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Obaa-chan pulled back and held his cheek in her gnarled hands. "In a matter of speaking. You're not dead, but you're not awake," she said. "Your body is back in the physical world. Your mind is in between worlds for some time."
"I don't understand," Shane said, shaking his head. "This is crazy. Why would…"
And then he remembered.
Marleau taking him out on the ice. The dizzying blur of lights and faces above him. The searing pain in his collarbone and the back of his head. A final, feeble thought—I'm glad Ilya isn't here to see this; he would worry.
And then pure darkness.
Oh, god.
Shortly after Shane begins to date Rose, Marleau knocks him out on the ice, sending him into a coma. As a terrified Ilya, who is away for his father’s funeral, rushes to Shane’s side, Shane is taken through a series of visions exploring the past, present, and future.
Or: Shane meets two dead women, a psychic, and a faceless entity; travels into the past of his loved ones; and answers a question that has long been out of his grasp: what does he really want?
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The entire time his neighbour plays, Atsumu is mesmerized. The piece is utterly gorgeous, spell-binding, circling and lilting and a little sad. When it ends, the last chord drifting away, he realizes his eyes have closed, his forehead resting against the wall.
Before he knows it, he’s clapping, heart thumping in his chest. “Whoa,” he breathes. “That was beautiful.”
For some reason, he isn’t expecting a voice to answer.
“Uh, hello?”
It’s a deep tenor voice, prim and soft, coming from the wall just above Atsumu’s head. Atsumu jerks back.
“Goddamn, the soundproofing really is awful,” he yelps, which is absolutely not what he meant to say.
Miya Atsumu is a famous songwriter coming off a disastrous last show and profound heartbreak. Sakusa Kiyoomi is a famous classical pianist coming off a heavily criticized performance season. They move in next to each other and find that they can hear each other through the walls. So begins a wonderful, bickering friendship full of music that maybe, just maybe, might become love.
Caveat? They don't know who the other person is.
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A Lakeside Lark by calmthestorms
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
24 Feb 2026
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“Well,” Hieheart says. “You’re a pretty amazing witch already, Jujy. I’m sure you’ll find your answer with a little time.” He pauses, and Jujy lets the praise suffuse her with warmth. “When I get stuck,” Hieheart muses, “I find that getting away from my work helps. Some separation from a task can help me see things in a new light.”
Jujy doesn’t really like that idea; it makes her itchy and restless. But…nothing else she’s tried has worked. “Getting away how?”
Hieheart stands. “I think,” he says grandly, “that it’s about time we take a vacation.”
To unwind and relax after long hours studying, Jujy accompanies Hieheart on a vacation.
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You could sing beautifully, but the beauty in music has been stolen from the world since you were born, maybe even before, and a performance is not what either of you need. Beauty is for the Garden, not this wounded, raw space between Till's head and your shoulder, between his hair and your cheek, between the atoms of your hand clenched around his.
The important thing about lullabies: they don’t need to sound beautiful. They only need to sound real.
Three lullabies before the end of the world.
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“I love you,” Mizi gasps, eyes blurring with tears. Sua smiles against her skin. “But I need to know. Are you real?”
Sua steps back, sweeps her gaze over Mizi lovingly. They spend hours, or days, or years staring into each other’s eyes. Mizi never wants to stop. Mizi wants to stop now, because this isn’t right, hasn’t been right. Sua is supposed to be warm, present in a way she isn’t, despite how she acts. Sua is supposed to be alive.
Sua’s face is fond. Something about it sends chills down Mizi’s spine. “Does it matter?”
After her rescue from the stage, Mizi begins to see Sua in her dreams...and in real life.
Or: every ghost story is a love story.
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TRENDY BLENDS: What are the Drinks of the Future? In Conversation with Eden Academy by calmthestorms
Fandoms: SPY x FAMILY (Manga), SPY x FAMILY (Anime)
08 Dec 2025
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What is your favourite drink?
Becky: I’m so glad you asked! I’ve actually had it prepared for this very interview. If you’ll pick up the tea cup in front of you?
Damian: Here we go…
How delightful! I’ll take a sip—oh. Oh, dear…
Anya (giggling): How does it taste, mister?
In which this intrepid reporter gets the latest scoop on the most elite drinks of the future from Eden Academy students Anya, Becky, and Damian!
