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Magic Black by NaniErin (RabidFangirlMutterings)
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Chronicles of Riddick Series, Pitch Black (2000)
18 Apr 2018
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There is little chance to rest when you are hunting, and even less when you are hunted. There is, it seems, no rest for the weary.
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- Part 1 of Shatter 'Verse
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Can't Hold Us by frostedshadow
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
19 Mar 2015
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Bilbo Baggins left Erebor, not because Thorin told him to. No, he left because he had things to settle at home. He always intended on heading back to Erebor. Except, well. The circumstances with which he intends on returning are much different then how he imagined.
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Due to a school assignment, Ryuuji and Rin get to know each other long before they join True Cross Academy.
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- Part 1 of Lettersverse
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Scott is forced to emigrate from his home town by his overly religious father. The only place he sees fit for his son is the safe floating haven of Columbia. Scott quickly loses his anger when he meets his housemate Stiles, who is definitely the best thing that could have happened to him upon entering the city.
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Yancy makes a post to an online forum confessing his darkest secret. Raleigh answers, not knowing it's his brother.
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- Part 1 of Take Me To Church
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In the spring of 1944, the 104th Medical Battalion of the United States Army is disbanded, and its men reassigned to various infantry companies in preparation for their invasion of occupied France. For First Lieutenant Novak, this is less than helpful, as he has so far met his platoon’s designated medic a grand total of twice, and has both times found Sergeant Winchester to be the optimum combination of reckless, arrogant, and downright insufferable so as to make cohesive platoon function near impossible. When the time comes to move out, however, Castiel has to reconcile himself to the fact that men are going to go down and trust that Dean Winchester may well be the only person who can put them back together again. WW2 ETO infantry AU.
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- Part 1 of Ninety One Whiskey
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Beloved and Precious by PerfectlyHopeless
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
24 May 2016
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With Sylaise's mark across her eye, it seemed as though Ceri Lavellan's life was one of the hearthkeeper: a healer, a crafter, a caretaker. Her Keeper had other ideas.
The Conclave changed her life forever. She had to learn how to fight, how to kill, how to get used to humans, and she had to learn how frustrating it can be to fall in love.
Luckily for her, Varric's buying the drinks.
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Gilbert has better things to think about than the implications of a Soulmate, or the First and Last Words on his wrists. At least, until he meets a handsome - and somewhat cranky - musician while waiting for a train. Everything about Roderich is confusing, starting with the way they meet, but Gilbert is desperate to understand the man who is supposed to be his Soulmate.
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Dean returns to Lawrence from a self inflicted exile for four months after receiving news about his family back home. Dean tries to start fresh upon his return, but old wounds come back to haunt him as he works on repairing his relationship with his brother while starting what might be a new one with one problematic lemonade stand owner.
(not beta read or well planned out)
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Addison Howard has been many things in her lifetime: homemaker, artist, lawyer, mother. Adding pistol packing Vault Dweller to that list was never a part of the plan. Though, neither was falling for a man who spends most of his time occupying a massive suit of metal armor. If Addison can learn to love again, then surely she can learn to survive in the Wasteland. Once she actually learns how to aim her damn pistol.
Buckle up for a nice and toasty slow burn, Fallout style.
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“Hey.” Harry hears from behind Yaser’s back and the sound of it makes every knot untangle in his stomach, every rope tied around his neck go lose and float away like they were never there to begin with. “You came.”
Or, the one where Harry and Zayn find themselves on a month long vacation turned road-trip with a bucket-list, that doesn't end how Harry thought it would.
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(that breathless moment of first touch) by lareine
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
05 Apr 2016
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“Who taught you to write in blood on my back? Who taught you to use your hands as branding irons? You have scored your name into my shoulders, referenced me with your mark."
—Jeanette WintersonPart I (of IV): Changes
"I hear soulmates eventually turn into the same person,” Dum Dum said.
Bucky snorted hard.Or, the author got bit hard by a plot bunny promising soulmate feels and got waaaay too into worldbuilding.
