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Craig is off to college, where he is introduced to the weirdest person he's ever met. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, (Craig can't decide), that weirdest person is his roommate.
Just your typical cliche 'meet as roommates' story, but with a lot of nostalgic undertones.
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21 Aug 2025
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a soft place to fall by allieae
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
05 Feb 2025
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“I was a vigilante before I was Bloodlust, y’know,” he starts carefully, watching Tommy nod even quicker. “I know how it can be.”
Revered by those protected by you; reviled by those in fear of you, sing the voices. They worshipped you like a god and when the time came, they crucified you like one.
“What I’m sayin’ is, if you happen to get yourself into more trouble than you can handle, I would probably not kick you out if you came knockin’ on my window again.”
Tommy’s eyes are saucers: two spiral galaxies brimming with infinite wonder and light.
“For real?” he asks, as suspicious as he is breathless with wonder.
“For real,” Techno echoes dryly back, grinning faintly as he stands. “I’ll come up with a way for you to return the favor.”
~ or, the only thing worse than having to patch up the vigilante that crash-landed through your window at three AM is getting attached to him.
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18 Jun 2023
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the house always wins by rinredacted for Deductor_Demigod
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF, Dream SMP
11 Sep 2024
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"You said you analyze people when they fight," Tommy says thoughtfully. "So you know what I fight like, right?”
Technoblade seems reluctant to answer. “Yes,” he says, and Tommy leans forward, eyes wide and curiously interrogative.
“Well?”
“You fight like you’re dying.”
Tommy "Theseus" Soot is the seven-time champion of the seasonal tournament hosted in Hypixel's Arena. Each season, he hopes to be paired with his best friend Ranboo, but the two never seem to get lucky enough. This winter, Tommy hopes for an easy eighth win to make his win streak two years long. When he's paired with temperamental Technoblade, who looks like he could kill someone with a glance, things start to seem like they might go south. Quickly.
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03 Apr 2023
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“I can turn straw into gold,” a child insists. His face is smeared with dirt, tears dried and sticky on his cheeks, but his iris’ are the color of the sky and his hands are clenched into fists. The other kids laugh at him and kick more dirt up at his small body, sneer, and tear into him with cruel words.
“Gold?” a porcelain smiley-faced figure questions, kneeling before the child and offering out a hand. His face is hidden, his voice is dripping with amusement and greed, but Tommy takes the hand of the first person that has listened since his parents died.
“He can spin straw into gold?” the emperor questions, a great being with wings of smoke and death and eyes as cold as ice. His twin sons laugh like a funny joke has been told, identical pairs of tusks gleaming in the light of the throne room, and a challenge is set.
Three days. A room of straw.
A story that will be spoken about for eons.
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Or; how the Antarctic Empire kidnapped - sorry, adopted - their youngest prince.
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24 Dec 2022
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The royal family of Antarctic empire isn’t exactly close.
Emperor Philza is always occupied; Tommy hasn’t seen Techno in months, and even if Wilbur is here, their relationship can be described to be strained at best.
The royal family doesn’t need to be close, however, it only needs to be balanced, like the pillars holding the country above their heads – as long as they are strong and steady, the Empire will be too. It’s the principle that held Tommy’s back straight and his shoulders broad through the years of hardships and trials of errors; through yet another formal meeting where his father’s gaze would look past him and where his brother’s words would be filled with poison that makes the deepest parts of his soul ache.
At that time, Tommy couldn't know that his family would find a replacement for him in the face of a commoner boy named Ranboo.
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Tommy's family has replaced him. It's only fair that he gets to do the same.
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- Part 1 of The curse of being young
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29 Mar 2022
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The Case of the Fire Inside by trying_to_spell_both_our_names_at_once
Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF
31 Jan 2022
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In the long list of rules that Dream gave him, there were four that stuck out as the most important. Four rules that he could never break.
Stick close to the island when swimming. Always be back before seven. Never complain or hesitate to give Dream his pelt. And never, ever interact with humans.
Tommy didn’t break any of those rules often, and if he did it was a one time thing, a mistake. But this wasn’t a mistake. This was a very deliberate, very stupid move on his part and Dream would kill him if he knew what Tommy was doing. Fifteen years Tommy had lived here, and never once had he intentionally broken one of Dream’s rules. Until now.
He swims closer to the three humans.
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Tommy's a selkie living isolated on an island with Dream as his caretaker. Wilbur, Techno, and Phil are the new lighthouse keepers next door. Surely there's no way for this to go wrong.- Language:
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16 Mar 2022
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Follow the Leader by dancewiththewaves (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF, Dream SMP
09 Feb 2022
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"How are you so dirty?" Tubbo groaned, checking his shirt. Wilbur would have winced at the state of it if he wasn't so damn amused.