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June 21, 2016
[00:30] Voicemail: Hey, Hinata. I just wanted to say happy birthday. You’re probably asleep—and if you’re not, you better go to bed! Your body needs rest. Um…since it’s your birthday, I’ll say this, but you won’t ever hear it from me again. I think what you’re doing is really brave. And I know you’re not training in Brazil just to beat me, but…thank you for chasing me. Thank you for trying to be by my side and across the court from me. No one ever tried to do that for me until you came along. Anyway. Happy birthday again, dumbass. I’ll talk to you soon.
A series of journal entries, voicemails, and videos between Hinata and Kageyama in the leadup to the Jackadlers match.
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Hey ladies. This isn’t the typical “are we dating the same guy” post bc this guy isn’t a cheater I don’t think? Like ok he was honest about some batshit situation with his last ex walking in on him roleplaying with a doppelganger of his dead wife, which…okay I KNOW I should have left right away. But I don’t think it was even his fault because apparently that woman just like showed up at his house and, again LOOKED LIKE HIS DEAD WIFE.
But anyway, the thing about Eddie Diaz (pics below) is that I think he’s in love with his (male) best friend. I’m also 80% sure he’s gay. I don’t think he knows either of these things about himself.
Marisol Jimenez
Oh WOW. I didn’t expect this to be posted. Hi everyone I’m the ex who walked in on the dead wife roleplayAna Flores
Okay clearly things have happened since I dated Eddie Diaz lmaoAnanya Panikkar
EDDIE DIAZ??? PRETTY SURE THAT'S MY BROTHER’S COWORKER LMAO??Or: A post in the Los Angeles "Are We Dating the Same Guy" Facebook group inspires the women of Los Angeles to unionize and end Buck and Eddie's romantic reigns of terror.
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The Girl and the Wolf by calmthestorms
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
06 Oct 2025
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“I came looking for you,” Richeh continues. “I was wondering—are you going to the witch’s school in the west? I’ve heard that you’ve only been seen in the woods. The path through the woods leads straight there, doesn’t it?”
The wolf stares at her.
“Do you know how I know that?” Richeh asks. “Because I’m going there, too. Not to learn—you can see by my hat that I already have a teacher. He’s wonderful, the best I’ve ever had.” She smiles, placid. “I’m going because I had a teacher there whom I hated, who was terrible to me and my brother, and I’m going to kill him.”
In which Richeh finds the big, bad wolf and recruits him on a journey through the woods.
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to handler: a defense of the last mission's excessive spending by calmthestorms
Fandoms: SPY x FAMILY (Manga), SPY x FAMILY (Anime)
07 Sep 2025
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Below, you will find my expense list and reasons for purchase. Please feel free to request elaboration, but I trust that you will find this sufficient.
Expense 1: Two (2) evening gowns (classic sweetheart neckline in deep blue with silver embroidery; burgundy A-line with a slit and open back) - 300 dalc
Part of my reconnaissance involved infiltrating three balls, and Yor Briar did not possess more than one formal dress, which had already been seen. Maintaining our facade as an upper-class couple required purchases of high-quality evening gowns, and we ensured to pick the most flattering ones. She looked absolutely lovely, as the mission required.
In which Twilight submits an expense report defending his recent exorbitant purchases (it's all for the sake of the mission, of course).
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Kaori’s eyes well up again. “Yeah,” she says, voice wobbling. She grabs Yukie’s hand again, her grip bruising. Yukie holds on just as hard. “Yeah, Yukie. You’re going to be amazing.”
Yukie’s will breaks, and she begins to sob into her bowl.
“Oh, no! Please stop,” Kaori cries, sniffling as tears stream down her cheeks.
“No, you stop,” Yukie warbles back. She scrubs hard at her face, feeling the weight of a certain truth hit her and Kaori at the same time:
They’re growing up.
A few weeks before graduation, Yukie and Kaori share a meal to celebrate the future.
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we're moving on, we can't slow down by calmthestorms
Fandoms: スキップとローファー | Skip to Loafer (Manga), スキップとローファー | Skip to Loafer (Anime)
25 Aug 2025
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Fumi wraps an arm around Mitsumi’s shoulders and Mitsumi quiets, rapt with attention. “When you invited us here, I had this moment where I just didn’t understand how everything could be changing so fast, you know? We were kids so recently. How are we old enough to have a graduation party? How are we almost at the age to drink? How did time fly by so quickly?”
Mitsumi looks at her friend, thoughtful. “Are you scared, Fumi-chan?”
In which Mitsumi and Fumi talk about change, growing up, and the forever nature of their friendship.
