19 Works by small_creature
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Abandoning an alien country by ForTheSakeOfConvenience (small_creature)
Fandoms: For All Mankind (TV 2019)
23 Mar 2026
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Another fix-it fic, from the diner parking lot scene onwards.
Spoilers for Season 4 but diverging from canon before the scene that shall not be named in s4e09, so they get to live happily ever after in Brazil.
The M rating is mostly for caution, as I’ve not finished it yet and don’t 100% know where it’ll go.
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Lamb finds video footage of Standish throwing a water bottle at the mayor inspires more than one type of feeling.
Missing scenes from season 5 episodes 5 and 6 (I think). Contains associated spoilers.
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An origin story for the frog tie seen in season 5 episode 1. Here be minor spoilers.
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As advancing dementia takes the last of the man David Cartwright used to be, more consequences of his machinations decades ago show up to make trouble in the present. Major cyberattacks in the here and now conspire with loose ends from an op in Berlin before the Wall fell that saw Jackson Lamb and Diana Taverner’s younger selves cross paths.
The Park’s leaking like a sieve, so Taverner is obliged to take refuge at Slough House and rely on Lamb and his Slow Horses for her survival. Standish might be back in her old job and trying to look after them all, but what the others don’t know is that the twisted codependency has escalated and Lamb’s distracted by the shifts in their relationship right when he needs to be at the top of his game.
They’ll get through it — probably — but not unscathed and it’s anyone’s guess whether Dander or Coe will end up killing someone along the way.
Artwork by the brilliant tenderlywicked.
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An exploration of Catherine’s interiority, filling in some gaps between what we know from the books and show, leading to a post-Season 4 finale scene with Jackson where they eventually figure some things out.
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Catherine Standish returns to her old job determined not to let Jackson Lamb get away with being so much of a bully. Challenging him leads their twisted codependency to places she never expected.
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Jackson Lamb gets covid and his neglected flat is a poor choice of place to be ill. Fortunately, his team never met a problem they wouldn’t run straight towards and his long-suffering PA Catherine Standish is organised enough to lead a more effective charge than he’s prepared for.
What will happen when they’re stuck in a small space together for 10 days or so?
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Wet spoons in the sugar by GoldStandardFcukUp (small_creature)
Fandoms: Slow Horses (TV)
09 May 2025
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Preparing Slough House for the impending pandemic lockdown obliges Catherine Standish to examine the complicated relationship she has with her boss Jackson Lamb.
More than two decades in the making, the twisted co-dependency tying them together serves a purpose and she knows neither of them will do well without the office life — or the other person — they’re used to relying on.
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Mrs Pumphrey throws a party in an effort to boost morale and bring Darrowby’s wartime sub-communities together. Audrey finds herself co-opted as her right-hand woman and part of the evening’s entertainment, and Siegfried sees sides to her he hasn’t noticed before.
Minor-ish spoilers throughout.
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Patching a broken heart by small_creature
Fandoms: All Creatures Great and Small (TV 2020)
21 Jan 2025
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Mr Bosworth’s increased dedication to his duties proves a little trying. Siegfried thinks he can kill two birds with one stone but he needs Audrey’s help to do it.
(How is ‘original canine character’ not a tag on here?)
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A newspaper article from months ago leads to questions for Audrey about her time in the Wrens.
Set after the season 5 Christmas special, also contains spoilers for that episode and minor ones for the rest of that season.
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A bit of pre-season one nonsense.
Audrey encourages Siegfried to attend a dinner with some old army comrades and has to deal with the unexpected consequences of his drunken night out.
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Audrey-based angst over the whole Gerald thing.
Set late in/soon after most of S4e06, i.e. before the Christmas special.
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Helen overhears noises from the pantry. What could Siegfried and Audrey be up to in there with the door closed?
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Audrey gets a late Christmas gift after the rest of the Skeldale household have gone out, leaving her and Siegfried alone in the house.
Warning for season 5 Christmas special spoilers.
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Siegfried witnesses something that causes him to see things clearly.
A throwback to a previous Christmas special (season 2, 2021 in the UK?) and some more Siegfried-based angst.
Warning for angst, and some spoilers for and non-compliance with the aforementioned…
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How Audrey’s interview for the housekeeper position might have gone.
Throwback to somewhere about 1933, imagining a version of Audrey and Siegfried’s first meeting.
Used to be anonymous, now it isn’t…
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What might have been going through Siegfried’s mind during the night in the shed.
(Because there’s absolutely no way he left her in there alone...)
Plus a ‘missing scene’ after the events of the episode. Might possibly class as ‘angst with a hopeful ending’.
Major spoilers for Season 5’s Christmas special.
Used to be anonymous, now it isn’t.
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Audrey gets injured coming off her bicycle while coming back from one of her rounds. Siegfried’s reaction precipitates some overdue changes.
Minor (-ish) spoilers for seasons 3 through 5. Takes place at a non-specific point somewhere around mid-Season 5 but no more definite than that.
Used to be anonymous, now it isn’t…