I can’t believe Bernie has passed the useless lesbian™ bug onto Serena: Fleur was flirting with her for months in the most obvious way and she just thought she was JOKING!
What if later in the evening Serena is talking to Greta about her own girlfriend Bernie (let’s face it she’s always talking about her to whoever will listen) and Greta is like ‘Bernie is not a girl’s name, is it short for something?’ And when Serena explains it stands for Bernice, Greta’s eyes shine.. 'Berenice is a very unusual name’
“You do realise you’re going to be having a screaming, crying, spewing little thing. That picture perfect moment last about four minutes. The rest is utter bedlam and it’s fantastic.“ Serena Campbell in Holby City 21.46
Every time I watch* these gifs I feel like I’m on the verge of something profound, some kind of epiphany, about love, and then my brain just says, “look at the pretty ladies they smile in their eyes”.
Feels like time to take my leave of Tumblr, but I’ll still be writing fic when the mood takes me. Here’s a post with links to the fic I’ve written over the past year or so.
Berena
What Happens Next? - my first ever fic, an imaginatively titled follow-on from The Kill List aka Bernie and Serena’s first time(s). Basically a clumsy first go at a bit of smut.
Candy Floss - a fluffy one-shot where Bernie takes Serena to a theme park. Wrote this before everything Went To Shit after Christmas.
Keeping Watch - 701 words of misery aka Bernie takes Serena home from the hospital after Elinor dies. I have no idea why I wrote it.
A CampWolfe Christmas Tale - my take on Bernie and Serena’s first Christmas together. Includes a very, very sappy final chapter.
Synonyms - a second attempt at smut, and rather better than the first, I think.
Ships in the Night - sickly sweet domestic fluff written for the Holby Fic Contest way back when. Needless to say, it did not feature among the winners.
Sharper Than A Thousand Swords - another ficlet that I wrote for the contest. Basically Bernie being all stoic while Serena grieves. Deservedly ignored by voters.
Black And Grey - tiny ficlet in which Bernie has a tattoo that Serena likes. Have so far resisted the strong temptation to delete it.
Per Angusta Ad Augusta - multichapter AU featuring Serena as the Head of Science at St Winifred’s School for Girls, and Bernie as the newly appointed Pastoral Care Officer. Slow burn.
Here - smutty epilogue to Per Angusta Ad Augusta, featuring Serena Campbell pressed against a leather-topped desk. Because.
Make My Wish Come True - a third instalment from the world of Per Angusta: their first Christmas together. I am completely in love with this version of Bernie and at this point writing for my own benefit.
Time And Again - time-travel AU. I think it’s a bit better than that makes it sound.
The Way Home - written for the reunion prompt during Berena Appreciation Week. At this point we knew that Bernie would be gone before Serena came back to Holby. I have no idea how good or bad this is objectively, but I like it.
Sometimes When We Touch - a few snapshots of touches between our gals. Just little moments that plagued my imagination and needed a home.
A Call And A Response - more smut, hurrah! Wrote this in a cafe, surrounded by old ladies, woohahahaha.
Very Much Confined To Theatre - crack!fic in which Frederik turns up with his gun on the same day as Brave New World takes place.
Kate Stewart
It’s Friday I’m In Love - ages ago I complained to @ana-khouri that I couldn’t write a Kate Stewart fic because I was obsessed with her coming home from work to her wife and a dog, and then Kate Stewart Appreciation Week came along and I thought, why not.
The Coincidence - some people wanted to know how Kate met her wife, and this happened.
Strides up to Serena and says “okay where do you want me” and carefully ignores Serena’s raised eyebrow
Listens to her instructions
Then leans over the nurses station and properly kisses Serena
Says “it’s good to be back”
Smirks
Pushes back her sleeves
And walks off to her first patient
Or, an acceptable alternative: Serena is sat at Henrik’s desk when there’s a knock on the door. “Enter,” she says, and when she looks up there’s Bernie’s head through the door, hair a mess, obviously, and they look at each other for a second and then Bernie says “gizza job” and laughs. She steps properly into the room as Serena leaps up and pushes the door shut and wraps herself around Bernie. “You came,” she says, and Bernie looks at her and says simply, “you said you needed me.” And Serena kisses her again, a bit tearful, and says, “I didn’t think you’d get here so quickly.” And Bernie squeezes Serena a bit tighter and whispers, again, in her ear, “you said you needed me.”
