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“H-Hey!” Lance hoists up his rifle. “Look, I know you guys are all about mystery, but if you’re going to drag me around I need a name. Coran makes us write these reports, and—anyway, what do I call you?”
The fighter doesn’t break his sprint.
Lance pops an approaching climber off the side of the building with a blast to the stomach. He doesn’t watch them go careening down. “You’re kind of small for a Blade, so maybe Tiny? Shortstack? Shrimpman? Do you guys have, like, school ID numbers?”
No response except the squelch of a sword sinking into flesh and being pulled back out. They’re almost at the top of the stairs. “You’re also real quiet. Maybe…Mr. Sneaky? Ninja? Samura— ah, um. Rogue?”
The Blade stutters to a stop, masked eyes flashing over Lance for only a second. It could have been anything, but so far he’s had nothing, so Lance grasps it with both hands. “Rogue! Awesome. So, I’ll ask again, where in Altea’s name are we going?”
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23 Oct 2025
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An open day at the 118 Firehouse has Eddie thinking about his relationship with Buck, and how Buck is loved by everyone around him.
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21 Oct 2025
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“You know,” JJ said, voice quieter now, the kind of tone he only used when things actually mattered, “you’ve been doing this whole ‘dad’ thing for a long time already. You just didn’t call it that.”
John B didn’t move, but JJ felt the breath catch in his chest anyway.
“I mean it,” JJ continued, nudging his knee against John B’s. “You were there when nobody else was. When I was crashing at the Chateau because I didn’t wanna go home? You never made it weird. You just tossed me a pillow and told me the pullout was mine. You were thirteen, B. Who the hell thinks about that at thirteen?”
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At the start of Season 4, in the calm of Poguelandia 2.0, John B shares with JJ that Sarah is pregnant, and that he's about to be a dad.
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- Part 8 of Home Was Never a Place
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08 Oct 2025
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But Without You I'm Incomplete (Oh, I Think It Must Be) True Love by May_39898
Fandoms: Outer Banks (TV)
08 Jul 2025
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“He’s just really sunny. Like, everything feels better when he’s around. But he doesn’t get a lot of… good stuff. Not like we do. And I think he needs someone to love him. I just… I love him. A lot.”
Pope looked thoughtful, then shrugged. “That’s okay. You can like whoever you want. I think it’s nice.”
John B nodded, the tight feeling in his chest easing a little. He didn’t have the right words for what he felt—not yet—but he knew it mattered.
Even in third grade, it mattered.
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An intimate exploration of John B’s attempts to understand and define the profound connection he feels with JJ over the years.
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08 Oct 2025
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oh to be wanted regardless (showing me sacrifice and singing your promise) by fictionstew
Fandoms: Outer Banks (TV)
26 Jul 2025
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He bites his lip again, like the pain will shake him awake if this is all a dream. It feels like it is, being comfortable and warm and surrounded by people who love him regardless of the things he hates most. His past and his scars and his fears. He doesn’t wake up, though, and he thanks the God he doesn’t know if he believes in.
He sleeps in his bed. Kiara by his side, pressed against his chest. They sleep with the window open and the door cracked, just so he doesn’t feel trapped. They talk and talk, about everything and nothing in the comfort of the dark. The only light coming from the moon and the stars outside.
AKA The Pogues buy the house JJ grew up in, and they pour their hearts into making it a home. Even when JJ can't sleep in his childhood bedroom or share the memories of his past, they stick by his side and carry him through the change. He's never been more grateful. A further take on how JJ copes with buying back the Maybank house, and the first few days after moving in.
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07 Oct 2025