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    Theseus was born from the stars.

    He was made of little bits of seashell and sand, crushed together and molded with spring water and mud. His lungs were full of wind from mountains that rose so high they disappeared into the clouds. His eyes were full of the rising dawn, pale blue painted across the sky like watercolor. His flesh was made of moss and grass and tiny bits of flowers. His hair was made of clouds and fields of rye that rippled like scarves when the wind danced through them. His heart was full of magma, fiery and bright and with a light built to never burn out. And yet he looked so human. with baby blue eyes and sunshine blonde hair, pale skin with a rose colored tint, a smile like freshly fallen snow, a laugh like birdsong. And though years and eons had passed, he hardly changed, still untainted and young, barely a teen.

     

    Theseus was born from the stars, and placed on earth long ago to keep it company, to look after it.

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    Tommy is a demigod with power over nature. But one day, he is locked away in a statue by vengeful villagers, and left alone for thousands of years.

    Until someday a family moves in onto a farm bordering his prison.

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    20 Mar 2023

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    His symbol: dark ebony wings etch into the chest of the lost spirit. Directly over the heart.

    Phil opens his hand and calls, the name coming to him naturally between one breath and another.

    “Tommy.”

    Tommy responds, a bolt of light summoned to his hand; coalescing into a round object. The light fades and Phil’s holding a compass. Silver backed and weighed - but not heavy. The needle points perfectly towards true north.

    Tommy dies and reemerges into a world of gods and spirits. And slowly, the world falls apart.


    Noragami inspired au

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    30 Jan 2023

  3. Rec 98

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    "See here, see here! The Great Presto the Magician, here for one night, and one night only!" A young, blond boy shouted at the top of his lungs through the street, as he did every day. A small crowd had already gathered around him on that street corner, consisting of people passing by with no evening plans who'd been lured in by the young man's bravado.

    Tommy was a born entertainer, always had been. Even as a little boy, he used to sing or perform an improvised play on this very corner (as well as every other one nearby) to anyone who would listen. He was trained in the art of making people listen— drawing them in, capturing their attention and holding onto it until he decided they could move on.

    Tommy was a born entertainer; nearly as much as Wilbur was.

     

    or, catshifter!Tommy and Wilbur are street performers (and occasionally conmen on the side). A circus arrives into town, and they accidentally find a family.

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    29 Jan 2023

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    “Tommy?” The man says, his hand still wrapped around Tommy’s wrist, and Tommy falters, whipping his head around. “Are you- Is it really-?”

    Tommy blinks. Stares. Squints a little.

    At the back of his mind, it sinks in that this is a familiar face, a friend.

    Who Tommy met two hundred years ago.

    (Or, SBI are immortals just having a life, and Tommy is a time traveler who’s been wandering for quite a while.)

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    22 Jan 2023

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    "Wilbur didn't look like a "difficult" child.

    Honestly, he looked like a child struggling to reach his next birthday on his own. In an oversized, faded sweater, with bruises on his forearms, and a still unhealed, split lip, he definitely didn't resemble the little terrorist Phil had carefully guarded all sharp objects from. More like a victim of a natural disaster. As if he had spent hours on the roof escaping a flood, only to be carried away by a tornado.

    But burying the knives was still a good idea. The kid seemed to trip over while making a sandwich."

     

    Or: Phil feel ready to become a foster family.
    Spoiler: He's not ready.

    Less of plot and more of feelings. Also, fuck canon!Dadza! I want Phil to be a good dad!
    (Title from "Ready Now" by Dodie Clark)

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    15 Jan 2023