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“I’ll ask again. Is there anything you want?” Historia asks.
A battle of wills between them, but Mikasa could never win against her queen. So this is how Mikasa falls: an autumn leaf, stuttering before its surrender to the merciless winter wind. A flickering stalk of grass to wildfire. Mikasa to Historia.
“…You,” Mikasa says hoarsely, the earth crumbling beneath her. "Just you." Always you.
“Then you will have me."
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06 Mar 2024
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It always comes back to this, no matter how many times you look away from it: you, and him, and the breath between you.
(A sort of 5+1 from Marion's POV – through childhood, the war, Candela, and whatever comes next.)
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09 Sep 2023
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Caleb must be a Duke for this mission, so that leaves Molly to be his... companion.
You may be wondering: is this the kind of indulgent writing that includes sleeping furs, large tankards of mead, and snuggling for warmth?
Dear reader, it is exactly that.
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29 Jun 2023
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“Kuroo-sensei is one of the greatest voices in modern Japanese literature,” he asserted, looking down on Tetsurou like he was garbage, while unknowingly singing his praises. “He’s put out a more impressive and consistent catalog at twenty-seven than most authors will ever achieve throughout their entire career.”
The air escaped Tetsurou’s lungs, exhaled with shaky, incredulous laughter. He felt himself leaning forward, propping a hand on his thigh, meeting those devoted golden eyes head on.
“That’s some high praise,” he remarked. “You must really like this guy.”
“I don’t like him,” Tsukishima snapped, offended at the accusation. “I love him."
Award-winning author and notorious recluse Kuroo Tetsurou is suffering from a stubborn bout of writers block.The only cure? One sharply-opinionated and godly Tsukishima Kei, who holds his beloved Kuroo-sensei's word as testament. It's love at first sight for Tetsurou, but his darling Apollo develops an immediate disdain for the obnoxious stranger intruding upon his book club.
Oh, if only he knew...
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- Part 5 of krtsk AUs
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24 Jun 2023
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After spending the months following the Rumbling hiding out in safehouses, threats on Armin and Jean's lives are growing more imminent. Clinging to their fractured relationship for solace within hostile and unprecedented circumstances, they leave Paradis Island to participate in political work overseas. While they grapple with how to handle the future, they must also learn to stand each other—and themselves—in new and unfamiliar times, in a place they've never been before.
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09 Mar 2023
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to the roots of something greener by museicalitea for BronAfterDark
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
31 Dec 2022
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It's been three weeks since the protective charms surrounding Orym were dispelled, and the curse sank its barbs into him. Three weeks since those agonising hours as bone grew and joints coaslesced and new wings tore their way out of his back.
Three weeks since he turned overnight from a lithe and graceful soldier into an ordinary halfling with too-big wings, stumbling around as clumsily as any baby bird.
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12 Jan 2023
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09 Mar 2022
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Akaashi turns Tsukishima’s right hand so it’s face-up on the mattress, tracing the lines on his palm that neither of them can see. He takes his time, smoothing the tip of one lithe finger from the base of Tsukishima’s fingers to his wrist, up and down the webbing of his thumb. Tsukishima inhales. Hopes it doesn’t sound as shaky as it feels in his lungs.
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13 Feb 2022
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Everyone has secrets. Noelle and Susie both do. But when Susie is threatened with expulsion and Noelle begins tutoring her, those secrets come to light, and things will never be the same for either of them.
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- Part 1 of Tension Points
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08 Nov 2021
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Jean and Armin move back to Paradis after six years of peace negotiations. Their new life back home proves challenging when they realize they know less about each other than they thought outside of a life of war and diplomacy, but it also offers them something that they never had before: time.
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23 Oct 2021
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It’s not August 7th in particular that sucks so much, Tsukishima explains, bored and dispassionate with his arms crossed over his chest as he seethes at the coffee maker as if it has, personally, wronged him. It’s more that it’s a Tuesday so it’s mediocre by default. It’s a day stuck in the frustrating valley between signing his V-League contract and getting to play. The weather is viciously humid, the heat unrepentant, the tar gluing the streets of Sendai together sticks to the soles of his shoes if he’s not careful to avoid it.
