for one moment, the coral will stop whispering

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• close your eyes, love, this just isn't your story by hewbris

  Fandoms: Armored Core (Video Games)  

  • Mature
  • Major Character Death
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  17 Jul 2024

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • V.III O'Keeffe & V.IV Rusty (Armored Core)
  • V.III O'Keeffe (Armored Core)
  • V.IV Rusty (Armored Core)
  • Oneshot
  • Character Study
  • Suggestive
  • it's a little onesided i cant lie
  • the vespers belong in an episode of the office
  • Spoilers for Alea Iacta Est
  • implied flatwell/okeeffe
  • honestly this is kind of crack

  Summary

  Wake up, stay up, be what you need to be. O'Keeffe doesn't sleep, but he dreams.

  Series

  • Part 1 of for one moment, the coral will stop whispering

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,333

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  21

  Hits:

  220

• all my grief said the same thing by hewbris

  Fandoms: Armored Core (Video Games)  

  • Not Rated
  • Major Character Death
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  06 Nov 2023

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • V.IV Rusty/621
  • 621/Raven (Armored Core)
  • V.IV Rusty (Armored Core)
  • Carla (Armored Core)
  • Non-Binary 621
  • Oneshot
  • Mecha
  • Fires of Raven ending spoilers
  • fanon interpretation of 621
  • Canon Compliant

  Summary

  In the time before 621 leaves to confront Ayre, they let themselves grieve.

  Series

  • Part 2 of for one moment, the coral will stop whispering

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  951

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  39

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  642

• how to fold a paper dove by hewbris

  Fandoms: Armored Core (Video Games)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  22 Jul 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • C4-621 | Raven & V.IV Rusty
  • C4-621 | Raven
  • V.IV Rusty (Armored Core)
  • During Canon
  • Angst
  • nonbinary 621
  • Oneshot
  • it is very onesided

  Summary

  Rusty realizes, too soon, too late, that he is in love.

  Series

  • Part 3 of for one moment, the coral will stop whispering

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  744

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  26

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  348

• your greatest mercy is letting me hold you by hewbris

  Fandoms: Armored Core (Video Games)  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  25 Jul 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • C4-621 | Raven/V.IV Rusty
  • C4-621 | Raven
  • Ayre (Armored Core)
  • Handler Walter (Armored Core)
  • V.IV Rusty (Armored Core)
  • Mutual Pining
  • Complicated Relationships
  • During Canon
  • Friends With Benefits
  • Semi explicit sex
  • Angst
  • they will never talk it out i fear
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Oneshot

  Summary

  Rusty can lie to anyone, besides himself. 621 can't lie about what they don't understand.

  Series

  • Part 4 of for one moment, the coral will stop whispering

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,571

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  50

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  740

• of all things, you allow me this by hewbris

  Fandoms: Armored Core (Video Games)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  03 Sep 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • C4-621 | Raven/V.IV Rusty
  • C4-621 | Raven & V.IV Rusty
  • C4-621 | Raven
  • V.IV Rusty (Armored Core)
  • Original Characters
  • flatwell/okeeffe mentioned
  • Alternate Universe - Post-Canon
  • Post-Liberator of Rubicon Ending
  • Rusty Lives
  • semi established relationship gets established
  • nonbinary 621
  • Marriage Proposal
  • imagine living with someone for 5+ years
  • and not being sure if you're allowed to ask to get married or not

  Summary

  An eternity is a long time. An eternity is what 621 has resigned themselves to. An eternity is what Rusty wants.

  Series

  • Part 5 of for one moment, the coral will stop whispering

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,911

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Kudos:

  54

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  539

• too complicated; try again. by hewbris

  Fandoms: Armored Core (Video Games)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M, Multi, Other
  • Work in Progress

  30 Nov 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • C4-621 | Raven/V.IV Rusty
  • V.I Freud/V.III O'Keeffe
  • C4-621 | Raven
  • V.IV Rusty (Armored Core)
  • V.III O'Keeffe (Armored Core)
  • V.I Freud (Armored Core)
  • Canon Compliant
  • Nonbinary C4-621
  • Selectively Mute c4-621
  • Rusty number 1 clown
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Body Horror
  • mentions of gore
  • botched first aid
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Doomed Timelines

  Summary

  A collection of AC6 shorts under the same premise and interpretations of the characters. Tags will be updated with additional chapters.

  if you squint hard enough you'll realize this is mostly just rusty's personal clown show

  Series

  • Part 6 of for one moment, the coral will stop whispering

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,511

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

  9

  Kudos:

  44

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  695

• field test; hands on salvage by hewbris

  Fandoms: Armored Core (Video Games)  

  • General Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  26 Feb 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • C4-621 | Raven/V.IV Rusty
  • C4-621 | Raven
  • V.IV Rusty (Armored Core)
  • Canon Compliant
  • Selectively Mute 621
  • botched first aid
  • Minor Body Horror
  • prior to this Okeeffe fed him like the most abhorrent mix of space coffee
  • clocking into your war crime 9-5 with a headache and gay thoughts
  • congratulations on your concussion

  Summary

  It might have happened, then, at the old spaceport.

  Rusty gets to meet 621 for the first time, and gets a laundry list of injuries for his trouble.

  Series

  • Part 7 of for one moment, the coral will stop whispering

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,745

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  25

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  558

• i saw myself in a framed portrait; i did not recognize you. by hewbris

  Fandoms: Armored Core (Video Games)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  30 Apr 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • V.I Freud/V.III O'Keeffe (Armored Core)
  • V.III O'Keeffe/V.IV Rusty (Armored Core)
  • Body Horror
  • Body Dysphoria
  • Memory Loss
  • evil selfcest kind of
  • physical manifestation of the Horrors
  • ever tried giving advice to yourself
  • Character Study

  Summary

  O'Keeffe does a hair routine.

  Series

  • Part 8 of for one moment, the coral will stop whispering

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,135

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  13

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  122