fic: preserving life's as good as dying (original work)

Title: Preserving Life's As Good As Dying
Fandoms: Original Work
Characters: Jonathan Ashdown, Lucille Myers, Charles Witherby
Pairing: Fake Medium/Real Ghost, Original Female Character/Original Male Character
Rating: Explicit
AO3 Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Ghosts, Questionable Magic, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, (there's a plot but only if you squint)
Summary: Spend the night in the abandoned Ashdown House, obtain proof of ghostly activity, and get $1000.

What does a broke girl have to lose?
Notes: Written for ~attheborder for Chocolate Box! I will admit that this may have strayed from what I originally set out to write, but I like it anyway. I hope it suits your tastes as well.

To prep for her stay, Lucille researched ghost hunting. She didn’t have money for fancy gadgets, but a coworker, Greg, had a camcorder and tripod she could borrow for the weekend. She saved ideas on her phone for how she could fake her “ghost sighting,” including extra flashlights, a blanket, and an illegal copy of Photoshop on her laptop.

And she studied Ashdown House. It first belonged to Jonathan Ashdown, a wealthy businessman who built the house for his young wife, Maria. Maria died overseas before construction was completed, and Jonathan became a recluse. Legend said he haunted the building, constantly waiting for his wife to join him in the afterlife. A touching story and now, a local legend.

Honestly, she worried more about someone else deciding to crash inside the empty house than seeing a real ghost. No one cared about Ashdown House in years, nor did the police pay attention if someone broke into the old building. But what was life without a hint of danger?

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