Nuke Big Bang: And You Played It to the Beat (Luke/Noah) (AU, collab with frances_veritas)

Title: And You Played It to the Beat
Author(s): freakykat and frances_veritas
Artist: aoleander
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I own their dildos. But sadly not the boys themselves. WOE.
Characters/Pairings: Luciano (Luke) Grimaldi/Noah Mayer, Luke/OMC (brief), hints of past Noah/OMC, Lucinda Walsh, Casey Hughes, Reid Oliver, Holden Snyder, Grimaldis' all over, other Oakdale citizens all over
Word Count: 53,000 (roughly) Dudes, this was supposed to be 15K, LOL.
Warnings: Some violence, some smut, some character death, really shoddy research.
Spoilers: Show's over. So none, bitches.
Summary: Luciano Grimaldi doesn’t know a normal life. He thinks he may have. Once. But it’s so far deep in the recesses of his mind, it couldn't have been his life. It had to be an alternate universe, one where he’s not a highly-skilled and trained assassin. Because that’s the life that he knows. That’s the life he grew up with. When he gets his next assignment from The Company, he thinks it’s going to be a normal, routine kill. He meets Noah Mayer, an up and coming extraordinary man who’s making big splashes in the political world. In a world of corruption and half-truths can Luke finish the job he was given? Or will he put everyone he loves, including himself, in danger?
Author’s Notes: The Company in this story is in no way associated with the show Heroes. :P We just liked the name.
Additional Notes: This story is like epic awesome. It's my first collaboration on a story of this length and I'm so honored and happy that it was with someone I think is uber talented. frances_veritas made this experience fun and challenging. I'll work with her again anytime. (Hint! Hint!). Thanks so much my Moey Moe for being so great and agreeing to let me do this with you. Allegra! Thank you so much for the amazing art! I also want to thank noelleleithe for her patience. She is seriously the best beta ever. For realz. And lastly, thank you to wouldbedorothy for spurring me on and letting me all nuts while I worked on this. Hope you all enjoy this!

Link to Masterpost: Go here to Moey's LJ!
Link to Art: Go here!

50 Books Challenge: Books 1 - 4

1. Deeper Than The Dead
by Tami Hoag

genre: FBI thriller/mystery

The concept of this book makes it extremely interesting. It's set in 1985 right at the beginning of the FBI's Behavorial Science Department. Profiling is fairly new and not many people trust it to solve real crimes. This book begins with four ten-year-olds finding a dead body in the woods and how this affects them, their families and their community. The characters had depth and the fact that the reader was able to see it from the kid's POV.

Recommended: Mixed feelings on this book. It's well written and interested but the angst is a little heavy-handed.




2. Fables: Volume 12 – The Dark Ages
3. Fables: Volume 13 - Great Fables Crossover
by Bill Willingham

genre: fantasy literature/graphic novel

Following the defeat of the Adversary, the Fables find themselves picking up the pieces of their lives and community but before they know it trajedgy strikes and a new evil takes over. To stop the world from ending the Fables must join forces with Jack and the Literals before they lose everything they've fought for.

Recommended: I absolutely love these two volumes. The twists and shocks are delicious. There's a wonderful flow to the story now and the art is fantastic.




4. Point Blank
by Catherine Coulter

genre: FBI thriller

Tenth book in Coulter's Savich and Sherlock's FBI thriller series. One of Savich's own is almost murdered while treasure hunting and falls into the mysterious death of a college student while Dylan and Sherlock fight a new criminal that has ties to one of the past cases.

Recommended: Pretty good. Not one of my favorites in this series but it's worth a quick read.

4 / 50 books. 8% done!