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Can Your Friends Do This? by Watermelonsmellinfellon for Tsume_Yuki
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Naruto
10 Jul 2019
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Tsume Yuki's, 'Ain't Never Had a Friend Like Me' prompt.
Master of Death Hari is sealed inside a genie bottle and tossed into the Veil. Only the interference of Death stops her from being enslaved. When Naruto comes into possession of the bottle and frees Hari from her prison, she gets attached and decides to help him, changing everything we know.
A/N: Hari/Kakashi Naruto/Sasuke.
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- Part 5 of My Fics With SNS Content
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The princes come with their exalted Father arriving amidst a hail of pomp and pageantry all parties would rather forgo.
This is war, where men die, their blood purchasing land and peace until it's time for more men and more blood.
But your mother adheres to the old rules of hearth and hospitality. The Lords of Asgard must be given their due despite the grim business precipitating their arrival.
It is too bad they don't deserve it.
There is nothing to recommend him, Loki, Prince of Asgard. He is rude and cold and childish. You try to find some merit in him.
You find none.
Exactly none.
But maybe, after trial and tribulation,
You will.
UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE THE NEW TITLE!!! FIC PREVIOUSLY KNOW AS "FLIGHT WITHOUT WINGS"
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- Part 1 of 1000 Points of Light
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"He never came to visit me in prison" — AU in which Robert Townsend, against his better judgement, does.
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Above her the Sphinx snarls, then throws back its head and roars again, but she can barely hear it through the pounding in her head, the sound muffled beneath the beating of her heart, loud, so loud, in her ears, frantic like a drum and she times each beat to the pulse of blood that drips between her fingers. Her vision clouds, dances, grows hazy as she hits the ground, her head dizzy, the air shifting about her, time tastes heavy in her mouth, the temporal flux that surrounds them once again making itself known, and fuck, she's going to age again and die as an old woman, this is not at all how she wanted to go--
Vex'ahlia drifts into the darkness, and without an anchor she never lands.
Or, the one where the battle with the Sphinx goes poorly, and Vex is thrown, injured and bleeding out, into the past. After being saved by someone unexpected and brought to Whitestone, she must make the choice to either let fate take its course as she knows it, or to try and change the events of the past despite not knowing how it may affect the future; a choice that's complicated more than is fair by a young human lordling who is far too familiar and yet a complete stranger all at once.
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He’d spent his whole life on the streets, scavenging in trash for leftovers, stealing what few possessions he owned, but out here there were no dumps to sift through, no merchants to steal from, no alleys to hide in, only an endless sea of sand and scorching midday sun… However it is in this strange, hostile environment that he might find a home.
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The first thing that came to Zayn’s mind when he read Liam Payne’s file was that he was certainly, definitely going to die before he was thirty. The word they used in The Office for such a case was reckless; reckless meant that, perhaps, the person wasn’t at fault, but the universe and said person’s energy didn’t happen to match. That made terrible things happen to that person.
Liam Payne was a classic case of recklessness.
[or: A modern times AU where Zayn is a guardian angel and he's been sent down to protect the most reckless human he's ever met.]
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You will never forget the day the Barrier shattered and monsters flooded the surface, the day that magic became real- and the day that you lost your voice.
Everything seemed to fall apart all at once, MONSTERS were real, magic was real! However you couldn't say a word about it to them nor to anybody else.
Everybody just assumed you stopped talking of your own choice, that's all anything ever is anymore- a series of assumptions and misunderstandings, as all your true intentions get lost in translation.
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Gray goes missing and turns up a year and a half later at a hospital on the other side of Fiore from the guild. Only the Gray who comes back is shockingly different from the one who disappeared. What will it take for Natsu to get his friend back, and is it even truly possible?
(Rated M for some rather gruesome scenes early on.)
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Both Husk and Angel have feelings for each other but both could never imagine why the other would ever like them back.
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Angel comes back to the hotel after a particularly rough couple of nights with Valentino, and is surprised to find that someone waited up for him.
(The usual Angel Dust related TWs apply here… implied physical and sexual abuse but we don’t see anything described in detail)
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Technically, JJ throws the first punch. But technicalities don’t get him far in something as real and solid as fist against side, knuckles against face, sweat and bruises, blood dripping down his nose. He gives as good as he takes, makes them work for every strike. He’s never been real good at staying down, you know?
