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In the grim darkness of the future, two friends who were parted by war and fate, have a small, meaningful private moment before the inevitable end of their paths
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Eruri oneshot
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The Commander of the Survey Corps and humanity's greatest soldier share the night before the battle of Shiganshina together. Erwin intends to die if it can help ensure the survival of everyone. Levi wrestles with that fact. But if they can just for this one night pretend that their lives are not filled with tragedy, they might choose to do so.
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In a perfect world, this would be the perfect night.
What if in this moment she wished for the night to never end and that the dawn would never come?
( Jill's point of view of the night before the final battle with Ultima )
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What Is Love (If Not This Fire) by AshesByMoonlight
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones (HBO)
29 Dec 2025
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He never expected forgiveness. But in the hush of Winterfell's godswood, Sansa Stark listened. If he lived through the Long Night, she said, maybe they'd speak again. He lived. She came to him. And nothing was ever the same.
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memento mori by rxiegray (walkydeads)
Fandoms: Gladiator (Movies - Scott), Gladiator II (2024)
27 Sep 2025
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"You want one more go at me before you toss me aside?"
"Not quite," Geta answered.
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Geta has always fought for power with only himself in mind. But when General Acacius is condemned to the arena by the same political machinations Geta has always used to keep himself a step ahead of his brother, he finds himself truly faltering for the first time. He cannot save Marcus. He cannot spare Marcus. But he can at least privately offer Marcus something the rest of Rome will never have a chance to witness:
The willing submission of an Emperor.
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- Part 2 of semper in memoria vives
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He looks out. Dark sky, scarlet clouds. Tries to put himself in Eddie and Dustin’s shoes. Pictures a swarm of bats on the horizon, getting closer, closer. Runs through all the imagined steps he thinks they could take—there, could one of them trip if…? They should give themselves plenty of time, just in case—
A stone bounces across the roof with a metallic clang, lands at his feet. He turns in the direction it came: Eddie’s climbing up, too.
“Admiring the view?” Eddie says.
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Eddie fights a smile as Steve summersaults into The Upside Down. He sticks the landing, because of course he does—looks up with a boyish grin, So?
“Think you’re hot shit, huh, Harrington?”
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When the morning arrives. by Otayuranidiot
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
01 Jun 2025
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“But it is my job as a hero — was my job as a father to make the world safer. I failed; no squabbling media can change my mind.“
Imai doesn't need to see the jaded look buried in Enji's eyes. He hears it plainly in the flame hero's words, his guilt over what brought him here. And yet, it stabs at Imai, and he hates that pain. Truly, Imai hates this ungentle world...
And maybe he isn't the best judge of character for this. Imai felt like that, at least because he couldn't even remember much of his own father. Plus, Enji didn't need to prove himself, at least to Imai, who had looked up to him for so long...
"Your desire to be loved, and your horror and fear of being left behind. If I may..." Imai throws his head back a bit with an apprehensive sigh. Here he goes, with Blackout whispering secrets into his ear like some spiteful nemesis again..."When you were needed most as a father, perhaps your obsession with work and being a hero blinded you. I don't know what I'll do with myself if I say something to piss you off again. If we go on another three month hiatus, I'll really wring Hawks' head from his neck..."“Let me show you real fear.”
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- Part 2 of Boy in the Grass
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Kilik tries to collect himself before facing Nightmare, and Xianghua knows he needs encouragement.
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- Part 4 of Miscellaneous SC Prompt Fics
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He’s never thought of himself as the possessive type. He isn’t, not really, and maybe it’s because it was Morrigan, or the entire situation itself, or the fact that he can still feel Morrigan on his skin, can still see her touching Jaemi in the low light of the room, but—the thing inside of him rakes its claws down his insides, howling.
“Tell me what you need,” Jaemi says, voice soft, pleading, and Alistair pauses, leaning into her touch.
He has an inkling of what he needs.
No, that’s not true. He knows damn well what he needs.
After the dark ritual, Alistair gets in his head about things. He wants to remind the Warden that she's his, and his alone.
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No Matter What by Moonlight_willows
Fandoms: Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia - All Media Types, Chronicles of Narnia (Movies)
09 Mar 2025
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There's really no need to get so worked up about it. Really? There's no way of getting home, no form of magic can work either. Jill only wants to fight in battle beside the man she feels she is falling for. Jill/Tirian One-shot. Based in Chp. 9 The Last Battle. May lead to full story.
