ArbiterofAbsurdities
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There’s A Fire That Never Goes Out by ArbiterofAbsurdities
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
17 Sep 2023
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Himura Touya is a problem child who’s angrier than he realizes and is about to get suspended from his new middle school. To add to his troubles, this weird kid named Keigo won’t leave him alone when Touya’s just trying to smoke a cigarette behind the dumpsters.
With ex-investment mogul Todoroki Enji in prison and awaiting trial, his wife and children are left to fend for themselves and put back together the fragments of their shattered family as best they can.
Fortunately, life decides to put some kind people in their way. As they build a new community, they find healing and forgiveness among each other.
Modern AU with no quirks. No update schedule; I’ll publish as I write.
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Good Gracious, You're a Heart Attack by ArbiterofAbsurdities
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
15 Nov 2020
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Months after abruptly quitting his coveted residency position at Rexxentrum Hospital and falling off the map, the brilliant but haunted Doctor Caleb Widogast, surgeon at Alfield General, is taking steps to get his life back together with the help of his new friends. He's fine. Until the hospital's newest art therapist, Jester Lavorre, arrives in town, turning Caleb's world upside down.
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’Til our compass stands still by edenwolfie
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
23 Jul 2023
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After getting lost in Ghost City, Xie Lian bargains away years of servitude to the Gambler’s Den to help a man in need. He dons the robes of a worker and hides his face and life behind an enchanted mask, protecting himself from the city's denizens. Xie Lian finds an unexpected home in Ghost City before he ever sees the lord of it, the infamous Hua Cheng. When he finally does, something about himself seems to catch the attention of the Ghost King, slowly striking up an unusual friendship. Xie Lian must figure out how to navigate his burgeoning feelings, how to keep his identity to himself, and how to get over a ghost so clearly in love with someone else.
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- Part 1 of Compass + Extras
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10 Jul 2026
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the cat distribution system by ScarlettStorm
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
22 Aug 2025
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Wei Wuxian didn’t imagine acquiring a cat like this, nor did he imagine acquiring a fluffy white cat that, even covered in dirt and debris and clutched to a four-year-old’s chest like a teddy bear, manages to give the impression it’s judged his entire life and found it deeply wanting.
“Uh, A’Yuan,” he asks slowly, just in case this is a hallucination. “Who’s this?”
“A cat,” A’Yuan says proudly, leaning his round cheek against the top of the cat’s head, while the cat continues to look at Wei Wuxian like he’s wearing week-old clothes covered in food stains.
Or: Wei Wuxian gets a cat, and then a boyfriend, both of which are a surprise.
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28 May 2026
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It's like she tells Kaede: Lord Sesshomaru might not be predictable, but he's dependable. Any day now, he'll come back to the village and they can be together again. Right? A story about watching and waiting, almosts and should-haves, and what happens when the waiting is finally over. Sess/Older!Rin, other canon pairing cameos.
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08 Jan 2026
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“You do not wish to marry this man,” Sesshoumaru said.
“I promised him I would.”
“A simple slip of the tongue should not bind you for life.”
Rin picked at her fingernails. “It wasn’t--it wasn’t impulsive. I thought about it.”
She had thought about four motherless children who seemed to thrive when she gave them attention. She’d thought about a lonely man struggling to juggle his responsibilities to the village and his responsibilities at home. She’d thought about how Daisuke was well-liked, well-respected, and quietly pitied among the villagers.
She’d thought about how much lighter burdens became when they were shared.
And she’d thought about that youkai.
“You have no wish to be his wife.”
Sesshoumaru had never had this much to say about husbands and wives before.
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When Rin stumbles into an unwanted engagement with a human villager, Sesshoumaru's solution is to abduct her. Hopes quickly dashed that this is the grand romantic gesture she's been longing for, Rin will have to fight for her future.
What does she want, and what is she willing to sacrifice to get it?
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06 Jan 2026
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A Beginner's Guide to Seducing Your Sugar Daddy by GabzJones for XieLians_2nd_Strongest_Soldier
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 | Heaven Official's Blessing (Cartoon)
05 Apr 2025
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"From what I know of these kinds of arrangements, I'm supposed to provide financial support to you while you provide me with my desired level of companionship," Hua Cheng explained, "I'm not asking for anything intimate. And you're under no obligation to give me anything I do ask of you. I only want what you're comfortable with, okay?"
"Okay," Xie Lian responded, completely taken by this authoritative yet compassionate side of Hua Cheng.
"I know that you don't expect gifts, but there is nothing that would make me happier than buying you nice things and seeing your breathtakingly beautiful smile when you receive them," Hua Cheng grinned as Xie Lian tried to stifle the smile such sweet words elicited, "There it is. You wouldn't begrudge me such a simple pleasure, would you?"
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AKA: The one where Xie Lian seeks financial aid from a pretty older man and soon learns things about himself.
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- Part 1 of Sugar Daddy Chronicles
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25 Dec 2025