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Were you Standing in the Hallway With a Big Cake, Happy Birthday by Cinicalamente
Fandoms: 妖怪学校の先生はじめました | Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita | A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! (Manga)
04 Dec 2025
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Isaburou bakes a cake for Yuuta's birthday.
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- English
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Manhattan, 1999. Forced to spend Christmas Eve coaching her father’s fiancée through a too-long labour, Rory is at her wits' end. Her afternoon gets a tad less dim when Logan engages her in conversation, seeking a moment of peace amidst a sister bringing new life into this world and a father who may be on his way out.
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Ivan's feeling of 'black sorrow', expressed in a poem.
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- Part 2 of Hearts louder on stage.
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The Nerevarine, the Thief and the Heroine by Henryspencer89
Fandoms: Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Elder Scrolls
04 Dec 2025
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This story follows the intertwined lives of Azarath, a male Dunmer Nerevarine; Bellona, a female Imperial Hero of Kvatch; and Laverna, her rogue twin sister. As I mentioned in my other story, I enjoy creating distinct characters with their own personalities and backstories, rather than self-inserting or making the character “me.” Azarath is an antihero; an assassin and thief who follows a strict moral code. Bellona is a traditional knight, devoted to bravery and duty. Laverna is a cunning and resourceful rogue, operating in moral gray areas with a code of her own.
The story begins as a coming-of-age tale set before the events of Morrowind and will time skip to periods before and after Oblivion, and possibly into Skyrim’s timeline, depending on where I take it. Laverna completes the Thieves Guild and Shivering Isles questlines in Oblivion, while Bellona handles the Fighters Guild, Knights of the Nine, and main questline. I like assigning different characters to different questlines to enhance roleplay and keep them distinct.
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Assigned to the Department of Mysteries after the war, Hermione Granger is tasked with studying how memory heals.
Her partner, Draco Malfoy, remembers everything — and meets the past not with denial, but with a careful kind of grace.
Beneath the hum of the Brain Room, two minds begin to test the boundaries between observation and experience, intellect and intimacy.
A slow-burn Dramione exploring containment, resonance, and the quiet work of recovery.
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- Part 1 of The Resonance Cycle
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Mira and Zoey have built a life together full of messy kitchens, late-night streams, and a love that’s loud, chaotic, and perfectly theirs. Mira keeps the restaurant running while juggling stress and perfectionism, and Zoey brings energy, laughter, and an audience that somehow knows too much about their lives. Everything feels steady — until Rumi shows up. Tall, stoic, and covered in soot more often than not, she has a habit of appearing at the wrong place at the right time, and somehow she starts to carve a space in their hearts without even trying.
Flour fights, shared blankets, awkward glances, and very pointed touches later, the three of them are learning that love isn’t always simple — especially when it comes in threes.
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Fire, flour, feelings, and very bad timing. They’re not always graceful, they’re rarely on time, and somehow every small disaster ends in a moment that melts their hearts. Welcome to domestic chaos with a side of pining.
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¿Qué harías si el mayor amor de tu vida, se termina volviendo tan suave y delicioso como un pedazo de “Red Velvet”?
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- Español
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Newly minted Slytherin prefect Daphne Greengrass catches Harry Potter out of bed after one of his detentions with Umbridge. What happens next?
Starts in 5th year with plans to go through 7th. 1000 word chapter goals.
Next Expected Update: January 2nd.
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Strawberry Crepe Cookie has never been to a fair before.
Custard Cookie III has, but he's relatively impartial.
They're there together though!
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- English
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- 1,148
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What would you do if the greatest love of your life turned as soft and delicious as a piece of Red Velvet?
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- English
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- 1,317
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Trinity has really started to look forward to the time she gets to spend with Princess and Perlah outside of work.
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- Part 5 of open wounds
- Part 4 of open wounds advent calendar
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It's Christmastime. Ginny hasn't spoken to her parents since the summer she left Wellsbury in preparation for college.
