November Challenge 2021
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remind me where i came from and where i belong, so wake up (and stay with me) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
01 Nov 2021
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Maybe skating would grant Viktor some peace, some of the clarity he has so desperately lacked, since he turned 26 and felt the doomsday clock of his eventual retirement and eventual graduation click ever closer.
It was the crisp sound of skate blades on ice that pulled him out of his reverie, and Viktor looked up in shock to see the form of a young man skating the most beautiful figures he’d ever seen, comfortable on the ice at 3:47AM in a way that only the truly passionate and dedicated could understand.
Viktor felt his heart momentarily stutter to a stop in his chest at the depth of the skater’s edges in his spirals, at the extension of his limbs through his spread eagles, at the fluid control of his spins, at the freedom and ease in his jumps, and Viktor yearned.
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- Part 1 of November Challenge 2021
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the fire i began is burning me alive (but i know better than to leave and let it die) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
02 Nov 2021
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Midoriya Izuku was no stranger to anger.
It was an old friend of his, always lurking at the edges of his thoughts, tinting his vision a hazy red, tasting of rust heavily on his tongue.
And for all that Izuku had lived with this anger all his life up until now, seeing his once childhood friend and now bully be shoved into an ambulance with trembling, wrecked, and bloody hands and third-degree burns across most of his exposed skin, Izuku couldn’t lock it away anymore.
More importantly, he didn’t want to.
Society was a disgrace, condemning children to push and fight and die for an ideal that was out of their control. Heroes were a disgrace, too focused on looking good for the cameras and Quirk type-matchups to care for the literal fucking child being drowned in front of them.
It was time to burn it all to the ground. And Izuku was ready with a gallon of gasoline and a box of matches.
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- Part 2 of November Challenge 2021
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one does not fall in love; one grows into love (and love grows in him) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
03 Nov 2021
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In the aftermath of the Battle of the Five Armies, it was easy to lose track of a Hobbit. No one noticed when Bilbo Baggins slipped on the Ring, stole a pack of provisions, and set off for the Shire with a shirt of mithril and an Elven sword at his hip without even a farewell to his name.
He had been banished, after all. Thorin had made his displeasure abundantly clear when he dangled Bilbo from the ramparts of Erebor and declared him traitor to the line of Durin all for a stupid shining stone and for pride that wasn’t worth what it had cost in lives lost.
And with the Company too injured or too busy to check their comrades behavior...well, it was better for everyone if Bilbo just returned to Bag End as quickly and quietly as possible.
And if his heart screamed for the sons of Durin, if it lay heavy and bloody in his own chest at the thought of leaving before knowing if Fíli and Kíli would be able to recoup their injuries, before knowing if Thorin would ever wake up let alone fully recover...that was just his foolish, Hobbitish heart crying out for kin and comfort and love that was never his to claim in the first place.
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- Part 3 of November Challenge 2021
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no trouble ever got fixed late at night (midnight is for regrets) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
04 Nov 2021
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Ochako should’ve known something was wrong when she heard a knock at the door just before midnight on a Sunday. She probably should’ve run for the hills when she opened the door and saw Bakugou, Deku, and Todoroki all standing on the other side with uncharacteristically grim looks on their faces. But she was training to be a hero, and heroes don’t run from danger. Even if she really wanted to.
As much as she loves those three, Aizawa-sensei had nicknamed them “The Trouble Trio” for a reason. And while Ochako always loved hearing about their shenanigans, she wasn’t sure she actually wanted to take part in them. But instead of activating her Quirk and hurling herself out the window, she instead stepped aside to let the three boys into her room.
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- Part 4 of November Challenge 2021
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i've led a real crazy life at times (and i've had many strange things happen to me) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), WandaVision (TV)
05 Nov 2021
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Darcy wasn’t made of money. She was an astrophysicist; and while she did have a shiny new PhD she wasn’t exactly rolling in research grants or job offers. Which is how Darcy found herself desperately scouring Google in the wee hours of the morning trying to find the perfect place to get lost and not break the bank.
