LurkerForAlways
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Old Habits by LurkerForAlways
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
26 Feb 2021
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Link laughed, shocking her. “I should have guessed. Tell me, Princess—excuse me, tell me, Zelda—how often have we done this?” She shook her head, not understanding. “How often have you and I refused to talk about something because we were sure the other did not want to?”
Ah, well.
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The knight and the princess deal with the fact that Link can't remember. It's hard.
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In the Sanctum by LurkerForAlways
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
06 Jan 2021
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He felt the apology coming and parried it deftly, knight that he was. “What’s mine is yours, Princess.”
A sly smile. “Do not tempt me, Hero.”
“That’s exactly what I’m trying to do.”
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Link and Zelda in Hateno a few weeks after the fall of the Calamity. Some angsty smut, which is the best kind. -
The Goddess Will Provide by LurkerForAlways
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
14 Dec 2020
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A handful of moments in Zelda's life as she ages and grapples with the oncoming Calamity. Canon/Pre-Calamity.
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Peter Pettigrew and the Ghost of Christmas James by gonzoclock
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
25 Dec 2023
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Peter loves his friends. Which is why he had to kill them. And now, he's doing- well. Alright. Things didn't turn out exactly as he'd anticipated, but he's making it work. Living his life. As a rat. Mostly trying not to think about things.
Fine. Things could be better.
But he hadn't thought they'd get worse- which is exactly what happens when, three years after James died, he's come back. And for some godforsaken reason, he's decided to make that Peter's problem. (Okay, okay- Peter gets it. He did kill him.) Peter is sure that James is going to turn him in, ruin his life the same as Peter had ruined the Marauders.
But this is James. And he doesn't do any of that.
What was Peter expecting, really?
(Features: A lot of fighting, a lot of forgiveness, and a splash of necromancy. Alright, you got me- rather a lot of necromancy. But come on- we can't just have the ghost of Christmas James show up. Haven't you seen 'A Muppet's Christmas Carol'? There needs to be at least two more ghosts.)
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Bookmarked by LurkerForAlways
11 Aug 2025
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a weird, wonderful, hilarious, and surprisingly poignant portrayal of peter pettigrew that manages to redeem the series' most traitorous and cowardly villain. redeeming peter without minimizing or rewriting any part of his betrayal is no small thing; in fact, I thought it impossible before reading this. the rest of the marauders are also given the room to be their terribly flawed and battered selves, and to feel whatever they feel about peter's choices (mostly, and understandably, murderous rage) while on their way to forgiving him. it shouldn't work, and yet it does, thanks in part to some inspired magical world building and a perfect injection of deus ex machina to get everyone safe, sound, and happy as the story ends. meanwhile, harry is, as always, the breath of fresh air the animates all that is good and pure in the world. just by being himself, he makes everyone around him better, which is the best, truest portrayal of harry potter that one can write.
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Zuko choked on a sob and, impossibly, Lu Ten’s ghost gripped his hand tighter.
“I’m here, baby cousin, I’m here.” Said the ghost of Lu Ten, and Zuko felt warm fingers brush gently across his scalp, carding through Zuko’s sweat-soaked hair.
“M’ sorry that you’re dead,” Zuko wept, pressing his head feverishly into the touch, “I miss you. I miss you so much.”
Featuring a still very much alive Lu Ten, the slow revival of Zuko's self esteem, and how ending a war begins at home.
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- Part 2 of see you after we win the war
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Bookmarked by LurkerForAlways
09 Jun 2025
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lu ten survives, and the world shifts towards peace, even as the royal family splinters with zuko stuck in the middle. an excellent what-if that rivals canon in its ability to weave compassion into the very core of the narrative alongside themes of found family, honor, grief, and war
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i knew you before we met, and i don’t even know you yet by fairytiger
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
27 May 2020
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Amidst the row houses, there was a brick building with a single overhead light and an old wooden sign. The Burrow, it read, in loopy scrawl that looked as though it was done by not one, but many hands. And at the door was a boy--no, older than a boy, though not by much--with very red hair.
“You alright?” he yelled.
“Lost,” she yelled back.
The boy held the door open.
Bookmarked by LurkerForAlways
29 Jul 2024
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earns the best compliment i can give a non-magic au: the characters are faithfully rendered, warts and all, without the scaffolding of seven books to inform their characterizations. ron and hermione fall for each other slowly and sweetly, with false starts, fond banter, and devotion rooted in mutual respect.
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Harry had just killed a basilisk. Now he was going to die, there is basilisk venom coursing through his veins. His decision to announce that he would take Tom Riddle with him leads to Harry travelling across world boundaries. What unexpected people and events are waiting for him in this new world?
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- Part 1 of A Whole New World of Life
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Bookmarked by LurkerForAlways
16 Jan 2024
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the parts with the potters are excellent; the parts about those left behind could probably be excised, though I do love the ending. nevertheless, I keep coming back to the imagery of james and harry lying on the couch, an exhausted son cuddling with the father he had so long been denied. the familial devotion may be too fluffy for some, but I will never get tired of harry finally getting what he deserves.
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"There were many stories circulating about him, rumours that he was a Dark wizard." – Severus Snape [HBP]
The year is 1990. Lucius decides to take a closer look at Harry Potter. Dumbledore must send his spy to the rescue. Eventual Severitus. No slash. Snape is not Harry's biological father. Covers Hogwarts years. Update: Complete!
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Bookmarked by LurkerForAlways
14 Jan 2024
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every single thing I look for in a servitus fic, my very favorite genre. harry, sweet, reckless, irrational, but above all good; severus, tortured but trying, devoted to harry even when he wishes it were not so. their happiness is hard fought and well earned, pure and unbreakable.
in other words, perhaps my favorite fic of all time, and certainly in the top 10.