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Dunlark Hall is a beautiful heritage building housing equally beautiful apartments, nestled in a convenient location of a university city at a suspiciously reasonable price. It didn't take much to convince yourself to move in.
The walls were paper thin, but your next door neighbour was quiet. That was, until a loudmouthed blonde moved in with him.
You tried to ignore him. You really did.
But one morning you walked out of your apartment to see him passed out in the hall, slumped against the locked door of the apartment next door, and you start to realise...
He's not so easy to ignore.
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{Waterboy hiccupped, pressing his grip more tightly into his arms. Rough scratches were already turning into welts on his skin. Finally, he sat up. His lower abdomen heaved harshly, a few stretch marks webbing a slight pouch. Before Robert could begin to come to the conclusion himself, Waterboy opened his legs, whimpering. When Robert looked down, he could see a head emerging from him.
His ears began to ring so loudly that he can barely hear Waterboy sobbing beside him. He couldn't force himself not to freeze this time, staring at the head and back at Waterboy's tear and water soaked face. He tried to speak, but his voice only came out in erratic bursts.
“You- but we only- it's been- I’m not-”}
Things happen quickly sometimes. One minute, you're waking up regretting a one night stand, the next minute, you're in the NICU staring down your future. Robert and Waterboy try to figure out their relationship, parenthood, and maybe fall in love along the way. It's messy, but worth it in the end.
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a lit torch to the woodpile high by mabledonut
Fandoms: Gachiakuta (Anime), Gachiakuta (Manga)
05 May 2026
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…I lost.
Zanka slipped in and out of focus, the smell of rot and poison thick in the cavernous air around him.
I lost.
The two words resonated in his head, in his core, in the stinging of his wounded leg and abdomen, over and over and over again.
I lost.
Above him, Jabber loomed over his shoulders, smiling with glee and dancing gracefully from foot to foot and messing around with Zanka’s beloved Assistaff while Zanka lay helpless on the ground, unable to so much as roll over.
…I lost.
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summoned into a world of fantasy as the summoned 'hero' our protagonist Ren Saito fights demons and other treats, trying to be the best version of him self but something is holding him down, start reading to find out what happens!
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Life as an Idolized Chimera (Name by u/Immediate_Depth2681 on Reddit) by DiamondLuigi23
Fandoms: Vocaloid, UTAU (Audio Database), Synthesizer V, Voicepeak (Audio Database)
04 May 2026
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The tale following the lives of Kasane Teto and her friends as they go through great challenges together!
In this universe, the songs they sing are just performances, not reality! This tale essentially shows their lives between performances, as well as how the songs affect them as people!
I hope you enjoy this little saga!
Update: Chapters 26-30 have been added!
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Marc souffre depuis quelques temps avec la nourriture. Il a une rechute juste avant un soir de patrouille, que va-t-il dire à Nath?
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Nath et Marc s’entraident quotidiennement pendant des moments plus brusques, que ce soit physiquement ou mentalement.
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“I don’t even know your name!” Pyro argued, unable to comprehend what the hell was happening to them. Being rescued from his familiar torment by some mysterious and undeniably hot guy in an alleyway was decidedly not part of his evening routine.
“Name’s Abolish,” Abolish took Pyro’s hand, shaking it firmly before pulling a piece of paper and a pen from his pocket. Quickly, he scribbled something on the paper before pushing it into his still-extended hand, “if that guy’s a regular problem, I live this same way. Let me know…I could walk with you. See you around.”
Or: After a chance encounter in an alleyway, Pyro finds himself growing close to a rather mysterious classmate.
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Basically insight into what happened during the Byers time in Lenora leading up to the time skip between season 4 to 5 and a season 5 rewrite! Everything for season 4 insight will be the Byers time in California up to the rink o mania situation, then we go to what happened between the Byers returning to Hawkins and season 5 using all povs, the that leads up to a rewrite of season 5! Anyways please enjoy and I have some other stranger things fanfics too! Fair warning I changed Mike’s birthday to November and El’s to January for continuation purposes!
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Boys don't cry. by iamemor26
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
05 May 2026
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Casey Jones is a mess, he feels alone, he feels weak, and collectively he just feels too much. He doesn't want anyone to know however, because boys don't cry, especially boys like Casey.
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“If this were to work, we would have to appear to be more than just amicable. We would be spending copious amounts of time together.”
Jungwon chuckles. “I do not see how that is a drawback. I believe after such an agreement, we can consider ourselves friends.”
“Friends who appear to be madly in love?” Riki jests, a soft laugh escaping his lips.
“I have found that the healthiest of mates are friends in love,” Jungwon says almost conspirately in nature. He slowly closes the distance between the two of them. Up close and without the sea of nauseating scents, Riki can smell Jungwon clearly: amber, vanilla, and a hint of patchouli. The scent wraps around him like a warm hug and melts him from the inside out. He has never smelled anything like it.
