: Melinda Gordon, medium, meets sceptic Professor Rick Payne when she tries to rid Grandview University of a troubled spirit. Melinda confronts the spirit's past, unexpectedly exposing Rick's, and awakening feelings she thought she'd never experience again.

For the 2024 Unconventional Courtship challenge, based on the summary "A Lady's Champion" by Janice Bennett.

A Convenient Warlock (16996 words) by meridian_rose
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Constantine/Sara Lance, Sara Lance & Ray Palmer
Characters: Sara Lance, John Constantine, Ray Palmer
Additional Tags: Snarky Leonard Snart, Minor Nora Darhk/Ray Palmer, Minor Gideon/Gary Green, Alternate Universe - Western, based on a romance novel summary, Marriage of Convenience, Weird West, Magic, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, John Constantine Whump, Canon Bisexual Character, Community: unconventionalcourtship
Summary:

Sara Lance is determined to make a success out of her mother's New Mexico vineyard. But the bank won't lend the money Sara so desperately needs until she has a husband. Sara discovers John Constantine, descendant of an ancient warlock king, and the only eligible man in town, collapsed in a local bar. He grudgingly agrees to a paper marriage - if he's paid a hefty fee. They marry, and Sara is left wondering what she's got herself into. But when the gambling warlock turns gentleman her feelings begin to change.
(For Unconventional Courtship, based on the summary 'A Convenient Gentleman')

Or, in the Wild Weird West, rancher Sara Lance enters into a temporary marriage of convenience with infamous warlock John Constantine but when she starts to feel she doesn't want it to end she discovers she may not have a choice.

My entry for the

unconventionalcourtship challenge
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Ruin to Riches (12264 words) by meridian_rose
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Black Sails
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: "Calico" Jack Rackham/John Silver, Max & John Silver
Characters: "Calico" Jack Rackham, John Silver, Max (Black Sails)
Additional Tags: Community: unconventionalcourtship, based on a romance novel summary, Romance, Alternate Universe - Regency, Slow Burn, Marriage of Convenience, Presumed Dead, Hurt/Comfort, demisexual Silver implied, Past Abuse, Angst with a Happy Ending, Masturbation, bed sharing, Hair Brushing
Summary:

Ruined and on the run, John Silver is in desperate straits when he meets a gentleman with a shocking proposal. Certain he is close to death, Jack, Lord Rackham, believes Silver to be the perfect man to care for his beloved estate when he is gone - if he will first become his husband...
Marriage is John's salvation - as Lord Rackham he can finally escape his sins. Until three years later, when the husband he believes is dead returns as handsome and strong as ever and intent on claiming the wedding night they never had
(Based on the regency romance novel summary "From Ruin To Riches" by Louise Allen)

I love the

unconventionalcourtship challenge but worried I wouldn't get this one done because things have been rough lately and my writing has suffered. I spent weeks unable to bring myself to edit this, finally getting it done just before the deadline. I'm happy with the result ~~though I don't expect much audience from this fandom and this pairing~~.

"I was desperate when you found me," Silver said hoarsely. "I would have done anything to survive. But all you asked of me was that I carry on your legacy and I have done that to the best of my ability. Now you are home and talking of being my spouse. Of relationships."

Jack closed his eyes for a moment. Dear God, did Silver think Jack was here to consummate the marriage without consent?

"Are you saying you're afraid I will claim you? Force you down on that bed and take you?"

Silver's lip trembled. "You are my husband and the superior partner. It would be your right."

Jack stood and Silver shrank in on himself, Max tensing.

"I shall forgive you," Jack said tightly, "for such terrible thoughts. I can only assume you know nothing of the man I am to harbour such slanderous thoughts."
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Unconventional Countess by meridian_rose (meridianrose)

John Silver, the fraudulent Earl of Poole, awakes to find a beauty berating him - but he cannot recall the last three months of his life, nor having a wife. Max is clearly a most unsuitable consort, but then he's known as being an unconventional earl. Suspicious of Max's presence in his life, Silver struggles to regain his memories but it seems his heart remembers things his head does not.

