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Atlas (an approach through division) by ConcerningConstellations
Fandoms: Overwatch (Video Game)
15 Apr 2019
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“I sell you no phony forgiveness— I’m a desperate man.”
-Ralph Ellison-
He doesn’t know how to do this. He is cold and hard. Made for war, not for weeping. But he needs to believe otherwise; needs to know there is something still inside of him that was human, that could break, that could be reduced to skin and bone and salt, ashes, embers. He wanted to know there was something in him that could still be damaged. That could still bleed.
(That could still grow back.)
“You are not worthy of condemnation, Angela,” promised the man made of metal, and flesh, and miracles. It was the first time he called her by that name. The taste of it lingered in his mouth.
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(OR: Angela is hurt, and Genji knows.)
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11 Sep 2020
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11 Dec 2018
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“I hate my life,” Oikawa complained miserably.
“Why? Because your neighbour’s hot and he doesn’t like you?” Kuroo asked, plopping down on the couch next to Oikawa.
“Because my neighbour’s hot and he doesn’t like me,” Oikawa confirmed, lip jutting out in a pout.
“To be fair, you did let your dog almost maul him,” Kuroo reminded, head jerking to the Akita whose ears perked up at his mention.
“I did not ‘let him!’” Oikawa shouted, appalled by the accusation.
For Oikawa Tooru, his dog has been the most important part of his life for the past three years. He's content that his world revolves around Aki until his new neighbour, Iwaizumi Hajime, moves in and Oikawa realizes that there's definitely room in his heart for more than one.
But his dog isn't as keen on the idea and doesn't hesitate to make his displeasure known. It's easy for Iwaizumi to earn Oikawa's love but he comes as a package deal. Unfortunately for Iwaizumi, earning Aki's proves difficult although he isn’t willing to give up that easily.
Cue: lots of vying for Oikawa's attention, gratuitous wooing, unintentional fame, and a case of dognapping.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 94,208
- Chapters:
- 16/20
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25 Nov 2018
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Iwaizumi raised his eyebrows at Oikawa in surprise. “You like cars?” he asked, removing his hands from the pocket of his black joggers, standing up straighter, the backs of his legs hitting the hood of his car.
“Like them?” Oikawa laughed brightly, stepping into the already slight space between them. “Baby, I bring them to life,” he whispered into the increasingly hazy air.
For an esteemed racer, intended for the big leagues, owning a garage and racing on the streets should feel like settling rather than a dream. But Oikawa is happy as long as he's behind the wheel of a car; until a misstep lands him a heavy fine, and a crumbling future.
Having grown up in one of the roughest neighbourhoods in Tokyo, Iwaizumi is no stranger to the gang life. He's a man of action, someone who does what he's asked without any questions. But when the people he's tried so hard to distance himself from come knocking, he realizes that he finally has to establish a side: his own.
Iwaizumi wants Oikawa's expertise: someone who can both drive well and knows his way around cars. And Oikawa wants absolutely nothing to do with gangs, the kind of people that lit a fire to his life.
- Language:
- English
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- 127,562
- Chapters:
- 15/18
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- 1
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- 855
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- 976
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- 281
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- 32,005
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23 Nov 2018
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It's just a job that brings them together.
Then, it's just sex that keeps them close.So why is Oikawa feeling more than he has in years for Iwaizumi, an MMA fighter who only cares about the ring?
- Language:
- English
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- 28,199
- Chapters:
- 11/12
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- 545
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- 1,173
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- 207
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- 21,644
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18 Nov 2018
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("through hardships to the stars")
exploring the surreal, the interdimensional, and transcending whatever the cosmos wants to throw their way.- Words:
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14 Nov 2018
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And so they part.
Right at the wisteria tree, back to where they started, and Tooru wonders when he'll see him again.
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Or: Oikawa Tooru is a museum curator in this current lifetime. A name, Hajime, keeps showing up in his history books.
Series
- Part 5 of ad astra
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14 Nov 2018
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The last place Oikawa thought he would end up in would be a dingy bar covered in sweaty clothes and forced to stand around sweaty people; but here he is, standing under soft purple and red lights, body close to overheating and nothing to combat the exhaustion but a room temperature bottle of water.
“Remind me why I’m here again?”
“Lead singer and guitar, Iwaizumi Hajime. He’s the one I really want you to see.”
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- English
- Words:
- 9,863
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- 1/1
- Comments:
- 178
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05 Nov 2018
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Where Worlds Collide and Days Are Dark by EclecticInkling, starlitcities for 1000ft
Fandoms: Haikyuu!!
16 Nov 2015
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“If it meant sitting behind a screen and watching your partner die, or going into the field and dying with them…” Oikawa trails off, before he turns from looking down to meeting Iwaizumi’s gaze. “I’d choose death any day.”
Iwaizumi’s stomach leaps and does a flip when Oikawa latches onto his gaze and holds him there. It takes him more effort than necessary to swallow, and it’s difficult for him to find his voice. “Are all you Quartermasters this crazy?”
“Only the ones in love, I think.”
- Language:
- English
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- 42,104
- Chapters:
- 4/4
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- 139
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04 Nov 2018
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In the military tattoos were taken very seriously, even more so than medals. Medals only told success stories whereas tattoos left nothing out. Warts and all. Especially warts.
Hajime had never been pierced deeper than the breast of his uniform, but you hardly needed a tattoo to tell his story.
AN: Chapters 7 and 11 have some fanart to go with them!
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15 Oct 2018
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Oikawa fastens his right glove with a tight pull, eyeing Iwaizumi with a confident look – determination and pride glowing in his brown eyes that Iwaizumi loses his breath over, the change in the drivers demeanour sudden and breathtaking.
And in a purely serious tone that leaves no room for arguments or bickering, Oikawa looks directly into the mechanics eyes and states, “I’ll nail this scene in one take, just you watch me.”
(in which Oikawa is a uniquely talented stunt driver who moonlights as a street racer in his spare time, and Iwaizumi is a self-employed mechanic who accepts any work he can get.)
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07 Nov 2017
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Oikawa Tooru is a model and Iwaizumi Hajime is your typical one night stand bad boy. They accidentally cross paths and find themselves in a predicament, everyone thinks they're dating. Despite Iwaizumi's best efforts he might actually start to fall for Oikawa.
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26 Oct 2017
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Iwaizumi's face is so much clearer now. He seems like a man of his regiment; sharp edges that could express benevolence, ultraviolence, unforgiving hazel eyes, the bearer of cruel tidings, knuckles firm and ruddy – all of which disproportionate to the way his hands would gently graze over Oikawa's deathly pale ones.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 127,510
- Chapters:
- 9/14
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26 Oct 2017