17 Works by Charmms
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June wasn’t here for him. How could she be so stupid to believe that last night? She was here to blow up those Commanders. To destroy Gilead and burn it all down. To turn Jezebel’s into the ticking time bomb that it was meant to be.
Or: Serena finally understands God’s plan for her and June Osborne.
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Despite it all—the pain, the destruction, the distance between them—they're here now. Still standing. Covered in scars. In bruises. In ashes. In blood.
In paint.
Or: Ekko and Jinx get ready to join the fight.
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Jayce, with all his struggles, his doubts, and his hopes and dreams, understands now. It wasn’t about the arcane, or the inventions, or the paths they chose. It was always about this—the simple, undeniable reality that no matter what came, they would always find each other.
Or: All timelines converge one final time, granting Jayce the ability to witness everything Viktor has already experienced.
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Levi tries to resist drawing parallels, but the bittersweet soft pain of nostalgia washes over him like waves in the ocean. Drowning him in what used to be. He supposes that this is the price to pay of growing old when so many people he’s known were denied the same privilege.
Or: Dumplings aren’t quite a cure for loss, but Hange makes sure Levi isn’t grieving on an empty stomach.
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"You’re not my Noctis,” the realization comes out as a whisper, too slow, too horrified, and far too late to do anything about it now.
Or: Prompto thought he understood the definition of imposter syndrome.
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Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) by Charmms
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XV
10 Dec 2023
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They shouldn’t be doing this.
He definitely shouldn’t be doing this.
But when Noctis’ eyes hover on Prompto's lips for a split second too long at the end of the night, Prompto wants to give him an answer to this unspoken question.
Or: Prompto takes a chance on life's shouldn'ts.
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- Part 1 of Should [Not]
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The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative estimate by Charmms
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XV
03 Dec 2023
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There were plenty of proposals for what to do about this infant.
Proposals to study it. Poke and prod at it. No better than the environment it was taken from.
Proposals to use it as leverage; a state secret of the Empire to bend the tides of war.
Proposals to terminate it. Kill the unknown risk altogether.
Or: Regis' love for his son leads him to take a risk to his kingdom; allowing a baby boy from a Niflheim laboratory have a chance at a normal life in the Crown City.
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Cindy was a mechanic.
Prompto was supposed to be a Magitek machine.
He bites his lip. It’s enough to taste the faint copper of blood. He treads along the edge of considering revealing more about himself than he ever intended on this brief stay at Hammerhead.
Or: When Prompto tries to give Ignis some space during the Long Night, he winds up in Hammerhead with a familiar blonde mechanic.
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Hadn't they suffered alone enough? Hadn't they both stitched wounds, grieved over fallen comrades, and isolated in silence in a bid to shove all the bad stuff into a “deal with it later” pile?
Didn’t they both deserve to feel something, other than pain, if only for a moment?
Or: Gladiolus is having a hard time with failing expectations in his role as Shield. Prompto thinks about their similarities and differences; concluding they could both use a break.
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- Part 2 of Should [Not]
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“You know…you don’t have to go on the boat tomorrow.”
Or: Before shipping off to Altissian waters, Noctis reminds Prompto that he has the freedom to choose his own path.
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“Blondie doesn’t seem to be making progress.”
Noctis looks over to his best friend, fidgeting and beet red in the face. This flustered look is reserved for seemingly every woman that speaks to Prompto.
“Yeah, Prom’s got no game.”
Or: A "4+1" style story about how Prompto develops crushes like he develops freckles in the sun.
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When he thinks back to the heroines and heroes of the novels he used to read in the back of the Regalia, they were all “in the prime of their lives” which coincidentally ranged from a teenaged hero to a 20-something champion.
Or: A short collection of reflections on turning 30.
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Noctis puts his own hand across his chest in reverence to the three that sacrificed so much. Another decade wouldn’t be enough time to tell them how much he loves them all. They’ll pick up where he leaves off tonight. Of course they will. They’re the best.
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Approaching headfirst to the inevitable end, Noctis shares a moment with each of his friends. -
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way·ward ˈwā-wərd
1: following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations: UNGOVERNABLE
"a wayward child"
2: following no clear principle or law: UNPREDICTABLE
3: opposite to what is desired or expected: UNTOWARDOr: Prompto could think of a thousand different ways to describe Noct, but wayward isn't one of them.
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Two lonely boys realize how nice it is to have a friend.
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Or: A series of moments focused on the evolving kinds of love between best friends: as peers, as a teenaged crush, as ‘something more’ than what it started as.Follows the timeline of Brotherhood, Canon, and an added happy ending post-Canon.
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Papa died.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 303
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
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“Anything else?” Noctis asks as if he didn’t just get finished validating Prompto to Eos’ moon and back. As if he knows, of course, Prompto has more to say tonight on this rooftop.
Or: After a heart-to-heart conversation on the rooftop, Prompto reveals a closely guarded secret.