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Aloy finds an Old World data storage with a massive collection of porn holovids. What she doesn't know: they all feature varying degrees of BDSM. Having no other frame of reference, Aloy concludes that sexual intimacy must always be Like That, and decides it's not for her.
Kotallo is more than happy to show her that it does not, in fact, need to be Like That.
[A/N: The "rough sex" part of the tags is purely Aloy watching porn by herself. Everything that happens later between her and Kotallo will be completely vanilla.]
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24 May 2025
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As the GAIA gang gathers to celebrate a holiday observed by the Old Ones, Aloy experiences a familiar and self-imposed regret at the love just out of reach. Kotallo makes a simple but powerful request.
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02 Nov 2024
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Petra gives the best bad advice.
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02 Nov 2024
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“Your messenger that intercepted us yesterday could've been spared the errand to track us down.”
The Chief’s relaxed mood drops instantly. Aloy’s next words stick in her mouth as the sharp shift in energy turns her blood to ice.
“I sent no runners for Kotallo. Is he not with your squad?”
Her hand is already fumbling at her ear, fervently stacking hope against the dread building in her gut.
"Champion," Hekarro rises, gaze hardening. "Where is my Marshal?"
Kotallo wakes in a dangerous place, but he isn't alone. Aloy and Hekarro race to recover their boy.
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08 Mar 2024
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“I will never display baseless valor. Any mark on my body, I want to have earned through blood and brawl.” A seething beat, and then: “And not worn as someone living a falsehood, weighed down by shame. Earned as myself. Only myself.”
“So you have.” Drifting close to her ear, Atekka’s voice disarms her, breaking low through the agitated clamor. The shift in proximity brings on a shiver that has nothing to do with the balm. “And so you are, Ritakka.”
Ritakka earns new ink after her squad returns from their scouting expedition to the Burning Shores. Renewed doubt comes to the surface.
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21 Jul 2023
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“So let me get this straight,” Aloy said. “Kotallo went all the way to Meridian to be part of the first Tenakth delegation to visit the Sundom, and all he left was a note?”
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In sum: a self-indulgent post-Burning Shores story where Aloy goes after Kotallo in a fit of pique after finding his note about going to Meridian. Aloy and Kotallo are not together at the start of the fic, but you can bet your last shard they will be by the end. 🥰If you, like me, were devastated to find Kotallo gone from the Memorial Grove during the DLC, then this fic is for you. 😂😭💀
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10 Jul 2023
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warm blood (I lost it when you found me) by EclectusBreakfast for fogsblue
Fandoms: Horizon (Video Games)
22 May 2023
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Kotallo's eyes find hers. The medics attempting to hold him down are unceremoniously shoved away and his previously furrowed face alights with unbridled joy.
"Aloy!"
OR: Aloy's Marshal is loopy on Dreamwillow and very excited to see her. Kotallo may be a grumpy kitty when sober; when inebriated, he is one large golden retriever.
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22 May 2023
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Year of the OTP - 2023
February Prompt - Valentine's Day, Established Relationship/Long DistanceSeries
- Part 2 of Year of the OTP - 2023
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18 Feb 2023
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Cliff Diving by GemTheGinger
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
17 Jan 2023
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Before the Omega-4 Relay jump, Shepard and Garrus take a different kind of leap.
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- Part 2 of Knot Your Fingers Through Mine
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10 Feb 2023
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There are plenty of stories—tall tales and silly superstitions about what it means when a star streaks across the dark sky.
Aloy has seen too much to believe in wishes and fate while Kotallo wishes something enough to give it to the stars night after night. She can’t understand it.
But she very much wishes she could.
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28 Oct 2022
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Aloy shares some news with Kotallo and he has *a lot* to say about it.
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- Part 2 of Let Me Count the Ways
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13 Sep 2022
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After a grueling mission, Aloy is tired of being the one in charge. Luckily she has a marshal who's more than capable of taking over.
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- Part 1 of Just Say the Word
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04 Sep 2022
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Most people would not call her soft.
But no one else knows Aloy the way Kotallo does.
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27 Aug 2022
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When Kotallo lost his arm, it was more than just a limb that he had lost. It was his prowess with a bow. It was his utility as a Marshal. His arm was gone, his life a ruin, and nothing would ever be the same.
It did not occur to him that this could be a good thing.
It did not occur to him that he could find new purpose in his life. It did not occur to him that an outlander with hair like blood and a spirit as fierce as blazefire would help him find that purpose.
With Aloy as his witness, Kotallo would find himself again, and nothing would ever be the same.
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In other words: a wish fulfillment fic where Aloy and Kotallo fall in love over the course of the game. Canon scenes and dialogue blended and padded out with introspection, cozy conversations, smut, and all the GAIA Gang bonding that we deserved. ❤Series
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20 Aug 2022
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Love is intoxicating. And so are Tenakth spirits.
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- Part 1 of Let Me Count the Ways
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08 Aug 2022
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From the very first time Kotallo kissed her, Aloy has been learning what it is to allow herself to be vulnerable.
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06 Aug 2022
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The Embassy is still days away and Aloy doesn’t have time to wait for official passage through the Forbidden West. When a Tenakth marshal finds her sneaking through the mountains, the heat between them is unexpected and undeniable.
He convinces her to participate in the Embassy and she promises to see him there.
And then everything changes.
When Aloy discovers that Kotallo survived, she’s thrilled to reunite with him. But the man she met then is not the man she finds now.
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- Part 1 of Dichotomy
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20 Jul 2022
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be the silver lining (like sugar on the rim) by audenrain
Fandoms: Horizon: Zero Dawn (Video Game)
15 Jul 2022
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Aloy finds it hard to say exactly what it began. She’d blamed it on unripe berries, the first time Kotallo shot her a wry smile across the war table, his face lit pale blue from the holographic interface, and she felt an unfamiliar twisting in her gut. She wouldn’t make the connection for weeks. But then, Rost had never given her any kind of talk, except to tell her once, stiffly, that if she started to bleed between her legs, not to be concerned unless it lasted more than a week. This had been on her eleventh birthday, delivered with a stack of bandages. He had never told her that a person’s smile might one day make her stomach churn.
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15 Jul 2022
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"Sometimes people don’t ever get to hear what they should…”
Aloy and Kotallo both find it hard to admit what they're feeling, even to themselves. Until they don't.
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12 Jul 2022
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Give It Time by poulticepurse
Fandoms: Horizon: Zero Dawn (Video Game), Horizon (Video Games)
05 Oct 2022
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For as long as Aloy can remember, the mission, whatever it may be, has always been the most important thing. Problems to solve, people to help, a world to save—there’s never been room for anything, anyone else.
Because letting people in, letting people know her, really know her, letting them see all her flaws and weaknesses is a risk beyond anything she’s ever faced. It’s easy enough to push people away and maintain a comfortable—a safe—distance.
Until Kotallo. Until suddenly she wants things she’s never allowed herself to want. Until suddenly she has them.
But after a lifetime of walls and running, learning to be vulnerable, to trust someone with all the fragile, broken pieces of herself? That takes time.
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17 Jun 2022