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a little less fight (a little more spark) by jessalae for theheartischill
Fandoms: The Magicians (TV)
01 Apr 2022
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This is — not what Quentin was going for, actually. But it might be— better? “Um— I’ve never—”
Before he can finish, Eliot spanks him again. “Then I’m honored—” he bends down over Quentin, leaning his weight on Quentin’s shoulders, holding him firmly in place, fuck— “—to be the first person to ever introduce you to the consequences of your actions.”
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18 Dec 2023
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In a perfect world, he would step outside the wards to grab a coffee and maybe a sandwich before crossing to the library on the far side of the campus to get started on grading these papers. In reality, of course, he’s a thirty-three–year-old man who lives with roommates, October rent is due, and the Baba Yaga waits for no one, so he heads to the bike rack outside Whittaker, turns on some Interpol, and unlocks his bike, thinking: I have got to fucking move.
(Or: Five years later, Quentin tries to get some work done.)
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- Part 3 of help, i'm alive
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18 Dec 2023
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i think you'll stay by SummerFrost for chasingfictions, alittlebitmaybe
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
15 Aug 2023
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Buffy says, "No, but see, the thing is that good things look a lot like good things until you find out they're bad things, and I am really just full-up on bad things forever, thanks. Only lukewarm things for Buffy."
"That's the spirit, B!" Faith claps Buffy hard on the back, spilling some of William's coffee onto her shoes. "Let ole Willy warm ya up."
"Extremely not what I meant," says Buffy.AKA: The one where Buffy works at a coffee shop and William is her favorite customer.
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23 Sep 2023
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“Life is probabilistic,” Julia says. “Each life is rooted in its surrounding subjectivities. We don’t need to bring all of him back. We couldn’t, because there is no all of him anymore. But we can bring a piece of him — and another — and another — and if we get enough pieces, then our own consciousness will unite them. We can — fill in the gaps, like your mind does when you’re looking at a constellation.”
“Or a mosaic,” Eliot says quietly. Thinking about what he had learned there: that the beauty of all life existed in the spaces between.
Alice looks at him. “Yeah. Like that.”
(Or: A story about bringing Quentin(s) back to life.)
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21 Jun 2023
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In short, Quentin — neurotic, depressive, insecure, inexperienced, nerdy, dyspeptic Quentin Coldwater — fucked more or less like any other red-blooded American male between the ages of seventeen and twenty-nine.
Eliot could not begin to explain why he found this… so excruciatingly hot.
(Or: Eliot wants to be helpful. Quentin wants to get tied up. A story about things which can get tangled.)
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12 Mar 2023
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“This is not how I expected the evening to go, I’ll tell you that much. I came out here to get stinking drunk and black out the bleak reality of my continued existence for a mere moment or two, and instead you want to know why I never asked you to sexually dominate me?”
(The night before Eliot’s graduation, Quentin has a burning question: “How come you never asked me?”)
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29 May 2022
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There's a big daddy vampire out of Missouri who used to keep alligators as pets. There's a Slayer. And there's Faith.
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17 May 2022
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There have to be limits here, there has to be some structure. If he listens to his fear, he won't go far enough. If he listens to his heart, he could go way too far.
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- Part 2 of Numerology
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17 May 2022
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7 Deadly Sins, lived twice over. Before and after Atlantis.
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17 May 2022
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If there’s a truism in his profession, it’s that fear is a better bet than love. A man fears you, you both know where you stand. Love, though, love’s a right fucker. Steals your footing out from under you, leaves you dizzy and useless as a green-arsed cabin boy on his first day at sea. But he doesn’t want to be thinking about this tonight. That’s why he’s drinking.
(Four months later, Ed's on a bender in Nassau when Stede finally tracks him down.)
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24 Apr 2022
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Stede seems determined to win Edward back. It must be why he keeps “accidentally” showing up in Edward’s life.
Izzy scoffs. “He just doesn’t learn, does he? Tell him Blackbeard has no use for apologies.”
“Yeah,” Edward says. “That’s true. I don’t. But also, unrelated to that other thing, what else did he say about me?”
Frenchie blinks. “Um. Nothing? The message came tied to a seagull’s leg so. You know. Not much real estate on those little papers. Can’t write a lot, can you?” He straightens suddenly. “Oh, I still have it!”