Maxine misses her friends, so she hosts a two-week Friendsmas vacation at her family's summer house in Maine.
It's the season of love, friends, family tension, and memories, old and new.
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“Please! I don’t care if I reek of desperation, as you so delicately put it. My job is on the line! If I go back with nothing, then there won’t be a job for me to go back to! So please, Miya-san, I’ll beg you one last time: Sign. The damn. Contract!” Akaashi begs.
“Over. My. Dead. Body.” Osamu shakes his head. “My business ain’t up for debate.”
Akaashi jerks upward, eyes flashing. “I’m not leaving Hyogo until I get what I want!”
Five minutes ago, this same guy called him stubborn and an idiot. Funny how fast self-righteousness crumbles when desperation sets in.
Osamu leans against the doorframe. “Well then,” he says, grinning wide enough to drip condescension. “Good luck house huntin’, city boy!”
Or: Osamu walked away from Onigiri Miya five years ago with no intent of coming back. Now, he runs a farm in the middle of nowhere committed to nothing but solitude. That is until a wool-wearing city boy barges into his life with a contract and the urge to get Osamu’s passion back! Can they pull themselves together or will their opposing views pull them apart?
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I’m tired. I’m always tired. I’m tired of trying to explain myself. I’m tired of trying to do everything everyone else does. I’m tired of trying to fit into a society made for someone who isn’t anything like me. I just want to rest. I just want to be somewhere safe…
When I went on this walk to clear my head, I didn’t think I’d be walking into a little cave. I didn’t think I’d be imagining a world where I don’t have to worry about so much, and then tripping and falling. The nothing is scary, and I felt myself call out to someone, someone who wants a safe place, too. Someone who will help me make one.
*this is my first fic, it’s gonna be all papyrus, and I hope it'll be okay lol
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Nothing is forever. Not even the center of the solar system. The center of KAJ.
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The story is set two years after the end of the series. At the end of a war arose in Reikai between Enma and Koenma, the latter becomes king and Yusuke, despite not being a detective anymore and living in peace on Earth, still has to go through his first problems as an adult and fight new enemies and opponents along the way. [Post-canon, Canon Divergences and semi-AU, updates every Thursday]
From the 18th chapter:
❝None of them could sleep, and silence dominated the bedroom. Yusuke tried to close his eyes to see if he could fall asleep, maybe make his soul return to Earth, but nothing happened. His thoughts overwhelmed his mind. Koenma, well, he couldn’t sleep by default; the times his body and soul went on full slumber caused him to profoundly sleep for centuries or weeks if he was lucky enough. Except when he lived with Yusuke and had to use one of his puppets to make his body tangible.
«Well, at least I won’t hear you snore» the former detective asserted.
Koenma frowned and rapidly looked down at him, «I don’t snore.»❞Series
- Part 1 of 因果応報
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A gorgeous poem written by my friend. I found it should be open for the world to see.
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“I just confessed to not being able to score,” said Ray. “That’s supposed to be embarrassing.”
“Personal relationships are not a game.”
Ray blew out a rueful–sounding breath. “You never heard of first base, second base, playing for both teams?”
“I’m broadly familiar with the metaphor,” Ben allowed.
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Distracting Detour by JayTDawgzone9999
Fandoms: ゴールデンカムイ | Golden Kamuy (Manga), ゴールデンカムイ | Golden Kamuy (Anime)
04 Dec 2025
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Hijikata is stuck waiting for Ushiyama to finish some unplanned business while the two continue a grisly hunt in what seems like a small, uninteresting town.
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The One Above All walked away. In His absence: the Celestials' avaricestic alchemy. Birthed gods from black hole debris. At the cost of suffering across generations.
Uatu asks Eternity: Should we intervene?
"Then look with me, my friend."
In shared revelation, the apotheosis of truth: they bear witness, and learn the meaning of love.
A theological meditation on Marvel's mutant mythology. What does it mean to love from a cosmic perspective?- Language:
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