But… there’s still five of them. Like, what’s he supposed to do against that?
There are Kooks and Tourons and Pogues on Kildare, and then there’s something worse. Maybanks.
*a shamelessly JJ centric story.
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- Part 1 of Seabird Collection
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The Man On The Wall by CaseyStar
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Black Panther (Comics), The Martian (2015)
21 Jul 2018
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Yesterday Bucky Barnes was a specialist member of Ares 3.
Now he's the lone man on Mars, with no food, no communication, and no way to get home.
He's a little fucked off about it.Series
- Part 2 of Ares 3
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Wherein Bucky is the crown prince and Steve still becomes a hero.
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Never Talk to Strangers by mambo
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
14 Aug 2016
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Never Talk to Strangers: or; How a Forgotten Childhood Lesson Led Bucky Barnes to Appreciate Charlie Chaplin, Befriend an A.I., Slip on Soap Bubbles, Be Mistaken for a Succubus, and Try to Woo a Superhero.
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What would it take for everyone to realise how much Merlin sacrifices each day?
Lance turned around, following the beast's movement, and his breath caught, all air left his lungs. Merlin stood at the top of the hill, eyes glowing, magic swirled around him like leaves in the fast winds of autumn.
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- Part 1 of What Happens When The Truth Is Revealed
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Hawkins holds secrets, the kind that conquer and divide. When Billy barely survives the attack of the Mind Flayer on that fateful hot Fourth of July, he is left blinded and scarred in more ways than one. As Hawkins settles back into a new normal, Steve makes a spur-of-the-moment decision to offer his friendship to the one person who he feels might need it most: Billy Hargrove. Though the darkness of the Upside Down may try to rip people apart, sometimes it’s the thing that brings them together.
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Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
08 Apr 2022
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Hermione straddles the Muggle and Magical worlds as a medical researcher and Healer about to make a big discovery. Draco is an Auror assigned to protect her from forces unknown – to both of their displeasure.
Features hyper-competent, fiery Hermione and lazy, yet dangerous, Draco. Slow burn.
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Malik awoke suddenly – eyes snapping open in the darkness of the room. It took him half a moment to realise what had woken him, hand reaching for his sword scabbard before he had even noticed the figure by the window. Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, The Son of None... the Eagle, highlighted by the moon and half turned towards him – light coloured eyes just visible piercing through the shadows and his robes loose, baring the bloody wound on his shoulder.
Semi AU where Al Mualim raises Altair and trains him like a hunting bird: his Eagle, capable of the near impossible. Malik is never in Solomon's Temple and remains an assassin. There are still nine significant targets to be assassinated, and even bigger threats to the brotherhood to uncover...
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Variant Edition by SmartiMart
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
28 Feb 2024
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After three months of searching for Deku in the destroyed remains of Dejima, the nerd finds Bakugou first at the gates of U.A. like he was never missing. Now Deku is back – stronger and faster than ever – with words and gestures that don’t add up for the time he’s been gone, which raises an army of red flags in the explosive hero’s mind.
Bakugou can’t decide if the Deku before him is back from the grave or an imposter villain spying on U.A. students, but he’s not letting the green-haired hero out of his sight ever again.
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Exit Island (Dejima) Arc: Chapters 1-13
Return to Exit Island/Covert Operations Arc: Chapters 14-32
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Arthur is an Oxford Blue. Merlin is an Oxford cox. Lancelot is Merlin's romantic-dalliance-loving friend. Morgana is horribly clever; Gwen is cleverly waiting for Lancelot to grow up. Merlin and Arthur rub each other the wrong way, at first, but it soon becomes clear that Arthur is a university-class rower with a world-class heart (yes, I typed that). Clichés ensue.
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In which Stiles goes along with one of Derek’s plans and ends up in an alternate universe as a result. He should’ve known better. He did know better, actually, and that means he has no one to blame but himself.