"John?" Max's voice was filled with concern. She had her hands on his shoulders and he was leaning into her. "Mon chéri. Talk to me."
He closed his eyes, gathered himself. "I remembered something."
"That is good." She lifted one hand now he had his balance, cupped his cheek, her thumb caressing his chin.
"Is it? I remember you were a whore. That you tried to blackmail me."
She didn't deny it nor did she move away.
"How did we go from there to here? Why do I feel more trust than suspicion about you?"... he couldn't help but look at her and feel that there was more to this arrangement than blackmail. His heart seemed to remember things that his head had forgotten.
Was it possible he'd truly come to care for her? Was it so foolish to wish she had also come to care for him?

Relationships: Max/John Silver (Black Sails) Billy Bones & John Silver
Characters: John Silver Max (Black Sails) Billy Bones
Dr. Howell (Black Sails) Dufresne (Black Sails) Woodes Rogers
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical Alternate Universe - Regency Alternate Universe - Romance Novel
romantic nonsexual relationship Unconventional Relationship
biromantic max grey-a silver silver's type is people who can kill him Hair Kink Temporary Amnesia Canonical Character Death shameless repurposing of Woodes Rogers' history for plot purposes Horses Minor Character Death
Community: unconventionalcourtship Community: trope_bingo

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Title: The Count's Physician
Fandom: Da Vinci's Demons
Pairing/Characters: Leonardo da Vinci/Girolamo Riario, Lucrezia Donati
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 13,435
Prompt: For the

unconventionalcourtship fest 2016 using as inspiration plot 26 Lady Jane’s Physician by Anne Ashley.
Summary: Count Girolamo Riario was staying with his cousin, Lucrezia Donati, but his enjoyment of the countryside was marred when Lucrezia introduced him to the arrogant Dr Leonardo da Vinci. Then, when Riario needed Leo's professional help, he couldn’t help falling in love. But Leonardo knew, if Riario didn’t, that a count was out of his reach.
Content Notes: No standard warnings apply. alternate universe – historical, alternate universe – regency, regency romance, based on a romance novel summary, unconventional courtship, medical kink, doctors & physicians, horse riding, period typical homophobia, some medical handwaving, some historical handwaving, Leonardo da Vinci M.D., implied Leo/Lucrezia UST, developing Riario & Lucrezia
Author Notes: There are no doubt inaccuracies in the fic, but I used sources including Online Etymology Dictionary and Jane Austen's World to try and avoid truly egregious historical errors.
Thank you to the Tumblr users who encouraged me when I got stuck mid-fic and despaired of finishing it :)

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Title: The Stars Shone Brightly (chapters 5/5) by meridian_rose
Fandom: Da Vinci's Demons
Pairing/Characters: Girolamo Riario/Lucrezia Donati, Leonardo da Vinci/Lucrezia Donati, Leonardo da Vinci & Girolamo Riario
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 13566 words
Summary: Girolamo Riario’s multimillionaire Italian lover had ruthlessly informed him that she was getting married – to someone else… But when he inherits half her company, she plots to protect it by marrying him. This is the only woman he will ever love, but she needs to be taught a lesson.
This work was written for the

unconventionalcourtship challenge, using as inspiration plot 7 Marriage at His Convenience by Jacqueline Baird.
Content Notes and Additional Tags: No standard warnings apply.
Unconventional Courtship Generator, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Fashion & Couture, Misunderstandings, Minor Character Death, New York, Poetry, Cousins, Abusive Parents, past Lorenzo de Medici/Lucrezia Donati, past Girolamo Riario/Zita (Da Vinci's Demons), begins with Leonardo da Vinci/Lucrezia Donati, endgame Girolamo Riario/Lucrezia Donati, seriously one honest conversation would prevent all the angst, but there wouldn't really be a story then, poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, community: unconventional courtship, Inheritance, inspired by a romance novel blurb, Alternate Universe - Romance Novel, Romance, Cousin Relationship

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