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Letting the 6 foot tall god-like alien into his home seemed like something he should feel advised against.
Hell, there was probably an entire protocol for it, not that he would have followed. Surprisingly, Nolan was a decent guest. Cecil didn’t consider himself an above-average host–he was ill-prepared for the company–but still Nolan never once complained; not even after days of sleeping on a stiff pull-out couch that his feet would dangle off the edge of, or when Cecil would get so annoyed from his incessant questioning of everything during their nightly TV ritual that he would shut down completely and slink off to bed soon after without so much of a grumble.
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Cecil is tasked with 'surveillance' of Nolan after he lands on Earth. That surveillance turns out being Nolan--with no identity or resources--crashing on Cecil's couch, learning about humanity through cable TV. Cecil tries to teach him how to cook and--with a little help from Cecil's selective attention and the freezer-life of beef--instead teaches him about the biology, fragility, and blind tenacity of humans and their nature... or at least one human's nature.
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when in roan, do as the roanese do by ur_friendly_neighborhood_ame
Fandoms: 백작가의 망나니가 되었다 - 유려한 | Lout of Count's Family | Trash of the Count's Family - Yulyeohan
30 Apr 2026
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Raon, upon discovering Roan citizens' customs, convinces Cale that kissing the Cookie Crown Prince on his cheeks is the best way to convey gratitude.
Cale listens, unaware the information came from a fairytale picture book.
They both are clueless of the fact that what Raon read was, in truth, a romance manga mistakenly given by Rosalyn to the young dragon.
Alberu Crossman? He suffers.
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Among the Blue: Raiders of the Lost Fleet by bextia for beebee76
Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn
30 Apr 2026
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Part five of the series: Eli and Stent are getting ready to travel across the galaxy.
What begins as a straightforward transit through lesser space turns into something far less predictable when Eli Vanto and Stent cross paths with the scattered remains of a fleet that was never meant to be found. Drifting wrecks, fractured signals, and half-erased histories pull them into an investigation neither of them planned for—one that refuses to stay contained within the neat boundaries of a mission from point A to point B. The deeper they look, the more it becomes clear that whatever happened to this fleet did not end when it vanished.
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- Part 5 of Among the Blue
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I have heard stories about the bodies of Minbari prisoners retrieved after the war, and the strange cruelties evident in their wounds. Perhaps they, too, stopped fighting after a time. To believe otherwise would confer a kind of shame I have no capacity for here—pinned down against the deck plating, praying for it to be over.
A xenophobic attack leaves Lennier with scars his culture has no name for. Garibaldi's job gets complicated.
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What Was Never Ours to Keep by Bluemoongalaxy
Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV), A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
30 Apr 2026
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Lanna Rowan knew who he was the moment she saw him.
Not in the way one recognizes a stranger, but in the quiet, unsettling certainty of something that should not be possible. She had read the stories. She knew the names, the endings of many tales, and the way things were meant to unfold for the Targaryen Prince.
Baelor Targaryen was never meant to exist in her world.
And she was never meant to follow him into his.She should have let him go.
Instead, she chose him. She chose a world that was never meant for her, holding onto something she knows could change the fate of Westeros.
Some things cannot be changed. Some things shouldn't be touched.
Yet, some things are lost before they are ever gone.
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Jimmy Ferrero had just moved to America at 16 years old and transferred to an international school over Thanksgiving break. Despite the difference in their social circles and status, he ends up becoming friends with three of the most popular kids in school.
Samuel Pepper, Aubriella Wildes, and Justin Terracotta.
While Jimmy can't help but believe he's living the life of the main character in a cliche high school movie—the popularity and drama of his peers is what ultimately leads to his failure.
Read along as we explore and poke fun at the different points of view of these stereotypes.
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This is the chaotic story of an Italian man who finds himself in Japan knowing almost nothing about the country! He has to work for high-society ladies who become his new bosses. Often, he has to accept bizarre orders that force him to find creative solutions just to survive their daily whims. His brain is working beyond its limits, and his body is preparing for a battle he's never experienced before!
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red string (you're the universe i'm helpless in) by averagespaceman
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026)
30 Apr 2026
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Grace's favorite book is Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, and he finds himself returning to a certain quote. “Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.” In context, it makes a lot more sense, but it boils down to this: the universe is so massive that the chance of even bumping into a piece of debris out there, let alone another spaceship, is almost entirely impossible.
“So,” he thinks aloud, “how in the heck is there another craft out there?”
aka Grace and Rocky pick up Simon on their way back from planet Adrian, and they try to live, because what else can they do?
title is from venus by sleeping at last :)
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yuck! (now you got me blushin') by cinnamonsalt
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
30 Apr 2026
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He shuddered when Grace's fingers tapped the glass panes of xenonite that separated them one afternoon, or as afternoon as their journey home would ever allow. His tone was playful, and Rocky braced himself from where he was meshing two panes of xenonite together. They really did have more important things to focus on. “Hypothetical: When we get back to Erid-”
“If Grace and Rocky ever get back to Erid-”
“-you’re saying I’m basically gonna be a walking porno for your race?”
Rocky placed down his soldering iron. “Doesn't Grace have taumoeba tanks to check temperatures for?”
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An Unexpected Realization by acanfullofspiders
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
30 Apr 2026
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I stare at Rocky with dawning horror. “So, you’ve just been naked this whole time?”