"Well, I did get thrown onto the roof earlier. Rolled a bit," Tommy twisted around and Tubbo hissed at the rough scab on Tommy's elbow. "Is my elbow still bleeding? Also, hi Wilbur. I'm Tommy."
"Yes," Wilbur's cheeks hurt from how wide he was smiling. He should have never doubted Tubbo- Techno spoke to Dream a lot, even though they were rivals. This Tommy was everything he and Techno wanted. Wild, bright, a splotch of colour in the dreariness of their lives. Something they could protect. "You are."
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Tommy's able to steal other people's powers. His parents don't want him, his school doesn't want him, even his best friend Tubbo has to sneak around just to see him. Nobody wants him, and that's fine- it's fine. He's fine.
And then he meets Wilbur.
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- Part 10 of Writing 'bout block mens
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26 Feb 2022
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the world forgetting by the world forgot by bonesandthebees (bonesandcacti)
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Dream SMP
10 May 2022
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“Something has been stolen from us,” Thanatos said, his wings puffing up as he spoke. “Something that is very important to us. And we are fairly certain that the person who stole this thing of ours is in this very crowd.”
Dream tensed beside Tommy as the crowd broke out into murmurs. Eyes were darting towards the different heroes in the crowd, the benefactors no doubt assuming that the culprit had to be a hero.
“Like we said, we haven’t crashed your party to cause trouble. But we want this thing returned to us, and we won’t hesitate to take extreme measures to get what we want.”
or, Tommy was a lot of things: a newly debuted hero sidekick, an amnesiac, and a former kidnapping victim of the Syndicate.
Tommy didn't actually remember that last one though. That was just what Dream told him.
Only weeks after his hero debut, the Syndicate announces they are searching for something, and Tommy knows it has to be him. The scariest part? If they find him, Tommy will have no clue what to expect, because the Syndicate might know him, but he has no memories of them.
So he can't let them find him. No matter what.
Of course they end up finding him anyway.
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- Part 1 of a spotless mind
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19 Feb 2022
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There's Gold in Your Eyes (Like Midmorning Sunlight) by Vix_Koidy
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
13 Apr 2022
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Tommy was the light of their life, a gleaming gold sun that commanded their attention and spoke brashly in a childish manner. When he was born he had been so small. Techno was afraid he would shatter, he hadn't cried when Techno had held him. Only lay sleeping, and it made Techno's heart beat out of his chest for fear he would stop breathing. Shatter into a million pieces if he let young Theseus go.
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Or a story where Tommy is taken from god sbi and it shatters them into a million pieces. (Meanwhile Tommy goes on living his life- completely oblivious- till ya know, that changes.)
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26 Nov 2021
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The story does not truly start here.
No fairytales ever do– no, stories like these often begin in simpler places. Simpler stories, ones that belong to the people and not the kings. Stories that are told around campfires, told around the butter churn and whispered around hearths. Stories told to children as they’re tucked into bed, gentle warm hands soothing their brows and speaking with low tones as they relay the stories of grandeur and magic. Fairytales are often piled upon– one magic spell becomes two. A mother changes the prince’s name to her own dear son. Tommy was once told stories like these.
(or, the high-fantasy royalty AU starring Tommyinnit as one child king, the Empire as his opponent, and so many politics.)
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- Part 1 of cataclysm
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- 26/26
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23 Nov 2021
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The Melony House by AlliRose09 (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
09 Jan 2023
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They claimed that it was a building of rehabilitation. That criminals could be accepted back into society again.
But everyone knew that was a lie. Everyone had heard the horrid stories about what happened in those walls. This wasn’t a prison for rehabilitation. It was a slaughterhouse for the insane and cruel.
It’s true. The Melony House is a death sentence.
And Tommy was knocking on death’s door.
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18 Nov 2021
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tommyinnit's clinic for supervillains by bonesandthebees (bonesandcacti)
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Dream SMP
17 Jan 2022
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“W-What do you- I mean can I- are you here to rob us?” The person managed to stammer out.
Siren snorted. “No. I’m just here to order some food.”
“Wh-What about him?” The cashier asked, glancing at Tommy. “Did you- did you kidnap him?”
“I mean… yeah, let’s go with that in case this ends up on the news,” Siren shrugged, looking back at Tommy. “I kidnapped you, right?”
“Yeah, sure,” Tommy agreed, knowing that if they said he was kidnapped, it would keep people from getting suspicious of why he was seen in public with Siren. “Anyway, can I get the chicken nuggets happy meal, with a coke?”
or, how Tommy—who is not a hero, or a villain, or even a vigilante—saves the life of one of L'Manberg's most feared supervillains, and accidentally ends up becoming the resident doctor for every supervillain in town (and maybe gets a family along the way too).