“Laura wants to lure the kid in with food and kindness and make a pet of him, like a feral cat. Derek wants to have him arrested for stalking. They’re at an impasse. (And the rest of the family is staying emphatically out of it in a way that suggests bets have been placed.)”
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“This is private property.” And the kid laughs. Not a happy laugh, but desperate, almost hysterical. “Who are you?” “Stiles. My dad’s the sheriff?” “So you’re familiar with the concept of stalking.” “So familiar,” he says earnestly. Derek’s ninety percent sure he’s being made fun of, but has no idea why. “Shut up,” he says on principle.
“I’m not an expert on this kind of ward, but I know this is a sort of general protection. Almost like a good luck charm. Except for one thing. There are so many fireproofing wards. I think somebody could napalm our house, and all that would happen is the place would smell weird.” He spreads a palm over one of the designs on the bark. “I wonder why he’s so worried about fire in particular.”
“Your Stiles—his heart stopped beating. So…he died in that crash. The only reason I’m alive in this body is because the magic that sent me here patched it up. But your Stiles…he was already gone by then.” “Maybe my Stiles is just in your body,” Scott argues. “Scott. There wasn’t enough left of my body to heal. That’s why the rune kicked me out of it.” And even if that body had been fine, your poor, unprepared Stiles would’ve been dead in minutes.
“They think you’re cool.” “That’s why they’re staring at me?” “I know, right? Your cool guy reputation is a mystery to me, also. Surprisingly hilarious, though.” Derek laughs, because it’s always been hilarious to him, but it’s rare for other people to see the humor in it. It’s like—these people have clearly never seen him with his mom. Or his sisters, for that matter.
In less frightening but more upsetting news, if the ridiculously gorgeous Derek Hale pins Stiles to his car one more time, Danny is going to pop an artery in whatever part of the brain that controls lust. It’s just unfair. Today, for example, Stiles is leaning back against his car with Derek practically between his legs, and there’s not a flail or an awkward laugh in sight. Like he thinks that’s where Derek belongs. Among other distressing things, that kind of confidence looks appallingly good on Stiles, and Danny isn’t used to thinking anything looks good on Stiles. (Okay, that may be a lie, but the point is, it used to be a convincing lie.)
“Derek’s at your house right now? Oh my God. Did you catch him sneaking around your yard and invite him in or something?” “Hm? No, he climbed in my window. Why?” “He what?” “I know, right? I’ve given up on training him out of it.” “You mean he’s climbed in your window before?!” “No, no! No, this is the first time. I just meant—social skills. Generally. I’ve given up on them.” Derek would be offended under normal circumstances, but there are no normal circumstances with Stiles, and he’s more confused than anything. Because when Stiles said, This is the first time, he was lying.
“What the hell is wrong with you? He’s seventeen! He’s the sheriff’s underage son! You climbed into the sheriff’s underage son’s bedroom window, Derek! Do you have any idea how much Mom is going to yell at you?” “Don’t tell Mom!” Derek yelps, thereby earning himself a really weird look from Stiles.
“What’s it like? Being familiar with an alternate reality? Having an educated guess about the possible future?” “It’s like playing three-dimensional chess with all the pieces making up their own rules. By which I mean it sucks, and I’m tired of it.”
“I do trust you guys, this is not about me. This is about you, and the fact that you probably trust the ice cream man just because he gives you ice cream. All I’m saying is, sometimes the ice cream man is a child molester.” This is getting really scary. “…Were you molested?” Stiles gives a stifled scream of frustration and throws up his hands. “Every time I warn you about something, I am not secretly talking about my own tragic past! Gah! This explains so much about you!”
“Can we actually stand back and let the adults handle it? Is that an option in this world? Because if it is, that is seriously the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me. Oh my God, Peter isn’t even insane. Make him handle it. Solved!”
“Did you love your Derek?” Stiles isn’t sure she understands how cruel some of her questions are. “My Derek is dead.” “I know. Not what I asked.” He’s starting to think she does know what this line of questioning is doing to him, and she’s asking anyway, grimly determined. Why? Don’t conflate your Dereks.
