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Even Healing Can Hurt by always_exhausted
Fandoms: All the Wrong Questions - Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
09 Nov 2023
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Lemony Snicket has always been surrounded by mystery, whether that mystery is something that needs solving or is instead one of his own secrets, kept close and tight to his chest. It's always been easier for him to surround himself with the problems of others and run when his own are revealed. But when Lemony makes a split-second decision on a train headed out of a dying town, his life and the lives of everyone left in Stain'd-by-the-Sea are suddenly derailed. With threats still lurking, secrets spilling out into the open, and too many loose ends to count, Lemony is in over his head- and with VFD's eyes watching his every move, running isn't an option.
Structures built on lies are always bound to shatter. But, though the healing can hurt, it is never impossible to fix what's been broken.
Or: The ending of "Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?" ruined me. Lemony Snicket and his Association of Associates have already been hit with enough mystery and hurt for a lifetime, so I pile on some more (but let them heal in the process).
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"Zuko?" Sokka called for the price to gain his attention. Zuko turned to face him. "Yeah?" he responded. Sokka took in a breath before responding. "You're family's messed up." Zuko's gaze faltered for a moment, his brow furrowing at Sokka's blunt assessment. He knew it was true, but hearing it spoken aloud stung nonetheless.
And Sokka was saying this without even knowing half of everything he had gone through in his lifetime.
"Yeah," he replied, his voice heavy with the weight of years of family turmoil. "You're not wrong about that."Or
Zuko tells Aang, Katara and Sokka what happened during the day of the black sun.Series
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19 Nov 2025
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Trapped In The Freezing Cold by Huni_obri
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
11 Aug 2025
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As soon as Zuko heard the clang, his heart froze.
He had dropped the wrench.
The guards escorting him to the cooler paused. "What's this?" one of them asked in a condescending tone. "It looks like a wrench," the other responded, a smirk spreading across his face as he picked it up and weighed it in his palm.
"Planning to fix the cooler while you're in there?" the first guard sneered, holding open the heavy door.
Zuko didn't answer. He couldn't. His pulse was roaring in his ears, his heart pounding. Anything he said now could and would be used against him. "Search him, maybe he has more."Or
Zuko gets hypothermia while in the cooler (AU)Bookmarked by always_exhausted
19 Nov 2025
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you see it's me (hold me close to your heart) by wordsinhaled
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
07 Jul 2025
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Charles doesn’t start off nearly starkers at the beginning of their evening. Of course not.
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- Part 24 of that certain feeling
- Part 4 of random discord fic collection
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15 Oct 2025
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and death i think is no parenthesis by wordsinhaled for cutevamp
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
09 Oct 2025
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“Lovely,” Edwin says, and—it’s a bit ridiculous, isn’t it, how serious he sounds, when… it’s just Charles he’s saying it to, Charles who's mostly dressed, looking the same as he’s looked for three and a half decades now.
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- Part 29 of that certain feeling
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13 Oct 2025
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tossing his bag with enough force to split the wooden poles nearby, charles wants nothing more than to scream; to throw his fists until something breaks, until splinters take him apart and reveal the monster beneath.
in which charles muses on being his father's son.
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- Part 1 of dead boy musings
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04 Oct 2025