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Alphabetical list of Havelock Vetinari/Rufus Drumknott fanfiction

Last update: 2nd September 2018.
I will return to this someday. But I'm pretty positive that all new fics will only be posted to AO3, and I've done my best to compile all old fics that were posted elsewhere, so hopefully with this list + AO3, you're well-equipped to read every (complete) V/D fanfiction out there.

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My life doesn't revolve around Havelock Vetinari, but he's a pretty big feature in it, just saying.

I want to compile every (English*) V/D fanfiction in this post, so if there's anything I've missed, please comment below! Anon is on, screening is off (if you need to leave me a private comment, PM me or comment on my intro post). 'Tags' are not necessarily what the author tagged the fics, and I just tagged the ones I didn't read as 'unread'. Incomplete fics have not been included, as well as fics that don't end with the main ship still as the main ship because I'm not about that life.

Since this is not a fic rec, remarks are only present on my own fics, usually to grumble about how much I hate my own writing.

If a link doesn't work, tell me which one!. There are a lot of links here, but I checked each one before posting so unless something is flocked, it should work.

Total number of fics: 71

Log:

3/9/18: Added Veul_McLannon's works

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Afterwards

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, light angst,

Summary: The aftermath of Irrationality

Length: 2k

All's Fair

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, soulmarks au, fluff,

Summary: Vetinari and Drumknott play a game to see who can discover the other's soulmark first.

Length: 3k

As Events Dictate

Author: Ololon

Tags: sfw, gen, major character death,

Summary: In the aftermath of a fire at the Patrician’s Palace, Vetinari is feared dead, but all is not quite as it seems; and Drumknott gets a most unusual job offer.

Length: 15k

Bedroom Secrets Drabbles

Author: Ololon

Tags: sfw, fluff, not main focus of fic,

Summary: Six Discworld drabbles, inspired by the idea that we all have strange things we do in our sleep, or secrets that only our sleeping partners know.

Length: .6k

Colour

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, pre-slash

Summary: Drumknott and fashionable touches.

Length: 700

The Dressing Gown of Dimensions

Author: Minutia_R

Tags: crossover: the chronicles of chrestomanci, fluff, coming-together fic, guys this fic was gifted to me ^_^

Summary: Rufus Drumknott has been in love with his employer for years, and he's sure that Lord Vetinari must know it. But it will take a visit from a couple of enchanters from another world, and a magical toddler running amok with one of Leonard of Quirm's flying machines, to get either of them to do anything about it . . .

Length: <4k

Dropping Hints

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, coming-together,

Summary: Drumknott begins dropping Vetinari hints about his... leanings. Vetinari, predictably, catches on very fast, but is enjoying the show rather too much to comment. For a while, at least.

Length: 3k

Drumknott's Birthday

Author: SleepingReader

Tags: fluff, coming-together fic

Summary: Lord Vetinari probably wouldn’t know about today. Would he? No. Of course not. Lord Vetinari had other things to worry about.

Length: 600

Expression: In Words and/or Actions

Author hi

Tags: sfw, fluff, coming-together fic,

Summary: There is something that Vetinari needs to say to Drumknott.

Length: 1k

Remarks: Tell me if I should delete this.

The Eyes Have It

Author: Dicentra

Tags: unread, nsfw,

Summary: Drumknott has been attacked after frequenting an all men's bar. For some on the Discworld will find any reason to express their hate...unlucky for them as Vetinari is deeply unimpressed.

How will Drumknott cope with the changes that emerge after his trauma?

Vetinari is captivated by Drumknott's eyes - is it guilt or something else?

Length: 7k

Filling the Gap

Author: Sanorace

Tags: sfw, charlie used inappropriately, unread

Summary: Blurring the lines between friendship and love, Drumknott tries to find his place in Vetinari's world. Where do the boundaries truly lie?

Length: 6k

First Principles

Author: Sus

Tags: sfw, pre-slash,

Summary: Some introspection on Vetinari's part.

