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    He leaves the drive-thru and enters the main parking lot. He’s about to leave and drive back home when he spots another car parked in the lot. The lights of the car are off, except for a light inside the car, and Sokka catches a quick glimpse of a guy in a red sweater, drinking a milkshake.

    Sokka really does not want to be alone with his thoughts right now, so he decides, on a whim, that he’s gonna try and talk to this guy who also apparently had a breakdown tonight.

    “Hi, I’m Sokka,” he introduces. “So, I had a breakdown earlier tonight, and I’ve been informed by the all too caring drive-thru staff that I’m not the only one who’s come through after a breakdown, and I’m guessing that other person is you. So, I was wondering if you wanted to come sit on the curb with me and talk about our problems while we have our sweets.”

    Or, Sokka and Zuko keep meeting in a McDonald's parking lot and bond through their mutual breakdowns. Turns out, it's easy to spill your heart to a stranger in the middle of the night and create a bond that lasts even in the daylight.

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    08 Apr 2026

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    Leonardo has insomnia. His brothers knew this.

    Leo is prone to crash pretty much anywhere he can during the day. His brothers also knew this.

    What they didn't know was just how absurd (and possibly dangerous) some of the places he falls asleep can be.

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    17 Oct 2023

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    Hinata and Kageyama have been together for nearly a year and are, for the most part, blissfully happy.

    But recently Hinata has been coming home later, working harder, and simply driving himself into the ground. Worried about his increasing exhaustion, Kageyama agrees to take on a new job writing music for a television show - an agreement that requires him to spend a week in a remote country village similar to the show's location.

    Seizing the opportunity to force Hinata to have a break, Kageyama arranges for them to stay at the local farm, in a holiday that will force them to confront one of life's biggest challenges: the work-life balance.

    (A sequel to love biscuits; Hinata and Kageyama (and Carrot) go on holiday, encounter goats, and there's a pregnant labrador called Lemon.)

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    10 Nov 2025

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    Kageyama Tobio leads a simple life: he goes to work and writes music for money, he goes home and writes music for himself. His only company being his beloved cat, Carrot, who is sweet and perfect and perhaps just a little bit spoiled. So when Kageyama takes Carrot to the vets for her annual check-up, only to be told by the vet that she is drastically overweight and needs to go on a diet, he is horrified. And rather insulted.

    Reluctantly agreeing to put his cat on a diet, Kageyama is at first determined to simply put up with Hinata, his new vet, until Ukai recovers from his bad back and can return. But, unfortunately, things don't go quite to plan as Carrot becomes immediately smitten with Hinata, her owner following suit soon after.

    (A romantic comedy AU; Kageyama, a music producer with a very fat cat, falls for Hinata the veterinarian.)

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    10 Nov 2025

  5. Rec 38

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    “That Kageyama of yours is never coming to get you. No-one is. You’re always going to be held here, as my little bargaining chip – “

    Hinata’s chest finally expands sharply with a gasp, his pulse roaring in his ears, the cellar and that man’s shadowed face evaporating instantly in favour of a different deep, inky blackness.

    It takes him a few seconds to realise that he’s awake.

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    An extra for pursuit: Hinata thought that he had gotten away from De Killer relatively unscathed. He was wrong.

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    24 Oct 2025