18 Bookmarks by explodeychik
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The kitchen is hot. Richie is worse.
Bookmarked by explodeychik
18 Aug 2025
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She doesn’t even know his name, is the thing. The guy’s a regular at the bar (never at the restaurant), comes in every single Sunday, and he’s quiet and contemplative enough that Sydney’s eyes might’ve skated right over him if he hadn’t stuck out like a sore thumb amongst every other patron the first time she’d seen him.
OR, Sydney turns to bartending after Sheridan Road crashes and burns. Richie's her regular.
OR, five times Sydney and Richie don't go home together, and one time they do.
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- English
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- 13,094
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by explodeychik
27 Feb 2025
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A few days ago, Syd and Richie were 100% sure no one knew they were sleeping together.
They were wrong.
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27 Jan 2025
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for you were lonely, you were like me by poopsiekittens
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
28 Oct 2024
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“You have been alone all this time, haven’t you?” She lowers herself to the ground, crouching next to the small creature and allows it to smell the light in her hand, her fingers. She wonders at his ability to still exist. She shakes her head, thinking that it took her all but a minute to start talking to it.
What do you see, Galadriel? Looks can be deceiving.
She laughs at the thought, taps the top of her thigh, and delights when the little creature jumps up and yields to her fingers rubbing its velvety black ears.
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After the war of the ring, Galadriel visits the ruins of Barad-dûr.
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27 Dec 2024
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A door, once opened by mirageofmae
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
10 Oct 2024
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Five Times They Met at the Door and One Time They Didn't. Written post-season 2, spanning from post-season 2 to the end of the 3rd Age.
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02 Nov 2024
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Use Well the Days by EisforEverything
Fandom The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
02 Jan 2026
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"Through darkness you have come to your hope, and have now all your desire. Use well the days!" -- The Return of the King, Many Partings
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Bookmarked by explodeychik
02 Nov 2024
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Elf-lover by mildthemes
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
01 Oct 2024
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It’s impossible for Sauron not to fall for Galadriel. The dark lord this, the dark lord that, she’s singing his praises to everyone in earshot. But with love comes the inconvenient urge to tell her who he is.
The problem is, she sees the world in black and white: good and evil, light and dark, missing all the shades of grey Sauron believes in. If she only had a taste of power, she’d be able to see the nuance in the world—in him—wouldn’t she?
He could give that to her.OR: What if Sauron only made one ring and he gave it to Galadriel?
Beginning in Númenor and spiralling unrepentantly into soap opera in Eregion.
Smut starts in Chapter 5.
If you’re here for Sauron-as-black-goo tentacle porn, please proceed to Chapter 20, and remember, only Eru can judge you.- Language:
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Bookmarked by explodeychik
19 Oct 2024
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Shadow-Bride by eye_of_a_cat
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
28 Aug 2024
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"Once upon a time there was a soldier, a great warrior of the elves. The youngest child and only daughter of a mighty family. And there was… what am I in this story? The monster, the king?”
In trying to convince Halbrand to leave Númenor and take his place as king of the Southlands, Galadriel swears an oath to stand by him no matter what his past holds. This changes the history of Middle-earth for many centuries to come.
[This is linked to the other stories in this collection - it's an expansion of one of the scenarios in the 5+1 story 'Five times Halbrand's secret got revealed' - but it's a standalone fic that should make sense by itself.]
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- Part 3 of Five things plus one
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- 43/43
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Bookmarked by explodeychik
28 Sep 2024
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something's in my mind (and I'm focused on you) by anniebibananie
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
14 Aug 2024
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Richie asks Syd to be his plus one to Tiff's wedding for emotional support. Syd says yes (like a total idiot).
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17 Aug 2024
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“I could do it,” he says. “Go down on you. If you want.”
He’s utterly nonchalant, like he’s offering to help run expo and not eat her actual pussy.Bookmarked by explodeychik
17 Jun 2024
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It’s a gray Monday afternoon when Sydney rounds a corner at the grocery store and sees him at the other end of the aisle.
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30 May 2024
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Everything was supposed to be better when The Beef turned into The Bear, but nothing ever goes as smoothly as it's supposed to. Sydney was ready for that. What she wasn't ready for, was who she found herself turning to in the midst of the chaos.
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Bookmarked by explodeychik
29 May 2024
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What happens after the season 2 finale, when Syd is pissed at Carmy, and Richie is pissed at Carmy so he decides to put in his two weeks notice after the opening and Carmy is in a punishment spiral and tells him to just leave then, go...
But Syd is the one that reaches out to Richie. Tina tried but Richie wasn't hearing it, and Carmy's refusing to actually call him, but he sent a 'We good?' text though. And Sydney, Sydney's like, well shit, I have to do everything myself. When Richie doesn't show up after the opening, Syd hunts him down at the bar in the Trade building, day drinking. They have a really weird heart to heart.
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27 May 2024
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“You want one, right?”
“A star? I mean, yeah. Who doesn’t?”
“I think we could do it,” Richie says, pacing the kitchen.
“But Carmy —”
“Yo, fuck Carmy. I’m saying you and me could do it.”
Richie is a different person now. Sydney makes him want to be a different person: a better person.
Bookmarked by explodeychik
20 May 2024
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“Richie…”
“Yeah, yeah.” He groans and drops his face into his hands. “Jesus. Can we just go back to a couple minutes ago when we were flirting with each other?” he begs. “I just – I can’t talk about Carmy and his fucking issues any more tonight.”
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14 May 2024
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A Stressed Tiding by FormerlyIR (Irony_Rocks), Irony_Rocks
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
08 Nov 2022
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Galadriel offers him an accord.
One night and one day.
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- Part 1 of A Bargain Struck
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Bookmarked by explodeychik
09 Aug 2023
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Mystery Work
Part of i transed my gender and i don’t want to write these anymore
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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19 Mar 2023
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Be With Me by ebongawk (makeshiftcandy)
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
23 Nov 2020
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Ben, she whispered to the cavern in the back of her mind, the place where he used to live, as her eyes grew heavier and heavier. It was dark now, unused space that she couldn’t really fathom but could feel. As though the door that had bridged their minds together now opened into the vacuum of space, endless and black and cold, but she couldn’t bear to close it. To do so would offer a finality she wasn’t ready to face.
Sleep pulled her in further, her eyes slipping closed. And, as consciousness became water, slipping through her fingers and dripping into a dreamless slumber, she thought she heard a whisper from that vacuum in her mind. So soft and comforting, she couldn’t be certain she hadn’t imagined it.
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Bookmarked by explodeychik
13 Mar 2023