Lenght: <.5k

Five Times Drumknott Saw Lord Vetinari Do Something Unexpected

Author: MacPye

Tags: nsfw, charlie used inappropriately

Summary: - And The One Time It Was The Other Way Round. Scenes inserted into the narratives of various Discworld novels.

Length: 3k

Five Ways Sam Vimes Discovered What He Didn't Want to Know

Author: kindkit

Tags: sfw, other characters' pov, major character death,

Summary: Five ways Vimes learns something unexpected about Vetinari and Drumknott.

Length: <.8k

Gardens and Libraries

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, coming-together,

Summary: In which Rufus Drumknott and Ponder Stibbons are gay best friends, Vetinari gets inventive with his choice of courting gifts, and happy endings are had all round.

Length: 12k

The Gift

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, established relationship,

Summary: In which Drumknott is given a gift by one of the junior clerks and Vetinari doesn’t in any way overreact.

Length: 200

Happenstance

Author: Hiza Montmorency

Tags: sfw, gen,

Summary: With the latest Clerketary dead, Lord Vetinari is in need of another. Enter Rufus Drumknott.

Length: 1k

Here, though the Disc explode these two survive

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, established relationship, cw: panic, cw: anxiety, vampires,

Summary: Vetinari decides to become a vampire for the good of the city (suspend your disbelief, this is another trouser-leg of time). Drumknott gets the wrong end of the stick (being sarcasm incarnate with an anxiety disorder is Tricky).

Length: 7k

Holiday

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, established relationship, fluff, groan another bad fic from me

Summary: Vetinari decides to take the day off on Hogswatch, for once.

Length: 2k

Remarks: Literally why am I so bad at everything? Why did I publish this? Why did I think it was a good idea? Why???

I Love My Love

Author: halotolerant

Tags: sfw, pre-slash, sickfic

Summary: I Love My Love with an A, because he is Artless.

Length: 1k

In Another World

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, pre-slash, au

Summary: Vetinari and Drumknott meet alternate versions of themselves. In one world, the other Vetinari is more surprised than typical at the sight of them (I mean, this is Ankh-Morpork).

Length: 1k

In Company

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, gen, minor character death

Summary: Wuffles has been ill for a long time.

Length: 700

Irrationality

Author:: hi

Tags: sfw, ugh i suck take my pen away, light angst, hurt/comfort,

Summary: Despite how level-headed and rational Drumknott usually is, when it comes to Lord Vetinari, it would seem, he cannot always think in a straight line.

Takes place after The Truth. For the prompt ‘remedy/cure’.

Length: 1k

Remarks: I know this is rather uncharacteristic coming from someone who can't stand angst, but there was actually supposed to be a sequel to this. It just ... got ... lost ... in my brain ...

Interesting Reading

Author: Lancre_witch

Tags: sfw, coming-together fic, meta,

Length: 1k

Irreplaceable

Author: Ololon

Tags: nsfw, coming-together fic, hurt/comfort, cw: slurs, cw: abuse, cw: torture,

Summary: Lord Vetinari's secretary is kidnapped, the assailants and what they want unknown. Can Vimes and the Watch rescue him in time? And why does his kidnapper seem to know so much about his past?

Length: 37k

(Let's Play) Master and Servant

Author: kindkit

Tags: nsfw, pwp, power play

Summary: The word "secretary" derives from "secret."

Length: 1k

Like Clockwork

Author: halotolerant

Tags: sfw, pre-slash, vetinari-centric,

Summary: 'They move on like mechanical figures in an ornamental clock: set on their tracks, ever repeating, ever smooth and ordered, ever prevented from collision.'

Length: 1k

Literal Minded

Author: MacPye

Tags: nsfw, dubcon, not in v/d tho,

Summary: Drumknott is most displeased to find the Postmaster General has pinched yet another pencil.

