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for light and life (for you and me) by ShiftyBells

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase I - Various Authors
02 Jan 2026
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It had been weeks since Bell had refused to sleep, had promised Indeera and Burryaga he would at least *try,* and tonight Bell desperately wanted to break that promise. He rarely did but stars he wanted to. He wanted to push back sleep until his eyes burned, until his speech slurred and his skin buzzed with unneeded adrenaline because if he slept there was a chance this became a dream within a dream and Bell knew he would not survive it.

“Don’t overthink Padawan, I can hear your brain from here.”

Loden’s voice was gently chiding, and Bell merely buried his face into the pillow beneath him.

“Sorry.” He apologised quietly, eyes flicking up to Lodens face. His eyes were tired, the brown iris’s warm and gentle. But Bell could see the shadows were there, in the bruises under Loden’s own eyes. Bell knew they would morph into blood curdling nightmares. But not tonight. He would make sure of it, somehow.

He couldn’t do it for himself, but he would do so for Loden. Would blind and burn himself in the Force to make it happen.
Survival is never pretty, or easy. But they did, and they would face the aftermath together. One way or another.

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Held your hair in deep devotion by ShiftyBells

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase II - Various Authors
20 Dec 2025
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It was…. freeing. To not be recognised.

Here, he wasn’t Former Chancellor Kyong Greylark’s cult-conspirator son. He wasn’t the Chaos child of Elecia Zeveron.

Here, he was merely Gella Nattai’s friend.

That was a title he could wear with honour.
Axel and Gella, after the dust settles.

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now you feel so alive by ShiftyBells

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase I - Various Authors, Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase III - Various Authors
02 Oct 2025
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Bells fingers gently threaded through his hair, caressing them like Burryaga was one of Bell's beloved hounds. Perhaps he was, in the eyes of some.

Burryaga hitched Bells legs over his shoulder, pressing a tender kiss to the soft flesh, eyes slipping half closed as he peered up at Bell through his lashes.

“May I?”

Bell, beautiful, precious Bell. He smiled, like Burryaga was asking for a kiss and not to drain Bell of the very ichor that kept him alive.

Bell smiled, tender and private, his cheeks flushed and lips still slick with spit.

“Go on, take what you need.”

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though your eyes will need some time to adjust (to the overwhelming light surrounding us) by ShiftyBells

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
22 Sep 2025
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In which the Clone Wars do not end with betrayal, death and a burning temple that was home to thousands. It's not a perfect ending, wounds still seeping with blood, with distrust and regret. But it's better.
In this galaxy, things could be fixed.
Shaak smiled, petting the grass invitingly. “We are quite alright Ahsoka. Thank you for joining us today. I know you probably would rather spend your time with those your own age, rather than two old Masters’ like us.” Her voice was light and joking, washing over them like the strum of a harp.

Clearly, Shaak’s joke had eased Ahsoka’s discomfort, her shoulders slumping into a more eased position.

“I wouldn’t dream of being anywhere else.” She replied, her voice surprisingly tender and quiet. Like the young girl couldn’t quite fathom that they were Infront of her.

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we could become, two into one by ShiftyBells

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase III - Various Authors
08 Jul 2025
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After a year of separation, Burryaga doesn't hesitate to re-acquaint himself with Bell.

The low murmur of conversation leaked through the door, Senators and party goers wandering the halls as the gala continued, but Burryaga didn’t focus on any of that. Didn’t focus on the chatter, the sound of constant footsteps that passed by their room. Not when he had a much better thing to focus on, just below him.

It was dark, the curtains drawn on their balcony blocking out the moon's rays. But Burryaga could just make Bell out below him.

And by the Light what a sight he made.

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The Long Con by drownedphoenix

Fandoms: White Collar (TV 2009), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
11 Dec 2024
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"Maybe... Is there somebody you can appeal to? Surely this isn't set in stone already."
He looked at Diana, eyes wide. It took her a moment to catch up.
"You don't think N could help, do you?"
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It had been years since the WC team last saw their so-called CI. The realisation that Neal had hidden the fact he was an agent working for the Justice League had left a bad taste in everyone's mouths. Now, though, with Peter facing an imminent transfer to Gotham, which was about as appealing as a death sentence, it seemed to be time to call in one last favor.

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29 Apr 2026
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the art of loving (those who slip away) by couldyoublameme

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, White Collar (TV 2009)
29 Jan 2026
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“You’re working with cops,” the kid said. It wasn’t a question. Pure judgment and distain wrapped into four words. More opinionated on the police system than Peter was comfortable with for a kid barely out of elementary school.
Neal crossed his arms. “I am.”
“B hates cops.”

“B hates a lot of things.”

“He hates cops especially.”
“If I wasn’t allowed to do half the things B hated, I’d be unemployed,” Neal replied, voice drier than Peter had ever heard. “And a Monk.”
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Five times Jason crashed Dick's undercover assignment to bond with his older brother, and the one time he couldn't.

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- Part 4 of The art of finding home
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27 Apr 2026
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Remnants by calthera

Fandoms: The Maze Runner Series - James Dashner, The Maze Runner (Movies), Teen Wolf (TV)
11 Aug 2025
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Here’s what he remembers: them. The boys he bled and ran and laughed with, the family he chose when the world gave him none. Now WICKED is gone, and Thomas stands in the wreckage with nothing but half-truths and a grief carved so deep it feels like memory. Under this fragile new safety, they search for the missing pieces, because Thomas doesn’t remember the boy people say he once was.
But some truths wait in the dark, patient and terrifying as love itself.

(This work is a crossover between The Maze Runner and Teen Wolf, however it leans heavily towards TMR. Extremely canon divergence for Teen Wolf - you can read it even if you didn't watch the show)

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complicated, understated, on the way to devastated (it burns through me) by TheMistakeHasArrived

Fandoms: Spider-Man: Spider-Verse (Sony Animated Movies)
01 Oct 2023
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The thing about loss is that there are two kinds of it. In one, a person loses a part of them. The second, a more dangerous one, is when the loss shatters the person. These two can happen separately, years apart and still have the same effect.
Miles learns when they happen together, so close to one another, it leaves him a shattered person who has to pick up the pieces himself.
(or, Miles loses his Uncle and Dad, and canon decidedly gets chaotically corrected.)

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- Part 6 of love is when you try to make it out alive (till forever falls apart)
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26 Apr 2026
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Virtual Daises & Sunflowers by RuiningFandomsSince1666

Fandoms: Spider-Man: Spider-Verse (Sony Animated Movies)
03 Aug 2023
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Lyla’s never had a best friend before- but she’s certain they aren’t supposed to give completely digital beings this many stress ulcers.

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- Part 3 of miles being emotionally adopted by everyone
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26 Apr 2026