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  1. Public Bookmark 65

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    "You've got cobwebs everywhere," Scar pouts. “And sand, seriously, songbird, you sure you’re alright? Do you need anything else?”

    It’s not like it’s illegal to ask someone to preen your wings. It's an emergency. It wouldn't actually mean anything. And Scar doesn’t even know. It’s only weird if Grian makes it weird.

    "Actually," Grian says. "Um. Do you think you could help me with my wings?"

    He makes it weird.

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    24 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 25

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    Grian didn't really they were joking, he thought they were being cruel.

     

    *takes place before /catch the trade winds in your sails/

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    "and i realize no matter where i am, whether in a little room full of thought, or in this endless universe of stars and mountains, it's all in my mind." -jack kerouac

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    21 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 28

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    Grian had never been able to place himself very well on the old continent as a whole. His journey in this sick system had bounced him around, and it wasn’t as though he was often given much chance to get his bearings. Now that he was with Scar and Mumbo, he’d had plenty of opportunities to look at the maps or listen to them plotting their routes. That didn’t instantly give him a better grip on where he’d been previously, though. That's why he didn't realize till that roofline seared into his memory was coming into view over the treeline. Tasteful pale blues and yellows reflect the house crest that was emblazoned on the bronze inset in the front walkway. Gently sloping rooflines that arched into points with perfect symmetry between the two huge wings. It was a stunning place nestled on the crest of a grassy knoll. He knew as well as the scars he could trace along his spine, as well as the cigarette stubs snuffed against his wings with wicked intention.

    Lovely place for a hellhole.

    {In which Grian looks over his shoulder, Mumbo puts together some context clues, Scar gets tunnel vision and painful memories are left beneath the dirt}

    (Febuwhump 2024 - 15 - "Who did this to you?")

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    10 Dec 2025

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    bunch of unrelated scarian fics, for your enjoyement!

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    02 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 63

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    “Scar! You needa take Mumbo’s temp-er-a-ture and be the doctor and I’ll be the nurse and he’ll be the patient because he’s sick and do you want to see the picture I did of a frog and we could make more dino nuggies for you and have cookies and—”

    “Woah, slow down there, G. Don’t forget that you have to breathe from time to time! And let’s use your inside voices. What’s this about Mumbo being sick?”

    Mumbo rolled his eyes, forcing nonchalance. “Ignore him. I made the mistake of letting him have sugar with his lunch.”

    “I heard you throwin’ up!” shouted Grian, clearly frustrated that Mumbo was dismissing him.

    Scar picked Grian up onto his wheelchair, letting him sit on his lap. “Oh? That’s—” He looked at Mumbo.

    His expression gave him away immediately. Mumbo knew it. Even Scar, famous for his obliviousness, caught on. Exactly what he was hoping wouldn’t happen.

     

    in which grian is small and emotional and mumbo is not small but just as emotional.

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    28 Nov 2025

  6. Public Bookmark 10

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    grian has bipolar disorder and an eating disorder, he copes by drinking alcohol.

    scar has bad separation anxiety and is recovering from SH, he copes (sort of) healthily. he only wants whats best for grian.

    and they'll be okay. (?)

    4 times grian and scar try to help eachother, 1 time they consider maybe they need to help themselves first.

    (city au)

    title from tounges and teeth, by the crane wives

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    26 Nov 2025

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    so so good CRAP ITS NOT EVEN COMPLETED?

  7. Public Bookmark 6

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    After Grian returns from spending time with his abusive ex, Sam, Scar is the one to take him to the doctor. While there, Grian gets news. Like, life-changing news kind of news.

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    25 Nov 2025

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    The man hovering over him leaned back, releasing Grian completely. Cold night air rushed in to fill the void.

    “I guess it’s out in the open now,” the stranger hummed. “Shame. I wanted to avoid this.”

    With the additional glow occupying the space between them, Grian was finally able to catch features that were lost in the prior darkness. His curiosity outweighed all else, and he drank them in greedily. As soon as he saw who sat across from him, alarms blared in his mind.

    This man wasn’t a civilian, wasn’t even a hero.

    “Hello, Doctor,” the villain mused. “You were quite the help today.”

    - or -

    Grian is a vet. After a chance encounter in the dead of night, during which he accidentally saves a villain from the brink of death, he suddenly finds himself entangled in a world beyond anything he could've ever imagined.

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    23 Nov 2025

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    Grian does not say I love you. He does not say anything at all. Instead he guides Scar’s head down, until their lips brush, the taste of copper flooding Scar’s tongue. Then his hand drops, and his lungs stutter, one last, pained noise escaping his lips–

    Scar wakes up choking on his own desperate scream.

    For a moment, that’s all he can comprehend– the agonizing wail of loss that reverberates through his entire body. Scar breaks off with a harsh gasp, breath coming in short, stuttering bursts as he lifts his hands to cover his face. Grian’s lifeless eyes flutter in the dark spaces between his palms and pupils; Scar heaves, and shakes, and coughs as he forces his rabbiting heart to slow and his breaths to come even and deep.

    He has to see if Grian’s okay.

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    20 Nov 2025

  10. Public Bookmark 63

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    Scar was still numb to the feeling, because victory had never felt more like defeat, like devastation. His partner, his better half, the one who undeniably carried him through the game. Grian deserved to win. Scar never should've so much as raised a fist to him, he should've grabbed that sword when it kissed his throat and thrust it through his trachea before either of them could think twice.