Length: <.6k

Loyalty

Author: BasementOfTheMansion

Tags: sfw, pre-slash,

Summary: Drumknott really is too loyal...

Length: 172

Loyalty

Author: Katherine

Tags: sfw, angst, groan,

Summary: A difficult conversation and its aftermath.

Length: idk

Mentor

Author: to be found

Tags: nsfw, coming-together fic,

Summary: Mentor: noun; from Greek MentOr. 1 capitalized: a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus. 2: a trusted counselor or guide; TUTOR, COACH

Lenght: idk

Midwinter

Author: kindkit

Tags: nsfw, coming-together fic, angst,

Summary: Stabbing, imprisonment, several awkward conversations, a diplomatic crisis, the art of rhetoric, and many cups of tea.

Length: 16k

The Mirror

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, coming-together fic, AUs, could be better written tbh my deadlines are no excuse

Summary: When Vetinari accidentally discovers a mirror that transports him to other worlds, worlds where things are different, he must find his way back to his Ankh-Morpork. On the way, he discovers a curious thing about his personal secretary.

Length: 11k

Remarks: I hate myself.

Misadventure

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, fluff, AUs

Summary: Vetinari beats up a couple of thugs and flees the crime scene. Vimes gives chase. Roundworld AU where Vetinari operates through underground crime rings.

Length: 1k

Remarks: Now this is cool! Actually one of the fics I'm satisfied with, I clearly should write more exciting mafia-related Roundworld AUs.

Moments (no.1)

Author: Dicentra

Tags: unread, sfw, pre-slash,

Summary: Occasional moments in the friendship or relationship of Havelock Vetinari and Rufus Drumknott

Length: 1k

Moments:(no.2) The Pencil

Author: Dicentra

Tags: unread, sfw, pre-slash,

Summary: Drumknott can be distracting...

Length: <.8k

Moments no. 3 (the Ramtops effect).

Author: Dicentra

Tags: unread, sfw

Summary: Lord Vetinari and Drumknott are ...camping. In the valleys of the Ramtops.
Some moments are intoxicating.

Length: <.9k

Morning Conversation

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, fluff, silliness i had a narrow scope to work with okay

Summary: Drumknott is really getting too cheeky.

Length: idk

Mr. Drumknott's Surprise

Author: kindkit

Tags: sfw, pre-slash,

Summary: It's the thought that counts.

Length: .5k

My Husband's Lovers

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, fluff, established relationship, AUs

Length: <1k

Observer Effect

Author: kindkit

Tags: sfw, pre-slash, vetinari-centric

Summary: Looking has its effects.

Length: 100

Oh Balls!

Author: Dicentra

Tags: unread, nsfw

Summary: The Sunrise Awakening Ball was almost upon the good upstanding citizens of Ankh-Morpok (yes, alright, and the many not so-good and the downright crooked). The populace was excited.

The Palace organisers - getting to be not so keen; in fact, a good word to describe them would be stressed.

Will it happen? Will our two gentlemen attend? Will they want to?

Length: 4k

On Ownership

Author: Kristalyn

Tags: nsfw, dubcon, kinda,

Summary: Vetinari visits Drumknott for tea, light conversation, and serious questions about loyalty.

Length: <6k

Only The Best

Author: spes_unica

Tags: sfw,

Summary: If Vetinari has "no vice that anyone could discover" (Guards! Guards!), at least it could be deduced from the nature of the "cerebral" pleasures (Making Money) he likes to indulge in (not to mention from the nature of his 24/8 preoccupations) that he has a decided interest in control and power relationships. Canon leaves it at that (apart from his fondness for little dogs), but there are distinct ... possibilities in his relationship with his faithful clerk and secretary Rufus Drumknott. Even though they never so much as touch.

Length: 7k

The Patrician's Servant

Author: kindkit

Tags: sfw, major character death, gen,

Summary: Some things are stronger than death. They're not necessarily the things you expect.

