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Lucien regards Essek. “You know I steal things for a living, don’t you? You know I’ve got a few dead men to my name, too?”
“I am aware of these facts, Mr. Tavelle. I considered them to be among your highest qualifications for this job.”
“And yet you came here alone?”
“...Yes?”
Lucien digests this. “Okaaay. Well, how’s the pay?”
“200 gold."
Lucien bursts out laughing. “Nope! Nope. Absolutely not. Do you think I was born last night?”
“I beg your pardon?”
“Lemme get this straight.” Lucien leans forward, staring Essek down. “You’re telling me you came to a distant kingdom, arranged to meet a known criminal in a bathhouse, and thought nothing of stripping nude for a parley—but now you’re telling me that you need protection for your meeting with some spook? You’re dangerous enough on your own, my friend. If you’re in the market for a merc, it’s because you are about to walk into some fucked up, unsound, insane shit—and I’m not getting flayed alive and broken on the rack for 200 gold. For 500 gold? Sure, fine, that’ll get you some light flaying, maybe a turn or two on the rack—but not for 200.”
Essek sighs. “Do you prefer it in gold or platinum?”
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mr. and mrs. vancarthen by manticoremoons
Fandoms: Love Island (US TV) RPF, Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
21 Dec 2025
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Two hot strangers run into each other in Fiji. Chaos and hijinks ensue, basically.
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His heart was gone.
His father had taken it: ripped open his waistcoat and shirt and chest panel and pulled the mechanical organ out carefully.
(In which the puppet loses his fight with the Nameless Puppet and time rewinds further than he knew it could)
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February 1752. The halls of Versailles shimmer with candlelight, but behind the gilded mirrors, shadows move. Count Théodore d’Alien is not a schemer by nature, yet fate has drawn him into a conspiracy too intricate to ignore. After overhearing a whispered plot against the king, he becomes an unwilling player in a game where trust is a rare commodity and silence can be deadly.
Exiled—under the guise of diplomacy—to the Swedish court, Théodore finds himself navigating a world of stark contrasts: restrained elegance, cold efficiency, and a different kind of intrigue. But even in Stockholm, secrets have their price. Caught between masked informants, political rivals, and hidden dangers, he must use all his wits to survive.
In a world where silver may turn to coal and poison lurks in the finest wine, will he uncover the truth before he becomes another forgotten name in the annals of history?
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- Part 2 of Historical days
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Slow Explosions by polyphenols
Fandoms: Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu | Legend of the Galactic Heroes
02 Dec 2025
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Boris Konev has known Yang Wen-li longer than anyone else. Yet he feels like the least qualified to have a place in his heart, and the least qualified to take vengeance when all goes wrong. A tale of irony, longing, and an undutiful man who was never invited to the banquet of history.
[Dec 2025 update: Act III begins. It can only get worse. See you next year (or maybe sooner?)]
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When You Wake by How_Deep_the_Grave
Fandoms: Agatha All Along (TV), Legion (TV 2017-2019), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics)
30 Nov 2025
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When Rio Vidal was forced out of the cult she had grown up in, she left behind most of her family and most of what she had known, including the love of her life: Agatha Harkness. For the next few years, she tried to move on with life in the outside world, but then one day, her past exploded into her present: the cult was shattered, taken apart through the collision of new leadership and outside intervention.
Now Rio has to help her sister and others settle into the world while also dealing with plenty of things she could never have expected.
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Beneath the Roses, a companion to Not All Dragons and Dandelions, from Morgana and Gwen’s perspective.
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Morgana has lived under Uther's oppressive rule for many years - she has learned how to hide, how to be quiet enough to slip under the radar and keep her role in the court. Her brother has been hurt, mentally and physically, but the last straw comes on his birthday, when his soulmate mark never appears. She worries for him, for his future in Camelot.
So when the new mute serving boy arrives in Camelot and immediately saves his life, it changes everything.
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- Part 2 of Where The Quiet Things Grow
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We Hide Our Hearts in Plain Sight by HyperbolicReverie
Fandoms: One Piece (Anime & Manga)
28 Nov 2025
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In another universe, another time, things go just a bit differently, and Donquixote Rosinante lives, albeit seriously injured and bedridden.
