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"Janus runs a gloved hand along one of the lower branches, something fond in the gesture. He does not visit the tree often but only because he cannot visit something that is, in every meaningful sense, a part of himself. Wherever Janus goes, the tree is never more than a deliberate step-turn away.
Today, he reaches out a hand just as an apple falls from some higher branch. Janus considers it for a long moment, turning the fruit over and over with deft fingers.
There is nothing unusual about the thing at a glance. However, Janus knows better than most how looks can be deceiving."
Or: Janus has an apple tree. It likes to lie.
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Dark liquid seeps from Remus’s chest, gurgling its way out of torn skin and cracked bone. He’s not unused to being gruesomely wounded – in fact, this is the sort of injury he’d wear to a nice dinner party – but this is different. This isn’t the sort of gore he relishes in and inflicts upon himself. This was done to him, out of his control, and so it hurts. And fuck, does it hurt.
Suddenly there’s a tornado of terrifying creatures swarming out of nowhere. They lash out, swinging stingers and fangs and deadly blades. Jaws lined with rows and rows of teeth hang open, huge muscular tongues lolling out and ready to devour. A thousand beady eyes glint in the darkness, and the stifling air fills with the wretched scents of sweat and breath.
Remus is invisible inside the horde, cackling beneath the screeching roaring cacophony. The creatures smell his blood and their frenzied rush reaches a fever pitch, improbably weaponized bodies primed to kill.
With a wave of a gloved hand, they dissolve like a mirage, leaving only wooden cutouts and mechanical skeletons behind."
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"I’ll admit, I’ve been feeling like a bit of an Eeyore all day.” Roman sighed, long and forlorn.
“Oh, no! Don’t you worry, I’ll do whatever I can to help cheer you right up!” Patton took Roman’s hand and gave it a comforting squeeze.
Wasn’t Patton just so sweet? Savory, too. That was the thing Roman was most looking forward to, though he wouldn’t have minded if Patton took on more of a candy flavor.
Roman smiled back at him. Then he lifted their clasped hands to his mouth, and took a bite.
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"Patton spends a lot of time thinking about the past. The others think he shouldn’t, that it isn’t healthy. They had a whole episode about it and everything. But – Patton believes in the privacy of his own heart – someone needs to stand vigil for ghosts."
Or: Patton loves his friend. His friend is dead.
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A collection of spooky prompts from the Joan Collective's Promptober challenge. Grim Reapers, disappearing Sides, the Split, and all sorts of strange happenings
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Once upon a time, Anne lived in a tiny and orderly universe.
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29 Nov 2024
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Gerard Keay didn't die in 2014. He kept on working for Gertrude, and eventually was officially hired as an archival assistant - and when she disappeared, he was inherited by the new Archivist.
There is an avatar of the Eye in the Head of Institute's office, staring him down, warning him not to interfere. The world suspects him of his mother's murder. But the other archival assistants seem to have taken a shine to him anyway.
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29 Oct 2021
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The Distortion pays Gerry a visit on his deathbed.
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18 Sep 2021
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The Thirteen Letters by dropdeaddream, WhatAreFears
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
30 Nov 2014
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Womb to tomb, sweetheart.
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11 Jun 2021
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Nureyev has to focus on the plans, because if he doesn’t he’ll start remembering other things. He’ll remember hours spent in a closet where he’d been ordered to hide by Mag. He’ll remember the way he was scolded for the state he was in when he was finally let out, because "Fear is a weakness, Pete, and a thief can’t afford to be claustrophobic."
He’ll remember a Martian birthing chamber miles under the ground. He’ll remember being trapped in a robot body in a server farm about to be destroyed, trapped in a cast, trapped in debt-
Trapped, like he is now.
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08 Jun 2021