     

    or, the aftermath of a Scar Wins AU

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    20 Nov 2025

  11. Public Bookmark 94

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    The sensation of deja vu stuck to Grian like glue. He didn't even want to know what it meant, the visceral reaction to seeing Scar was enough. He'd never met someone that got his heart beating double time before the man had so much as opened his mouth.

    It was weird to experience heart-break at first sight.

     

    or: a hesitant look into shore!grian’s head

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    12 Nov 2025

  12. Public Bookmark *

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    "Dude, quit squirming!" Scar's laugh starts as a deep, bright rumble in the pit of his stomach, soaring from his throat to punch the air in short, ribboned strokes, each a brilliant star between them. The air here is warm, dazed, an illuminated snow globe— except the globe is his tree, and the snow drifts in downy feathers outside it, forming an intricate latticework of frostbitten fingers that crawl up the sides of his windows.

    They’d retreated here an hour ago— once their impromptu snowball fight with Doc had transcended from three hermits to thirteen— all shivers and chattering teeth, drenched to the bone. Now, with the fire stoked, sweaters both discarded and exchanged, neither one of them can ignore how the bedraggled wreck of Grian’s feathers are in desperate need of preening.

    "You're doing this on purpose!" Grian's retort is tart, but it lacks true bite, curling high as a silver wisp of smoke. "Sto— stop it, Scar, stop trying to tickle me—!"

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    12 Nov 2025

  13. Public Bookmark *

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    Grian realizes his relationship isn't as great as he thought it was. His life is collapsing at his feet, and some guy that Grian swears is stalking him at this point cares a lot about him and yeah, he's kinda cute too.

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    Grian is a lonely little english major living with his not so nice boyfriend Sam. Scar thinks that Grian deserves better (he does).

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    10 Nov 2025

  14. Public Bookmark 33

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    His stomach twisted into knots. He curled tighter into the blanket, trying to disappear, heart pounding in his ears. The panic came like a wave—what if it was Xisuma? Or Mumbo? Or—stars above—Scar? What if someone just walked in and saw him like this—red-eyed, sniffling, small? What if they saw the blanket fort barely holding itself up? What if they saw the pacifier still clutched loosely in his hand? The stuffed toy tucked under his chin?

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    Author regressed for the first time and needed to hit Grian with the beam.

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    08 Nov 2025

  15. Public Bookmark 63

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    There are two sides to every story. The sudden onset heat and rut affected two individuals in Double Life. We've seen the story of Grian and the ride of emotional conflict, the struggle of the utterly bizzare symptoms of the unexpected mating and the internal debate of 'he loves me, he loves me not?' all while battling everything. But now it's time to see it all from the eyes of Scar, and just how much Grian had truly missed and never known of the alpha's own journey of wading the waters of a sudden mating bond that he's secretly wanted for so long...
    (Recommended to read What to Expect When Your Not Expecting first before this!)

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    05 Nov 2025

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    The players thought the gimmick of Double Life meant only their pain was shared, but it's not until Grian finds himself in a sudden heat they all realise too late much more is shared. Now after a hazily shared heat and rut, Grian and Scar find themselves accidently mated - and Grian is determined they need to find a way to break it off. It was an accident done in the heat of the moment, and nothing more. If only he could have known their shared cycle created so much more than just a possible eternal bond...

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    27 Oct 2025

  17. Public Bookmark 46

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    Grian spends a little too much time (and money) at the Florist.

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    25 Oct 2025

  18. Public Bookmark 7

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    Grian has a panic attack, Scar makes French toast, and the kitties are iconic.

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    24 Oct 2025

  19. Public Bookmark 84

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    The door to the rest of the shop clicked then swung open. Grian turned to it immediately, a desperate chirp bursting from his lips without any consideration to how it might harm him. He just needed someone. Anyone. It didn't have to be flock anymore. He just needed a person, someone to hold him, someone to pet his feathers and soothe his crying instincts. Please.

    A masked figure approached the cage, one of the shopkeepers, and they scoffed at him for a moment, standing just far enough beyond the bars that Grian couldn't reach them. He strained, stretching through the iron. All he wanted was a touch. Just a brush of fingers or....or something. Anything. Anything to keep him from falling apart, anything to stop him from being so alone.

    The shopkeeper tossed a bag through the bars of the cage, then turned around and left without saying a word. Grian ignored it, pressing himself tightly up against the bars, chirping over and over and over again, begging them to come back, to stay with him. He couldn't be alone. Scared-alone-stay-stay-stay-please. But they ignored him. They always ignored him.

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    or, grian is the last of a hybrid shop's stock. one day, someone finally comes to collect him.

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    20 Oct 2025

  20. Public Bookmark 20

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    Scar spotted him from the distance, his steps slowing as he approached. Grian didn’t look up, but Scar could feel the tension radiating from him like the heat of the sand.

    “Hey,” Scar called softly, stopping a few feet away. “You okay over there?”

    Grian didn’t answer right away. He kept his eyes on the horizon, watching the sun sink into streaks of orange and purple. His fingers gripped his elbows tighter, his knuckles white.

    “‘M fine,” Grian said eventually, the word clipped.

    Scar rocked back on his heels, unsure of what to say. Grian wasn’t usually like this—withdrawn, quiet, almost bristling with some invisible pressure. When he got like this, one wrong word could set him off, but leaving him alone didn’t feel right either.

    or: the desert starts taking its toll on grian. scar is there to help.

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    17 Oct 2025

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