Possibly the thing Stiles hates most about himself is the way he’s always felt a sense of…what, impending loss? Even when he was a kid, even when things were so good, so perfect, when he had no reason to doubt they’d always be perfect, he’d been waiting. Waiting to lose it all. He was the world’s most paranoid eight-year-old, and that was before he started being proven right.
Bottom line: he’s never surprised by loss, and he’s always suspicious of his own happiness. He’s fucking broken inside, always has been. -
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When Derek thought about time travel – and he did, a lot – this was not what he'd had in mind. He'd thought he would see his younger self, tell him to leave Paige alone and NEVER trust Kate Argent. He'd thought he’d get to come back once that was done and everything would be perfect. He never imagined having to relive his entire life.
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Derek put both arms around Peter’s neck.
“I thought you hated me.” Derek’s heart broke; he couldn’t believe he had refused to give a second chance to his Uncle when he got his without asking.Getting control wasn’t always easy; his wolf was too powerful for his age and his parents couldn’t explain it. The vet’s diagnosis was always the same: Derek’s wolf was fully developed which made him and his wolf out of sync. With training, he could control his wolf until his body matures enough to match his powers.
“Why are you not dating her again? Aren’t you supposed to be in love or something?”
“That was years ago! I don’t love her like that anymore, she’s a child!” No matter how hard he tried, Derek could not believe he was the same age as the kids in his class. He would probably stay celibate until he was at least back to being 24…and that had nothing to do with Stiles. Not at all.
“You do realize not dating anyone until your mid-twenties is going to look weird right? And what the hell is a Stiles?”This time she didn’t pretend to want anything else than Derek; she came right next to him and leaned against their table, her back to Paige.
“Hi.” She said seductively.
“Hi…can I help you?” Stay calm. Don’t shift, not here.
“Well I hope so sweetie. I just got into town and I thought maybe you could show me around?” The lie was ridiculous since they both knew she had found her way to the diner, the basketball court and the mall just fine without his help.
“You mean like a date?” He pretended to sound hopeful and he saw Paige shaking with her hand on her lips to try and stop from laughing out loud.
“Exactly like a date babe. What do you say? We could catch a movie if you want.”
“I’m sorry Ma’am, my mom says I can’t date anyone over 30.” Derek replied with a straight face. Paige lost all control and almost fell off of her seat while Kate stared at him with outrage.“Your girlfriend looked pissed.”
“I don’t have a girlf- I mean, she’s not my girlfriend.” Now Derek was the one blushing, he was a little ashamed that he had wanted to tell Stiles how single he was even though he was just a kid.He had said goodbye to everyone, but as always Derek refused to let go of his 3-month-old brother.
“It’s time to go now Der, I promise we will take good care of your brother. You know, OUR SON.” Talia insisted with her eyes flashing a little bit of red.It wasn’t the first time that Derek had brought the child with him to work and Stiles had been worried that he might be Derek’s son (not that Derek would not make a great DILF but Stiles was not ready for that kind of commitment… not that he thought he had a chance with him but one can always dream right?) but after a short investigation (he asked Derek) it turned out he was just Derek’s little brother.
“So, Stiles, what happened with that Heather chick at the party?”
“What?” Stiles flailed and turned around to look at Isaac. “Nothing happened.”
“Oh really? The birthday girl kissed you on sight and then dragged you out with some flimsy excuse and nothing happened?”
Stiles cast a glance at Derek. He was still focusing on driving and looking straight ahead but clutching the steering wheel so hard his knuckles were white.He used all the strength he had left to get up before her, took her head in his hands and twisted as hard as he could.
The cracking sound echoed in the alley. He dropped her body as he felt a familiar rush of power go through him. He looked up, his eyes shining bright red, and saw his uncle, mouth agape, staring at him in shock.“Who’s Heather?” Derek finally got the courage to ask. Stiles turned his desk chair around to look at Derek who was still on the bed, staring at the ceiling.
“Wha…Why…She’s no one, just a friend.”
“A friend who kissed you?”
“Yeah, I got plenty of those it seems.”
“What happened at the party?”
“Nothing.”
