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Verso's smile widened, and Gustave knew with crystal clarity that the universe had a sick sense of humor. His Friday night blues had just become his Monday morning colleague.
"We've met," Verso said easily, still watching Gustave with those piercing eyes. "Haven't we, Gustave?"
The use of his full name was deliberate. Not a question, not a tease. A claim. It landed in Gustave’s gut like a stone, heavy and cold, followed by the slow bloom of heat at his throat where the bruises still ached.
He was so, so fucked.
Or: they say when you love a character so much you'd inevitably write them taking it up the ass
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The girl’s shoulders hunch again. An expression is battling on her face. Guilt again, and fear, and shame. And then faintly, in the soft turn of her cheek, commiseration. She watches Gustave for a long, sad moment, and then turns to a new page in the notepad. She starts writing something, and then stops, glancing furtively at Gustave before scribbling it out. On a new line she instead writes in big bold letters:
Maelle.
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Gustave is the local mechanic of Lumiere, an idyllic coastal village far away from the chaos and conflict of Paris. Struggling with his recent injury and the loss of a good friend, he's not quite prepared when a family moves into the abandoned Manor on the edge of town.
He's definitely not prepared for their children.
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The VHS had been passed around as some great wicked secret. Watch this, they said, and something terrible will happen. I wrongly took that to mean it was some kind of snuff film or unedited footage of some great atrocity. I assumed if you watched the video you would see something terrible. I didn’t realize–- No one ever said that. I was just sixteen and stupid and that’s what I assumed.
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02 Nov 2025
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Princess Starlight
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Maelle looks at the mirror shards scattered across the floor, a disarray of sharp and jagged pieces that can never be put back together again. "I know you’re not him..." she admits in a shaky whisper. Her tear-filled eyes find Verso, the blues and greys of paint starting to unravel the edges of them, mocking him. "But you deserve to be happy,” she says. We deserve to be happy, she means.
“I deserve to be myself,” Verso says, and it sounds like a plea more than anything else. The skin around his left eye aches, as if it’s waiting for his scar’s return.
Maelle sighs before she sweeps her hand through the air, calling for her rapier. It appears in a flutter of gold petals, glimmering in the dim light of the bathroom. Her eyes are cast in shadow and her disappointed smile is somewhat crooked. "Alright. Let's try again."
or: Maelle wants a happy end for everyone she cares about, and she will keep trying until even Verso gets it right.
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Safe In My Hands by porgthespacepenguin
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
03 Oct 2025
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The first time it happens, it's a complete accident. The times after that, well... not so much.
When the line between chance and choice begins to blur, Gustave must decide if he trusts Verso enough to put his life — and his heart — in his hands.
Again, and again, and again.
Or: Five times Verso takes Gustave's hand to protect him, from the world as well as from himself — and one time Gustave returns the favor.
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Verso didn't expect to meet his soulmate in a bakery. He also didn't expect said soulmate to be the only man in the capital unable to recognize the crown prince by name.
He isn't complaining, this is the first time in years he's been able to exist as himself and not as an extension of his family.
Surely, it won't hurt to keep up the pretense for a little while?
AN: This is the main story, all other fics in the series are bonus content.
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- Part 3 of Toile Déchirée
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The story is always the same. It has been for.... no one knows how long. Peter Pan rules Neverland with his ever changing roster of disposable Lost Boys, playing games a little too rough and a little too cruel. But, today, something has changed.
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with a pleasing sorcery by tortsillustrated
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
01 Sep 2025
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Once a year, when his rut begins, King Sephiroth’s courtiers lock him in the gaol beneath the castle, and the nation’s finest omegas are sent to satisfy his lust. Until now, no omega has ever survived an encounter with the King. The newcomer Cloud has a secret: his fae blood, which should protect him from even the cruelest and most vicious alpha.
But Sephiroth has a secret, too.
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Prompto was a beta. Noctis knew that. It didn't stop him from loving his best friend.
Prompto was a broken omega. Everyone knew that. It didn't stop him from loving his best friend.
Moral of the story? NEVER make assumptions.
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The cafe where Ignis and Gladio have lunch on Tuesdays isn't particularly busy this week. It's a good thing, because Ignis doesn't want to broach this subject where someone might overhear and report it back to the tabloids. "Tell me," he says, when their server has brought their meals, "has Noctis ever spoken to you of any…romantic inclinations?"
Gladio chokes on his sandwich, and has to take a few long drinks of water. Ignis hadn't thought it was that shocking of a question, but perhaps Gladio's misunderstood his intent. He's about to clarify when Gladio says, "He talked to you about Prompto too?"
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Fenris by TheHarvest
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
13 Oct 2025
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Jenova's death poisoned Gaia from the inside, and she withered away. Gaia rewinds time and starts over, again and again and again. Failure after failure leaves the planet desperate.
If the Hero remembers, so too does the Son of the Calamity. The stronger she makes her Hero, the stronger Jenova makes her Son.
To make a change that mattered, Gaia had to keep it small. Thirteen changes across eons cascade into differences significant enough to hopefully save the planet.
Cloud is reborn into a different world, a different Nibelheim. Joining a Shinra like never before with his two military working dogs, he's fast tracked into Public Security Forces. SOLDIER not even a consideration and out of reach for Cloud.
He makes new friends, different enemies, and attracts the unwanted attention of a silver-haired general all the while feeling as if the entire world is weighing on his shoulders though he doesn't know why.