Latvia wasn’t an obvious choice - there was a lot of turmoil there with all the unrest due to the GRC ruling and the rumors of the Flag Smashers making an appearance or three - but it didn’t make her want to weep at the cost, boasted of some truly gorgeous beaches, and even had historic cities. And most importantly, SHIELD and SWORD would think twice about sending people after her with all the turmoil going on!
As long as Darcy avoided any huge gatherings of people and stayed clear of anywhere near the GRC protests, she would be totally fine and would be able to enjoy her long awaited vacation.
Everything would be fine!
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- Part 5 of November Challenge 2021
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(with a little paper and ink) friendship can span many years and many miles by kayteedancer
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
06 Nov 2021
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If you had asked Hermione where she would be 10 years after Hogwarts, she probably would’ve said that she would be in an apartment not far from the Ministry, working at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures as an Advocate, or maybe even as an Unspeakable with the Department of Mysteries, with Crookshanks and maybe another half-Kneazle or two helping fill in the gaps of her days and bring some life to her solitary apartment. She would have had shelves of books everywhere, with many more scattered along the floor, and used mugs balanced throughout.
It would’ve been a quiet life, but a content one. That’s not the life she has.
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- Part 6 of November Challenge 2021
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(the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to) love and be loved in return by kayteedancer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
07 Nov 2021
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Izuku hadn’t initially been looking for a new apartment. But then Todoroki and Kacchan finally decided to put the literal years of sexual tension behind them and finally got together. And while they were really good about not rubbing their PDA in Izuku’s face, it was just...different. Almost sad, in a way, to see them share soft touches and forehead kisses and orbit in and out of each other’s space with total comfort and ease when Izuku didn’t have that.
Izuku wanted someone to want him like Todoroki and Bakugou wanted each other: wanted someone to spend lazy mornings with wrapped up in bed, wanted someone to share clothes and stories and kisses with, wanted someone to be there with him when the stress of being the Number 3 Hero at the tender age of 22 weighed on him like lead and turned his responsibilities into a noose around his neck. And he wanted to be there for them too in whatever way they needed him.
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- Part 7 of November Challenge 2021
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(i never would’ve thought) the day we met each other was the best day of my life by kayteedancer
Fandoms: Haikyuu!!
08 Nov 2021
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Yachi Hitoka could easily count this day as the worst day of her life. At the tender age of 18 (just about to turn 19), Yachi was 100% ready to be shuffled off this mortal coil.
Why, you might ask?
Because Yachi had single-handedly gotten everyone evacuated from her dorm at 11:30pm. All because she had forgotten she had food in the oven.
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- Part 8 of November Challenge 2021
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i keep telling myself i can take you from this godforsaken place (stay alive) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
09 Nov 2021
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Opening his eyes felt like a Herculean effort, and while that wasn’t really anything new for Aizawa Shouta, he couldn’t remember falling asleep…
Shouta remembers verbally eviscerating the Pro Heroes most vocally supportive of letting a little girl languish in fear and pain while who knows what is being done to her, and he remembers locking eyes with Nighteye before exiting the room as quickly as he could.
For a man who is reported to see everything, Shouta hoped Nighteye read the determination in his eyes.
And so Shouta set off to do recon on the yakuza base, sticking to the shadows and leaning into his “homeless” appearance to snoop around places he probably shouldn’t be. He remembers rifling through the trash cans behind some office buildings reportedly nearby where the Shie Hassaikai compound was said to be located and then…
And then…
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- Part 9 of November Challenge 2021
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no one inside will ever disappear (we're all real, we all matter) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)
10 Nov 2021
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In quiet moments when the monster of the week was leaving them alone and Stiles was able to just breathe and commune with his Spark, Stiles realized that there was something...different about him.