“It doesn’t sound like nothing.”“I had only used my power intentionally twice. I left my coven, sworn never to use it again. Then Peter showed up at my door. I have no idea how he found me, how he knew about me. He told me about your family and the fire. He wanted me to send him back a day before it happened. He said he wanted to stop it from happening but I knew he meant to kill whoever was responsible.”
“So you said no. Wise decision. But why send me back?”
“I was intrigued and I just…I wanted my powers to do good, at least once. This mark is supposed to be a gift. It only ever brought me pain and sorrow, but I hoped that it could be a gift for you.”
They looked at each other in silence for a moment, Derek seeing the sorrow she had mentioned reflecting in her eyes. She didn’t look older than 30, but her eyes seemed older.
“Did I do good? Is the world better now?” She asked, voice full of hope.
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Maybe We're From the Same Star: Arcmaiden (Fives/Rabé) ✵ by evaceratops, naberiie
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
28 Jan 2022
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The story of the ARC trooper and the Naboo royal handmaiden began with three simple conclusions:
i. Rabé, despite being the combat expert out of the three handmaidens, is a complete and total sweetheart.
ii. Fives thinks he could take her in a sparring match, because she is a foot shorter than him, and he is extremely self-confident.
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I love the tag idiots to lovers it never fails to disappoint
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Stiles learns the true meaning of pack.
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It took Stiles less than a minute to get injured. Not by whatever that was but by Isaac. Who’d been bumped by Scott and accidentally swiped Stiles with his claws. He couldn’t help but compare it to the vampires. One had been holding him hostage when Derek’s pack had showed up. He hadn’t even got a bruise.
He told them he was fine and made them go home. He’d rather sit alone than deal with their guilt. They’d only been gone a few minutes when Derek burst in, eyes burning a bright crimson. He looked pissed. The angriest Stiles had seen him in a while. “What. Happened.” “Fuck. Chill! We did fight something. This was an accident. Scott bumped Isaac who accidentally clawed me. No big deal! Just a few stitches.” “You’re bleeding. It is a big deal.” Derek proceeds to sit and wait with Stiles until he’s done. As they’re leaving, Derek says over his shoulder, “Tell your alpha that I didn’t let him have you just to watch you get hurt. He certainly won’t get to keep you if he doesn’t get his pack sorted out.”
“So we’ve been, like, anthropocentric. You aren’t human so it’s a fundamental error to try and ascribe human motivations and meanings to your actions and behaviour. I only think you act strange because you don’t act human. Because you aren’t human. So this entire time that I’ve thought you have poor social skills, it’s because you, what, aren’t bothering to act human around me? Oh my, god! That explains how you turned into a pod person when you were flirting with that deputy. Because you can act human if you want. But you never have with me…” “You know what I am. Why bother pretending when I don’t have to?” “So that’s what all the shoving was about? Was that common in your family? It doesn’t sound healthy to me. Wait. No, I don’t think I understand.” “I thought you liked playing with me.”
In all the time Stiles has known Derek, never once has he looked more like a predator.
Never once has Stiles actually felt like prey. Not like he does in this moment. It’s odd. Because Derek’s body language is the least threatening Stiles has ever seen. He’s still in that lazy sprawl. Muscles loose and relaxed. He isn’t growling. Isn’t up in Stiles’ face. He’s even smiling. But the smile is sharp. Like his claws. And just as dangerous. He suddenly gets it: all those times in the past, Derek really had been playing with him.
He isn’t playing now.Never enough peace for Derek to establish the needed pack bonds to stabilize the pack and make them all stronger. Derek had been trying his best in the worst kind of situation. Easy to look from the outside and be critical. Stiles isn’t sure he could’ve done better. Sure, he’d have made different choices. Doesn’t mean he would’ve been any more successful.
Stiles was a long-term, forever love kind of guy. Stiles had never had a lot of social needs. Didn’t crave popularity and lots of friends like Scott. He’d been mostly happy with a single friend and his dad. But neither of them had seemed to return his fierce (probably obsessive) devotion. A part of him felt he’d always been destined for a pack, had already been wolf. Maybe that was why Derek had wanted him in the beginning. Why Peter had asked to bite him when he hadn’t asked anyone else, had listened when he said no.
