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When Minho moves to the middle of nowhere, to recover from the shame of losing the career of his dreams, he's sure that's the end of the line for him. With no job, no friends, and no family around, he will have all the time in the world to wallow in his misery before he ever has to think of what his next steps are going to be.
Cue Han Jisung: young, handsome, incredibly charismatic, and his only neighbor for miles.
Maybe life in a small town isn't so bad—except there's a catch.
There always is.
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In the small and desolate town of Waknuk, everything seemed normal to Kim Junseo as he grew up. Weekly Sundays to church where his father preached, proverbs plastered all over the walls of his home, prayers before every meal and bedtime. This was life for Kim Junseo.
One fateful day, Junseo meets a pitiful wounded boy by the river far from town. However, that boy was unlike any other human he had encountered before. In a society where any form of deviation from the human race was seen as intolerable. Will Junseo listen to the laws preached to him growing up, or will he follow his own heart and beliefs?
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Ксено было двадцать четыре года, когда он вернулся в свой родной город после учёбы в университете. Население в несколько сотен человек, две школы на весь город и столько же церквей говорили о нравах горожан достаточно внятно. Возможно, это и не лучший старт для карьеры инженера, но Ксено был счастлив снова стать частью этого цельного, предсказуемого мира. И настроение не портил даже дурацкий мотор, который стучал уже двадцать миль, вынуждая свернуть в ближайший автосервис...
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Bottle of Lies for a Troubled Heart by explodescutely
Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan, 進撃の巨人 | Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan (Movies), 進撃！巨人中学校 | Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou | Attack on Titan: Junior High
22 Nov 2025
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🫧𓇼𓏲*ੈ✩‧₊˚🎐
armin finally moves back to his hometown of arcadia bay, oregon. the place he grew up as someone else. as he begins his shifts at the local bistro, armin can't help but think the line cook looks strangely familiar... and hot.
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or, a Bistro Huddy Jearmin AU. Thank you to @kissjearmin on tt for this amazing idea!! jearmin rise jearmin pride
(title from the song "I Exist I Exist I Exist" by Flatsound which is SO JEARMIN CODED go listen to it!!!)
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Normal People AU. They want each other. That’s never been the problem.
James turned, slowly, as if dragged by something heavier than guilt — something ancestral. His hands remained in the pockets of his borrowed jacket, a gesture both casual and cowardly. The streetlight above them flickered, catching the edge of his profile like a sketch someone had given up on finishing.
“That’s not what happened.”
Regulus laughed. It came out dry and scalpel-thin, a single breath honed into dismissal.
“No?” he said. “Because it felt a lot like you were pretending I didn’t exist.”
James looked at him then — really looked. Not the kind of glance you throw over your shoulder to see if the past is still chasing you, but the kind you give a painting you’ve stared at a hundred times and only just realized was about you.
“We were with my friends,” he said, as if that was a reason and not an excuse.
“And I’m not allowed to know you when they’re around? Do you have any idea what it’s like? Standing in a room and having you look through me?”
There it was — not a plea, not a break, but something far more dangerous: a mirror.
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[ The lover's hand writes their wish by full moonlight,
In silver strokes and sincerity of heart,
Goodness and humility and wit, the traits that you desire,
Burn them away by candle fire,
And when the round moon rises and the night wolf cries,
Embrace the change and soulmate true, heart and mind. ]When Inseong receives a spell to summon his perfect soulmate, he's initially uninterested. He's not pursuing a relationship, and he's not like Youngbin, scrolling hopelessly on dating apps in the hopes of finding a match somewhere outside of their small town. Inseong is content with his life.
Until Chanhee goes missing, taking Inseong's whole world with him.
Nothing makes sense. His friends are distraught, the police don't care, and Inseong's only solace is in Puppy, the wolf he met in the woods that night.
Where is Chanhee? Is he okay? Why does Puppy seem to understand Inseong better than any person?
And, why does it feel like everything goes back to the full moon?
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“Would you want me to wear a skirt for Halloween?” Hao asks, catching him off guard.
Hanbin blinks, and suddenly the image is there, uninvited. Hao in a skirt. Hao in makeup. Hao looking like the girls Hanbin is supposed to be attracted to but never really is. The girls he pretends make his heart race the way Hao does when he’s near.
Hao would be beautiful. He’d look like a girl. A girl Hanbin could like.
“You’d look like a girl though,” Hanbin jokes, expecting Hao to laugh. He doesn’t.
The silence makes Hanbin’s smile falter. Hao’s voice comes out quieter when he asks, “Would I be pretty as a girl?”
Hanbin swears he’s straight. Then Hao in a skirt starts to mess with his locus of control. The nurse outfit on Halloween is the final nail in the coffin.
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Pining means feeling a deep, lingering desire or longing for something or someone that is absent, often to the point of sadness or withering. It can describe a romantic longing for a person or a more general sense of yearning for a past time, a place, or a lost object.
Builderman has felt that for a long time now, but was he really yearning for someone? or the idea?
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Builderman Just moved into his new house after retirement, the town he just so happened to move into being a cult surrounded around Telamon and the SFOTH swords
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Cuando la música se detiene by wildflower013
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
21 Nov 2025
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Katsuki e Izuku fueron inseparables. Eran todo el uno para el otro.