He fishes a crumpled, wind-dampened piece of paper from his pocket and drops it into Edward’s hand. When Edward unfurls it, he sees only a series of poorly-drawn images: The Revenge with a little triangle sail, a rope ladder and an arrow, a caricature of Stede looking like he’s crying.
“We really need to teach you guys how to read,” Edward notes.
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24 Apr 2022
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The guard posted on their barracks gives Ed a weird look as he sneaks back in that night, almost like he wants to bolt. It's not entirely unexpected--though the rest of these idiots may think he's tamed, this one has sound cause to think differently--but the back of his neck prickles a warning at that look of terror all the same.
There isn't much he needs to collect, and he'd packed most of it up before leaving to acquire a dinghy. No sense being weighed down with obvious proof he means to escape. Stede's bunk is already empty, of course, the man himself led off by the guard outside half an hour before, but this is Stede. Best if Ed checks for himself to be sure he didn't leave behind anything important.
Like his stockings. And his shoes. And every fucking thing else save the piss-poor clothes the quartermaster gave him. What the entire fuck?
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23 Apr 2022
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"So, this… look you're going for," Lucius starts, testing the waters.
Blackbeard stares at him with vacant eyes. Jesus. Lucius is viscerally reminded of the man's dead-eyed look before he pushed him overboard.
"Does it feel like the right choice for you? Are we happy with it?"
"Do you have a fever?" Blackbeard asks, voice hoarse.
Lucius cocks his head and says, "Don't think so. Do I look hot?" He winks.
Blackbeard lifts his hand and presses his fingers roughly against Lucius' forehead.
"What are you—"
"No fever," Blackbeard grunts and draws back. "Good. Didn't want to cut off your fucking hand."
Lucius drawls, "I'm touched."
Or: Lucius survives. For better or for worse.
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- Part 1 of the only proof the field existed
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23 Apr 2022
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He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven by AuntieClimactic
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
02 Apr 2022
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“Here we go again,” he heard Lucius scream over Izzy’s furious cursing.
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23 Apr 2022
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Stede comes back.
Ed does too. It just takes a little longer.
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22 Apr 2022
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"Hey." Ed reaches across because it's the only thing that feels right. He grasps Stede's wrist and smoothes the pad of his thumb across his knuckles. Stede stops fiddling with his ring and looks up at him, wide-eyed. "This isn't Captain shit. This is God shit. Are you God?"
The room is blank with silence.
Gently, Ed repeats, "Are you God, Stede?"
Stede's voice is thin and high when he answers, "I'm not God."
"And is God here, in this room?"
Comically, Stede looks around like he might find God perched on the edge of his desk, or pulling books from his shelves to examine the spines.
"He's not," Stede concedes.
"That's right, mate. Stupid bugger doesn't associate himself with pirates."
Or: The Revenge has been becalmed for six days. Ed has bigger things to worry about, like sharks and being in love.
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21 Apr 2022
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it's not living if it's not with you by theheartischill for boundwithpurple
Fandoms: The Magicians (TV)
01 Apr 2022
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“You want to do this shit right,” she continues. “You want to change the story. Fix how people see you. Be something other than your shitty dad’s pathetic son. You want to stop being Nigel Langbert, the bastard son of a British lord, and become Nigel Langbert, rock star. The album’s a means to an end. Your greatest creative project is becoming yourself. And getting your strung-out ass in my magazine for something other than a DUI in the gossip column will get you where you want to go faster than anything else. I’m your ticket to the you you want to be.”
Janet is breathing hard. Great — another fucking symptom for no one to diagnose. But she has him, she thinks. No: she knows she has him.
She doesn’t know how she knows, but she knows she has him deeper than she knows her own name.
(Or: Janet meets Nigel. Things escalate quickly.)
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08 Apr 2022
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like an hourglass glued to the table by theheartischill for sunbrights
Fandoms: The Magicians (TV)
01 Apr 2022
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“We’re not friends.”
Julia nods, silently conceding. Eliot’s a little disappointed; he would have thought she’d argue back, what are you talking about, we’re totally friends, the three conversations we’ve ever had have like so bonded us for life, and he’s kind of spoiling for a fight.
Then she says, “But you were his friend.”
(Or: One year, two magicians, three late nights.)
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08 Apr 2022
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When Eliot turns to look, Quentin is rolling over to flop onto his back, and he has Eliot’s grandmother’s wine glass in his hand.
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08 Apr 2022
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Soulmates aren't found. They're made.
(The Good Place fusion.)
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07 Apr 2022