Missed Opportunities
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It doesn’t take long for Michael to work out that there’s something about James.
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An on-going fill of a kink meme's prompt: "Make a story based on this Shepard and Kaidan video."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaZrAa547Qo&list=FLS3XaG9vMy9dU_p7wQy8uVw&index=1&feature=plcp
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Set sometime after season 10. Daniel is finally ready to move ahead with his life but he's not expecting the surprise that comes out of Vala's room late one night. And he's not sure he'll ever get over it.
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Life is a series of missed opportunities; what if John hadn't followed Stamford to Bart's that day?
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Web I Weave by KuriKoer
Fandoms: Hard Core Logo (1996), C6D - Fandom, Canadian 6 Degrees
12 Sep 2012
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Missed opportunities
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Fortune's Chance by Cody_Thomas
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies), Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who
29 Aug 2013
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Seventy years ago Captain Steve Rogers missed a date, and now that things have settled a bit he decides to keep the date he missed and drink to the memory of Captain Jack Harkness, who turns out not to be as dead as records say he is.
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Sirius was brave. He was a Gryffindor. He could do this. He could tell James he fancied him. If only that Evans girl hadn't gotten to James first...
Sirius finally built up the courage to tell James about his feelings, but he might be too late. -
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Berwald had things to say. But he didn't dare say them. Not until they were all asleep, and he spoke them softly to himself. Maybe he didn't need them to hear, but he needed to say them. And so the sun rose and fell, just like any day. Words said and words not said came and went, and all forgot. As if it wasn't important to start with.
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Four years have passed since Jounouchi first left Domino to try and make it as a pop musician. Now, he’s coming home for what could very well be the most important concert of his life. Will he make beautiful music, or will he wind up hitting a sour note?
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A Renaissance of Human Emotion by epicionly for fiona
Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
07 Jun 2014
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In this story, there are far too many missed opportunities. Perhaps, there will be one more.
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Hi, I’m Daniel Castellano. Hi, I’m Daniel Castellano. Hi, I’m Daniel Castellano.
Like your angst with a side of angst, served on a bed of angst salad, with a refreshing cup of angst tea to wash it down? You've come to the right place! -
Tripping Over My Own Tongue Just To Ask You Out by PoisonIvy0212 for alixinsanity
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit RPF
30 Dec 2014
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Prompt from alixinsanity; Either Aidan or Dean attempts to ask the other out, and fails spectacularly multiple times. So will our boys get together in the end?
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Castiel is spending a semester studying abroad in Paris. He loves the food and the culture, but he misses his boyfriend, Dean, especially when they have to spend their anniversary apart. Castiel is awaiting a special gift from Dean, and his life is going to change forever.
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Countermeasures by Madalayna
Fandoms: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics)
30 Aug 2015
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A spy, action and romance story, but it's really the deeply angst-filled journey to Fitz-Simmons coming back together as friends after the events in San Juan. Throw in a mole at the playground, Hydra trying to take down S.H.I.E.L.D. in a big way, unresolved sexual tension, unintended romantic entanglements, and a few Inhuman comic characters: Magneto and his children, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and their other sister, Anya Maximoff.
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- Part 1 of Lost and Found
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The Doctor, hiding alone in a cupboard all day, takes matters into his own hands (as it were). [Ten/Martha allusions]
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“The hell he is. And you aren’t, either.” John replied. “Your eyes are red, your umbrella’s nowhere in sight and you called me John. Twice. You haven’t done that in years.”
Mycroft’s eyes widened. “You…”
John snorted. “You thought I wouldn’t remember? Didn’t remember a name like Mycroft Holmes?”
“Well, you never said anything.” Mycroft replied, fingers tightening on Sherlock’s shirt.
“Why would I? Not matter what we had, it was over the second I got my deployment orders.” John scoffed. “You made that perfectly clear.” -
The Man That Got Away by maggiemerc
Fandoms: Agent Carter (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
14 Jul 2015
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Angie and Peggy have a pleasant vacation all planned out. Too bad they didn’t notice all the spies, assassins and one very, very dead, but suddenly very, very alive Captain America were on the itinerary. Alternatively known as "the one where Peggy has to choose between the two loves of her life while fighting HYDRA and Tony fangirls a lot over the formative women in his life."
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- Part 4 of Fast Cars and Slow Jazz
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Time frame: Set some time after series 2 / ep. 8. Series 3 doesn’t exist!
Description: Camille is excited – her friend from teenage times is about to visit for an extended period of time, considering moving back to Saint Marie altogether. Richard isn’t particularly impressed with the situation. - Rating goes up to M for Chapter 13, just to be on the safe side :-) -
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Nino knew his chance had passed. Masaki was Jun's now, and he? He was no one's in particular.
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Camille says goodbye to Richard. A song-inspired AU about Camille and Richard.
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In Five Years Time... by sc010f
Fandoms: Cabin Pressure
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12 Oct 2011
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St Petersburg always feels a bit odd to Douglas, even five years on.
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Five times Odin almost told Loki the truth. Almost.
