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In Dolore, Veritate [Teen Version] by dropsofemeraldandrose
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
19 Jul 2026
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[This is a spice-free repost of In Dolore, Veritate. For the original, go here].
After Hermione hears Harry's description of what he saw in the bathroom before he nearly killed Draco Malfoy with a sectumsempra spell, she realizes that Harry bungled what could have been a unique opportunity to reach him. She decides to find Malfoy in the hospital wing and try to do what Harry should have done. When she finds him all alone and in distress, being clearly ignored by Madame Pomfrey, her mission leads to a connection she didn't plan for.
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23 Aug 2026
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Kara Zor-El wanted nothing more than to fit in and help the people of earth. Unfortunately for her Aliens are reviled and seen as no more than wild animals to be killed or tamed. She was caught after years of hiding and sold as a pet to the "Queen of All Media" who isn't quite what she expected.
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22 Aug 2026
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Edmund Birchley is the prodigal son of a railroad investor, reluctantly returning home from a summer of college celebrations and city debauchery when his cousin writes to him about his father's declining health. He does not receive a warm welcome - in his father's eyes, Edmund has never shaped up to be anything but a disappointment.
By comparison his Lordship's newly acquired clerk and confidant appears to satisfy his every expectation. Polite, reliable and well-composed, the indentured Callan has quickly risen high above Lord Birchley's own son in every regard. But Edmund is forbidden from interfering with the object of his abject jealousy: Until his father's death delivers the young man directly into his possession.
From one day to the next, Edmund finds himself responsible for a household, a large share of a thriving business, and, to his great triumph and satisfaction, the very life of his father's beloved clerk. But he quickly learns that his new power doesn't make him any less alone, and the slave he previously despised might just be the only person wholly at his disposal.
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15 Aug 2026
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11 Aug 2026
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As Is by arsenicarcher (Arsenic)
Fandoms: The Avengers (2012), Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
26 Dec 2012
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In a world where people are put on the market as commodities for all sorts of reasons, and SHIELD buys those who might be useful to them, Coulson makes what seems, at the time, to be an ill-advised purchase.
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- Part 51 of Hurt/Comfort Bingo
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09 Aug 2026
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Percy Weasley's War by xkcdBlackHat for arcanawolf
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
07 Aug 2023
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All the Weasleys fought in Voldemort's War. Some did it by looking for Horcruxes, some by hiding other fighters, and some by passing information. This is how Percy fought.
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07 Aug 2026
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An abused slave sits in a train cabin with a mortal enemy from his past. Things don't go the way he expects.
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05 Aug 2026
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There were no tears in Mitrev's eyes. That was without doubt, because Mitrev did not cry. He hadn’t cried since… well, he couldn’t remember when, which meant it was long enough to define him. He was not a man who cried. He was a man who had been called a name he had not heard in years by a medic in a military hospital while a razor moved under his jaw, and there was moisture at the corner of his eye, and therefore Talvela had cut him.
That was the only explanation.
Mitrev receives better care than he expects as a prisoner of war, but does not know what to do with unexpected tenderness.
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04 Aug 2026
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A doctor gets conscripted for medical duty at the ragged edges of a failing colonial war. Near the front lines he meets an imprisoned ex-guerilla fighting for survival in his army's labour camp. As the seasons turn their fates reverse and they forge an uneasy truce. But will the trauma of their past keep them from finding lasting peace?
Of course it won't. This is a love story. ;)
Warnings: There is some violence and some attempted non-con. But neither are sustained, graphic, or central.
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05 Aug 2026
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Betrayed and broken, former General Rourke is stripped of everything but his life, which is now the property of his most cunning rival, General Thalia.
"As if he’d heard her thoughts, his ribs seemed to contract. And there, in the flickering firelight, she saw it—the unmistakable, livid imprint of a boot heel, a bruise blackening the pale skin and sharp bone of his side. Someone else had already had her thoughts and acted on them. She blew out a long, winding breath and took a fortifying, unladylike, gulp of wine.
She wouldn’t, but he didn’t know that. Any opportunity for a freshly built camaraderie between them had been shattered in the desert, and she didn’t blame him for it in the slightest. She forced herself to turn her eyes off his prostrated form and back to the platter. She perused the offerings with feigned enthusiasm. As if this were planned. As if it were normal."Series
- Part 1 of For What You Have Tamed
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02 Aug 2026
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There was a moment of disquiet when his boot first struck pebble beach, and the slippery stones skidded under him, setting him stumbling. In that moment, he saw that one of the Low-Shore men had rope in his hands, coarse and thick as a man's wrist, unwound from the coil over his shoulder to an armspan and held at the ready like he was approaching a beast to tame.