Hasta que dejaron de serlo.
Cuando Katsuki se marchó del pueblo, Izuku intentó no pensar más en él. Le quedaba aferrarse a su violín y a sus amigos; ignorar la partida de Katsuki, su mejor amigo, que un día simplemente decidió odiarlo y apartarlo.
Katsuki, en cambio, aprendió a callar. Sabía que la rabia y la inseguridad habían destruido lo poco que quedaba entre ellos. Él lo había destruido. Pero prefirió fingir que nada dolía y convencerse de que irse del pueblo le venía como anillo al dedo. El problema fue que todo siguió desmoronándose para él, incluso la música.
Años después, Izuku no logra procesar que Katsuki está sentado otra vez al frente de los violonchelos.
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When the Music Stops by wildflower013
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
21 Nov 2025
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Katsuki and Izuku had once been inseparable. They were everything to each other.
Until they weren’t.
When Katsuki left town, Izuku tried not to think about him anymore. All he could do was cling to his violin and his friends, ignore Katsuki’s departure, his best friend, who one day had simply decided to hate him and push him away.
Katsuki, on the other hand, learned to shut everything out. He knew that anger and insecurity had destroyed what little was left between them. He had destroyed it. But he preferred to pretend nothing hurt and convince himself that leaving town suited him perfectly. The problem was that everything kept falling apart for him, even music.
Years later, Izuku still can’t process that Katsuki is once again seated at the head of the cello section.
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The Stars In Your Eyes by Chinki_Chicken
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
21 Nov 2025
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Catradora 5+1
5 times Catra helps Adora and 1 time Adora hurts CatraOR
A glimpse into Catradora’s formative yearsNot a stand alone but can be read as one
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- Part 2 of The road not taken
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When Jeonghan ends up stranded in a small town for Christmas, he's offered a place to stay by one of the residents - a gorgeous, extremely handsome resident. Forced to spend time together, Jeonghan quickly befriends Seungcheol, leading to a holiday that might be more fun than he originally imagined...
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Everything always returns to Goseong. Seunghan did, Shohei will, his father could. Everything good about Sohee is in here, and everything bad is bound to be back.
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A Tinseltown Christmas by starry_pisces for dreakawa
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
20 Nov 2025
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Henry and his child get lost during a snowstorm and have to find shelter in the nearest town: Tinseltown. There they find themselves at the mercy of a very helpful handyman, who seems to not only know how to unclog chimneys but hearts too.
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Small town Naruto AU with an original character, an heiress that gets sentenced to comunity service in the coastal town named Konoha.
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Three years after his divorce, Tyler Joseph takes a break from his successful career as a reporter in LA to stay with his family for Christmas. Bombarded by questions on his first night back, he takes a drive and ends up bumping into Josh Dun, his childhood best friend and secret ex-boyfriend.
Can the fire between the two be rekindled, or will the prejudice and guilt that drove them apart in the first place continue to hold them back from love?
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essentially its an angsty joshler hallmark movie inspired by a taylor swift song because I'm feeling festive
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a light that never goes out by starryeyed-apple (MorningStarJoy)
Fandoms: 恋与深空 | Love and Deepspace (Video Game)
18 Nov 2025
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You thought that once you left your hometown, you were done with it forever. But fate has a funny way of working itself out, and your world falling apart drives you to return. And in the back of your mind, you can't help but remember him...
Popular without trying, without even caring, aloof and beautiful Xavier Shen. Who met your eyes every time you would sneak a glance back at him. Who never said anything when you passed him in the halls, even with the way your eyes were glued to his every move.
Xavier, your biggest childhood crush, who hardly knew you ever even existed.
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Felicity Parker had been called to the principal’s office far too many times—and that was before she started raising three boys of her own. Teenagers in the wake of their parent’s divorce don’t take too kindly to intruders upon their lives…even if said intruder is determined to prove himself time and time again.
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At the end of a long day, at the end of a draining week, John Price wakes to the sound of his car alarm going off. One teenager sneaking back home caught red-handed, a dented bumper, and a pair of weeping eyes from his usually quick-to-leave neighbour; John finds forgiveness in his heart.
He also finds a few other long-suppressed feelings bubbling over when he offers her a helping hand.
Or: a love story between the over-worked and the under-appreciated, with a generous helping of wholesome character growth.
(The spin-off of “Like A Tattoo”. Can be read as a stand-alone)
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- Part 3 of Station 141
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Sieun moves to a small town by the ocean when he is ten, courtesy of Youngbin—and the nose he’s broken. And though solitude has always been his preference, Sieun soon finds himself entangled with the boy next door, Ahn Suho, purely against his will.
But he is good at making observations. And one thing he knows for certain is this: Ahn Suho HATES him.
Though, little did they know, the ocean would bear witness to a tale of yearning, grief and loss.
Or perhaps it would mark the beginning of another.
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17:17 by Petalsing
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
18 Nov 2025
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Seventeen is an exhausting age to be.
Katsuki wants nothing but change in his life. Izuku wants nothing but for his life to be still for once.
A small town, high school, families, and skateparks unite them in unconventional ways. They both get what they want... sort of.