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- Part 14 of Author's Favorites
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Achilles is divine, near-invulnerable, and immortal.
Patroclus is none of these things.
But a god's love has power, and Hades cannot hold Patroclus' soul. So long as Achilles lives, so will he, over and over and over, endless mortal lives, endless chances for Achilles to find him.
Endless mortal deaths, and endless chances for Achilles to lose him.
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After OIF, Nate cut his ties to his former platoon. None of the men needed a sentimental ex-officer lingering around.
Still… his relationships had meant something, and one relationship — one connection — in particular Nate couldn’t just give up. When he used that thin strand of magic his grandfather had imparted to him and touched his dreams to Brad’s, he was secure in the assurance that the intrusion would never be noticed.
When he ran into Brad, eight years later at a conference for work, Nate was blindsided by the realization that his ‘subtle’ overwatch hadn’t been as subtle as he thought.
Or as one sided.
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Bookmarked by truth_is_hard_101
10 Mar 2022
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Dreamwalker by paintstroke | https://archiveofourown.org/works/29710509
After OIF, Nate cut his ties to his former platoon. None of the men needed a sentimental ex-officer lingering around. Still… his relationships had meant something, and one relationship — one connection — in particular Nate couldn’t just give up. When he used that thin strand of magic his grandfather had imparted to him and touched his dreams to Brad’s, he was secure in the assurance that the intrusion would never be noticed. When he ran into Brad, eight years later at a conference for work, Nate was blindsided by the realization that his ‘subtle’ overwatch hadn’t been as subtle as he thought. Or as one sided. -
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Joshua considers weeping. He considers calling his mom and moving back to America.
He considers how, last night, deep in the zone, hardly aware of what his hands were doing, he crafted three little clay dragons and set them in the kiln.
Now here you are, he thinks, and something like awe cracks open his chest.
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Riki has never been a good storyteller. He can’t tell you shit about narrative structure, dramatic structure, whatever the fuck Jay wrote his senior honors thesis on, so he’ll tell this story like a joke, and he’ll skip straight to the punchline: he likes Jungwon.
The set-up? Jungwon is Riki’s best friend, his ex-boyfriend’s best friend, and his archenemy’s ex-boyfriend.
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- Part 1 of LIKE/LOVE
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Bookmarked by meyakii
07 Nov 2022
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FUCK holy shit holy fucking shit this is so good
“I want to be with someone who puts themself first. Because—it makes me feel less guilty about doing the same thing. I learned that, because of him. I know what I want now.”
GOD I LOVE GHIS LINE. it’s so scary to have to face the future at a young age, and wondering “will i be happy if i do this?” and the guilt of not returning the effort someone puts into the relationship. that’s why he and riki fit so well because both of them know their worth and put themselves first. there isn’t any guilt about that between them. and even though jaywon had a lot of affection between them, sometimes it isn’t enough to keep a relationship going. hbdhakaja i felt so bad for jay but jungwon’s decision imo was for the best.
“Jungwon is his favorite person. Jungwon is special to him. Riki is afraid to lose Jungwon, but he is more afraid of passing up this chance, regretting what he could have had with Jungwon, letting their feelings simmer out until it’s too late, and they become a skipped arc which cannot be recovered.
If it’s you, Riki thinks, I can be brave.”
all the talks about what-ifs and alternate universes make me so sad because in some way wonki are similar but their relationships were so so different. one was bound to end up in disaster and the other had an opportunity to grow into something more. it’s the difference between choice and fate and it hurts
i love the whole thing with how riki thinks he’s moving forward but in reality he’s just running away, leaving people behind. we spent so much of the story believing riki is level headed and calm but as we go on, we start realizing that maybe he isn’t as put-together as he seems. and how the future can be as much of a burden as the past, and the last lines meaning that riki is choosing to enjoy and look at the present. this whole fic is kind of him finally turning around to face his past, with all of the flashbacks he has, revisiting certain moments when, before, he would’ve just said to move forward.
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those hands of time, these hands of mine by FireHeartAW for SportRayne (rayningnight)
Fandoms: Haikyuu!!
16 Jul 2023
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In which the opportunity for more slips like time between the gaps of Kageyama's fingers, until it finally doesn't.
“I would never expect you to go easy on me, Kageyama. I know you, silly,” Hinata’s laughter fades, drops into the bright little circles that separate them, marked into the carpet in reds and yellows, light blues and neon greens.
He knows you, Kageyama thinks to himself. He knows you, Kageyama’s heart breaks. Because does he know him? Truly?
Does he know how he aches? How the soreness in his chest has left an internal bruise in the shape of his heart? Does he?
“Do you, now?” Kageyama tests the waters of his thoughts out loud, and almost drowns in them as Hinata steps closer — no longer skipping, face bereft of joy, leaving room for only truth.
“Oh I do, Kageyama.” He says like a prayer, prods the holiness of it right into Kageyama’s chest with a short, tanned finger. “I know you and your ‘idiot one’ tendencies.” Kageyama’s not sure he’s even breathing anymore as Hinata blinks up at him — sunset warm, heart-achingly close.