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Paige Breleigh, a deeply empathetic young woman from an overly religious family, is befriended by Gabriel, a gravitational force of a person with a wicked sense of humor, a questionable past, and an insatiable sweet tooth. As their friendship develops into something more, the world around them seems to crumble. Secrets and uninvited psychic visions turn friends and family against each other, and a once-normal community becomes a functioning cult in preparation for the apocalypse. One fateful morning, the only person left that Paige trusts shows up in her room and begs her to run away with him.
Most of the first chapter is mainly setup. This is probably going to be multi-part with lots of feels and flashbacks, but watch out for silly bonus chapters!!
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Written as an AU to my other fic Hunter's Journal of a Runaway SeamstressSeries
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Day 1: Snowed In
Sven's first experience with being snowed in.
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The Rise of the Black Fox, Part 3 (The Fifth Missing Novella of Dark Genesis/Psi Corps Backstory) by pallasite
Fandoms: Babylon 5, Babylon 5 (TV 1993), Babylon 5 & Related Fandoms
27 Dec 2024
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A book covering the missing story of the Dexter Gang in the years leading up to the final Psi Corps raid on their base, and how Bester became the missing "baby of hope" for the Telepath Resistance.
Since canon has nothing but a seven-or so year gap between the events of the Remy Ligeau story arc (which canon never finished) and the events before Bester's birth, I fill in the narrative and character gaps using material that's mentioned but never shown/elaborated on in canon.
This includes the missing stories about:
* The undercover Psi Cop who tried to expose Rentech (the evil pharmaceutical company);
* Vacit and Natasha Alexander's quest to find the origins of telepathy (and find Vorlons);
* The Senate catching on to Vacit's support for the Underground;
* The events leading up to the Dexter RaidRated M for violence, language, off-screen abuse and messed up dynamics between characters, not because of explicit sexual content. Characters are stated as being in relationships but nothing sexual is shown. There is also a scene (from canon) where a child is rescued from sexual exploitation.
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- Part 230 of Behind the Gloves
- Part 10 of Dark Genesis Fix-It
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Home by RedBird1991
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
27 Dec 2024
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It's Winter Solstice celebration time in the Dellamorte villa. Rook isn't used to receiving such personalized gifts. Lucanis isn't used to his gifts being received positively.
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What do you do when you can't do anything?
When a sabotaged lesson plan infects Caleb, his colleagues, and their students with a rare and deadly disease, there is little to do but wait for a team of researchers to try and find a cure. But then, each moment seems an insurmountable task--avoid panic, take care of one another, manage their worsening symptoms, figure out who or what may have caused it, and stay alive long enough for medicine to be created.
There is something all too familiar about being locked in a Soltryce tower, trusting people who can't be trusted, and hoping death won't find you before morning.
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Cradled in hands of murder.
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Part 2: All Secrets Burn Bright by MisfitsandMayhem
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Dec 2024
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"By mid-afternoon, Mondstadt was in mourning. Over the last few years, the parents of nearly every eligible omega in town had tried to court Diluc Ragnvindr on their behalf. He was rich, handsome, powerful—‘the uncrowned king of Mondstadt,’ according to many—and single. One of those things had changed though."
Series summary: Five years after Master Crepus's death, Kaeya finds himself at Dawn Winery on a whim. What he doesn't expect is Diluc's sudden apology for the fight that broke their friendship. What ensues is a series of angst, shenanigans, and the reignited flames of romance that never quite died for either of them. Can they put the wounds of the past behind them and make their second chance at love work? And while the pair are trying to navigate their tenuous new relationship, will they also be able to stop the shadows that stalk Mondstadt...ones that get bolder by the day?
Part 2 summary: In which Kaeya makes some rash decisions while in heat, and Diluc discovers his staff are very good at keeping secrets…including from him.
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- Part 2 of Your Eyes Like Stars
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Flandre's Bizarre Adventure: Truth Behind the Hakurei Barrier by Kogasa_Tatara
Fandoms: Touhou Project
27 Dec 2024
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Following Flandre's memory loss after her encounter with her mastermind self, she finds allies in a strange town called Gensokyo where youkai and humans live. Each fueled by their ulterior motives, they decide to work together to piece together what is going on and what actions to take. Still, the further each one decides to explore, the more ugly truths rear their head. With more questions than answers, will Flandre and her allies be able to take on the masterminds yet again and figure out the mysteries behind their actions and the "base worlds," or will they be crushed by their self doubts and past?
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- Part 2 of Flandre's Bizarre Adventure
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The Misfortunate Sons by audkingston
Fandoms: Far Cry 5, Fallout (Video Games), Far Cry (Video Games), Fallout 4
27 Dec 2024
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After his life is saved by an enigmatic woman named Saoirse, a young Jacob Seed is given another chance and a purpose beyond the military.
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- Part 1 of Mother Seed
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dream brother, with your tears scattered round the world by coffee_ace
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
27 Dec 2024
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"Don't be like the one who made me so old
Don't be like the one who left behind his name
'Cause they're waiting for you like I waited for mine
And nobody ever came..."/
A retelling of Arcane from Sevika's perspective. From her childhood to becoming Counselor.
or, just me overthinking that one soft scene where she says "Let's just say I didn't always see eye to eye with my old man."
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Insidious by ElMaestro66
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
27 Dec 2024
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Not all monsters are born men. Some are.
