Tropical Fish and American Football: Tales of the Surplus Child
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Round and Round They Go: Three Happy Endings by AnonymousDandelion
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
12 Oct 2022
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There's a trick they do with one pea and three cups which is very hard to follow. Eleven years ago, something like it, for greater stakes than a handful of loose change, took place.
Three golden-haired babies; three sets of parents; one exceptional muddle in a tiny, out-of-the-way birthing hospital.
The trick has been performed. What remains is its outcome.
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OR: Switched at birth, Adam Young, Greasy Johnson, and Warlock Dowling ended up with the wrong families... but, maybe, they were the right families after all.
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Close Quarters by AnonymousDandelion
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
24 Nov 2022
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For a small shop in a small town, Tadfield Pets had a pretty good selection of tropical fish. Greasy took a minute to study the array. Tetras, guppies, rainbowfish…
As usual, his initial good mood at seeing the fish themselves faded at sight of the tiny, bowl-like tanks they were held within. There was hardly room for most of the fish to do more than float and swim in sad, miniature circles, periodically bumping into the glass walls surrounding them.
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(Or: In which Greasy Johnson needs a hug. He doesn't get one, but at least he gets to give some fish a good home.)
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- Part 5 of Flash Fiction Friday
- Part 2 of Tropical Fish and American Football: Tales of the Surplus Child
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New Aquarium Age by AnonymousDandelion
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
20 Feb 2023
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It was the week after Greasy Johnson had turned eleven. As a belated birthday present, his parents were letting him spend all afternoon at the public aquarium.
In other words, the day had been going very well. Unfortunately, he was in the middle of admiring the tropical fish display — easily one of his favorite places in the world — when the door opened to admit his sworn enemies. The Them.
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You’re Not My Dad by AnonymousDandelion
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
24 Mar 2025
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“Greasy Johnson was the same age as Adam, to within a few hours, and his parents had never told him he was adopted.”
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