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Adora Burbank lives what many would consider a fairly average life - a stable desk job, a supportive boyfriend, a house in the Bright Moon suburbs. What she doesn’t realize is that there’s nothing remotely “average” about her at all. That’s because her entire life takes place on a massive soundstage, with hired actors playing her loved ones and cameras broadcasting every moment of her day. Now approaching her twenty-fifth birthday, Adora has never left her fabricated island home - and if auteur director Sharon Weaver has anything to say about it, she never will.
Enter Catra, a part-time actor and full-time burnout who can barely afford the rent on her shitty LA apartment. When a lucky break lands her a background role on one of the biggest reality shows in history, she has zero intention whatsoever of rocking the boat. Her job is to get in, blend into the background, and collect her paycheck - the minutiae of Adora Burbank’s life are none of her concern.
Catra's always been good at getting herself into trouble, though. Especially when it runs straight into her.
(Truman Show AU - no base knowledge required)
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29 Nov 2025
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Nobody can do it like a steam! by the_Frank for Lisra, randomisedmongoose
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
13 Jul 2024
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Who would have thought that Catra would find her place in life at the footplate of a steam engine? Who would have thought that shoveling coal into a hungry engine would give a troubled teen the path in life she needed? Definitely not Catra! But here she is! A little heritage railway in the dark woods of Småland is her life, her love, her everything!
Until the day she gets a trainee, someone to go along with her to learn the secrets of the steam engine... That would have been well and good hadn't it been for the fact that this... GLIMMER-GIRL... wears a pink ovearall, has pink hair and is... just SO DAMN ANNOYING! So what if Catra is rude to her, it's not like Glimmer likes her anyway!
Or does she?
Be prepared for a bumpy road to love! Get ready for some really greasy, oily and messy romance on the footplate! See the tension rising with the steam pressure and hear the song of love played out by the whistle of the mighty steam engine!
The Glitra-Heritage railway-AU for YOU to enjoy.To Lisra, for inspiring me to write a nordic AU.
And to Randomisedmongoose for writing about steam engines before I dared to.
And yes, the title IS from Starlight Express.Bookmarked by deltragon
14 Jul 2024
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hollow body by driluth for auberigine
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
15 May 2022
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“I would have jumped into fire, too, you know,” Adora ends up saying. “For you, I mean.”
“I know,” Catra replies, not meeting her eyes.
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An AU where Catra takes the failsafe instead.
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- Part 3 of canon divergence my beloved
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15 May 2023
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"So you don't just press your students close and guide their hands like you were cast in Ghost?" Catra says teasingly, swaying ever closer to Adora.
Adora can't help but laugh at the notion. "You saw me teach, you know it doesn't work that way." She rolls her eyes. She then takes Catra's hand, slowly bringing her palm to touch the clay on the workbench. "But I'll tell you what. If we make our pottery lesson next week a date instead, I'm open to it." She teases.
Catra turns her hand so she's holding Adora's hand instead of the clay. "You don't have to try that hard to get a date Adora, but who am I to say no to an offer like that?"
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Catra and Adora explore their connection after meeting during Scorpia's Bachelorette party when they visit Adora's sculpting studio. Pottery AU.
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26 Mar 2023
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"Adora?"
"Yeah." She's honestly mostly thrilled Catra remembers her name without the context of the bar to help her remember. "What brings you to this ice cream shop?" She's hoping that maybe seeing each other in the light of day might give Adora a better chance at snagging a date or hangout with the brunette.
A shadow crosses her face. "I don't—"
"Mama!" The little voice is authoritative and relieved and a toddler makes their way to Catra, putting their hand in hers. Adora feels her eyes widen as she looks at Catra and the kid she assumes must be hers.
Catra sighs. "My kid wanted a treat after doing well at their doctor's appointment." She looks down and gives the child a small smile. "What flavor do you want?" Her voice is different, patient and soft, not at all the sultry rasp Adora imagines when she thinks of her.
"Strawberry." Adora bites her lip to keep from cooing at how the 'Rs' sounds like 'Ws'.
"A kid. That's um—that's cool." She'd never thought about children in more than a vague notion that could maybe be in her future.
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The woman Adora's been hitting on has a kid. She ends up falling in love with both. Single Mom AU.
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