Born into one of Naboo’s most powerful families, Sheev Palpatine has always played the long game. But when ambition turns to murder, the lines between ally and enemy blur. As secrets unravel and the bodies pile up, Sheev’s hunger for power threatens to consume everyone around him - including himself.
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An alternative origin story for Palpatine, starting all the way back when he is still in college.
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To Inherit the Night by Stillmarauding
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
26 Dec 2024
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Cecily Leclerc will do whatever it takes to eradicate Those Who Slither in the Dark, even if it means killing the man she's loved since the Academy. That is, until Yuri is captured, his life taken hostage for hers.
Hubert will do anything to help Edelgard realize her dream. No cost is too high--except, perhaps, the life of the urchin girl who stole his heart before the war, a girl Lord Arundel is hunting down with the rabidity of a wild dog.
A girl he wants alive for reasons Hubert has yet to uncover.
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(Based on 1spooky2me’s Fixer Upper AU)
Bill Cipher has made enough progress in ten thousand years of non-time in the Theraprism to destroy his protective shell of denial and lies that kept the past guilt from ever touching him. Unfortunately, that is about the point where his progress stopped: where he admitted to his mistakes, but not yet willing to try atoning for them. Why bother? It wasn't as if he could ever fix anything that actually mattered. And even if he did, he would be reincarnated into a very primitive creature with no memory of his previous life and wouldn't even be himself anymore.
Except outside and foreseen circumstances yanked him out of the Theraprism's dimension and dumped him back into a different and very familiar one. While also shoving him into a newly-created alive-ish human-shaped body.
The Axolotl decides to take advantage of the new opportunity this presents to see if "community service" and being productive would produce better results. He does want Bill to heal, recover, and have a chance at a new life.
And thus Bill ends up stuck working in the Mystery Shack for Soos. Right as summer begins and the Pines are due to return.
No one is happy about this.
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a civil war like this, it always sells itself by ambyr
Fandoms: Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
27 Dec 2024
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Swept up in the politics and violence of the Great Clan Wars, Ursa and Bo-Katan grow up quickly—but perhaps not quite quickly enough.
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- Part 6 of children of the war
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A single mistake defines the rest of Virric's existence, one he is poorly prepared for. He was an elf, after all, it had never really occured to him that death would not come from old age, but merely a poor choice.
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- Part 1 of Soul's Maelstrom
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New Orleans, 1929. Irish immigrant Catherine's dreams of grandeur and stardom are quickly crushed by reality. Now, she is simply trying to survive, selling all that she has left: her body.
While on stage, she catches the eye of the new landlord of the club she works at, the handsome, dazzling radio host, Alastor. He offers her all she ever wanted and more- enthralled by his charms and in her desperation, she makes a deal she shouldn't have.Alastor finds himself bored of his double life as radio host and serial killer, so he buys his old childhood home turned into whorehouse and seedy club just to keep himself entertained. While there, he meets a young woman so down on her luck, his boredom washes away in an instant as a dangerous obsession begins to grow.
Strangely fascinated by her, he is finally inspired to set his personal magnum opus into motion: planning and carrying out the perfect murder... -
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Matthew Botha, a South African mercenary, leads a diverse crew of hardened soldiers-for-hire who take on any job that pays, regardless of risk or morality. Their latest mission sees them working for the Central African Republic, manning checkpoints and patrolling volatile regions plagued by militias and corruption. As they navigate the chaos, their camaraderie, dark humor, and survival instincts keep them grounded amidst constant danger. Each member carries their own scars, secrets, and motivations, but together they form a formidable unit, proving that in the world of mercenaries, loyalty to each other is the only thing that matters.
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Tears sting Tommy’s eyes as smoke billows around him, clogging his throat and threatening to choke him out.
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#118dailydrabble — all drabbles are related and posted in order.
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part 2 of all i’ve ever learned from love (was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you (https://archiveofourown.org/works/59923375/chapters/152873926)
^YOU MUST READ THIS FIRST ^--
As Evbo fiddled with his suddenly-useless commands, EMF was hit with a terrible burst of deja vu. He hadn’t thought about Delta in… years. But now all he could hear was the mocking laughter. (When you activate a beacon, EMF, we come calling. Even if it’s only lit for a single second.)
The weird sense of dizziness accompanying a sudden deja vu trip didn’t clear, only increasing in interference. EMF wasn’t aware Evbo was shouting or running over as he fell to the ground, electromagnetic waves fizzing too loud in his ears and sending him to his knees.
“-MF? EMF! I’m getting two frames a second. Please answer me.”
Stars crashed across EMF's vision, supernovas leaving calling cards, quasars shaking universes apart. He inhaled sharply. “I think… we activated a beacon.”
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tl;dr full EMF backstory, seawatt gay panic over two people who are unfortunately dating each other, princezam is added to this universe, and TRUE POLYKOUR ENDGAME is achieved!!
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- Part 2 of all i ever learned from love
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The Wammy's House, an orphanage responsible for shaping young minds from broken homes into successors of L, uses rigorous training and has given the successor program a formidable reputation for mental degradation and identity crisis.
Following the failures of A and B, Near, Mello, Matt, and now You, have entered the ring as potential candidates to take L's place.
Navigate as a Wammy’s successor through the eyes of Beyond Birthday's only daughter, testing the characters' true nature under pressure and the consequences of their upbringing.
Under immense pressure, the call for insanity was almost indisputable. We as humans, as children, were destructible.
B could happen again.