Length: 200

The Patrician is Dead. Long Live the Patrician.

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, angst, established relationship,

Summary: Vetinari has died (or has he?). Drumknott is coping Incredibly Well (or is he?). Moist is the new Patrician (or i- oh no wait, he definitely is).

Length: 3k

Perforations

Author: redsnake05

Tags: sfw, pre-slash,

Summary: Drumknott thinks the world chiefly needs fileboxes which are not so flimsy. Vetinari thinks about this and tries out some new ideas.

Length: 2k

The Perks of the Job

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, established relationship, fluff,

Length: 600

A Place Called Home

Author: Sophia_Prester

Tags: sfw, pre-slash,

Summary: One of Drumknott's filing systems may be in need of some revision.

Length: <3k

The Practice of Intimacy

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, fluff, establishing relationship

Summary: Fortunately, Vetinari doesn't realise how endearing it is that he doesn't know the first thing about kissing.

Length: <1k

A Quill A Day

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, fluff, established relationship,

Summary: A week in the life of the inhabitants of the Oblong Office, told in a ficlet a day.

Length: 2k

Return to Normality

Author: Ololon

Tags: sfw, pre-slash,

Summary: Just a little vignette set towards the end of The Truth. Vetinari and Drumknott leave the Watch House and return to the Palace.

Length: .7k

Rumours

Author: Ololon

Tags: sfw, fluff, vampires

Summary: Sometimes, rumours are true.

Length: <3k

Sergeant Angua's Curse

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, other characters' pov, fluff,

Summary: In the process of an investigation, Commander Sir Samuel Vimes has seen fit to order the searching of all rooms on the third floor of the Palace. This includes the room of the Patrician, Lord Havelock Vetinari. Commander Sir Samuel Vimes has lumped Sergeant Angua von Uberwald with sniffing out the incriminating evidence. She makes a discovery, but not the one she had planned to.

Length: 400

Secret Chocolates

Author: Scmnz

Tags: fluff, coming-together fic

Summary: A magical incident at UU leaves the city in chaos and could cause one secretary's long hidden feelings to be discovered this Valentine's day.

Length: 2k

Solace

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, established relationship, fluff,

Summary: Vetinari tries to be comforting.

Length: 1k

Remarks: urgh

That which we call love by any other word would smell as sweet

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, established relationship, hurt/comfort,

Summary: Another post-Truth fic, this time a quiet established relationship. They know they love each other but they Won't Say The Words. And that's fine.

Length: 1k

Three Dates

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, established relationship, fluff, ocs

Summary: Three dates that Rufus Drumknott had with three different men: a restaurant in the city, a bar in the country, and a coach ride through the streets of Ankh-Morpork. Somehow, the coach ride is the most romantic.

Length: <2k

Remarks: I was told this was good and my reply was, 'Pretty fly for an aromantic guy, eh?'

Three Mistakes That Drumknott Made

Author: Ololon

Tags: nsfw, light whump,

Summary: A boring day turns rather exciting when an assassin invades the Palace … and the usually infallible Drumknott makes a series of mistakes he is desperate to put right.

Length: 11k

Together at Midnight

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, established relationship, hurt/comfort

Summary: Takes place after the ending of Night Watch. After Vimes and Vetinari's conversation, Vimes goes home to his wife and son, and Vetinari goes back to a cold palace where his secretary is unexpectedly waiting for him.

Length: <3k

Trust and Concern

Author hi

Tags: sfw, roundworld au,

Summary: In a world where Vetinari is a highly influential mob boss with half the government in his pocket who uses his own legitimate company as a front, someone poisons him, and Drumknott worries. Follows Feet of Clay, but doesn't.

Length: 6k

Two Conversations

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, established relationship, fluff

Summary: For the charloft prompt: 'the two most difficult conversations you've had in your life'. There are only two things that Rufus Drumknott was ever nervous about speaking of.

