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A Relative Term by river_ally
Fandoms: Alex Rider Series - Anthony Horowitz, Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
06 Jul 2026
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After more than a decade of managing Tony Stark, Stark Industries, defense contracts, board crises, and the consequences of genius with no adult supervision, Pepper Potts thought she understood stress. Then she discovers that her estranged sister Helen Beckett had a son.
Alex Rider arrives in California with classified enemies, too many scars, and a lifelong talent for making every adult in the room reconsider their definition of “ordinary.”
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- Part 48 of river's Alex Rider Lovebomb 2026 fics
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08 Jul 2026
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In Song of the Lioness, The Great Mother Goddess speaks to Alanna in the temple and calls Jonathan’s coronation a crossroad in time.
But what if that isn’t the crossroad in time? What if the crossroads was earlier, or maybe it was later, or maybe there was never one at all?
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- Part 2 of a bad king
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08 Jul 2026
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King Roald the Peacemaker is a bad king.
An exploration of the ways in which this develops. Or: an AU where Roger of Conte wins, and Jonathan must retake his throne.
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08 Jul 2026
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all the little things by kitsunerei88 for the_indigo_child
Fandoms: Tortall - Tamora Pierce
20 Nov 2022
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Here is the thing that Alex would say, years down the line, if anyone ever asked him.
The roots of his rebellion didn’t come from Duke Roger of Conté. They didn’t come through his squiredom, which was dull beyond compare.
If anyone asked Alex, Alex would say that his decision to revolt was based on generations of injustice. Alex would say that the coup was him throwing his weight behind a king that wouldn’t wring every last copper out of his people—that while he may have broken his oath of fealty to the Crown, that the Crown had broken theirs first through their extravagant feasts, their unfair tax codes, their policies that reduced his people to poverty and kept them there. He would talk about the loss of his culture, and he would talk about how Duke Roger would have made them free.
But it was Delia of Eldorne who pointed out that loyalty to the Crown had never benefited the Hurdiks of the eastern hill country. It was Delia of Eldorne who first said: “This is not fair.” It was Delia of Eldorne who said, “With Duke Roger as king, we will be Hurdiks again, and we will be proud.” It was Delia of Eldorne who said, “We deserve better.”
It was Delia of Eldorne who said, “We should revolt.”
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- Part 1 of a bad king
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08 Jul 2026
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The Weight of the Standard by river_ally
Fandoms: Alex Rider Series - Anthony Horowitz, Tortall - Tamora Pierce, PIERCE Tamora - Works
02 Jul 2026
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Alex Rider wakes in Tortall with a dead boy’s memories and a traitor’s name, only to find that the standard he is expected to carry may be the first duty that does not feel like a leash.
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- Part 46 of river's Alex Rider Lovebomb 2026 fics
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08 Jul 2026