Though Aelius was under no illusion about his fate, that sight stopped him in his tracks: the realization that they'd come to meet him not as surrendered enemy commander, nor even the willing hostage that he was, but to yoke him as an animal.
Surrendering under a false and temporary truce, Commander Aelius expects to spend his final days facing the brutality of a desperate enemy. Instead, life as a hostage sheds new light on a culture he was taught to disdain, even as his own people's inevitable betrayal nears.
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02 Aug 2026
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courage of stars by Rookblonkorules
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim (2024)
04 Jan 2025
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In which Háma lives.
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31 Jul 2026
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Sawla-Hlytta by DachOsmin for greygerbil
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
22 Feb 2020
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The name of Faramir’s soulmate appeared on his forearm at midnight on his twelfth birthday, in the winter of the twenty-third year of Gondor’s war with the Horselords.
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30 Jul 2026
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the dogs of gondor by Anonymous
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Movies)
29 Jul 2023
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There is no friendly face in Rohan. He is a clear Gondorian, with his grey eyes and dark hair, and the farmers have seen their crops burned too many times to feel any sympathy for him. He worries for Faramir in the palace, but his brother assures him that he is well watched over, and has come to no harm.
But all luck must have its limits, and eventually it is announced that Théoden King has returned.
He gets no farewell to his brother, still working in the kitchens for the celebration. Boromir is called from their room, bade to bathe and dress, and he is bound.
It is time.
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Taken captive by Rohan in the wake of the Steward of Gondor’s death, Boromir and Faramir must face their new lives as tradition dictates, under the control of the house of Théoden King.
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30 Jul 2026
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The Road to Barad-dur and Back by Susana Rosa (SusanaR), SusanaR
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings (Movies)
11 Feb 2015
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Story summary: While Faramir and Eowyn rested in the House of Healing after the Battle of Pelennor Fields, Aragorn and the Armies of the West marched to the Black Gate, and back.
Summary of last chapter 14: Prince Imrahil comes to a realization.
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- Part 3 of Desperate Hours Alternate Universe (version with corporal punishment)
- Part 1 of The King and his Steward: the Early Years (version with corporal punishment)
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29 Jul 2026
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Morgana manifests her powers as a child and Arthur learns to be a supportive brother. Now, the duo works behind Uther's back building the family they wanted and protecting those with magic. Because magic isn't the problem. Uther is. (gen)
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31 May 2026
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At Yule Arthur had started a new tradition - changing one of the laws or bringing in a new one. This year he was intending doing something spectacular. Something that would change lives. Especially Merlin's.
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13 May 2026
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In the weeks following being revived by the Cup of Life, strange circumstances have been following Leon. The fire in his chambers seems to light and douse itself, the wind dances across his face, and water seems to caress his hands. But nothing is stranger than the root that shoots straight up from the ground to save his life from an arrow aimed at his heart. And stranger still is the answering blossom of warmth in his chest when it does.
But what does it mean? Surely, it can't be magic. Magic corrupts. It's to be reviled. He can't have magic.
Can he?
And why is Merlin suddenly so interested in him?
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26 Apr 2026
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(I'll be) Home, safe and tucked away by count-pudding (Artcr6w), thelastpendragon
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
15 Sep 2025
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When Hunith foresees the dreadful future that awaits her son in Camelot, she twists fate by not sending Merlin to the legendary city. Unfortunately, destiny cares little for concerned mothers, and a certain injured blond prince ends up finding his way in Ealdor.
Or: a Different First Meeting AU where Hunith is a Seer and tries to protect Merlin from the tragedy of canon by not sending him to Gaius, but that doesn’t stop him from finding Arthur injured in the woods the next day.
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25 Apr 2026
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“Why, of all people, does it have to be you?” He drawls out each syllable in a way that pushes Merlin’s button like no one else.
“The door’s not locked, mate. You can always walk out.” Merlin crosses his arms and stares down at the drenched man.
Arthur ran into Merlin's bookshop on a stormy day. Merlin realised Arthur wasn't just a posh git. Just the usual.
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- Part 7 of Merlin Bingo
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20 Apr 2026