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Their nights together are good, they always are, both of their tastes lining up to be shockingly compatible, but on the days where they end early and they get to spend some extra time cleaning up in comfortable silence or playful banter- and Blitz would rather take a bullet than admit this out loud- but those nights are pretty great too.
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Zuko was banished, but instead of devoting his life to finding the Avatar to regain his honor he gave in to his spite and became a pirate against Ozai.
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- Part 1 of The Pirate Prince
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But, a new emotion stirs in Wednesday. One that is fighting to be heard, she can feel it climbing up her throat. It's filled with brutality, but not in a violent way, no–even worse.
In an honest way.
"Your scars, they're radiant." Her voice drops even more. She almost fears Enid didn't hear. But the blonde snaps upright in bed. Her face is still red and wet with tears. The concealer is gone and Wednesday's gaze softens seeing the markings.
Maybe being honest is what Enid needs.
Or the one where Enid is insecure about her scars and Wednesday adores them.
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There’s a pause, and then Wednesday speaks again. “I admit that I do have one ulterior motive in asking you to visit for the holidays.”
Enid laughs, unsurprised; there’s the Wednesday she knows, even a phone line and a coast away. “Yeah? What is it?”
“I told my parents that I’m in a relationship,” Wednesday says, offhand, like it’s just another sentence and not a lightning strike to Enid’s heart. "With you, specifically."
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08 May 2026
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where nothing bleeds by interstellarisms
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 Apr 2026
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Simon didn’t expect his savior to be exactly his type.
What a welcome sight. Even if this stupidly handsome man ends up being evil, or working for the C.O.I, at least he’d die looking at something good.
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Grace and Rocky find Simon's ship floating in deep space on their way to Erid.
UPDATE: This fic has been peer reviewed by a NASA engineer who has approved of the science!
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okay so are the curtains blue for a reason or what (this is a metaphor) by sunflower_J
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Dec 2025
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Now, someone walked into the room. A boy, awkwardly standing at the side of his bed, looking over him worriedly. His hair was brown and scruffy, and he had big baby doe eyes and a yellow-and-blue horizontally-striped shirt like a cartoon character. The window was lighting him up like he was important to Mike’s narrative. The curtains are blue, thought Mike, this boy is light. I love metaphors. Maybe he was high on the pain meds. Upon seeing him, Mike felt a great affection, a great peace. Plus, he had long eyelashes. Mike almost giggled to himself. He was definitely a little high.
“Hi.” breathed Mike.
“Hi.” he said, hesitating.
“We’re friends?” Mike asked hopefully.
Or: During the Party's final battle with Vecna, Mike is gravely injured and loses his memories. He wakes up in a hospital only remembering a handful of inconsequential little things, like how much he loves a boy who seems like light.
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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02 Dec 2025
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“Did I do something wrong?” Mike questions, mouth twisted in a frown, eyes less wide than they were a few moments ago, sleepiness gone. His arms stay at his sides, although his fingers fiddle with his sleeves. “What did I do wrong?”
Will frowns back. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”
Mike doesn’t look like he believes him. Will doesn’t blame him. “Then why do you keep leaving?”
The world ends, and then some. Mike and Will find each other again, amidst the debris and distance.
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- Part 1 of fix-its
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07 Nov 2025
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Gotham is Burning. by bluemoonharvest
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman - All Media Types, Superman (Movie 2025), Superman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
20 Aug 2025
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"Were you aware that LuthorCorp was using Wayne technology in their illegal weapons programs?"
For the first time, Bruce looked genuinely surprised. "Those contracts were terminated."
"When? Before or after Luthor's crimes became public?"
Bruce was quiet for a long moment, his fingers drumming against the arm of his chair. "I'd have to check with our legal department about the specific timeline."
"So you don't know?"
Bruce was silent.
Gotham's drowning, Batman's bleeding, and a nosy reporter won't stop asking why.
Three years after the flood, a rot festers, born from the stragglers of Riddler's movement.
The Sons of Gotham, neo-Nazis with mysteriously deep pockets, rise from the grime. Bruce bleeds for a city that keeps sinking.
Enter Clark Kent: infuriatingly earnest, maddeningly handsome, and asking questions Bruce can't answer.
When threats grow too big for one city, Batman reluctantly teams up with Superman. Saving Gotham wasn't hard.
Letting someone help? Letting someone in? Easier said than done.
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26 Aug 2025
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Cat's Eyes by MalaMari
Fandoms: 今際の国のアリス | Imawa no Kuni no Alice | Alice in Borderland (TV)
06 Jul 2026
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What if Chishiya was the one to press the button with Arisu during the game of tag, and as a result, was the one to find him after the deaths of Karube and Chota?
Alice in Borderland but Chishiya and Usagi switch roles because why not.
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- Part 1 of Cat's Eyes Versions
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08 Aug 2025
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A Mutually Beneficial Arrangement by Aria_Lerendeair for LaMalefix
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types, The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare
26 Mar 2022
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When a Nephilim descends into Edom, alone, Magnus orders that the angel be brought to him. After all, the Nephilim never attacked without a plan and he had other problems to worry about it.
