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John Allerdyce gets evicted from his own life on the same afternoon he inherits a bowling alley. One phone call from his best friend about the death of his estranged great-uncle later, and he's on a plane to San Francisco with a duffel bag that's embarrassingly light and no idea what "owner" is supposed to feel like. Rainbow Lanes has regulars who loved the man John barely knew, a manager who doesn't hand out second chances, and enough deferred maintenance to hum like a warning. This is what happens when John's handed a life and has to decide, slowly, if he'll let it be his.
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- Part 1 of Cartoons and Forever Plans
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a what-if storyline where ilya finds himself in his mother's position. he wonders if he was always doomed to be like her. her sadness. her love. shane finds him in the bathroom. now ilya has to confront what he has dealt with all along. shane and ilya must find their way back together again.
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“Please sit up straight, your Highness; we don’t have all day. Rather, I don’t; you are about to have some time on your hands.”
She did not recognise the voice, but at least it was not so unbearably loud this time. Summoning what strength she could, Isabelle swept her disarrayed hair back from her eyes and did her best to focus on the man sitting a few feet away. “Ought I know you?”
He chuckled. “Novel. Most people start with ‘where am I?’”Actions have consequences. For Isabelle, Amber and Jon, the unforeseen consequences of their unlikely adventure are just beginning.
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- Part 2 of Diplomacy trilogy
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Sometimes, the deepest scars are the ones no one can see, but in a world moving into the light even the oldest inner wounds can be seen. (NaruOro)
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For Whatever’s to Come and Wherever This Goes by Vespera21
Fandoms: How to Train Your Dragon (Animated Movies)
24 Apr 2026
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Hiccup is joined by his family, friends, and flock to start a new life away from Berk. Just because they’ve left their old lives behind, though, does not mean that everything will be easy. From facing foes to finding allies, life has a way of always keeping Hiccup on his toes, but with those he loves at his side, he’ll made it through, even when faced with a surprise or two that are beyond belief.
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- Part 4 of Somebody to You
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Everything seems normal at a glance. Duang was supposed to confess that day. He had finally gathered the courage to tell Qin how much he meant to him.
Qin was ready to say yes.
Until everything went wrong. So very wrong.
The confession never happens.
An incident has left the memories of Duang’s last year, which contained Qin, vanished. To Duang, Qin is now only a familiar stranger who seems to know him too well.
Still, Qin refuses to leave. He stays.
What Qin doesn’t realize is that memory isn’t the only thing that holds love together. Because somehow, even without remembering…
Duang keeps finding his way back to him.
Again.
And again.
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Deanna Troi married Wyatt Miller and left the Enterprise behind. Years later, she returns to Betazed—just as Captain William Riker arrives to represent Starfleet at the opening of a new base...
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Down the sidewalk was a woman jogging, at first sight Wednesday’s breath halted in her lungs.
She was breathtakingly beautiful, even with sweat dripping down her forehead and dampening her t-shirt. She had light blonde hair with pink, purple, and blue streaks all throughout it, and it was tied up in a bun at the back of her head.
Wednesday couldn’t fully see her face from this distance, but Wednesday knew that the woman had beautiful blue eyes, bright enough to put the ocean to shame.
Wednesday thought she was dreaming, because that was the only place she had ever seen this woman before.
Those blue eyes, that blonde hair, burned into her brain. She would never forget it.
Wednesday had been plagued with dreams of the girl for years and years.
Countless nights, had Wednesday woken up with that girl's face on her mind, a name on the tip of her tongue, a name that she could never remember once daylight came.
The woman ran past the garden like it was so easy, as if the sight of her hadn’t left Wednesday spiraling and questioning reality.
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Obligatory by Noodle_Oodle
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) RPF, Chinese Actor RPF, YiZhan
23 Apr 2026
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When Xiao Zhan's 30th birthday arrives, his parents call and remind him of his family obligations - it's time to get married and continue the Xiao bloodline.
When Xiao Zhan breaks up with Wang Yibo to fulfill his familial duty, Yibo has to figure out how to move through the world now without one half of his soul.
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“Lucius Abraxas Malfoy,” Kingsley continued, and the formal use of his full name felt like a tolling bell, “you are found guilty on all charges. For your crimes against wizardkind, for your willing participation in murder and torture by the use of unforgivables, for your financial support of Lord Voldemort's regime, this court sentences you to life imprisonment in Azkaban.”
The gavel came down with a sound like thunder.
Hermione watched as the verdict hit Lucius. For a moment, his carefully maintained mask slipped, and she saw the man beneath. His eyes found Narcissa’s, and something passed between them, a lifetime of words compressed into a single look. Then the mask reassembled itself, and he straightened in his chair, accepting his fate with what remained of his dignity.
“Narcissa Malfoy and Draco Malfoy,” Kingsley continued, his voice gentler now, “in light of the testimony of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, and considering the mitigating factors in your cases, this court finds that while you are guilty of lesser crimes, you will not be sentenced to Azkaban.”
