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Dean lived with just his dad in Lawrence, Kansas all his life, after his mom left them when he was only four. It's been a pretty ordinary life, except that Dad has been hunting for her and someone named 'Sam' ever since, mostly using intel from a so-called 'psychic' named Missouri. Dean is mortified that Dad believes in psychics ... and monsters, and ghosts, and who knows what else. Everyone knows psychic powers aren't real, but Dad believes in everything.
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Crossing Stars by brightly_lit
Fandoms: Travelers (TV), 86-エイティシックス- - 安里 アサト | 86 - Asato Asato, ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ | Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e | Classroom of the Elite (Anime), Marvel Cinematic Universe, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
25 May 2025
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Trevor had prayed all his very long life for this one thing never to happen.
Marcy had never expected to question her oath.
Mac had never expected to find himself hunting down a fellow Traveler.
Philip had never expected to fall in love.
And Carly had never thought the team of five she'd trained with, fought with, and trusted her life with, was about to become a team of six.
Too bad that sixth team member seems increasingly dangerous and untrustworthy, and why is her best friend murdering Travelers? What can Carly and the team even do about it, if the Director is behind the new team members' orders? Things are looking worse by the day, but what else is new.
I don't think unfamiliarity with any of the fandoms will infringe on your enjoyment of the fic, although if you are familiar with any of them, it will provide an extra treat. It's fundamentally simply a (very angsty) time travel fic, without any necessity of prior knowledge of any of the fandoms. If you like what you see in the tags, I hope you give it a try. Tonally, it's similar to Travelers and 86 all the way through: dark, with as happy an ending as realistically possible.
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Witch by brightly_lit
Fandoms: A Course in Magic: From Novice to Master - December Nolan
23 Mar 2025
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Thryn grew up surrounded by nature in the forest where her grandmother taught her how to practice magic and told her her life would be like a fairy tale, how one day she would meet a handsome prince and live happily ever after. Her beloved grandmother died when she was only ten years old and Thryn had to go live with uncaring relatives. Ever since, everything about herself and her life has been wrong and out of place. She kept on practicing that magic to try to fix it, but the most it ever did was to make life tolerable, despite being told she possesses a lot of magical power.
Then she found Edwin’s system of magic and added that to her arsenal. Edwin hired her to work as his executive assistant at his business job, which at least provides enough money that she can survive. It’s a good thing he wanted to hire her, since nobody else likes having her around. Being in love with him doesn’t help matters, especially since he’s already found the love of his life. She's lost and everything in her life is wrong. She lacks the power and the skill to get herself anywhere she needs to be. Then she meets the handsome owner of the mansion on the hill beyond the little cottage where she lives ....
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A Perfect Day to Die by brightly_lit for Canon_Is_Relative
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)
04 Aug 2024
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Sam's been fighting in the demon wars for as long as he can remember. He doesn't like war and he doesn't like fighting, even though he's the best at it ever since Dean got possessed and joined the other side. The humans are losing this war. He's only seventeen, but he figures it's only a matter of time before he dies, too. He just needs to see Dean -- the real Dean, his brother -- one last time before the end.
"Sam was suddenly hit by the same agony of memory he was so often, especially while walking into battle, of someone else who used to tease, just like that. Dean would have said something exactly like that, but he’d have been funnier than Claire, more game-faced than Kevin, more devil-may-care than Jo, and more confident. Sam struggled to breathe through the pain, but it never really left him."
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Sittin' Pretty by brightly_lit
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
11 Oct 2023
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A chance encounter with a middle-schooler causes Todoroki, Bakugo, and Tokoyami to reflect on the pain, darkness, and loneliness they can't seem to escape.
“Little brat,” Bakugo growled, and Todoroki could hear it in his voice: the pain that never left him. That never left any of them.
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Shells of a Long-Ago Lifetime (Faces That Once Were Mine Mix) by freneticfloetry for clex_monkie89
Fandoms: Supernatural
18 Apr 2012
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He tells Sam's story on his skin, in ink so it won't wash away.
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One of the best SPN stories you'll ever read.
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Cas returns to Sam after healing him of the damage done to his soul in Lucifer’s cage. Sam wants a real relationship, but a mysteriously changing Cas is reluctant. What is happening to Cas, who suddenly seems to have certain human needs? And what’s happening in Sam that turns his whole world upside down?
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25 Mar 2013
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The BAU has to deal with a serial killer who believes he's hunting vampires. The unsub's name, Dean Winchester.
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