Or: The planet makes a few changes. Cloud remembers nothing but feels an odd overwhelming sense of doom. He has two new dog companions to help him navigate his new life that seem to cause more shenanigans than actually help. And Sephiroth has a curious hobby of cloud watching.
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what with all the grief by Neffectual for thirteendaze (Thirteenthesiac)
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VIII
23 May 2025
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With a couple of years of perspective, court-mandated therapy, and a prescription for antidepressants, Seifer could probably admit that it would have all been a lot easier if he’d just asked Squall if he wanted to get his dick sucked, and put his fist through a wall if he’d been turned down. Through gritted teeth, admittedly, and not within the hearing of anyone who’d actually been there, but still. After a couple of beers, anyway. Very, very quietly. Maybe.
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Sephiroth is a noble knight, serving his king with (at least a little bit of) devotion. He is given titles and honors in return, land and riches he has no use for. He accepts them all, as he is supposed to. Despite his reservations, he follows every tradition too, even when he truly doesn't want to.
Meanwhile Cloud, after being forcibly taken from his homeland and claimed by the man who conquered it, has to understand this new life he's been forced into.
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it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe by iggys_henchman
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XV
15 Feb 2025
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Ignis pulls a whistling kettle off of the stove. Noctis twitches at his side, a threadbare sock tickling his thigh under a heavy knit blanket. Gladio must be nearby, too; Prompto can hear the deep rumble of his voice, sending a shiver down his spine unbidden.
Maybe there’s no one here at all.
He’s lying still enough to be dead, he thinks.
At least he can hardly feel the cold anymore.Prompto can take care of himself. He's mastered the art of it in the years he's spent on his own, carefully weaving a delicate veil of explanations for the prince and his entourage.
He can juggle his classes, his work, and the endless piles of bills in the entryway. He can get by on the meager scraps left for groceries when rent is due.
At least until a frozen pipe and an ever observant advisor make it impossible to keep up the farce.
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Bookmarked by freyathedark
15 Mar 2025
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it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
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Fragmented Identity by singleblackwing for MiKUSABBATH
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
02 Mar 2025
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With all of Jenova’s fragments destroyed and no more Remnants, Sephiroth spends years trying to escape the Lifestream.
Eventually, he transports himself to a new timeline where he possesses the body of that world’s Sephiroth.
Or that was the plan, but the man was not so easy to defeat. Now, Sephiroth finds himself sharing his body, trying to force him out of it.
Sephiroth needs that body to survive, but there's also the fact that the man is dating Cloud, which makes Sephiroth determined to steal his life.
This time, there will be no need for Sephiroth to turn Cloud into a puppet to get him to do his bidding. This time, Cloud is giving himself to him freely, ignorant of the darkness hiding inside Sephiroth’s heart.
But Sephiroth never anticipated that Cloud would be the one pulling his strings instead.
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Sometimes people love like an orchid - easily killed, and once picked it's gone. Ignis loves like a weed - even if you uproot it, it only comes back stronger. Perhaps that is not the worst thing. After all, not all flowers need sunlight to flourish.
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- Part 1 of Miles to Go Before I Sleep
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12 Feb 2025
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Just Give Me a Reason
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When the Crown Prince of Lucis almost gets caught sneaking around school after hours, he’s forced to take refuge in a supply closet. How was he supposed to know that this one was already taken?
Or, the high school AU where Prompto and Noct meet because they both get locked in the same closet.
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05 Feb 2025
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Close Quarters
dirtbagtrashcatThis is the one with the thrift store and the purple goons.
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Prompto is just trying to keep it together. But when he's falling behind in school, feeling like he doesn't deserve Noctis, and his electricity gets cut off in his empty apartment? His cheerful, devil-may-care image is breaking.
And Ignis can see right through it.
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Bookmarked by freyathedark
28 Jan 2025
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strike a match (make me disappear)
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breathe, breathe (your eyes do not deceive you) by ultalumna (yujael)
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XV
20 Oct 2024
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Once upon a time, a prince was born amidst a long war which prophecy claimed he was fated to end. However, in an effort to prevent the prophecy from ever coming to light, a man betrayed his kingdom and kidnapped the young prince, and spirited him far away. The king searched far and wide for his son, but the boy was never found.
Sixteen years later, rumours reached the kingdom of a young hunter who could use magic, a skill afforded only to the royal family and their servants. Convinced that the hunter was not simply a missing soldier, the king sent two of his most trusted men to find this young hunter and bring the lost prince home.
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Bookmarked by freyathedark
30 Dec 2024
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"Steven Grant Rogers," a voice said from somewhere near Steve's front door. "Professional inker. Maybe you'd like to explain why you're leaving us messages about our good friend Bucky?"
The redhead currently pinning Steve to the couch said, "Really?"
"Alright, her good friend Bucky. My tolerated friend Bucky."
"My phone's on the table," Steve ground out. "Grab it, have a look at the last picture."
The guy grabbed it, and his obvious double-take would have been funny if Steve wasn't being crushed into his couch. He held it out and the redhead peered at it. "It could be fake."
"That's right," Steve said, digging down for all the sarcasm that existed in his skinny body. "I scribbled all over my own thighs and took a photo so I could lure a pair of hostile weirdos to my apartment. That's how I enjoy spending my time."
"You know what this means, right?" the guy said, sounding deeply bemused. "Bucky has a soulmate."