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Salem was defeated.
After much pain and loss, Remnant is safe.
While others commemorate, Jaune Arc finds himself alone, not fitting with his friends and family, so he decides to leave and start a new life.
Weiss, not wanting to let the man she slowly fell in love with, slip away from her, follows after him. After years of searching she finally finds him, but something she did not expect is waiting for her. -
TotW: Make Due by Jenny_Jukebox (RaeAdnan)
Fandoms: Azil - Fandom, Robot Lovers, Task Manager, Original Work
22 Apr 2026
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Some called the wastes lawless. An endless stretch of nothing but dry wind that robs the breath and sands the skin bare, broken up by scrounging rogues and outlanders who owed no honor to anyone. A place where order went to die.
At one time, Dysir thought it was true but learned quickly it was merely a dramatic over-telling of one basic truth: when there is not enough to spare, those with less struggle the most. There were laws of sorts, if one cared to learn them. To be willing and able to do what was needed without hesitation.
With no skin to sand or breath to lose, Dysir found it quite bearable to live outside the laws made by humans who feared the elements and animals skulking the borders of wild land because it could not be tamed. A machine made to survive and endure taking to a vagabond's life seemed poetic. Destined. What he was made for...
... but now, he wasn't so sure. Nothing about the wastes was so terrible it couldn't be managed and yet every obstacle he once faced with ease became a new challenge. The kind he couldn't face alone. All of which begged the question:
Why was there even a baby out there to begin with?
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- Part 4 of Shards of Azil
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Daniel Jackson accidentally activates an Ancient device that turns him into a five‑year‑old — while leaving his thirty‑eight‑year‑old mind, his three dozen degrees, and his entire argument history with Jack intact, all trapped in someone who can barely reach the door handle.
While Sam and Janet search for a way to “un‑shorten” him, Jack ends up as his very over‑his‑head legal guardian and discovers the quiet, humiliating moments when Daniel’s stubborn “I’m fine” finally breaks into “I need help.”
The whole team holds the line together, turning a crisis into an unconventional family.
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a pen, a paper, and a hundred uncertainties by springtraps
Fandoms: BOYNEXTDOOR (Korea Band)
22 Apr 2026
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Letters exchanged between Woonhak and Jaehyun, in the five-year period he spends abroad for college.
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the falling star come back again by max2050
Fandoms: Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime)
22 Apr 2026
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What makes a Hero ?
his strength , his charm , his noble family.
No it's how he is used to help people to save everyone not just noble not just commoners but everyone.
I only could do that only after meeting him,
and oh how thankfull I meet him everything started to make sense now.
I know what my purpose now.
it's to follow his command and no one else.
extra info : this subaru knows everything that will happen.
How ?
well we will find out eventually.
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Through the Looking Glass by westiec for Browneyesandhair
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
21 Apr 2026
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Qin Su takes her opportunity to escape.
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Jungwoo let go of his life in the city, the one he had built over ten years, to move to Batanes in an attempt to start over and live a slower, more meaningful life.
What he didn’t expect was that the province would also come with Jaehyun, the one person who would test his patience in ways he didn’t even know he had.
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He wished Jaron knew his excitement every time he wrote to a different boarding school, only to become crushed when he received no response. He wished he knew that he prayed for him every night, tears in his eyes as he made a wish upon every star, even the ones that weren’t his lucky ones. He wished he knew that on the rare nights that he did fall asleep peacefully, he would dream of the other boy, and how a desperate, bittersweet feeling would seize him as he awoke, a world he yearned for but was unable to grasp.
But even if Jaron were to come back now, it would be completely different. Would he still remember Roden? Would they still be the same as they were before?
Would they still be best friends?
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High school AU where Jaron and Roden had been childhood friends before Jaron left without any explanation (obviously) and they get a second chance.
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The Road Ahead by Destros505
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: X & Y | Pokemon X & Y Versions
20 Apr 2026
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"If you come up short, what then? Head on home? Try to forget? Or, perhaps start again... new region, clean slate."
"It's a crossroads; I think that's where I am right now."Jacques Robin was done. Returning home from the Ever-Grande conference with a bruised ego, empty ambition and the burning need for peace and quiet.
But a trainer's dream doesn't die easily. With a visit from an old friend, and the unlikely fulfilment of a deal, Jacques finds his sights unwillingly set on yet another league.
Alongside an upstart starting off her journey and the professor's assistant chasing mega evolution, the long road across Kalos asks only one question:What really is the price of becoming who you were meant to be?
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You arrive at the Ministry after a clear cut but with no clear purpose, just a slow new start, a place to stay, and the weight of a past you haven’t named yet. The Abbey is vast and strange, filled with softspoken clergy, ritual magic, and a rock band made of something burning with warmth and love.
You’re not here to change anything. But sometimes, being seen changes everything anyway.
A slowburn, deeply worldbuilt journey through found family, sacred spaces, and the quiet gravity of being noticed.
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- Part 1 of Fire in the Heart, Light in the Dark