13 Works by Lucibell
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As they begin to load Ella into the back of the ambulance, Simon goes to climb in. Sean presses a hand to his shoulder. “I’m sorry, sir, family only.”
Simon darts a look at John, uncharacteristic panic darting across his face.
“He is family,” John blurts. Sean looks skeptically at him and John knows what he sees: a blond Englishman, Uncle Simon, who is clearly not blood related in any way to the child on the gurney. Without thinking, John says the very thing that he suspects is Simon’s ticket into that ambulance. He gestures to Ella. “She’s my sister’s daughter.” He locks eyes with Simon. “And he’s my husband.”
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When Ella has a bad fall, Uncle Simon steps in to help. John makes an impulsive decision that turns out all right in the end.
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His gaze skips over the cold fireplace, the weak light streaming through the bay window, and over to his alarm clock which reads 07:26. He frowns, swinging his feet over the side of the bed and reaching over to disable the alarm scheduled for 07:30. Just as he looks back out the window at the heavy fall of snow that he knows he’ll have to deal with soon, a sharp chhhhhh comes from outside.
John stills, listening, and after a few seconds it comes again, this time in an uneven rhythm: ch-ch-ch-chhhhhh followed by a light fwump. He frowns, standing and padding over to look out the window as the noise continues. The first thing he notices is a familiar truck, hastily cleared of snow, parked behind his Land Rover in the drive. Leaning forward he spots a tall, bulky figure bent over the walk, a shovel scraping over the concrete before launching bundles of snow into the yard. If the truck hadn’t tipped him off, he’d know that figure anywhere.
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This is what they mean by "home," isn't it?
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There’s a quality in Simon’s voice that John’s never heard from him before, but that he’d recognize anywhere. It’s the tone his niblings use when they aren’t sure if they’ve done something wrong. The hesitance he hears from another vet who isn’t sure if the story they’re about to tell is appropriate for present company because no one really debriefs you from a life of violence and killing and casual dark humor to a life without it. The sound of a man burned and turned away so many times that he never had a chance of discerning what he’d done wrong. The sound of a man who, nine times out of ten, was manipulated into thinking he was wrong in the first place.
The sound of a man who desperately needs a safe place to land, but only ever found it in bits and pieces if he found it at all.
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After over a decade apart, John and Simon find safety.
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Come Out of the Ashes Underneath You by Lucibell
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
11 Aug 2021
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Jiang Cheng showed Lan Jingyi the training grounds, the barracks, and the dining hall in relative silence. As they turned to the inner section of Lotus Pier, Lan Jingyi murmured, “Your mark is visible.”
Jiang Cheng’s hand flew to the spot just behind his left ear where his soul mark sat, a simple lotus drawn in black lines. He glanced at Lan Jingyi. “Yes,” he said slowly. “We don’t hide our marks in Yunmeng.”
Lan Jingyi looked at him a moment longer before looking away. “It’s a beautiful mark,” he said.
Something strange and warm bubbled in Jiang Cheng’s gut. “Thank you,” he replied slowly. “Are there—have you seen ugly soul marks?”
Lan Jingyi hummed. “Xichen-ge’s isn’t particularly aesthetic, in my opinion, but I would never say that to Lord Nie,” he said dryly, startling a laugh out of Jiang Cheng. When he looked back over at him, Jiang Cheng got the sense that the twinkle in his eye indicated a smile under the mask.
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Jiang Cheng is under no illusions--soulmates are not a foregone conclusion--and when Lotus Pier burns, finding his soulmate is the least of his worries.
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- Part 1 of MDZS Soulmates AU
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The Diversion by Lucibell
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
02 Aug 2021
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“A-Ling,” Jiujiu had said, “find Wei Ying and create a distraction. I don’t care what it is or what you’ve gotta break or who you have to kidnap, just make sure it’s something they won’t come looking for me to fix or find. Even better if you can get Lan Wangji and Zizhen involved. Keep them all busy for a few hours if you can.”
Jin Ling does as instructed and is maybe a little concerned at how... excited Da-jiu is.
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- Part 2 of Lan Jingyi: Tri-Form Master
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From the First Moment by Lucibell
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
01 Aug 2021
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“I love you, Jiang Cheng, with all of my heart and all of my soul and with every fiber of my being,” he recites, the words he’d memorized as a child flowing freely, smoothly, gently from his chest. “I will love you from the first moment to my dying breath, and should my dying breath never come, I will love you into eternity.”
In which Jiang Cheng and Lan Jingyi orbit each other for a while, but maybe that's okay.
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- Part 1 of Lan Jingyi: Tri-Form Master
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Fire in Your Bloodstream by Lucibell
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
31 May 2021
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“She thought we were going on a date.”
