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The Popcorn Thief by returnofthegray
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
12 Aug 2023
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Fitz didn't really want to go to camp. He'd only gone because Biana wanted to (his parents forced him to), and even then, the only things that made it worthwhile were the Volleyball Court and the snacks. He'd also somehow managed to become the leader of all the Odd numbered cabins, which meant that under No Circumstances, was he to interact with anyone from an Even cabin.
But on a hot summer Tuesday, he finds that his beloved snack has been taken away from him, and a note had been left in his place. His friends thought he had a secret admirer. The note claims that they want to be Fitz's friend.
So Fitz replies. He really enjoys his playful banter with the Popcorn Thief, almost as much as he enjoys it when the blonde boy from the Even cabins bothers him, a grin bright on his face.
But as the conflicts increase between the two teams of cabins, Fitz finds that associating himself with an even cabin member is getting riskier and riskier. His feelings for the popcorn thief have grown, and only continue to, which means Fitz has to make a choice: the thief, or his cabin. -
the spark before the blaze by returnofthegray
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
13 May 2022
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fourteen year old fitz vacker has a secret. he is a telepath, and has a unique ability to hear the thoughts of everyone around him- something that he’s never known how to explain, and has made him an outcast, even in his own family.
but everything changes the day he meets sophie, a mysterious girl who appears out of nowhere and figures out his secret within a matter of seconds. he discovers there’s somewhere he does belong, and staying where he is will put him in grave danger. in the blink of an eye, fitz is forced to leave everything behind and start a new life in a place that is vastly different from his own.
fitz has new rules and skills to learn, and not everyone is thrilled with his “homecoming”. there are secrets buried in fitz’s memory, secrets that other people desperately want.
would even kill for...
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Something to do with these sacred words by Solshine
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
11 Jul 2019
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Crowley confesses early, and Crowley confesses often. Aziraphale never knows quite what to say.
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21 May 2026
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Four times Crowley fails to cope with Aziraphale using a pet name (and One time he starts to get used to it) by TheLadyZephyr
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV)
08 Jul 2019
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"Endearment" (noun) - A phrase expressing affection. A word that you use to show that you love someone.
Six thousand years’ worth of countless iterations of ‘you go too fast for me’ have left Crowley utterly unprepared in the face of Aziraphale’s unguarded affection.
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- Part 2 of Ineffable Endearments
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let me feel your heartbeat (grow faster, faster) by thehoyden
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
04 Jul 2019
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Aziraphale saw him sometimes in all-staff meetings, sitting toward the front but off to the side, lounging against a wall. Even then, he’d had style—wings tipped in gold and face painted with gold flakes in the pattern of the first constellation he designed. He was amazing, and eye-catching, and it was no exaggeration to say that he did not know Aziraphale even existed.
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21 May 2026
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all i need, darling, is a life in your shape by deadgreeks
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
08 Jun 2019
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After everything, Aziraphale and Crowley, by unspoken agreement, begin sharing their lives.
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Why? Aziraphale wanted to ask him, why millennia of the way things were, and now this?But while Crowley seemed to have little issue upending every unspoken rule they’d ever written for themselves, Aziraphale was not so flexible, and they had spent thousands of years never quite addressing whatever it was this had stemmed from. Words, Aziraphale had always felt, were for bickering about where to eat for lunch, or hashing out ontological debates, or other trivial nonsense; there was no need to trifle with the imprecision of language, with phrasing and the possibility of being misconstrued, when it came to important matters if the other person simply understood, without needing it said. Six thousand years ago, when Aziraphale had met Crowley on the wall of Eden, watching the first two humans set out to begin the rest of history, something deep within him, more central even than his Grace, had thought, oh, it’s you, and that had been enough for him--for both of them, he assumed--for three millennia.
However much he wanted to ask, he didn’t know how. The words simply weren’t there.
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20 May 2026
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"As you keep pointing out, I've died twice," said Gansey. He was so bright that Henry almost wanted to look away from him, and so compelling that he couldn't. "I don't care what I'm supposed to be doing."
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08 May 2026