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i have circled the same old sins by calmthestorms for yuriduty
Fandoms: ツルネ 風舞高校弓道部 | Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudoubu (Anime)
13 May 2025
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“Well?” Kaito says, half-demand, half-expectation. There is so much hope in his eyes.
Seiya imagines himself stepping forward into Kaito’s space, taking his hands. He imagines letting himself have what he wants. But terror overwhelms him, and Seiya clears his throat.
“Kaito, I’m…I’m truly flattered. I respect you as a teammate and friend very much. But… I’m sorry,” Seiya says. “I don’t feel the same.”
Kaito confesses and Seiya rejects him, sending Seiya into a spiral as he grapples with what he wants, what he feels he deserves, and the space in between.
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“Can you quiet down?” he barks. “Some of us are doing important things that need silence.”
Two startled gazes meet his. One is a girl with vibrant pink hair pulled into a long ponytail, a strange triangular headband on her head.
The other—hair in a pixie cut, wearing sweatpants and a hoodie and looking far more dressed-down than anyone Damian has seen in their social circles—is Becky Blackbell.
Damian’s day has just gotten so much worse.
Becky moves into Damian's apartment building, and despite their history, a tentative friendship begins to form.
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Luka’s eyes glow blue. His face is radiant, lit up with adoration. He takes another step, and Hyuna almost blinks with surprise—she expected him to be closer, somehow. Time has slowed, an eternity between every breath, as soft and gentle and deadly as the Garden’s mockery of yearly snowfall.
Something in Hyuna’s mind clicks with the beginning of a plan.
Fuck, she thinks. This is going to hurt.
With only moments to spare before capture, Hyuna looks at Luka and makes a choice.
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Asahi groans, passing him to flop face-first on the couch. Suga sits by his head and pokes him repeatedly. Asahi reaches up without looking and grabs his hand. “Suga, let me suffer in peace. God, maybe I should just stop dating.”
Daichi snorts. “Come on. It can’t have been that bad. Isn’t he your coworker’s friend?” He prods Asahi on the back. “Move over.”
Asahi sits up with a sigh, making space for Daichi to plop between him and Suga. Daichi leans back against Suga’s chest, and Suga’s hand immediately goes to play with his hair. Asahi’s chest warms at the sight of them, even as something distant and yearning aches in his stomach.
In an effort to get over his feelings for his best friends, Asahi tries dating around, only to suffer bad date after bad date. Unbeknownst to him, Daichi and Suga might be more interested in him than he realizes.
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“It’s not,” he says, collapsing forward into her arms. Shame curdles in his stomach—Vi has lost everything, and he’s making this about himself. But he’s missed Vi, missed her comfort and steadiness and the strength of her arms around him, and the words pour out of him. “It’s not, Vi. She was so happy.”
Vi stills. “Who was happy?”
Ekko hesitates.
“Who, Ekko?”
“Powder,” Ekko whispers. “I saw Powder.”
In which Ekko tells Vi about the other timeline.
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in a town with an ocean view by calmthestorms
Fandoms: SPY x FAMILY (Manga), SPY x FAMILY (Anime)
04 Oct 2024
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“Hot springs!” Anya screams as she dashes through the entrance for families.
“The stones are wet! Slow down!” Loid calls, exchanging a wry look with Yor. She’s dressed in a black bathing suit that appears to be made of sturdy fabric, exposing what seems like miles of tan, glowing skin. Embarrassingly, Loid has to drag his eyes away.
Don’t be ridiculous, he scolds himself.
In which Loid, Yor, and Anya visit some hot springs, and Loid reflects on his family.
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Eva takes a breath that shudders its way into her bones.
“I was just thinking,” she says unsteadily, “that seeing you age is the only way to know what Neil might have looked like if he’d had the chance to grow old.”
Quincy stares at her, jaw working.
A conversation with Quincy on Neil's birthday prompts Eva to consider moving forward.
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Bokuto and Kuroo's faces are flushed, their smiles so joyful and brilliant that Kenma wishes, bizarrely, that he could be dancing with them, hand in hand, all that buoyant attention focused on him, too.
And Kenma gets it, suddenly, why partner dances are so appealing. It’s the same principle of trust that has been so central in his life since he met Kuroo and started playing volleyball, but emphasized tenfold in its intimacy and closeness. Dance allows bravery and vulnerability in ways that Kenma has never been courageous enough to express.
He wonders if that could change. He kind of wants to be brave, for once.
Kenma accompanies Kuroo, Bokuto, and Akaashi to a dance class and has some realizations along the way.