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“Okay…” Steve says slowly. “What was the club?”
No matter what happens next, Eddie tells himself, at least it’s gotten Steve’s mind off recounting flambé supplies.
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Last Goodbye and Bitter Sweet Hellos by Aniella_Summers
Fandoms: Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Video Game)
09 Feb 2025
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When did this come to pass? When did these feelings, the ones that he pushed down deep into his gut, bubble up and start to fester at the surface? When did the thought of taking another to warm his bed, cause such a strife in his heart? This wasn’t meant to happen…this was sinful and devilish, thoughts of hellfire and brimstone should have kept the temptations away. And yet, there he was, about to throw it all away, the chance at a warm night with company, the chance of a future partner, the chance at a normal life. And for what? A mere thought of sin?
All of these thoughts swirled in Henry’s mind as he made his way up to where Hans was staying. This could be the very last time that they saw each other, Henry might not have been a knight from birth, but he knew the odds.
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- Part 1 of Learning to Love You Behind Closed Doors
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[podfic] like before it’s gonna storm by reena_jenkins for ChaosKiro
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Aug 2024
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Dustin’s running before he’s even registered his decision. “Steve!”
Steve turns around, and he already looks like he’s about to ask a question—something practical, like whether Dustin’s forgotten something—and Dustin feels a twist of regret, that that’s where Steve’s mind goes; yeah, they’re all ready for battle, so it makes sense, but…
Feeling suddenly very young, Dustin barrels into Steve and hugs him.
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Steve grabs the bag before Eddie can. “No, I’ve got it.”
Eddie glances at the transparency of the plastic bag: the outline of his battle vest pokes through it, neatly folded.
He sidesteps the rest of the group as they troop out of the RV. Steve’s still standing his ground by the driver’s seat.
“Uh, Steve, I can see what’s in there. That’s mine.”
“Yeah, but—” Steve huffs, still holding the bag tightly, and he almost seems… embarrassed.
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drag its private sweetness through my teeth by loveinhawkins
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 May 2024
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Eddie falls asleep in the back of the RV. Steve watches it happen in stages, after the stop at The War Zone—driving a little further out for a food shop, away from prying eyes.
He announces that the coast is clear when the roads become reassuringly empty. For the first time in days, he relaxes into the rhythm of driving: he’s triple-checked that no-one’s tailing them, and if it weren’t for the hastily bought weapons, he could almost pretend that…
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[Podfic] like before it’s gonna storm by ChaosKiro for be_brave13
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 May 2024
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Dustin’s running before he’s even registered his decision. “Steve!”
Steve turns around, and he already looks like he’s about to ask a question—something practical, like whether Dustin’s forgotten something—and Dustin feels a twist of regret, that that’s where Steve’s mind goes; yeah, they’re all ready for battle, so it makes sense, but…
Feeling suddenly very young, Dustin barrels into Steve and hugs him.
Podfic of like before it’s gonna storm by loveinhawkins.
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There’s something assured in how the kid does things, Eddie thinks. He can see how the years of all this shit have shaped him, have him flitting between maturity and earnestness: something born from a childhood that’s not been lost, just altered.
He watches Dustin walk with Steve Harrington in the woods—can read the shared history and fondness hidden in between layers of snark; they’re family, he knows that without a doubt.
What trips him up is that Dustin keeps looking back, keeps drawing him back into the group with complaints that he’s walking too slow, and his eyebrows are raised meaningfully, like he’s really saying that there’s room for Eddie here, too.
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Eddie throws the lighter with no warning. It soars in an arc across the field, a glint of silver in the sun, and Steve catches it with one hand, of course he does. Eddie remembers the running joke in the true basketball glory days, Steve Harrington, an excellent catch: in every sense.
Eddie would always act like the whole thing annoyed him, but now, as he watches Steve grin smugly, he can only be fond.
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Dustin’s running before he’s even registered his decision. “Steve!”
Steve turns around, and he already looks like he’s about to ask a question—something practical, like whether Dustin’s forgotten something—and Dustin feels a twist of regret, that that’s where Steve’s mind goes; yeah, they’re all ready for battle, so it makes sense, but…
Feeling suddenly very young, Dustin barrels into Steve and hugs him.