“This is why we could never get along.” “No. We can’t get along because you’re trying to be something you’re not. You aren’t human. Normal isn’t something you can ever be again. You’ll learn as soon as you leave Beacon Hills.” “I’m not going anywhere! And you can’t make me.” Stiles’ eyes widened because that was not a challenge that Derek would let slip. Sure enough, Derek roared and had Scott pinned by his throat faster than Stiles could blink. "Listen closely, Scott. This is the one and only time I’ll explain this to you. Beacon Hills is my territory. You and your pack are here by my sufferance alone. I tolerate you because my uncle bit you without permission. I tolerate most of your pack because I bit them myself. I’ll only tolerate Argents on my territory until graduation. You can get away with pretending to be ‘normal’ and being ignorant about werewolf culture because I allow it. No other alpha will be as tolerant. I have no doubt you and your pack will find trouble the moment you step outside of my territory. So, no, I’m not making you leave. You should probably never leave if you want the best chance at living a normal life. Because I won’t rescue you. I won’t save you. You aren’t pack and aren’t my responsibility. And my tolerance for you will come to a swift end if you attack me or my pack again. Or if you challenge me and my claim to my mate. I’ll have no problems either killing you myself or driving you out of Beacon Hills. Do you understand?” Derek growled in Scott’s face.
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Black Rabbit by TheFoggyLondonView
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
13 Feb 2024
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For most people, waking up in the secret base of one of Japan's most wanted vigilantes would probably be terrifying. For Shouto Todoroki it ends up being first stroke of luck he's ever had. Black Rabbit is nothing like the rumors and ends up being his first real friend. For once in his life Todoroki feels like someone actually cares about and supports him, Black rabbit going as far as to get him a new identity so he wouldn't have to go back to Endeavor. It also helps that, on top of being the embodiment of sunshine personality wise, under the mask Black Rabbit is the gosh darn cutest boy Todoroki has ever laid eyes on.
Izuku Midoriya is the vigilante known as Black Rabbit. Pros all over Japan have tried to catch him but all have failed. Nothing is known about him and he's been doing this for years, living in his secret base alone. He never had a friend until he rescued Todoroki. It's a relief and a blessing to finally have someone who knows him out of the mask and likes him as a person. There's a personal connection and closeness between them that he's never had before and he'll follow it as far as it takes him.
Now if they can only keep their respective identities a secret while attending UA
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Shoto(Roki) runs away from home and is taken in by the infamous vigilante, Black Rabbit—Izuku Midoriya. They grow very close and start falling in love(but it is dense slow burn). Aizawa has been on the Black Rabbit case since the start. He has, over the course of 5 years, fostered trust with Izuku, who fights rough and with little care for villain injuries as he one-ups the police department and heroes with his overwhelming civilian following and support. Aizawa sees him as his son, and his legal son Hitoshi basically assumes they’re unofficial brothers. Shoto enters the hero course while Izuku enters the support course, a brilliant support item inventor and chemist. The staff and students all adopt him because he knows how to win people over and play the role of sunshine child, even though he is a conniving brat. He hates All Might for imprisoning his father, the ex-villain Black Dragon, in Tartarus on his 10th birthday(it is briefly suggested that it was initially a shortsighted/false arrest). Hisashi was an amazing dad and Izuku slowly works on reconciling his love and memories of Hisashi with the role Aizawa has taken in his life. Aizawa loves and looks after Izuku while Izuku and Nezu team up against the teachers(who were trying to hide Izuku’s freakish genius from Nezu for the sake of the universe). Hawks takes up the mantle of big brother in the disjointed Rabbit family—whose goal is to love Izuku and do whatever it takes to keep him out of police or hero hands—with Yamada claiming the role of uncle. Izuku gets tips off of “Uncle” Giran about the USJ attack, where he is able to prevent all injuries besides himself, Aizawa, and Thirteen. Upon leaving Giran, Dabi contacts Izuku requesting for information of Shoto’s meal the and wellbeing. Izuku promises to help him with his quirk and scars, planning to show Shoto the conversation audio to let him decide if they let Toya into their lives or not. When Shigaraki targets Aizawa at the USJ Izuku loses his crap and is terrifying, scaring the crap and the murderous drive right out of Shigaraki.