“Do we have an agreement, Mr. Nishimura?”
After five seasons with no prospects, Riki Nishimura is nothing more than a spinster in the eyes of the ton. Faced with an undesirable arranged marriage, Riki finds help in the most unlikely sources: Jungwon Yang, the Duke of Montrose, and the Season's most eligible bachelor.
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[Podfic of] there is no 'try' by itsthechocopuff by Vtas
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
05 May 2026
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Podfic of there is no 'try' by itsthechocopuff
Original summary"When Obi-Wan dies by Anakin's hand, he expects that to be the end.
It is not.
When he opens his eyes again, all of thirteen but with forty extra years of experience, not even the dust, dread, and death on Melidaan can stand in his way. Obi-Wan had seen the worst that the galaxy had to offer twice over - he'll be damned if he lets everything happen the same way for the second time.
Enter one Jedi Master Yan Dooku, the lynchpin to so many of the galaxy's darkest turns in the future-that-was. Torn between a Master who doesn't seem to want him and a man wearing the face of the Sith who had once tortured him, Obi-Wan makes a choice.
Everything changes.
[alt: the chronological compilation of all the 'do or do not' snippets and ficlets]"
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- Part 2 of [Podfic of] do or do not
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you anchor me back down by Sneakyfox55 for Blupani_Lov3r
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
05 May 2026
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Some would say Caine is a ticking time bomb, just waiting to blow up one day, and taking everyone with it.
...This, of course, is only mostly true.
But! He's gotten better at that at regulating his emotions and taking feedback!
(Even if they still say he's too loud and too much and annoying, and complain about wanting to leave.)
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At least there's still someone that likes him just the way he is.
And, his opinion is the only one that really matters, anyway.
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- Part 3 of Father And Son
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In the Hazbin Hotel Universe, Lilith and Adam were once Humanity's first married couple, but would never have children. And across infinity, that would remain an almost immovable fact. But in a few infinitesimally small number of universes, this was different. Lilith had once been Adam's first wife, and together both of them would have a single child together.
This child would come to be known as "The First Son" to all who did not know him.
(Long build up to the main character reveal)
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Honeyyy, I'm Home! by alls_fair_in_nerdy_and_fandom
Fandoms: The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series)
05 May 2026
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A new person enters the circus, someone perhaps better equipped to understand Caine than most of the other circus inhabitants. Between her computer science background and a familiarity with feeling like a failure, Buzzy knows how Caine feels as he desperately tries to fulfill his purpose. Maybe the two of them can make the circus into a home instead of a torture chamber.
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It’s the summer after your senior year, all of your friends left Hawkins leaving you behind. You are determined to not let your gap year before college go to waste. You planned to work the summer away, until you met Eddie.
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Ghost of a Chance by jesus_loving_writer_girl
Fandoms: Big Hero 6: The Series (Cartoon), Big Hero 6 (2014), Big Hero 6 (Comics), SUBJECT 701, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
05 May 2026
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Touching down on this planet wasn't Midnight's plan. Nor was getting kidnapped by a guy that's supposed to be dead. But since NOTHING has gone right since at least a year ago, it's not a huge surprise!
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the time Obake got kidnapped too--and actually had a conversation!
part of a larger narrative that I've been working on for the better part of a decade :)
TW: blood, medical restraints, general fear (flashback mostly, I haven't decided yet)
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- Part 3 of In Her Orbit
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safe and sound | even if the sky is falling down, i know that we'll be safe and sound by DancingShadows9174
Fandoms: Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo
05 May 2026
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Kaz sucks at emotions. This is news to no one. So the idea that he would need to continue going to therapy despite his therapist moving isn’t a wildly unpredictable one.
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Kaz tries to find a new therapist now that Specht has moved. It’s a bit of a rocky ride.
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Talking Body by chaoticgoodlawyer
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
05 May 2026
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“I don’t want you to lie. That’s not who you are.”
Shane Hollander was a consummate liar, and the twisted irony of his mom’s baffled statement told him more than anything that he needed to tighten up. He was done with messing around, done with letting people down, done with indulgences that he couldn’t afford. The path before him was clear; all he had to do was walk it.
(This, he would acknowledge later, was the biggest lie of all.)
OR: Shane learned how to lie with his words and stillness. Unfortunately his body speaks a language of its own, and it's one Ilya Rozanov never needed a translator for. As Rozanov lets Shane get away with anything except lying to him, this causes problems until it solves them.
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Nothing You Ever Wanted Before by totallymentallyokayyipee
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
05 May 2026
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A decade into the divorce, you and Sevika meet once again at a wedding. Your daughter’s wedding. What once were the best years of your life, turned sour when you made the decision to leave each other.
You’ve grown softer with age. But did Sevika’s stone-cold exterior also turn mellow?
Modern AU - Older!Sevika x Older!Reader
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