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Stubborn, But Absurdly Fragile by 9_of_Clubs
Fandoms: One Piece (Anime & Manga), One Piece (Live Action TV 2023)
14 Mar 2026
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But right now, Zoro considers, as he catches a glimmer of light from the kitchen, the door to the space slightly ajar, it’s not about the bad stretches of his own brain. Not exactly. And like a moth to flame, the beckon of the gleam draws him closer. Invites him to cross the remaining steps across the deck and into the dimly lit room, where one lantern flickers on the table, casting a dreamlike glow across the whole expanse. Where one shirtless waiter sits, holding his body carefully on the couch, and making sounds that aren’t fully words nor entirely exhalations of air.
Instead, a stream of pained gasps falls from the other’s lips in the cadence of swearing without any fully coherent constructions in the mix. It makes Zoro squint, squeezes something in his chest, though he wouldn’t fully admit it.
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Or, after OPLA season 2's finale, Sanji is more hurt than he lets on. Or Sanji is a stubborn idiot, but Zoro is even worse. Or, even though Zoro didn't catch Sanji when he fell, he's here to catch him now.
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Something surges inside of Robert House. Short circuits and snaps. Like a thread of wire, imprecisely implemented in a piece of machinery. And, he, inside his mind, furious at its happening. Inside of him, the wires are laid perfectly, precisely, unperturbed by the erraticness of emotion and the simplicity of the standard man. But, somehow, in this moment, Cooper Howard’s words ringing in his ear, he is unable to prevent either one from overwhelming his better instincts.
The fear of it.
Of this pathetic humanity.
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Or, a Mr. House character study winding through Fallout season two, so far. Or, Mr. House is a man of certainty, and then Cooper Howard. Or, they are mathematically intertwined, DARLING.
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It's 18 Months Past (and we're lost without you) by 9_of_Clubs
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2026
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Inexplicably, Steve's hand reaches out to touch the carved letters that don’t even spell out Eddie’s real name. “Fuck. Shitty first date. I mean, if you want it to be. Otherwise, it’s just a talk. Guess you’ll have to tell me sometime.” For a heartbeat, he breathes there, pretends, between inhales and exhales, that the scent of Eddie’s cheap cologne, something spicy and soothing, always mixed with earthy weed, twines into the crests of the wind.
Murmurs after a fashion, “I think he just misses you. And I miss you, and I miss him. And if you were here, you could roll your eyes with me and say something dumb, and I’d huff, and he’d groan, and we’d laugh. It’s all just... It’s all just broken now."
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Or, a series of Steve and Dustin moments that bring us from Eddie's death to Stranger Things 5. Or, Dustin is struggling with Steve being alive and Eddie being dead, and Steve is struggling with missing them both.
Or: 2) Steve sews Dustin’s shirt up when the bullies rip it up. 3) Robin sews Steve up when Dustin rips him up. 4) Dustin can't stop worrying about Steve. 5) After their Vol. 2 fight, Steve breaks down alone. 6) Finally, they hug. 7) Catharsis and naps.
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“Did you want to be alone when you left?” Superman redirects his words like it’s not a direct hit that comes with more force than a punch. Like it’s a simple question one person might ask of another.
Did you want to be alone?
It stutter-steps his thoughts. Did Lex want to be? Irrelevant. It was just a given.
Except here he is, Superman. His knight in shining armor. Saving universes, cats, and Lex from the emptiness of his existence.
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Or, Lex had planned on heading home alone when he got out of prison, but Superman is always foiling his plans. Or, a little bit for these two, who are magnetic.
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In any case, Basil has learned that if Val misses a morning, he doesn’t show up at any other time. One of the few things he can say with confidence about the other. Because despite Basil’s best, most talkative, and most little brother of two-honed ability to ask the annoying questions, he’s still only partially pieced together the full sketch of Val. It stays more of a rough outline, despite everything, if he’s honest, the first gestures of charcoal on a page. And that makes his artist’s brain go into hyperdrive, raring to shade in the rest. Color, shadow, depth, dimension, he’s itching to find them, to be let in. So he can see. He always wants most to see the truth of his subjects. But he wants it more than usual now. He won’t admit everything about what he wants with Val, not even to himself. But he can admit that much.
Val doesn’t make it impossible. He doesn’t make it easy either, though.
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Coffeeshop AU grew teeth and also chapters! Ahoy into plot, multiships, and more in this Modern AU.
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- Part 2 of Life and Trust: Modern AU Shenanigans
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The Moss-Head and the Waiter: A Series of ZoSan Ficlets by 9_of_Clubs
Fandom One Piece (Anime & Manga), One Piece (Live Action TV 2023)
14 Mar 2026
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In the Complication of Simplicity: Steddie Vignettes by 9_of_Clubs
Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2026
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Strange Tales and Other Stories of Adar by 9_of_Clubs
Fandom Rings of Power - Fandom, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, Tolkien - Fandom, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
07 Sep 2024
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Botticelli's Angel and the Old Man: A Series of ArmanDaniel Tales by 9_of_Clubs
Fandom Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice
13 Jul 2024
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Between Dubai and whatever comes next, Armand and Daniel tangle together.
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emotions come (i don't know why) by fivecenturiesverse
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Jul 2022
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Steve has nightmares about Lover's Lake, he knows he's falling off the edge. When everyone finds out, he knows he's done for.
He’s alone by the pool, sun drenched.
Everything is silent, except the buzzing of flies, Steve doesn’t know where that’s coming from, and the tick of the record player skipping even though he shouldn’t be able to hear that from here. Then both of those noises stop and he realises he didn’t know what silence was before that, how much the low background sound was filling up.
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12 Nov 2025
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Help is on the Way by sarkywoman
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
14 Oct 2025
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Day 13 of AI-less Whumptober, prompt: 'ransom'
Lex has been kidnapped a few times, but this one might be his last, given it's the Joker doing it.
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- Part 13 of Sarky's AI-less Whumptober 2025
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19 Oct 2025
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Bits and pieces of life backstage for the Vaudeville couple of Conwell Tower.
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30 Mar 2025
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Val’s return from war.
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30 Mar 2025
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An Uneasy Alliance by magenpie
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
18 Dec 2024
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What if Adar had taken Galadriel’s warning at the end of season 2, episode 6 of The Rings of Power seriously? What might have changed?
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03 Nov 2024