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Marcus Tilman followed the red line because someone wanted him to. Nick Valentine followed it because someone else was watching them do it. The Railroad doesn’t recruit with riddles. It recruits by deciding whether you should be alive by the end of the day. But in the end, everything is about the choices you make…including who you keep choosing over and over again.
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He stood there, inconspicuous, confident, his hood pulled low over his face, hiding his eyes. His posture didn't suggest he felt uncomfortable or out of place. With one leg relaxed against the dirty, grayish-brown wall of the building and his hands buried deep in his pockets, he exuded a casual ease.
He's a dealer—the only one who deals in almost pure drugs. His codename: the Archangel.
When Evan first meets him, neither of them suspects that this is the beginning of something special. Something seems to connect Evan and the mysterious archangel, who hates nothing more than drugs and tries everything to keep Evan away from them.
Drawn to the archangel's freezing stability like a moth to a flame, Evan becomes the one unpredictable variable the young dealer can't control. In a gritty world dictated by addiction, violence, and shadows, they might just be each other's only salvation-if they don't destroy each other first -
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"Where I'm from, we don't spend our time bragging about how hard we are while standing in the shade. We just survive."
Maren Heikkinen was supposed to be finishing her degree, not navigating the Georgia heat with a pair of brothers who have the social graces of a woodchipper. To Merle, she’s a "feisty little firecracker" to be toyed with. To Daryl, she’s a quiet enigma who smells like the Northwoods and looks like she’s seen too many winters.
But the Dixons are loud, and Maren is quiet. She knows that in the end, it isn’t the walkers you have to worry about. It’s the choices you make when the stairs are blocked, and the key is out of reach.
In the Upper Peninsula, they call it Sisu. In Georgia, they’ll just call it a betrayal.
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it's no big deal (it might be a big deal) by doingstuff
Fandoms: Ouran High School Host Club - All Media Types
23 Apr 2026
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As a host, life doesn't stop or be put on pause.
And in Haruhi's life, she has to deal with the existence that is her period. It disrupts her life and she navigates it all as a host while trying to repay her debts. She tries not to make a big deal out of it but since every month it's worse, members slowly learn of her "condition" and try to help her out in their own ways. Some more helpful than others....
This is a fic of her dealing w her period and angst rising from her general mental issues she doesn't want to tell anyone. -
Outlaw by hystericaldoll
Fandoms: ATEEZ (Band), Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers) - ATEEZ (Music Video)
23 Apr 2026
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Red Water is quiet in the mornings, too quiet for a town built on whiskey, violence, and secrets. Valeria Vargas knows how to survive it: keep her head down, work the saloon, protect what little life she and Sofia have carved out of the dust. But when the most infamous outlaw in Texas walks through the swinging doors, survival stops being enough. Song Mingi, The Wolf, doesn’t come to Red Crossing for pleasure. He comes for blood and unpaid debts. And by the end of the night, Valeria and Sofia will learn that some men don’t just pass through towns like Red Water. They take what they want and leave nothing behind. And everything will change when Valeria meets Choi San, The Mountain, another outlaw.
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Summary: It'd been 11 years since Zuko was banished. The war waged on, and the avatar had yet to be seen or heard of. With no crew, no Uncle, and no place to call home, Zuko struggled to survive outside a war-tattered Ba Sing Se. Between the Fire Nation skirmishes and the muggers of the Lower Ring, every day alone had been a battle.
So when a ruffian group of rag-tag fighters came along, offering him a spot among the ranks and the shield of safety in numbers, Zuko was both wary and drawn.
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The story of Lifeline follows Marianne Gonzales, who unlocks her Hemokinetic abilities after a tragic accident that led to the death of her parents and the subsequent separation of her sister. Racked with guilt and longing to help people, she aims to become a hero that people can depend on.
