Some people are just all show

Title: Five Times Larry and Michael Had To Stop Themselves From Killing Someone (and One Time They Didn't Bother)
Fandom: Burn Notice
Rating: Light R
Warning: References to violence/murder, one homophobic slur, references to sadism/masochism.
Pairing: Larry/Michael
Summary: Exactly what it says on the tin, or: scenes of domesticity filtered through Larry and Michael's prism.
Word Count: 2,400
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. This work is not created for profit and constitutes fair use.
A/N: Yeah, this AU has just taken over. Part of my dark!Michael 'verse. Thanks to Kelly for beta'ing and sweeping away all my errant commas.

( Five Times Larry and Michael Had To Stop Themselves From Killing Someone (and One Time They Didn't Bother) )

Title: End Where You Began
Fandom: Burn Notice
Rating: R
Warning: Torture, murder, minor character death, references to child abuse, references to sadism/masochism, dark!Michael.
Pairing: Larry/Michael, Frank/Madeline
Summary: Larry and Michael take a detour to Miami. AU.
Word Count: 3,850
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. This work is not created for profit and constitutes fair use.
A/N: Part of the same AU as The Path That Leads To Nowhere, wherein Larry had much more time to bring Michael over to the dark side, and thus succeeded. Title comes from the song "Dear Agony" by Breaking Benjamin. Thank you for the beta, Abigail!

( End Where You Began )

Title: Between Past and Present Tense (VI/VII)
Fandom: Burn Notice
Rating: NC-17 (for this part)
Pairing: Sam/Michael/Fiona (in this part)
Warnings: For this part: Sex.
Summary: "But in this career path, relationships and self-identity are not prioritized. While spies are trained to be able to ingratiate themselves with others, fooling strangers is a long way from the honesty and communication that people in relationships tend to expect. Combined with an emotionally stunted bedrock, navigating these waters can be ill-advised at best and downright dangerous at worst, often with little hope of success." And yet, despite everything, Michael Westen finds himself trying anyway.
Word Count: 5,950 (for this part)
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. This work is not created for profit and constitutes fair use.
A/N: See the masterpost for the full information.

( Between Past and Present Tense: Part IV )

Title: Between Past and Present Tense (IV/VII)
Fandom: Burn Notice
Rating: R (for this part)
Pairing: Michael/Samantha (in this part)
Warnings: For this part: Some sexual content.
Summary: "But in this career path, relationships and self-identity are not prioritized. While spies are trained to be able to ingratiate themselves with others, fooling strangers is a long way from the honesty and communication that people in relationships tend to expect. Combined with an emotionally stunted bedrock, navigating these waters can be ill-advised at best and downright dangerous at worst, often with little hope of success." And yet, despite everything, Michael Westen finds himself trying anyway.
Word Count: 2,600 (for this part)
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. This work is not created for profit and constitutes fair use.
A/N: See the masterpost for the full information.

( Between Past and Present Tense: Part IV )

Title: Between Past and Present Tense (II/VII)
Fandom: Burn Notice
Rating: NC-17 (for this part)
Pairing: Michael/Larry; Michael/Sam (in this part)
Warnings: For this part: Homophobic slurs; imagined knifeplay; sex; breathplay; marking; minor self-injury, sort of.
Summary: "But in this career path, relationships and self-identity are not prioritized. While spies are trained to be able to ingratiate themselves with others, fooling strangers is a long way from the honesty and communication that people in relationships tend to expect. Combined with an emotionally stunted bedrock, navigating these waters can be ill-advised at best and downright dangerous at worst, often with little hope of success." And yet, despite everything, Michael Westen finds himself trying anyway.
Word Count: 4,310 (for this part)
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. This work is not created for profit and constitutes fair use.
A/N: See the masterpost for the full information.

( Between Past and Present Tense: Part II )

Title: Between Past and Present Tense
Fandom: Burn Notice
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Michael/Andre, Michael/Larry, Michael/Sam, Michael/Samantha, Michael/Fi, Sam/Michael/Fi
Warnings: References to underage sexual conduct (implied, not explicit); brief depictions of child abuse; bullying; homophobic slurs; imagined knifeplay; sex; breathplay; marking; minor self-injury, sort of.
Summary: "But in this career path, relationships and self-identity are not prioritized. While spies are trained to be able to ingratiate themselves with others, fooling strangers is a long way from the honesty and communication that people in relationships tend to expect. Combined with an emotionally stunted bedrock, navigating these waters can be ill-advised at best and downright dangerous at worst, often with little hope of success." And yet, despite everything, Michael Westen finds himself trying anyway.
Word Count: 25,450
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. This work is not created for profit and constitutes fair use.
A/N: Augh, it feels like I've been working on this forever, and it's finally being posted. Thanks so much to Kelly for all the cheerleading, and to Kelly and Abigail for the amazingly speedy betas. They are life-savers. Make sure to listen to both mixes! They're fantastic.

I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII

MIX: "Between Past and Present Tense" by the ever-patient ecto_gammat.
MIX: "Bedrock" by the wonderful subluxate.

Title: The Path That Leads To Nowhere
Fandom: Burn Notice
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Larry/Michael (mainly just hinted)
Warning: Sith Apprentice!Michael Dark!Michael
Summary: In canon, Michael meets Sam in 1992. How differently could his life have gone if that meeting had been postponed by only a year? AU.
Word Count: 565
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. This work is not created for profit and constitutes fair use.
A/N: This is absolutely nothing that I should be writing. Why does my brain do this to me? Thanks for the beta, Kelly. Title comes from the very appropriately Larry song "I Will Not Bow" by Breaking Benjamin.

( The Path That Leads To Nowhere )

Title: you're not my friend / some are not worth saving
Fandom: Burn Notice
Rating: PG-13 (references to violence, a twisted relationship)
Pairing: Larry/Michael
Summary: A chronicle of Michael and Larry's respective disillusionment with each other.
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. This work is not created for profit and constitutes fair use.
A/N: You might see this and want to ask me, "But Sara, didn't you just make a Larry/Michael mix?" and I might reply, "Yes, yes I did. This one is all Keith Urban's fault." Because it is. I stumbled across "You're Not My God" and was instantly struck by how perfect it was for Michael realizing Larry's just No Good. Obviously I had to create another mix around it. =P

( you're not my friend / some are not worth saving )

Title: That's The Thing
Fandom: Burn Notice
Rating: R for some sexual references and a very, very twisted relationship
Pairing: Larry/Michael; sorta kinda vaguely hinted if you squint Sam/Mike/Fi
Summary: Larry used to know him, is the thing.
Word Count: 750
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. This work is not created for profit and constitutes fair use.
A/N: There are some references to 4x17, "Out of the Fire", but I don't know if they really constitute spoilers. It's all pretty oblique. Thanks to Kelly and Abigail for the beta!

( That's The Thing )

Title: Valuing Your Assets
Fandom: Burn Notice
Rating: PG
Pairing: Michael/Jason Bly (heavily implied)
Warning: Spoilers for S2E13, Bad Breaks.
Summary: Mutual understanding goes a long way in this business.
Word Count: 625
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. This work is not created for profit and constitutes fair use.
A/N: My first foray into Burn Notice fiction. Hopefully not my last, even though first person is hard. Thank you for the beta, Kelly.

( Valuing Your Assets )