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Day 2: Yearning
Goodbyes.
“How dare you?!” She pushes past him, shoulder brushing his chest, storming into the house like she owns the air inside it.
“I’m sorry.” Is all he has to say.
“You have the nerve to not say anything. For years! Then two days before I get on a plane... you slip a note in my locker? And then you—” her voice cracks around the edges, “—and then you leave before I could even see you. Before I can even talk to you about it.”
Jack closes the door quietly, almost gently, as if any sudden movement might set her off further. He stays near it, hands in his pockets, watching her pace tight circles across the foyer tile.
“That was the goal,” he says, barely above a murmur.
Two days before Samira boards a plane to California, she finds a note in her locker.
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- Part 2 of bentovrbckward's Mohabbot Week 2026
- Part 5 of bentovrbckward's mohabbot monday collection
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Day 1: First Times
First 'I love you's.
His eyes are heavy-lidded, mouth still slick from their kiss when he says, "God, I love you."
The bubble bursts.
“What?” she breathes.
Nice, pretty, well-adjusted girls—girls who are ready for a relationship—don’t sprint out of the room when someone says I love you. They smile softly, kiss them back, maybe tear up a little (a cute, appropriate, romcom-acceptable amount), and say I love you, too. They certainly do not flee wearing nothing but said person’s boxers like some kind of emotionally stunted bandit that only hits in the morning hours.
Samira is decidedly not a nice, normal girl. She is a panicked, malfunctioning fire alarm of a human being whose brain short‑circuits at the mere suggestion of emotional vulnerability. A girl who hears I love you and responds with the fight‑or‑flight instincts of a cornered raccoon.
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- Part 1 of bentovrbckward's Mohabbot Week 2026
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"The first floor is the main level of the hospital—the quiet heart of it all. Easy to access, simple for visitors to reach, and tucked away from foot traffic. Where worried families pace slow circles into the tile, waiting for updates that could potentially shatter them or piece their world back together. Where the gift waits for them, shelves filled with flowers, cards, and teddy bears meant to bring comfort when nothing else can, and down the hall, social workers’ offices sit, ready for difficult moments and hard conversations. Where a small chapel waits nearby, offering a quiet space for visitors to pray—or simply just hope for a miracle.
It’s the ground-level anchor that keeps families tethered to the earth, so stress and grief don’t sweep them away entirely.
It’s also where she and Jack leave their eight-month-old baby each morning, dropping her off at the daycare nursery and heading into another twelve-hour shift that’s made worth it by seeing her smiling face at the end of every day."
Jack needs a reminder of why he keeps coming back, so he heads to the first floor.
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- Part 2 of vignettes of a marriage
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“That’s a shame,” he says, running a hand over his stubbled jaw and not even trying to hide the way his eyes rake over her frame. “Maybe I can change your mind, yeah?”
She suppresses the need to shiver, instead tilting her chin up and squinting a little, forcing him to look her in the eyes, “How do you suppose you can do that?”
Or: Jack and Samira meet at the rodeo.
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Jack, the quiet romantic, who always grabs Samira’s hand when she’s sitting in the passenger seat of his Jeep and always brings her hand up to place a kiss to the back of it. Jack, who always manages to snap a picture of her on his ancient phone, not caring if the lighting is bad, the angle is unflattering, or if her curls are a little too wild.
Samira reflects on what she's learned about Jack over the years.
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non-linear snapshots of the Samira Mohan and Jack Abbot as they navigate marriage
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TetsuKami Crumbs by bentovrbckwards
Fandom 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
05 Sep 2025
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Dancing to Another Tune by SunnyCapri
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
27 May 2026
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“Oh, right!” Aang looked between them, gesturing rapidly. “Katara, this is On Ji. On Ji, this is Katara."
“His girlfriend.” Katara felt rather like an animal gnashing its teeth, but some things simply needed to be said.
“My girlfriend,” Aang concurred, smiling down at her.
Aang and his friends visit the Imperial City to check on Zuko's budding attempts at cultural reform. Aang is thrilled with the progress. Katara is trying to be.
When a familiar face from Aang's past waltzes back into his life, Katara finds herself grappling with feelings she is far from eager to name.
She isn't jealous. She refuses to be jealous.
She's jealous.
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25 Jul 2026
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Nightmares and Reassurances by moonxpetal
Fandoms: Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (Movie 2026), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
21 Jul 2026
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Katara’s worries never seem to end, especially now that they’ve grown up. Between their separate duties and the stress that came from such did not seem to help in the slightest bit. But Aang was more than happy to reassure her. After all, they had gotten this far in their lives together— he wasn’t going to give up on her now.
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The thought occurs to her randomly, while she’s at work. She’s assisting a young woman who had just been in a car accident— a teenager, really— with her pregnancy. Katara has her sitting on an examination table, her round belly exposed, water-covered fingers hovering above her skin. There’s a small mass, a heartbeat and a whorl of chi that she can feel, pressing back against her. Katara describes the entire process, and the girl smiles at her uncertainly throughout, a look of wonderment on her face. “And to think,” she whispers. “In the beginning, I’d been praying to get my period. Now, I feel so relieved.”
The distant part of her that can still feel wants to commiserate. She wants to laugh, pat her shoulder, and say, “A baby can change everything, huh? Isn’t life so ironic?”
And then it hits her, like a bolt of lightning down her spine— I can’t remember the last time I had mine.
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Love is a form of energy that swirls all around us, and is reborn.
Kataang Week Submission: Parenthood/First-time Parents.
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love is patient, love is kind. by littlerosette
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
23 Jun 2024
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“Because he’s a monk, genius. He works on Air Temple Island.”
Katara’s mouth rounds. She’s not entirely sure why she’s shocked. Aang being a monk seems rather obvious, now, given the shaved head and tattoos, but she supposes it must be his age. Every Air Nomad monk she’s met— of which there hasn’t been many, admittedly— has been old, gray, and wizened.
And, objectively, she thinks, glancing at him. Gray eyes flick away. Not as good-looking.
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This is a love story.
Fleabag AU.
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i'll be more than a lover by sk8ingfrogs
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
23 Jul 2026
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“Did you miss me?” Aang says, interrupting the lull that had become the shower against tile and faint R&B music. His fingers massage her scalp, and Katara sighs, relaxing further into him.
It’s easy being honest when she’s already in a vulnerable state. “Yes. I really looked forward to doing nothing with you today, you know?”
Aang’s fingers slow into gentle circles. “I know. You can blame your brother, though.” His fingers stop, and his hands slide down her back before he loops his arms around her waist, bending down until he’s near her ear. “I was thinking about you all day.”
or, Aang and Katara take a shower together.
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