don't fear the sun.

I signed up for "Unconventional Courtship" a fic challenge where you have to write a fic based on a romance novel (Harlequin-style) summary and I picked one and I've written a fic and I am in a good mood.

Seeing as I have returned to CMBYN hard, my pairing in this fic is Michel/Elio (because they're my favourite), and the (altered) summary I've picked sounds like this:

A gorgeous Frenchman – with a proposal…

Michel is startled to discover that the tenant of his Senlis residence, Elio Perlman, is young, curly-haired and sensational! There is an immediate attraction between them, but despite his family’s premature plans to arrange the wedding of the year, Elio holds back, unable to let go of his past.

But the more time Michel spends with Elio, he sees that beneath his reserved façade there lies a broken heart and painful memories… Michel is determined to be the one man who can make him whole again…

I've written a 3k long fic inspired by this prompt and my posting date is June 4th. I could really use a beta, people! If anyone here is feeling up to giving me some feedback on this 3500 word long fic which is very gen/maaaaybe pg-13 and mostly just two people talking, I would be very, very happy. I'm also going to put an ad up over at betaplease. I personally don't think you need to be canon-familiar since this is a what if-AU anyway, but always happy to have a beta who has read the books, too.

I made a manip for my pairing with the template available over at unconventionalcourtship and am insanely happy with the result. Although I prefer the books to the movie, Chalamet will always to some degree be my ideal Elio while I've used Gary Cole as PB for Michel, because reasons.



I've ordered both CMBYN and Find Me in hardback, because now I'm apparenetly a collector. I've also ordered Aciman's newest release, The Gentleman from Peru, which came out a few weeks ago, so I have a whole Aciman collection. I feel obsessed, but it's just so lovely being inspired by something again...