Not that Stiles hadn’t always been different, too hyper, too effusive, too smart, too pushy, too much, but this difference was not the same as all that.
There was something living under his skin.
No, not something. Someone.
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- Part 10 of November Challenge 2021
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i do not lack the courage to tell you how i feel (what i fear is how you'll react to it) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: Haikyuu!!
11 Nov 2021
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If you asked him, Hinata Shouyou would be able to tell you exactly when he fell in love with Tsukishima Kei. And it wasn’t during a training camp, or during practice, or on the bus to a tournament; contrary to popular belief, Shouyou did occasionally do things that weren’t volleyball related, and the moment that Shouyou realized he was in love with Tsukishima was actually one rainy day after practice in the Fall of their first year in high school.
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- Part 11 of November Challenge 2021
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legacy is not what i did for myself (it's what i'm doing for the next generation) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
12 Nov 2021
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It wasn’t supposed to be like this.
When Toshinori had tracked down All for One and engaged him in the most destructive battle of wills Sorahiko had ever seen, there were only two options that were supposed to be acceptable:
1. Toshinori would successfully neutralize All for One and facilitate the capture of the most notorious villain the world had ever seen
Or, and this option was much more likely considering how brutally All for One had killed his Master, Nana:
2. Toshinori would kill All for One in the course of their battle and the world would finally be safe from the Scourge of the Underground once and for all.
There wasn’t supposed to be an option three.
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- Part 12 of November Challenge 2021
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“That was absolutely out of line, Miya,” Kageyama hissed at the other setter, mindful of the press. “You had no right to do that.”
Hinata’s stomach began to sink. He had missed something. He had missed something major while he was all distracted.
“Ah, lighten up you Goody Two-Shoes,” Atsumu quipped, a sharp smile on his face as he punched the other setter’s shoulder. “It’s not a big deal! Right, Shouyou?”
Kageyama turned worried eyes to him, and Shouyou knew immediately that something was incredibly wrong.
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- Part 13 of November Challenge 2021
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(sometimes) reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey by kayteedancer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
14 Nov 2021
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No one had told him that it would be like this.
Tomura’s hands trembled as he watched the businessman slowly bleed out, blood sticky and hot and drying under his fingernails.
Sensei hadn’t told him that his first kill would be like this, the assassination of a businessman that threatened Sensei’s business ventures. He hadn’t told Tomura until Kurogiri was about to warp him into the man’s apartment that he shouldn’t use his Quirk for this one, should make it bloody and gruesome. As Kurogiri pressed a large serrated knife into Tomura’s hands, he fumbled and almost Dusted it by accident as he was warped away.
A statement, Sensei had called it. Leave him behind as a statement for any who would try to cross us. And a welcome into the business you will one day inherit, Tomura.
Black spots started sparkling across his vision, and Tomura couldn’t be here anymore. He couldn’t wait for Kurogiri - he had to get away now.
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- Part 14 of November Challenge 2021
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it's about drive, it's about power (we stay hungry, we devour) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
15 Nov 2021
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From the moment Bakugou had first screamed, “DIE!” and rocketed a ball away with his Quirk, Ochako had known that he would be stiff competition for her. In order to be "the best", Ochako knew that she would have to pit herself against Bakugou, the self-proclaimed future Number One Hero.
And for all that he was abrasive and full of bluster and brimstone, the scary part about Bakugou was that Ochako didn’t doubt him.
Because Bakugou was one of the most dedicated, most diligent, most avid workers she had ever seen. If he wasn’t doing his homework or helping his friends with their homework, Bakugou was almost always somewhere training, and it was that work ethic that sparked the desire in Ochako to get better, faster, stronger as well. So as much as Ochako wished she could say that she thought Bakugou was just full of himself, she couldn’t.
Because deep down inside in a way she hadn’t felt since Kansai, Ochako wanted to beat Bakugou, wanted to be Bakugou.
