Orneryjackal
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Pocket Change and Couch Money by Orneryjackal
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
15 Sep 2025
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Jinx, gasping from the coughing fit and halfway dying inside, reached out and gripped her son's shoulder with one hand, turning him bodily toward the street.
“Okay! Time to go! Thank you so much, very delicious, very horrifying, goodbye!”
Theo looked up at her in confusion. “Did I say something wrong?”
Jinx, still red-faced and trying to maintain some parental dignity, gave him a tight-lipped smile as she dragged her hand down her face.
“You… just told a story that probably sounded way different than it actually was,” she said diplomatically. “That’s all.”
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One-shots and dabbles from my 'Ghosts of the Living' series where Vi finds out Jinx is not only alive, but has been living with Ekko in Bilgewater and they've started a family—one he apparently neglected to bring up during their correspondence all these years. Ops, family drama.You might be able to read these without reading part 1 (if you really want to), but you will likely be somewhat confused and the original story is only like 8k words anyway—it's not that long. Please go consume that and then come back to this snack pack, lolol.
Series
- Part 2 of Ghosts of the Living
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The Crux of It by Orneryjackal
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
02 Sep 2025
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Still, his fingers moved carefully—checking the knot, tugging the tail, quick glance at her belay loop to make sure the rope ran through both hard points. His knuckles brushed bare skin where her crop top rode high, but neither of them said anything.
“Where’s your extra #3?” he asked, eyeing her gear loops. “You only got one?”
“Didn’t think I’d need more.”
“Guidebook said double up for the crux,” he said, unclipping one from his harness and securing it to her waist without a second thought. “It’ll fit above that flake.”
She watched him work with a faint smirk. “Always watching my rack… my boobs are up here, Ekko.”
“If your boobs kept you on the wall, I’d check those too.” He gave her harness one last playful tug, then grinned. “But they don’t. So… go on, trouble.”
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The rock climbing AU no one asked for but me.
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Halfway Open by Orneryjackal
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
13 Aug 2025
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She let her arm flop out beside her, fingers brushing the edge of the mattress. “It’s loud,” she muttered. Not accusatory. Just a shade too tired. Honest. “In here.” She tapped the side of her temple with a knuckle. “Thought maybe if you kept looking, it’d drown it out.”
There was a pause, too long, the room going quiet like the words had knocked something so loose inside him that he couldn’t make his lungs work. Ekko sat back a little in the chair, like he wasn’t sure whether to move closer or bolt.
“Not really how that works,” he said finally. Quiet, but not unkind.
“I know.” Her voice cracked just a little. She closed her eyes. “Still.”
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She walks like a ghost and sleeps like someone who isn’t sure she wants to wake up.
But with Ekko watching, it doesn’t feel so much like she’s disappearing. -
First Cry, Twice by Orneryjackal
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
02 Aug 2025
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There are two nights that live in Jinx’s bones—etched into her like gunmetal and starlight.
One began in a storm.
The other, in stillness.
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Jinx reflects on the drastically different births of her two children.Series
- Part 3 of Ghosts of the Living
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The Last Tie by Orneryjackal
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
30 Jul 2025
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Ekko pushed to his feet, eyes burning into her, shoulders squared like he was ready for a fight he couldn’t win but wouldn’t back down from.
"You wanna act like this is all a game, fine. But don't stand there and pretend you’re not dancing to their tune."
Jinx leaned in, resting her chin on her hand, the smile never wavering. "You don’t know me."
Ekko’s eyes narrowed. "I did. Once."
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Ekko’s name is called, and Jinx doesn’t flinch. She can’t. She’s the Capitol’s darling now—the broken victor with too many scars and not enough heart. But the boy standing on that stage isn’t just another tribute... He’s the last piece of who she used to be. And when it comes to the games, everyone loses.Once, they built things together. Now, the Capitol will make her help tear him apart.
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Ghosts of the Living by Orneryjackal
Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
15 Sep 2025
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This is an on-going series focusing on Jinx & Ekko far in the future post-canon, where they live on an airship with their two kids and Kiilash crew mate/stoic-scary-nanny.
The main story 'Ghosts of the Living' (GofL) starts with Vi finding out Jinx is surprisingly not dead in the prologue before shifting to Jinx's POV for the bulk of the story, though they continue to correspond with Vi through letters during short transition sequences between acts. After the prologue, Vi does not play a super prominent role in their lives as we are mostly following Jinx & Ekko—as parents and as a couple.
This is a story of found family, healing, and the kind of love that doesn’t always come easy, but still finds a way. I like to focus on themes of personal growth, recovery, and emotional intimacy... there will be angst and there will be comedy because both are necessary to appreciate anything.
All fics in this series are connected to GofL, though they will not necessarily be posted in chronological order.
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