Essiggurke
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The girl glanced at him as she slipped another piece of cake into her mouth. She chewed slowly as she let her gaze trace the contours of his face. Rumple didn't know what she was looking for, but after a long moment, she offered him a piece of his own cake.
"I'm Emma."
"Emma." Rumple said, smiling down at her. "What a lovely name."
What if Rumplestiltskin had met Emma long before she arrived in Storybrooke? What if their paths kept crossing over the course of her life as Emma kept reappearing in the Enchanted Forest - finding in Rumpelstiltskin the one constant in a chaotic and painful childhood? But what if Rumplestiltskin went on to betray her in the most devastating way, shattering the trust they had built and destroying their bond forever?
This is a story of intertwined destinies, where loyalty is tested and trust is shattered, and the echoes of their decisions reverberate across worlds and time.
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Camille thought she knew where she stood with Klaus. But that was before Caroline Forbes stormed into New Orleans like a one-woman hurricane—with unfinished business, unresolved tension, and the kind of effortless belonging Camille has never quite managed to claim.
What follows is a whirlwind of knowing looks, half-spoken truths, and the cruel ease with which Klaus’ world rearranges itself around someone else. Caught in the middle of Mikaelson theatrics and the slow shattering of her own illusions, Camille begins to wonder if wanting something ever really made it hers.
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Beth and Benny find themselves facing a silence filled with everything they can't say. An unexpected visit, an awkward reunion, and an old chessboard set the stage for a story where every move holds deeper meaning.
Sequel to: The king's gambit
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- Part 3 of An unorthodox game of chess
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Benny had been a fool. Spending all his saving on a long-distance call as if that would change anything.
Whatever there had been between them, if there ever had been, it was now long gone, and Benny should probably stop whining and get back into the game. But knowing what to do, didn't make it any easier to achieve. He had learned that the hard way.
Sequel to: Opening move, but can be read as a stand-alone.
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- Part 2 of An unorthodox game of chess
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Beth Harmon has achieved everything she ever wanted, so why wasn't she satisfied? And why couldn't she forget about a certain man in a silly hat.
If only she could concentrate long enough to defeat her current opponent, she might have time to deal with the whirlwind of emotions wrecking havoc in her brain.
My take on: Beth goes to Benny after her victory over Borgov.
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- Part 1 of An unorthodox game of chess
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Sunrise by Essiggurke
Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
08 Jan 2021
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What if after the fall, Will wakes up in a world he doesn’t exist in?
His house in wolf trap lies abandoned.
Caught killers still killing or disappearing entirely unscathed.
No one knows him. Not even a birth certificate in his name.
The worst of all, Hannibal unchanged, still in his little therapist-human-suit.
So it’s all been for nothing? Will can get neither a normal mind nor a matching boyfriend? Man, fuck this shit.This will be by /his/ design.
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18 Aug 2025
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When We Two Parted by nekosmuse
Fandoms: X-Men: First Class (2011) - Fandom, X-Men (Movies)
22 Oct 2011
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At the end of X3, a still depowered Erik travels back in time to meet 1962 Charles. Cue angst, desperate kissing and happy endings for all. Written for the x-men kink meme.
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the pain will remind us of each other by borninsideatornado
Fandoms: X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies), X-Men (Original Timeline Movies), X-Men - All Media Types
20 Feb 2023
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It’s always felt alien, the way he feels about Erik. Too big for his body, too much to hold in his heart. But finally, finally, it makes sense.
Because at the end of the world, it’s him. It’s always going to be him.
—when logan lets charles see his future in days of future past, he talks to erik instead.
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18 Mar 2024
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Tony Stark is unstuck in time. Stephen Strange might just be the only person in the universe qualified enough to help.
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02 Mar 2024
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When Steve gets trapped in the Upside Down, Vecna offers him a deal: become lieutenant of the monster armies and gain some of Vecna’s power, in exchange for being the bait to lure his friends back to rescue him. Steve takes the deal, believing wholeheartedly in the Party’s ability to save him and finally kill Vecna, but discovers quickly that his power to infiltrate the memories and dreams of people in the real world is very limited; in fact, he can only visit one person in his new monster form.
Thus begins Steve’s haunting of Eddie Munson, who, coincidentally, has been in love with Steve since they started secretly hooking up after a Halloween party in 1984.
Or: Steve is Kas, and also Eddie's secret boyfriend.
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13 Dec 2023