But when the angel informs him that he's there to fulfill the terms of a deal, well. Magnus might just have to find a way to twist things to his advantage.
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- Part 7 of The Immortal Alec Method List
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21 May 2025
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Catharsis (Having It Out) by Aria_Lerendeair
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare, The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types
16 Sep 2019
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After everything, after all of it, Magnus and Alec are happily married, they've gone on a three week honeymoon around the world, and they have both been looking forward to coming home.
Part of coming home also means having a conversation that they have been avoiding, and the boys finally sit down to talk about it. All of it. Magnus losing his magic, the deal, the breakup, what happened afterward, and how they came out on the other side.
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- Part 3 of The Immortal Alec Method List
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20 May 2025
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After the events of War Crimes, Sokka and Zuko have escaped Zhao’s warship and are fleeing across the Earth Kingdom. As well as unfamiliar terrain, they have to navigate their shared trauma, work out where they fit into the war, and their place in each others lives.
Sokka is aware that being friends with the enemy is going to bring complications, but he probably should have guessed that being friends with Zuko in particular, was going to be a bit like dunking your head repeatedly into a bucket of angry Fire Ferrets.
Katara is also grappling with the confusion of befriending an enemy, something that doesn’t prove as difficult as she had expected with the bond of shared, furious grief bridging old wounds. (Learning a new way to look at her bending doesn't hurt either)
Azula, struggling with the Fire Lord’s mistrust, encounters a few nasty surprises and has to make some difficult decisions. Luckily, she is a great deal better at making sensible choices than her brother.
Her father may have made a slight tactical error.
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- Part 2 of All's Fair
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28 Apr 2025
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At Sokka’s behest, the Gaang skips rescuing Zuko during the Siege at the North Pole. Instead they leave him, unconscious, buried in the snow.
In completely unrelated news, Sokka’s haunted by a ghost now.
(If you'd like more details before deciding to read this story, look here for spoilers.)
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don't tell me what to fear in the darkness of this atmosphere by twoandtwomakefive
Fandoms: Dimension 20 (Web Series)
23 May 2021
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''I mean, you're my best friend, The B- Riz. And I want to take care of you.''
''Can you say that again? I need to record it and put it as my new ringtone.''
It's light, and teasing, but Fabian's hands are around Riz's body and Riz's hands are around Fabian's, and if Fabian can feel how fast Riz's heart is beating, can see the things he's not saying in the lines of his back, then surely Riz is able to do the same with him.
In the semi-light of the late night, so late it turns into early morning, Fabian isn't as afraid of it as he usually is.
Or, Riz dies for the second time and Fabian puts some things into perspective.
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From a tumblr prompt by luckyjak:
"Polymorph is a 4th level transmutation spell. It’s not like disguise self; it’s not an illusion. The body physically transforms. Beau and Jester decide to fool around while Beau is in her male tiefling form, and there are consequences. aka the Beau-knocks-Jester-up fic literally nobody asked for."
After an awkward encounter in their Xhorhaus bedroom, Jester admits she's frustrated by her sexual inexperience. Beau knows how to treat a lady - what's a little Polymorph between friends?
What they don't expect, as the Mighty Nein hunt down the next beacon and begin their infiltration of the Empire, is a bump in the road. Beau doesn't do feelings, and she definitely doesn't do falling for straight girls, but there's something growing between them that's getting harder and harder to ignore.
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05 Mar 2025
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Stolas has lost everything and is living in Blitzø's apartment after the trial. He very unexpectedly goes into his annual rut months early. Usually, he can hide away in the palace during his rut, but where can he hide in a one-bedroom apartment where he has no privacy?
Stolitz - Alternate Universe - Canon Divergent after Mastermind
Art by Doria Plume
Written for HelluvaBang 2024
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03 Jan 2025
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What if after Stolas' encounter with Striker his wounds never fully healed?
Stolas is living with Blitzø and Loona now after his disastrous expulsion from the Goetia family. He hates how he's intruded in their lives and now that his chronic pain has resurfaced, he fears he'll become even more of an intrusion. Hiding his pain and misery has always been his go-to. Unfortunately, Blitzø can tell something is wrong but he has no clue what.
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16 Nov 2024
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Everything Stays (But it Still Changes) by Dionaea_Canis
Fandoms: The Owl House (Cartoon)
10 Apr 2023
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A Blight always upholds their end of the deal, and Alador is a man of his word. After the Day of Unity, he works to be a better family man and put his kids first. But there’s more to Alador than his family, and Darius ensures Alador doesn’t leave himself behind in the process.
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When Azula is nine, she becomes an only child. She hears the Fire Lord call for Zuko's life, and in the morning, her mother and brother are gone. Azula may be young, but she isn't naive. She knows what happened to them.
Which makes it all the more surprising when Azula tracks the Avatar down and fights his group of peasant friends, only to find herself staring into an eerily familiar face.
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04 Sep 2024