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Zyanya Mondragon, known simply as Reyna, is the Queen of the underground in Radience City. After a year imprisoned, she returns to her kingdom ready to rule it as she once did. However, there is a new Jefe in town and things are not as simple as they once were. Wei Ling-Ying is a resident doctor, having worked hard to earn her place with her status. Overworked and underpaid, her stress comes to a head when one of her friends reveals their relationship with a local gang member. The two worlds collide with a devastating force, meanwhile violence and growing police pressure threaten to rip everything apart.
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After surviving his race’s genocide, Bardock leads a desperate rebellion against Frieza in a world without Goku. Navigating a reality where death is permanent, he must forge uneasy alliances and break his limits to rewrite a dying race's legacy.
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In a city where beauty is a blood sport, Delilah is a masterpiece of corporate erasure.
She was rebuilt into a patchwork doll: a living prototype of experimental grafts, porcelain-synthetic skin, and a fragile, clockwork heart. She is a prisoner of geography, tethered to the city by a range-limited kill switch—if she wanders too far from the GeneCo towers, her heart stops.
When she drifts into the path of the Graverobber, the city’s most cynical Zydrate peddler finds himself becoming the mechanic for the living. While he’s used to harvesting the dead, he now must wind her heart, stitch her skin, and shield his "Living Doll" from the creators who want their property back.
“She isn't quite all here,” I muttered, watching the blue pulse in her neck flicker. “But then again, in this city, who is?”
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Two centuries of radiation. A thousand miles of desert. One impossible cure. Cooper Howard wants his old face back. Lucy MacLean wants her family back. Hank MacLean wants to escape the havoc he’s caused. In a journey fueled by desperation and a "dead man's name," a cynical Ghoul and a hardening Vault-dweller must decide what they are willing to sacrifice to become human again.
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Of Blood and Fables by AllThingsRepeat
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Fables: The Wolf Among Us (Video Game), Fables - Willingham, Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham
21 Apr 2026
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In Gotham, legends aren't supposed to be real.
But when a brutalized stranger with wolf's eyes and old scars tears through a Joker hideout and vanishes without a trace, Batman and the Batfamily are left scrambling to solve a mystery older—and more dangerous—than they ever expected.
Meanwhile, Bigby Wolf, sheriff of Fabletown, has been stranded far from home, lost in a world where villains wear masks and monsters are man-made.In the city of broken things, even fairy tales bleed.
AKA: A wounded wolf crashes into Gotham’s shadows. Legends walk among broken men. And Gotham will never be the same.
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"Identity confirmed: Racheal Pace. Agent 44: 'Sky'. Welcome aboard, Ma'am."
In the rusted graveyard of Detroit, the idealistic ghost of America is dying a slow, cold death. For Racheal Pace—once known in the Division’s logs as 'Athena'—the fall of the city was only the beginning of her own disintegration.
Abandoned by the system she was sworn to protect and broken by the very Directive that promised order, she sits on the edge of an abyss, staring at the crimson omen of a Rogue’s watch. She is no longer a student, no longer a savior, and no longer a cog in a failing machine.
Under the watchful eye of a man named Lucas, and haunted by the digital rasp of a rogue protocol named ANNA, Athena must die so that Sky can be born. But in a world of bloody shadows and shattered loyalties, is she finding a new family—or simply a different kind of cage?
A dark, psychological exploration of betrayal and rebirth in the ruins of the Motor City.
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- Part 1 of The Division: Silence Before the Storm
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Strong Enough by Argentorum
Fandoms: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Anime), Parahumans Series - Wildbow
21 Apr 2026
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Taylor Hebert has only ever wished to be one thing, but in Night City it is harder to accept your own weakness, then to prove yourself strong enough to die.
A canon divergence where a different Main Character gets the Sandevistan, and a different world results.
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Talia Quinn didn’t come to Greystone looking for a place to stay.
She came for work. For distance. For something that didn’t ask too many questions.
In a world shaped by designation and expectation, she’s learned to keep her head down—another Omega navigating a system that rarely makes space for women like her.
Greystone doesn’t care much for any of that.
