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"His knuckles pressed against the cold metal.
There was no reason he should’ve been anywhere near Inara’s shuttle this late into the night. Yet somehow with the whole universe thrumming outside Serenity’s walls he found himself right at her place of worship."
—After loosing a friend, Inara shuts herself away from everyone else. Mal tries to bury his worry. He fails.
(or, what eventually draws Malcolm Renyolds and Inara Serra together like an inevitable colliding nebula.)
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wear me down, it’s not in my hands now by intheoldtherebefore
Fandoms: Squid Game (TV 2021)
30 Dec 2025
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"A crime scene at the sink: evidence of where she had been before the dinner. Panicked, sweating, and attempting to lick her wounds. Gi-hun’s gaze traced over the red-smudged porcelain and the floor. A glass shard rested near the drain, a mocking culprit.
He turned away without a word of acknowledgement."
—Upon noticing Sae-byeok's wound from the Glass Bridge game Gi-hun promises to help her. For both of their sakes.
(or, Kang Sae-byeok alternatively dies in the arms of someone good.)
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"She had snuck aboard his ship and turned out to be more in-tune with Serenity’s soul than anyone else. She was a sweetheart by all means, the damn kindest girl anyone could ever meet. Yet without her there was no ship to stand in. She was their beating heart. And slowly, Mal grew fonder of her."
—Amidst torture for information regarding River, Mal swears silently to go down for his crew. They bring in Kaylee to sway him.
(or, Malcolm Reynolds realizes just how much Kaylee Frye means to him.)
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“Do I talk too much?”
“By whose standards?”
Title from Sick of the Silence by Mother Mother.
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04 Jul 2026
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Five times that Mike and Will were opposites, and how it didn't matter.
For StTwtPride2026
Day 2, Opposites AttractSeries
- Part 2 of SttwtPride2026
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12 Jun 2026
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"Do me a favor. Just leave me alone" said Saebyeok.
"You are the one who talked to me first" the 240 girl clearly had an extraordinary ability to annoy people—and never leave them alone. But maybe 'annoy' wasn’t the right word. Anyone else would’ve probably gotten punched after that much teasing. But there was something about this girl that drew her in, made Saebyeok want to protect her. Or maybe it was just the crazy situation they both found themselves in.aka
squid game au when instead of marbles game there's hide and seek from season 3. then it goes long after the games. jibyeok slowburn
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02 Jan 2026
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Robin and Steve are trapped in a tiny room hiding from the demidogs when the weight of everything Steve has been through these past few years comes crashing down on him. Thankfully Robin is there to help him through it.
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07 Dec 2025
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“Hi,” she says quietly, suddenly cowed by the reality of her actions.
She’d shown up at a drug dealer's house, unannounced in the middle of the night, months after the place was raided. If she had bothered to text, he would have ignored it like he’d been fucking ignoring her messages for months, or he could have told her to stay the fuck away.
Lexi can’t decide which would have been worse, both options completely undesirable in their own ways. At least she’d grown accustomed to the silent treatment.
“Lex,” he replies in that low way of his that had never failed to curl her toes earlier this year.
Still does, if she’s being honest.
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...or a post s2e8 au where the raid goes down differently and everything that follows.
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- Part 2 of your violent overnight rush ‘verse
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09 Sep 2025