Length: <1k

Until Dawn

Author: kindkit

Tags: sfw, vetinari-centric, established relationship,

Summary: It's a quiet Hogswatch eve.

Length: 100

Untitled

Author [livejournal.com profile] flipthefrog

Tags: sfw, coming-together fic

Summary: Drumknott presents Vetinari with a gift for Hogswatch.

Length: 600

Untitled

Author: norwegianpornfaerie

Tags: sfw,

Summary: Meta drabble.

Length: idk

Veni Vici Vetinari

Author: duchess-susan

Tags: sfw, pre-slash,

Summary: Vetinari reflects on his relationships with Ankh-Morpork, Drumknott and Lady Margolotta

Length: .3k

What Happens in the Oblong Office Stays in the Oblong Office

Author: MargolottaAmayaKaterinaAssumptaCrassina (laziestgirlintown)

Tags: nsfw, pwp, d/s

Summary: A man who is in perfect and complete control all the time sometimes needs to give that control up.

Length: <5k

Whatever You Want

Author: hi

Tags: sfw, fluff,

Summary: Their first night together. ‘However many more nights you want to come.’

Length: idk

Where It Stops No One Knows

Author: sadcoffee

Tags: sfw, pre-slash,

Summary: To Vetinari’s faint surprise, the knife trick was an enlightening and enlivening way of discovering certain small truths about those in his employ.

Length: <1k


Who Needs Stress Toys?

Author: orphaned account

Tags: sfw,

Summary: (None given. Just a small drabble written to amuse.)

Length: 160

Windows

Author: GriegPlants

Tags: sfw, gen, other characters' pov,

Summary: A collection of perspectives on a ... relationship.

Length: 4k

A Word On Mutual Respect

Author: DracoMaleficium

Tags: swf, pre-slash

Summary: In which Lord Vetinari has an unusual idea of "fun," Drumknott secretly dabbles in footwear modification and safety becomes the priority.

Length: <.5k

Workaholic

Author: Ololon

Tags: sfw, pre-slash, vetinari-centric

Summary: A short piece exploring what Vetinari's work as Patrician really means to him, only not really. He gets distracted.

Length: .7k

The Young Assassins: stories from another trouserleg of time

Author: Veul_McLannon

Tags: sfw, established relationship, AU,

Summary: A series of ficlets based in a universe where Drumknott was born thirty-odd years earlier, and became the scholarship student at the Assassins’ Academy. Predictably, he and Vetinari are the black sheep (har har) of the academy. (I'm taking it as read that this is more like a college/university type of deal, rather than a School per se.)
These are all snippets of daily life, are a blatant excuse to write marginally OOC fluff, and will be added to as I think of other ideas. Each can be read in isolation.

Length: Varies

Brilliant!

(Anonymous) 2015-03-21 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Love the stories here - happy to have found a couple of V/D give and my own :-)
One thing though - a couple

Re: Brilliant!

(Anonymous) 2015-03-21 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
(Ahem - pressed the post comment box by accident argh).
As I was saying, a couple of links are not working. Otherwise, I hope you post more!
Dicentra

Re: Brilliant!

(Anonymous) 2015-04-06 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Morning conversation and Whatever you want are the broken linked stories btw.

(Anonymous) 2016-01-22 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
All the ones from secretary drumknotts tumblr are gone, and some of the descriptions are quite interesting. Hopefully there is some way to dig them up some day...

(Anonymous) 2016-02-22 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
ah, on mobile some of them were having problems for me. never mind

Love this

(Anonymous) 2021-07-22 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much, having this has made it much easier to read through the Vetinari x Drumknott fics.

I just wish it was a more popular pairing as there aren’t anywhere near enough.

Even worse for me is that almost all of them are very tame 😏 I would love more smutty ones (can’t write it myself unfortunately)

I’m trying to write my own right V/D fic now but I’m never satisfied with my writing so it may never be added to any fanfic site