Ochako wanted to be treated as an equal, or even better: as a threat.
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- Part 15 of November Challenge 2021
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moving on is a simple thing (what it leaves behind is hard) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: Haikyuu!!
16 Nov 2021
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There was nothing Kenma hated more than his cell phone alarm going off in the morning. Kenma, as a prolific gamer and famous streamer, was well-used to stumbling into his bed in the darkest hours of the morning and snatching a few sparse hours of rest before having to wake up and answer emails or do research on his next game or heaven forbid, meet with his Board of Directors. His already spotty relationship with sleep didn’t make his erratic schedule any easier for him to deal with, and he had long since learned that if he was going to set an alarm that it needed to be on the absolute loudest setting or else he wouldn’t hear it.
But as Kenma surfaced from the murky embrace of sleep, this sounded...different. Not like his usual dulcet alarm tones of air horns or train whistles. Extricating his hand from the covers, Kenma fumbled for his phone and grimaced as the screen brightened.
Ah. Shit. It wasn’t an alarm. It was Kuroo’s ringtone.
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- Part 16 of November Challenge 2021
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if you want to hide the treasure, put it in plain sight (then no one will see it) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
17 Nov 2021
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Aizawa Shouta strode down the hallways of UA on his way to watch the Hero Course entrance exams with barely restrained excitement in his gait.
It was happening! It was finally happening.
After years of petitioning Nedzu, and Nedzu petitioning the Board of Directors and Hero Public Safety Commission, the approval had finally come through just in time for the new school year.
UA would finally have an Underground Heroics Course!
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- Part 17 of November Challenge 2021
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love was always described with eternity (a single moment stretched out for lifetimes) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: Haikyuu!!
18 Nov 2021
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Feeling her heart rate start to slow, Yachi closed her eyes as she took in one last slow, deep breath to steel her nerves before entering. Eyes still closed, Yachi started to move toward the gym doors, reaching out shakily, only to be met with hard warmth rather than the cold steel she had been anticipating.
Eyes flying open in alarm, Yachi felt her mouth go dry as she was met with an incredibly well-muscled chest. Tracking her eyes up, and up, and up, Yachi felt her heart stutter to a stop in her chest as she recognized the dark-lined, intense eyes of Kyoutani Kentarou, aka the Mad Dog of Aoba Johsai.
Stumbling back a few steps, Yachi forced a trembling smile to her lips as she laughed shakily. “A-Ah! I’m so sorry, Kyoutani-san, I wasn’t looking where I was going.”
“Apparently…” Kyoutani drawled, and Yachi felt embarrassment scorch her cheeks red as she began bowing repeatedly.
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- Part 18 of November Challenge 2021
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there are no wrong turns (only unexpected paths) by kayteedancer
Fandoms: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
19 Nov 2021
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Sometimes, Yuuri didn’t really understand how he got here.
Not like physically. He knew how he had wound up here in this apartment, in this bed between sinfully soft sheets with a warm body snuggled up against his side just as the sun began rising and painting the sky in shades of pinks and golds.
More like...spiritually. Because sometimes Katsuki Yuuri looked at his life and couldn’t help but think about all the ridiculous, lucky happenings that got him where he was now.
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- Part 19 of November Challenge 2021
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(through others) we become ourselves by kayteedancer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
25 Nov 2021
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When Hitoshi opened his eyes that morning, he knew today was going to be rough. He knew he should’ve just closed his eyes, pulled the covers over his head, and gone back to sleep.
It was going to be one of those days.
And even if he felt like shit, and his brain decided to be his enemy today, Hitoshi wasn’t actually ill, so he stumbled out of bed and tugged his uniform on with even less grace than normal. Scrubbing a hand through his hair and breathing deeply to stave off the pounding, useless anxiety in his veins, Hitoshi pressed a kiss to his mom’s cheek as he slipped out without breakfast and without a word.
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- Part 20 of November Challenge 2021