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Stiles gets a chance to fix everything. Of course, he's taking it.
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25 Oct 2019
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Unbidden, his mind’s eye calls forth the image of Scott’s body, a shock baton stabbed through his heart. Body still twitching despite the dead, red eyes that looked at nothing and no one.
Isaac. The blond, cherubic curls matted in red. A hint of bone and matter peaking through, where it shouldn’t.
Lydia. Her face frozen in a scream. The first thing they took from her were her vocal cords, and they finished her off with a needle through her head.
Jackson. Left alone. An omega so close to being a beta with a Pack to belong to. Cut in half.
Erica and Boyd. Hard to separate one from the other. Dying from a deep clawing, holding a dead body haloed by long blond curls.
Dad. They said it was a career hazard. A neat hole in the center of his badge.
Melissa. She doesn't know. The hospital flooded with incoming patients.
Deaton’s office. Everything turned over, glass shards and dried blood mixed with ashes.
Peter. Went back to-
Derek, pushed him out of the way. An arrow missing its target found a different heart to hit. Wide, green eyes with a speckle of hazel and grey. “Stiles, run.” Black liquid disturbing a soft, gruff tenor.
He runs faster.“We’re not the same age, and you’re definitely not the same age as Uncle Peter.”
“That’s different,” Stiles replies shortly.
“Uncle Peter says you guys are friends even with a difference of like-" he pauses to exaggeratedly think it over, "-eleven years. We’re friends and the difference in our age is only by a year.”
“So what? We’ve been in the same class since kindergarten. Anything less than knowing each other’s names would be hard to do.” Stiles turns his attention back to the kids, ignoring Derek.
Derek doesn’t understand how him trying to find out more about Stiles and what he does ended with this kind of atmosphere. When he sniffs the air, he can smell Stiles’ annoyance, anger, and that same steady vein of discomfort that appeared when Derek walked over. “You make it sound like a chore.” Knowing me, he finishes silently to himself.
He walks away. Ignoring Stiles’ voice calling him back. Not seeing the pain in those doe-brown eyes.One of the women pulls up her sleeve, revealing an arm covered in runes. The symbols twist across her skin and a flick of her hands sends one of the runes, shaped like an arrow, flying at the she-wolf.
Arrows flying out of her skin are dodged, as Alastair moves closer, golden-eyes shining. With her attention on Alastair, the witch does not notice Lei Xia creeping behind. Before Lei Xia can jump on the witch and claw through her neck, the witch’s arrows stop. The ink on her body manifests into black mid-length whips on each hand. Expertly, she swings arcs around her body in defensive motions. Alastair and Lei Xia turn to each other and they circle. Moving too close, Alastair catches one of the whips on his face, spikes suddenly shooting out at their tips. Aggravated he catches the spikes, uncaring of the pain, and yanks. Unbalancing the witch for a moment, Lei Xia digs her claws through the witch’s other hand and bites at the junction of her neck. When Lei Xia rips her teeth free, a chunk of shoulder and neck comes along followed by a combination of arterial spray and a leaking vein. -
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When most of your social circle is made up of werewolves, you start to feel invincible. Then Chris Argent spills everything to Stiles' father, and all at once he finds out just how human he really is.
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06 Oct 2019
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There’s probably a million different directions I wanted this to go at one point or another but it really turned out right in the end
Stiles and Allison’s friendship is kind of beautiful
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Eight weeks into their final year at Watford, Baz finally returns—and he's riddled with nightmares. Simon, for more reasons than he'd like to think about, has been sleeping poorly too.
Frayed nerves and a fragile truce carve out a space for them in the dark of night. Their room atop the tower becomes a place where they can talk and ache and profess and yearn, slowly, slowly.
Sharing a room (with a siren) (with an open fire) is sometimes more than either one can bear. Baz wants more, but can't have it; Simon has no idea what he wants.