avelera:

The Prisoners’ Dilemma (10117 words) by Avelera
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Pacific Rim (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Newton Geiszler/Hermann Gottlieb
Characters: Newton Geiszler, Hermann Gottlieb, Precursors (Pacific Rim), Alice the Kaiju Brain (Pacific Rim)
Additional Tags: Kidnapping, Imprisonment, Mind Control, Possession, Past Relationship(s), Precursor Emissary Newton Geiszler, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Broken Engagement, Hacking, Engineering, Chains, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Dark, POV Hermann Gottlieb, BAMF Hermann Gottlieb, Worried Hermann Gottlieb, The Drift (Pacific Rim), Drift Side Effects, Ghost Drifting, Science, Explicit Language, Explicit Sexual Content, Blackmail, Hostage Situations, Pining, Mutual Pining, Love, Romance, Fluff, Domestic, Domestic Fluff, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Rescue
Summary:

One year after Newt abandoned Hermann to work for Shao Industries, Hermann decides to confront his ex-fiancé. Not with any intention of trying to win Newton back, of course, but only to gain some kind of closure, some answers for why he vanished so suddenly and avoided even speaking to Hermann ever since.

Except when Hermann confronts Newt in his home, he learns that Newt is under the control of the Precursors, and that they have every intention of killing Hermann to keep their secret. Newt strikes a desperate bargain to save Hermann’s life, which the Precursors accept with the condition of Newt’s good behavior, and that Hermann can never be allowed free again.

Now a prisoner, it is up to Hermann to try to free them both, while keeping the secret of his plan to do so from the man who knows him best in the world.

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Chapter 2 is up! I’m heading away for a one week workshop so it may be a little while until the next chapter is up (I was going to hold off on sharing this one until it was totally ready to go but alas, life). In the meantime I hope you enjoy the continuation of our story!

The Prisoners’ Dilemma (10117 words) by Avelera
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Pacific Rim (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Newton Geiszler/Hermann Gottlieb
Characters: Newton Geiszler, Hermann Gottlieb, Precursors (Pacific Rim), Alice the Kaiju Brain (Pacific Rim)
Additional Tags: Kidnapping, Imprisonment, Mind Control, Possession, Past Relationship(s), Precursor Emissary Newton Geiszler, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Broken Engagement, Hacking, Engineering, Chains, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Dark, POV Hermann Gottlieb, BAMF Hermann Gottlieb, Worried Hermann Gottlieb, The Drift (Pacific Rim), Drift Side Effects, Ghost Drifting, Science, Explicit Language, Explicit Sexual Content, Blackmail, Hostage Situations, Pining, Mutual Pining, Love, Romance, Fluff, Domestic, Domestic Fluff, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Rescue
Summary:

One year after Newt abandoned Hermann to work for Shao Industries, Hermann decides to confront his ex-fiancé. Not with any intention of trying to win Newton back, of course, but only to gain some kind of closure, some answers for why he vanished so suddenly and avoided even speaking to Hermann ever since.

Except when Hermann confronts Newt in his home, he learns that Newt is under the control of the Precursors, and that they have every intention of killing Hermann to keep their secret. Newt strikes a desperate bargain to save Hermann’s life, which the Precursors accept with the condition of Newt’s good behavior, and that Hermann can never be allowed free again.

Now a prisoner, it is up to Hermann to try to free them both, while keeping the secret of his plan to do so from the man who knows him best in the world.

—
Chapter 2 is up! I’m heading away for a one week workshop so it may be a little while until the next chapter is up (I was going to hold off on sharing this one until it was totally ready to go but alas, life). In the meantime I hope you enjoy the continuation of our story!

Situation update: 

It went better than I feared it would. No shouting, only a little crying. Mostly I think he’s in shock over it. The biggest problem is that he keeps asking for one more chance to “win me back” which is an understandable human response but I basically stone-walled and clarified I have no desire to go back and that will not change. My week away for the workshop may help clarify things. I don’t need to move immediately for reasons of being thrown out, which is good, but may need to move out just to establish firmly that it’s over. 

idonotbitemythumbatyou:

In an Effort to (help) Save the World

Chapter 20: improbable Coincidence

Of all the universes they could have had, this was theirs: A Newton Geiszler shaped thing trussed up in a cell, and Hermann Gottlieb desperate and unable to give up hope.

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To save Newton’s life, Hermann is driven to tinker with the very handwriting of god.

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Much of the subterfuge depends on Professor Hermann Gottlieb. A step forward, and a step back.

rainbowstarbird:

Aesthetic: Newt/Hermann + Freeing Newt from the Precursors

A moodboard for the first few chapters of my new Pacific Rim fic Only Human (After All), which follows the process of freeing Newt from Precursor control, Hermann badgering a variety of governmental officials into not giving up on Newt, and the new co-Marshalls Jake and Nate trying to keep their remaining scientist sane while they save a man’s soul and plan a war.