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When her father told her they were to have a guest stay in their home for the whole summer– a princess– Vi nearly gagged on the spot. He had simply laughed, rubbed the top of her head, and explained the importance of this union for the kingdom. Whatever that meant.
I bet she doesn’t wrestle or hunt or box, either, Vi thinks ruefully. (She would find many years later, begrudgingly, that this is not true).
Their parents seem to see their exchange far differently. Their eyes crinkle at the corners and their snickers are hardly subtle. And both of them seem to enjoy this torture, wanting to elongate it until they’ve reached their limits.
This is going to be the longest summer of Vi’s entire life.OR:
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15 Jan 2026
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did you really beam me up? by namacomoon
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
10 May 2025
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Vi falls in love with her neighbor, despite all the signs that something is a little /off/ about her...
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the caitvi aliens au
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Title (and fic) inspo: "Down Bad" by Taylor SwiftSeries
- Part 1 of cosmic love
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25 Sep 2025
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And Oh, Poor Atlas by Anadrym
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
11 Oct 2024
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The Atlas Gauntlets do what they're supposed to. They were made to mine the Fissures, to move stone and dirt, to empower their wearer to carry objects they would never have the strength to lift on their own.
Thousands of pounds of rock slam down and the gauntlets catch them. And Vi has to hold them up.
Written for Whumptober 2024: No. 10 & 20 - Passing Out from Pain & Giving Permission to Die, and No. 26 - Nightmares
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- Part 1 of Whumptober 2024
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02 Jun 2025
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Going twenty miles over the limit, in the dark, she couldn’t think. Claggor’s calming voice over the phone hadn’t helped. No matter what he’d said, her mind continued to spiral until the worst possibility was the grim truth and nothing was stopping her.
She was hours away. Visiting family for the week. Caitlyn had encouraged it. Said it would be healthy to take some family time since they’d just moved a month before. Said, “I’ll be right here when you get back.”
Vi wasn’t so sure.
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14 Mar 2025
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blue seas where once was mulberry fields by goldlinings
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
19 Oct 2024
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“Say it again,” Vi all but begs. Her fingers dig into Caitlyn’s wrist and hip where she holds her close like she’ll float away in the ripples the wind makes in the grass, like the tide, like she isn’t Caitlyn’s anchor. Like she isn’t the only thing keeping Caitlyn afloat.
“Qīn’ài de. Oh, qīn’ài de. My dearest.”
Vi kisses her under the sunshine, the first time she’s felt it in years, and Caitlyn kisses back. Wind rustles through the trees, birds are singing, Caitlyn’s mom is dead, and she kisses Vi in the backyard she grew up in like she’s wanted to from the moment those bars between them slid open and Inmate 516 had a name again, a future again.
“Again,” Vi breathes. Their noses brush.
Caitlyn says it into her mouth as if Vi swallowing will keep it in her forever. “Qīn’ài de.”
(Or, it’s not just language. There's knowing and then there's understanding.)
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13 Mar 2025