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- Part 1 of the world of clinic
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- 26/26
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11 Nov 2021
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"Wilby says that- that if a stranger ever tries to grab me, I can bite them." Tommy nods, giving a little glare towards Techno and his bitten hand.
"Okay." Technoblade says slowly. "But don't bite me."
"No, I'm gonna bite you."
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SBI Zombie apocalypse AU, in which Tommy is a little kid who's been separated from Wilbur. While Wilbur is on a desperate search for his little brother with Phil, Tommy stumbles across Technoblade, who is the definition of 'no chill' in the zombie apocalypse.
Techno accidentally gains a new little brother.
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- 35/?
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07 Nov 2021
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The Children's Rebellion by Aria_Cinabun
Fandoms: Origins SMP, Dream SMP, Video Blogging RPF
14 Jan 2022
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His name was Tommy Innes, and he was born to touch the stars.
Of course, touching the stars was going to have to wait, because he'd lost that dream the moment his parents had died when he was ten years old—the moment he had watched that starship explosion and felt a bit of his heart die with them. He'd lost that dream when he was transported to prison and then to a place called Pogtopia.
He'd lost that dream when he watched hundreds of children starve on the streets of Pogtopia. When he and two friends become the lone survivors of the Red Planet's Genocide. When they were rescued, and he was captured again.
But maybe—maybe one day, he would regain that dream. Maybe he would hunt down the mass murderer that had executed his friends and gain his revenge—but that day was not now, and now he sat in a prison and stared at the faraway stars.
Perhaps there would be people that he could call family again. People he would see again—people whom he had lost years ago. One day.
Because he was an Avian, born to be forever alone amongst broken stars.
And Avians did not fall unless they wanted to.
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a science fiction fic about rebellion
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- Part 1 of Children of the Stars
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- 58/58
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01 Nov 2021
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A new generation was here. One filled with heroes but also with villains. A group, which the heroes call The Uglies, were rumored to have been making a plan to wipe out the capital. The heroes, also known as P.o.G need a miracle. Instead they got Tommy.
Or Tommy is apart of an evil group and gets taken by P.o.G after an accident. Soon he learns that his supposed enemies might not be that bad.
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19 Oct 2021
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Eons ago, the Blood God and Death found their two missing pieces, and the quartet was made whole. Meant to last an eternity, it was abruptly shattered when the youngest member was brutally murdered before he had a chance to rise as a higher being.
Tommy just wants to finish highschool, move out of his shitty foster parents house, and get a lot of women. All of the women. His plans are suddenly placed on an abrupt hold when he’s kidnapped and taken to a dark organization called the Syndicate - and suddenly things are falling apart faster than he thought they possibly could as the three leaders of the Syndicate place him under their loving protection, one of his best friends is revealed to be working for potential terrorists, his religious beliefs are horribly shaken, and everyone seems to be convinced that he’s the reincarnation of some ancient martyr. The final piece of some holy quartet Wilbur cheerfully calls ‘Sleepy Bois Incorporated.’
Philza laughs at the name. Technoblade rolls his eyes.
Tommy is just trying to grit his teeth and survive this entire ordeal.
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17 Oct 2021
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Tommy was handed a small flyer in printed in black and white, with the words “POETRY NIGHT - OPEN MIC” splayed across the front in bubbled font. He fumbled with his binder as he took it, eyes wide as he said, “are you sure? I mean, I love poetry and all, but I don’t think-I’m not sure—what if I can’t write poetry?”
Mr. Sam’s dark eyes softened, and he reached out to place a hand on Tommy’s shoulder, squeezing it gently. “Everyone has to start somewhere; every poet, from me to Rudy Francisco, started off without knowing a clue about what we were doing. Tommy, it’s not about if you can or cannot write poetry, it’s about if you want to.”
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The performance poetry AU in which Tommy joins a slam team and finds a home in the arts.- Language:
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14 Oct 2021
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A Dead Man's Waltz by Turtlemeats
Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game), DreamSMP
11 Nov 2023
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What if the afterlife wasn't horrible for Tommy? What if Tommy finds he likes being dead more than alive?
This fic contains underage drinking, smoking, and suicidal thoughts and actions, so be warned. Just read the tags.
Thank you to Malicious for being my Beta!
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- Part 1 of The Dance of The Dead
- Language:
- English
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- 78,903
- Chapters:
- 16/?
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- 16
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26 Aug 2021
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Frisk sang for a living. She sang in clubs that were populated by mobsters, murderers and the most violent criminals her city had to offer. She honestly thought things couldn't get any worse until corruption in the form of a grinning skeleton came strolling into her life. His name: Sans.
She tried to run, but no matter where she went he was always waiting for her.
Chapter 34 finally up!
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17 Jul 2021
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11 Jul 2021