The docks don’t ask questions. The pub keeps its doors open. And the people—rough-edged and working-class—mind their own business.
That should’ve been enough.
But Greystone has a way of getting under your skin.
A meal you didn’t expect. A conversation that lingers. The steady presence of three men who don’t quite fit together—and somehow do.
Silas is quiet strength.
Fintan is warmth you can’t ignore.
And Callan… Callan is a storm she knows better than to stand too close to.She tells herself she won’t get involved.
Tells herself she won’t stay.But some debts don’t stay buried.
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Fateful Beginnings by ellesthots
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman - All Media Types, The Penguin (US TV 2024)
20 Apr 2026
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One journalism assignment stands in the way of you escaping the hellhole that is Gotham City—but after a frustrating interview attempt, you get thrown into a web of lies and corruption when you accidentally discover Bruce Wayne’s secret identity.
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In the summer before his sixth year, Sirius Black ran away from home, and he kept running. There wasn't anywhere in England that was safe. Voldemort controlled the Ministry. The Aurors were Death Eaters in disguise. If they found him, they would kill him. Eventually, he found himself on a pier in California, and the fear in his chest started to ease.
Remus Lupin wasn't allowed to go to Hogwarts. He wasn't allowed to hold a wand. In fact, he wasn't even allowed to leave the cellar until a burst of accidental magic broke the door open. Dark Creatures and Muggleborns were hunted, usually killed, and sometimes enslaved. He and Lily had found each other on the streets and eventually started working for the old man who ran the Order - the only resistance group trying to bring down Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Remus is a soldier. He goes out, he gets the job done, and he waits for the next set of orders.
And for the last two months, he's been on the sidelines because of an injury.
His next mission, one he can do even with his injury? Retrieve Sirius Black.
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Silence by Crimson_Star
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005)
19 Apr 2026
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"I expect there is no point in telling you that I, and everyone else you've put to death in your camps have all been quite innocent. This little show has nothing to do with Justice. This is murder!" The TARDIS team find themselves trapped on a planet in the middle of a violent coup. All aliens and foreigners are no longer welcome and have become a target for mass slaughter.... Fighting for their lives, and the lives of the innocents around them on a world that wants them dead, how will the Doctor, Nyssa, and Turlough save the day? Will they even be able to save themselves?
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The Belter Team by Rokudenashi
Fandoms: 니케: 승리의 여신 | Goddess of Victory: Nikke (Video Game)
18 Apr 2026
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A freelance commander, four specialist Nikkes, and a secret they weren’t supposed to uncover.
Commander Scipio traded the Ark’s comfort for a rugged life as a surface freelancer. Now he and his team of veteran Nikkes travel aboard the Amos, a weathered land frigate, through the harsh expanse of Dead Zone Thirteen. Living contract to contract, their main concern is keeping the engines humming.
When a high-stakes deal goes awry, Scipio and his Belters are thrust into an unexpected partnership that puts them in the crosshairs of brutal raiders, renegade Raptures, and the long shadow of the Central Government.A grounded, tactical action-adventure with inspirations from The Expanse, Girls' Frontline 2, and Firefly.
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- English
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- 1,541
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- 1/?
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One Spoon of Chocolate by Masson11
Fandoms: quentin tarantino - Fandom, One Spoon of Chocolate (2026 Film)
18 Apr 2026
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Malik is a man carved from shadow and steel. A former military "Scribe" and ex-convict, he arrives in the quiet town of Oakhaven looking for one thing: silence. But when he meets Ava, a spirited baker with a secret chocolate recipe, he finds a sweetness worth fighting for.
However, the past doesn't stay buried in the Southern mud. When his former unit leader, Vane, arrives to collect a debt involving a lost fortune from Kandahar, Malik must choose between the man he was and the man he wants to be. From the rusted ruins of a salvage yard to a high-speed chase through the blackwater swamps, One Spoon of Chocolate is a gritty, soul-stirring masterpiece of action, betrayal, and redemption.
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- English
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- 8,763
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- 1/1
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