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promise me you'll remember by orphictemps
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
10 Mar 2026
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Ilya remembers his mother: through her birthday, her handwriting and the hopes that she had for him.
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does this feel easy? (cause it's all you'll get from me) by orphictemps
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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A graduation party - a clingy drunk Mike Wheeler, a happy drunk Max Mayfield, a sober Dustin Henderson and a hopelessly in love drunk Will Byers.
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“I had this crush. This childhood crush, but it wasn’t a crush. It was never a crush. I loved him, Mom. And I still love him and it’s so… painful. I said that I never wanted to fall in love because it hurts. It hurts so much, to know that he’s there and I can’t-” Will’s voice falters once again.
“Darling-” Joyce’s voice breaks, and she clears her throat and begins again. “Will, you throw yourself into every single part of life and it makes me so happy. The love that you have, it’s not going anywhere. You don’t have to be ashamed of it, that's all I can ask for. Even through the hurt and the pain that comes from loving someone, I just want you to remember to not forget why you love them, and why you fell in love in the first place.”
Will’s face is still damp and tears still threaten to fall and yet, his mom’s words wash over him like the first drop of rain after a long summer’s day.
“Was it the swingset?”
Will’s breath catches. Of course she knows.
A fix-it fic of Will's coming out scene, with a secret eavesdropper.
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Will and Robin finally talk, and secrets and lies are brought to light.
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When a noble visits Camelot with her servant-turned-lover, Merlin thinks he and Arthur may actually have a chance. But when Arthur uses the visit as inspiration to instead court Gwen, Merlin develops a tickle in his throat. Then a cough. Then flower petals.
Beltane is a time for celebrating new life and new births, but Merlin will be lucky to survive until the festival, since the only cure for Hanahaki is to have one’s love returned…and Arthur doesn’t love him.
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Bookmarked by orphictemps
19 Jun 2026
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Morgana ties Arthur's life to Merlin's, thinking that it'll be much easier to kill a helpless servant than the King of Camelot.
Aka, Morgana unwittingly binds Arthur's life to the most powerful sorcerer to walk the earth.
Aka, not only can they physically not leave each other's sides, but also anything Merlin feels, so does Arthur--and vice versa.
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Bookmarked by orphictemps
12 Jun 2026
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Fools' Day, the festivity where the roles of masters and servants are reversed for a day, against all odds marked a milestone in Arthur and Merlin's friendship. Merlin would have never seen it coming, but it brought about so many little changes in their relationship, all of them for the better. One year later, when the festivity comes again —alongside Merlin's birthday—, Arthur and he are not at the same point they were one year prior.
Now that they are closer than ever, will this year's Fools' Day still be as world-turning as the first one?Or:
If you happened to read Fools' Day and you ever wondered what happened with those two idiots in love after that day, here is your answer exactly one year later.
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- Part 2 of Fools In Love
Bookmarked by orphictemps
08 Jun 2026
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the proposal by archetypically
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
03 Jun 2026
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"If we're married,” he says, folding his hands over the desk, “they can't legally make me testify against you."
The first actual sign of life from her in well over a minute is a brief roll of her eyes. "I know what spousal privilege is, Dr. Grace."
Or: after the launch of the Hail Mary, a late-night idea that may or may not be ill-advised
Bookmarked by orphictemps
04 Jun 2026
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black jeans and a turtleneck sweater by teresa_agasgi
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
28 May 2026
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The burden of the Hail Mary project weighs heavy on Eva Stratt’s shoulders. Relief comes in the form of Ryland Grace.
OR;
Strattland’s first time.
Bookmarked by orphictemps
28 May 2026