Shouto whips around, his braid slapping his collarbone. “What?”
Bakugou is looking at his feet and rubbing the back of his neck. “Ochako,” he says quietly. “She thinks we’re on a date.”
Shouto stares until Bakugou raises his head. His cheeks are pink, and he hesitates to meet Shouto’s eyes.
“Why would she think that?” Shouto asks.
Bakugou pulls his chin up and stands a little straighter. He meets Shouto’s gaze head-on this time. “Why do you think?” he says.
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In which Todoroki finds himself on the receiving end of the affections of the most intimidating power couple he knows, and doesn't understand why.
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This is multichapter, I just forgot to mark that in the initial posting.
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Helrune by Lucibell
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, Beowulf (Poem)
26 Mar 2020
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They call her helrune, and according to the legends she is the last of her kind. Following in the footsteps of the great Beowulf, Katuski intends to make a name for himself by tracking her down and taking her out. Over the course of his journey, however, Katsuki discovers that what he thought he knew about the helrune might not line up with the woman he finds.
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A Fantasy!AU derived from cognate-language research in Beowulf studies. Rating may change.
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These Burdens We Carry by Lucibell
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
24 Dec 2019
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Before she can think about it, before anybody can stop her—and much faster than anyone around her knew she could—she’s on him and swinging. Her fist connects with a satisfying crunch and he shouts.
“What the fuck, Midoriya?!”
She faintly hears the sound of her name behind her. Midoriya-san, Midoriya-san, Midoriya-san.
She grips him by the collar, the knowledge that the name Midoriya-san doesn’t mean the same thing anymore burning a hole in her sternum.
“You did this,” she growls, noting somewhere in her mind that she’s never growled before, not like this. “You did this.”
She sees Kirishima in her peripheral vision reaching for her. Bakugou blocks him with an arm. “What are you talking about?” he asks, low and nasally from the blood beginning to clot on his face.
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When Deku is gone and Bakugou and Uraraka are the ones left to carry his legacy, they learn the hard way how to bear each other's burdens.
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The World Belongs to Me by Lucibell
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
20 Dec 2019
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He’s mostly wearing black, but his suit jacket is a deep maroon velour with black accents, and it hugs his broad shoulders and trim waist in a way that accentuates how big and how tall he’s gotten since she last saw him. She leans over and curls a hand around Izuku’s bicep as he claps, and leans into his ear. “Oh, no,” she murmurs, smirking as he leans in to hear her better, still clapping. “He’s hot.”
Izuku leans into her ear. “Yeah,” he says, low and sultry the way he knows makes her knees weak. “Bet he could bench you, Ochako.”
Later, Katsuki's voice is close by her ear when he asks, “Y’all haven’t seen me in years and you’re tryin’ to seduce me?”
She pulls back to look at him, raking her gaze over his like he had earlier. “Can you blame us?” she asks.
Katsuki chuckles. “I guess not,” he says. “I suppose I thought y’all would do this sooner.”
Ochako tilts her head. “You knew?”
He snorts. “I was best man, Ochako. Of course I knew.”
“Let us take you home,” Ochako says. “We can celebrate together.”
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At the yearly Heroes' Gala, Ochako and Izuku run into someone they haven't seen in a while...
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Uraraka looks up at him, defeated. “What did Deku tell you?”
He sits back on his hands. “Not much,” he says, seeing no need to keep up a façade of not knowing that something’s up with her if she’s already suspecting people of talking about it behind her back. “Just that you went through some shit. Wouldn’t tell me what, though.”
She sighs. “I’m tired of talking about it,” she says.
He nods. “Been there.” She raises an eyebrow at him. “I was underground, don’t forget. Shit happens out there, it fucks you up.” He pauses, then says, “You gotta do somethin’, though, Uraraka. ‘Cause if you hit a villain like that you’re gonna get slapped with a sanction for damn sure.”
She growls. “I know that.”
He meets her gaze again, his head dipped slightly. “So what’s it gonna be? You wanna fuck about it or talk about it? ‘Cause I’m happy to help, Uraraka, but I’m tapped out on fightin’ tonight, y’hear?”
She stares at him. “Bakugou, that’s a terrible idea.”
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It may be a terrible idea, but it fuckin' works, don't it?
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A gift fic for crushondeanlikeafairy on Tumblr.
The team should have known that a mission on a yacht in a storm would turn out badly...
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"Are the acrobatics really necessary?
He had never thought about the choices he made in his role as the Arrow. Big picture concerns, sure—killing, not killing—but the details? Leave it to Felicity to question the minute choices, to pay attention to how they coalesce into a specific persona, how they reflect the person underneath the hood."
Set sometime after Season 2, when Olicity was just getting started. This is only Olicity if you squint.