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Between the Wars. by cynically_optimistic
Fandoms: Shadowhunters, malec - Fandom, Shadowhunters (TV), The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare
15 Jul 2020
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Canon Divergent after 3x10 - Malec centric but will include everyone.
...still the rest, hasn't happened, hasn't happened yet. between the wars, we'll stay
In the center of Edom, Asmodeus sits on his throne, waiting for his favorite son to come home. The Prince of Hell has plans a millenia in the making and he needs Magnus to set them into motion. Convincing his rebellious son to stand at his side will not be easy, so he enlists the help of an old friend from beyond.
New Leaders are claiming their rightful place on the Downworld Council while chaos runs rampant in the streets after Lilith is expelled from New York. Clary is believed to be dead, Jace is unconsolable, Simon is riddled with guilt, and Isabelle is being challenged at every turn.
Magnus navigates the realities of living without his magic while he can't quite shake the the feeling something much worse is looming over them all.
Alec is just trying to hold everything together.
- a different spin on 3B and a would-be season 4
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Where the Shadow Ends by cynically_optimistic
Fandoms: The Magicians (TV), The Magicians - Lev Grossman
17 Feb 2020
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post 4x13 canon divergent (literally throw the whole fifth season in the trash)
would you trust in a light that you cannot see?
It is said, when you move on, that you go to where you are needed most but sometimes where you are needed most is exactly where you left in the first place.
While the Dark King has reduced the kingdom of Fillory to ashes, Eliot recovers from his wounds at the Mosaic Cottage, Margo is on the war path for her throne, Julia searches for her true purpose, Alice tries to fix everything she broke with a little help, Kady stands on the frontlines, and Quentin tries his very best to make it back home, but it proves to be more challenging than any warning could've predicted. Magic is unpredictable, causing disruptions and devastations across the universe and there is only one person who may be able to make it right.
Spoiler: this story will have a happy ending.
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This is a comic :)
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Jayce and Viktor end up post-canon in another dimension where their counterparts no longer exist. They seek shelter in Viktor's old flat and for the first time are alone with themselves and everything that has happened. They take the opportunity to finally get to know each other on their new level of brotherly bro love.aka they fuck nasty in all sorts of different forms in the astral plane, where Viktor takes Jayce and shows him what's possible.
Note: Jayce is mainly a service top and Viktor a power bottom, but the two swap roles briefly. Viktor is male with a penis in most forms, but will also be seen as trans masc later on
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06 Oct 2025
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Wildest Dreams by myheartalive
Fandom Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
28 Nov 2024
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Set in and around the Henry bonus chapter, this is a story about Henry and Alex’s hectic schedules, family appearances etc. pulling them apart, and about what starts to happen between them, in the quiet of night: their sleeping bodies turning to each other, finding their sweet spots and opening up. And Alex and Henry learning a lot about each other in the process.
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10 Sep 2024
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if you can reach me, you can feel my burning flame by lesbianilya
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
20 Sep 2024
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So it shouldn’t have surprised Alex when Nora asks him, “Have you ever worn lingerie?” Alex chokes on his wine and coughs. He stares at her with his eyes wide open, “What the fuck, Nora? Where is this coming from, and also, no of course not.”
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5 times Alex wears lingerie for Henry and one time Henry buys it for him
COMPLETE AS OF 20/9
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09 Sep 2024
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Between undergrad, now law school, and life in general, Alex hasn’t had time for a heat. Or for any intimate contact, really.
At all. Ever.
So, when his doctor orders him to stop taking his suppressants and have a real heat for the first time since he first presented as an omega, he turns to desperate measures.
A heat clinic.
If only there were some single, handsome, obnoxiously British alpha who was somehow Alex’s perfect biological match available to help him through his heat.
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07 Sep 2024
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‘Look at it like this, I know the sky is blue and that grass is green. I know that Return of the Jedi is the best Star Wars movie. I know that I like books and Bake Off and playing the piano. I don’t question those things, I know them. Yet when I try to believe that I am loved, there’s this disconnect, I don’t know it, how do I know it? How do I get the voices to go away? How do I make myself feel it? Just know it without questioning it?’ It’s infuriating.’
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Henry finds it hard to believe he is loved, Alex helps him through it.
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28 Jun 2024