“It is not a big deal!” Rocky says. “You were fine with it the whole journey.”
“That’s because I thought Eridians didn’t wear clothing!” I say.
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The Blessing of Greifenchan by DanceMaker
Fandoms: 本好きの下剋上 - 香月美夜 | Honzuki no Gekokujou | Ascendance of a Bookworm Series - Kazuki Miya
30 Apr 2026
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Second year at the Royal Academy has ended, and at the subsequent Interduchy Tournament, Ferdinand has been ordered into a royal decree marriage.
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In the Shade of Ink and Iron by cardcaptor_kanna
Fandoms: 鸣潮 | Wuthering Waves (Video Game)
29 Apr 2026
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Cartethyia didn’t expect to cross paths with Qiuyuan. She certainly didn’t expect the blind swordsman to read her breath, track her tension, or understand her better than anyone ever had. Across quiet pavilions, dangerous roads, fractured memories, and shared melodies, the two build something rare: trust shaped by rhythm, patience, and the kind of honesty that only grows in the space between words.
A collection of interconnected one-shots exploring grounding, recovery, Resonance, and the unexpected power of true friendship.
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Phight or Die! by averagechlorineeater
Fandoms: Die Of Death (Roblox), PHIGHTING! (Roblox)
29 Apr 2026
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A year after all the chaos, the government issued a new drop-off area for supplies in an old lab. The old lab isn't what it seems, and the civilians and killers are taken somewhere new. The Inpherno won't be ready for them.
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Phighting and Die of Death crossover woah
(small warning, but this fic is centered around headcanons I have of the characters)
((on a short break because of school :[ ))
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- Part 1 of Phight or Die!
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In a world in which Voldemort never existed, pureblood supremacy reigns supreme. And in this stratified and wretched world, two children meet within the hallowed halls of a great, ancient magical school. It is within these halls that futures are made — particularly that of a Muggle-born girl and a pureblood scion.
Within these halls, and within these two, the hierarchies of their blood-supremacist world are laid bare.
This is a tale of a boy and a girl.
A tale of figs and of wasps.
But most of all, it is a story about how love doesn’t save anybody.Inspired by “Lay Waste the Sky” by FreyaFallen
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Between Worlds Alien-Nation, Book Two: Revolution by Ssbsubjugation
Fandoms: The Occupation Saga - J.L. Williams
29 Apr 2026
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A Continuation of "Alien-Nation" Book One.
The Shil'vati have been humbled and a fragile peace between the aliens and rebellious state has been declared.
Now as the situation changes, humanity will find itself in the crosshairs as treachery and enemies both home and far abroad make themselves known to the victors. Will the peace endure? Can love triumph?
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- Part 2 of Alien-Nation
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Doctor Derrami, forty two, is the lead researcher in the struggle to save her species from an unknown form of mind control. Billions are being changed into unshakably loyal sycophants with radically altered morality, and they will not stop until everyone has joined them.
The one difference between Derrami and most of her kind is how terribly aroused she is at the idea of being controlled: she has fought against the idea for so long, but now, her time has come. After months of failed attempts to de-convert her test subjects, her laboratory is attacked. She is now prisoner, and only minutes away from a conversion of her own.
Thrust into a world of gaslighting, obedience, and sex, the tortured woman can only beg for help from her 'Custodian', Tema: a powerful and beautiful soldier assigned to guide her through her new life. Her master, her tormentor, the object of her newfound lust, and a relentless sadist.
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This is a work of what I call "speculative mythology." It's the shared, continuous stories of a highly eusocial people, and the many names that have emerged across the telling and retelling, translating and re-translating of these tales across many generations. It's bug lore, ant mythology, spec myth, a love letter to a people who never existed. There's Skith, who climbed. Akti, who ran. The two-tandem of Sett and Tattik. Rika, who went downward, and who dueled in the Serpent-Tunnel. The Small Colony, the Four Tree Colony, the tumult of Our Mound where no Queen lives, and the great labors of the Gods Inside.
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Luz was a human omega. The Human Realm didn't see either women or omegas as hormonal and hysterical anymore, but the Demon Realm never had! And not only did this new realm come with easy acceptance, but Luz actually had friends now! And magic!
Luz couldn't help but want to stay and build the nest her avian omega instincts wanted her to.
Amity was a witch alpha from a strict household. She had to uphold the family reputation, which meant she wasn't allowed to have actual friends. She was meant to be the perfect student and heiress, and nothing more.
Amity couldn't help but want to follow her feline alpha instincts and fight her way out, before fiercely protecting the ones her instincts had declared her friends.
How does their instincts pulling them together change their love story?
An exploration of what the show would have been if it had been in the Omegaverse.
… And if instead of wolf instincts, humans had bird instincts and witches had cat instincts. So don't worry! You don't need prior knowledge of the Omegaverse to read this!
Features snippets of Omega Vee and her snake instincts as she pretends to be Luz. And later Hunter and his mixed instincts.
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Under Alien Skies by TetheredThroughTime (ttkove)
Fandoms: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Video Game)
29 Apr 2026
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I was supposed to die.
He doesn’t let me.
Now I’m stuck on Pandora, caught between a life I don’t want and one I don’t understand—and learning, slowly, how to choose it anyway.Series
- Part 1 of Roots of Resistance
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Lilly was born with a mark on her wrist. Little did she know that that mark destined her to be the soulmate of the elven princess.