Oh, and that pesky thing where it won’t stop being August 7th.
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06 Aug 2021
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Forced to spend the summer at a lake resort with his mom and her new boyfriend, Kei is counting down the days until he can go home.
But meeting Kuroo Tetsurou there might just give him a reason to want to stay.
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21 Jul 2021
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After training camp, Tsukishima starts getting packages from Nekoma's Kuroo, and somehow it turns into a thing that Tsukishima doesn't think is strange at all.
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13 Jul 2021
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Sleepless nights and city lights bring together two broken boys in a suburban park.
It's only when they're together that they realize how desperately they've needed one another.Bookmarked by aster_rain
29 May 2021
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Asahi wants to be a Master Sommelier. It's the highest honor in wine service, and the certification would allow him to live the life he's always envisioned for himself. Too bad the certification test is notorious for being the world's most difficult.
Most people fail their first time taking the exam, and Asahi is no exception, but he has more difficulty than most dusting himself off and getting back on his feet. Enter Nishinoya, a young man who shares his same dream, and who believes in their goals so fiercely it forces Asahi to embark on a delicious and sensuous journey of viticulture and validation.
AKA The Wine Tasting AU that literally no one even knew to ask for.
NOTE You Do Not Need to Know About Wine to Understand This Fic!Bookmarked by aster_rain
25 May 2021
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When Our Paths Cross by Magnolia_Princess, xteamlibertea
Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan
10 Dec 2023
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A chronological anthology of the shared memories of Zeke Yeager and Pieck Finger, from their very first meeting to their very last. JikuPiku. Canon verse. Contains Manga Spoilers.
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21 May 2021
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our flowers bloom in winter by dreamsofyou
Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan
23 May 2021
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“You don’t play the God’s games,” his grandfather had told him once. Armin was young at the time, caught following nymphs into the forest at the chance to meet a demi-god. “The Gods use you as a pawn until you trip up, or they tire of you. Never forget that.”
_life in the underworld was a lonely one. jean ate alone, slept alone, and ruled alone. it was a fate he had accepted a long time ago.
then he saw armin.
inspired by hades and persephone.Bookmarked by aster_rain
02 May 2021
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Determined to honour his grandfather's final wish, Armin boards the Ship Sina in search of a new life. However, before his adventure can begin, he must survive the dangers of the ocean during the vessel's two-month journey across the Pacific. Under the disdainful watch of his bunkmate Jean Kirstein, Armin struggles to adapt to life aboard the eccentric ship, beginning to question everything as the wind leads him in a direction he never could have planned for. [1800s Sailors AU]
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- Part 1 of Wind in the Sails
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15 Apr 2021
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Sebastian has never given two thoughts to the writer who lives on the beach. He probably hasn’t said more than five words to him the entire time the man has lived in Pelican Town.
Elliott needs a muse. He’s sought a simple, impoverished life hoping to spark creativity. Now running out of his novel’s advance and time to get it to the publisher, he doesn’t know if he’s got what it takes to hack it.
On a cold, rainy night in early spring, two lost souls accidentally touch. What happens next is something neither expected.
Completed as of 10/22/21
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- Part 1 of Obsidian and Ruby
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30 Mar 2021
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“I don’t suppose you need help getting there?” Armin said. His gaze fixed on Jean again, watching for a reaction. His eyes were a stark cornflower blue. “I was actually planning on making the trip myself.”
Really? Jean wanted to say. The journey between regions wasn’t the safest, and Armin—a good few inches shorter than Jean was, thin as a rail, and with hands marked only by the callouses of penmanship—looked like he wouldn’t survive more than a day outside the guarded walls of a city.
He couldn’t disguise the incredulous rise in his voice, but he did say, “Oh, what for?” He grinned. “Planning on joining the King’s Guard yourself?”
(Medieval Fantasy AU: Armin wants to find his friends who went missing from Shiganshina some months ago. Jean wants to finish his knighthood training in the capital, where he stands the greatest chance of joining the King's Guard. He needs a navigator, and Armin needs an escort, so it's a good thing they're both going in the same direction.)
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28 Feb 2021