But with his son refusing to speak until he gets news of the boy he'd left behind, Sengoku is forced to locate a child who turns out to be far more trouble than he was expecting before Rosinante's reticence gets him court-martialed, or worse. Hiding a precocious child with a legendary devil fruit is hard enough. Hiding one marked for death by World Government order is another thing entirely. Doing it at Marineford itself? That's just the height of folly. And yet, this is what Sengoku finds himself doing in order to keep the peace.
But there are eyes everywhere in Marineford, and not everyone can be put off by a protective Admiral. Politics are well and truly alive in the fortress, and someone is always looking for an angle to exploit. The clock is ticking, and one wrong move might mean the end of a career--or a life.
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I thought I would write something which swapped back and forth from Ming Yi to Ji Bozai, showing their shifting feelings, and why they might have responded in some of the ways they did. Not finished yet.
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- Part 1 of Love in the Clouds
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When Sollux Captor marries Eridan Ampora in a peace arrangement, he knows exactly what he’s expecting — and the majority of it comes in the form of annoying the highblooded captain responsible for a lot of lowblood deaths in a time of war.
Somehow, against his will, things change.
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- Part 2 of Arranged Marriage AU
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Aftermath 20 by RJWPS
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime)
29 Oct 2025
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V and Judy go to the moon!
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- Part 21 of Aftermath 2077
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things off in shadows and upways in light by so_soso for rivervention
Fandoms: 安乐传 | Legend of Anle (TV), 暗河传 | Blood River, 朝歌 | Zhao Ge (TV)
29 Oct 2025
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It was a dark and stormy night, and Su Muyu was engrossed in the task of traversing the palace compound via the top-storey route.
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Bequest of Blood and Spirit by Karmic Acumen (Karmic_Acumen)
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins
26 Oct 2025
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Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychopathy. There is no world, anywhere, where the Dark Triad makes for a good leader. It can make someone very driven and effective at obtaining and keeping power, but only at the expense of everyone and everything else. Competence does not excuse evil, it only makes its damage worse, no matter what propaganda and revisionist history likes to say. In a world where everyone else up to the gods themselves is living with blinders on, a middle brother makes the only decision that makes sense.
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Oblivion's Wake by LeaderBlaze
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
21 Oct 2025
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"If you can't succeed, another of your kind will."
A land set on the path of Oblivion, with the deadly relics of humanity lingering underneath its surface. Set a fire in your heart, Cobalt! Find the rest of your kind and save the Itus Continent from the brink of annihilation!Series
- Part 1 of The Path to Oblivion
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Looking for a Better Tomorrow by PickledGuava
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
19 Oct 2025
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Vader has been in service to Darth Sidious since he was nine years old. He wonders if his freedom will always mean blood on his hands. He wanted to help people once.
Padmé has been a champion against galactic imperialism since she was queen at fourteen. She has never stopped being haunted by the sacrifice given to liberate her planet.
They stood apart like this, one in the light and the other in the dark, until the schism rifting across the galaxy forces them to meet on a stage set millenia ago. Love and justice both demand courage, and Vader and Padmé find theirs tested as they fight their way towards changing their galaxy's future, and to each other.
(Please be mindful of the tags. The M rating is not there for porn reasons.)
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Travel sparks old memories and stories are shared.
Road Map to Reunion: a series of connected stories written for Wingtober 2025. Eventual 1x2x1 with background 3x4.
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- Part 16 of Road Map to Reunion
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A Pretense of Matrimony by Kahori_Katsushika for TheGoldenGirl
Fandoms: Servamp (Anime & Manga)
16 Oct 2025
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Lily knows best, that much is glaringly obvious. So when he gets it in his head that Kuro would benefit from (much less enjoy in any way) a one sided marriage, what's a beleaguered vampire to do?
Go along with it until he can rescue his unwitting partner, of course.
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Heero and Odin find a way to get around airport security.
Road Map to Reunion: a series of connected stories written for Wingtober 2025. Eventual 1x2x1 with background 3x4.
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- Part 15 of Road Map to Reunion
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To restore his clan, Naruto is given the privilege to have any girl he wants as his bride... starting with his childhood crush Sakura, who submitted herself to be secretly trained as his sex slave!
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Operation Objective: Retrieve Odin Lowe's insurance policy from its secured storage spot half a continent away
Current Mission: Escape the city without being picked up by security forces or hostile enemy factions
Difficulty Rating: High
Number of Operatives: 2
Mission starts… now.Road Map to Reunion: a series of connected stories written for Wingtober 2025. Eventual 1x2x1 with background 3x4.
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- Part 4 of Road Map to Reunion