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“I haven’t really been to a wedding where I’ve, uh… let loose. But, hey,” Dennis shrugged, “maybe I’m doing it wrong.”
“If I hadn’t already agreed to go to this conference, I’d offer to go with you,” Robby said casually. “Show you how it’s done. I’ve got a good track record as a plus-one, too.” Dennis had to say something. To interrupt. To shut this down. But what was he supposed to say? No, you can’t be my plus one, because I lied about my cousin, and there is no wedding, and it seems a little weird to bring a date to a fucking funeral– “Apparently parents love it when you bring home a doctor.”
And just like that, the bubble popped.
“I’m not gay,” Dennis snapped.
He had never hated the sound of his own voice as much as he did right then.
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Or, Dennis is anxiously headed home for a "wedding" in Broken Bow, Nebraska, the details of which are increasingly fuzzy. Robby's got a medical conference in Omaha that same weekend. So they carpool. Seventeen hours both ways in an enclosed space with no way out except a tuck and roll. This'll go great.- Language:
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30 Apr 2026
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Robby is starving.
Dennis starts to notice.
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- Part 1 of hickory, just as well
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16 Apr 2026
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07 Apr 2026
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the last thing on my mind by prettyaveragewhiteshark
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
08 Dec 2021
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And when Caitlyn reached out and her fingers stroked Vi’s cheek with the greatest gentleness anyone had ever touched her with, when Vi reached up instinctively and caught her fingers and held them close, something clicked into place. Vi looked up at Caitlyn, and she saw something warm in her eyes, and she couldn’t move, could barely breathe as Caitlyn sat up and leaned over her and brushed her hair back with gentle fingertips and kissed her.
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Yet another version of what happened during that in-between time in Caitlyn's bedroom.
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28 Mar 2025
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When Astarion awakens in the aftermath of the Nautiloid crash, it is not to a friendly face but the press of goblin steel against his cheek.
Now a captive of the Absolute, he is left starving and huddled in the corner, waiting for the beast that shares his cell to finally strike.
Bears, after all, are not known to be the most gracious killers.
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02 Aug 2024
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Following Mizu, Taigen and Ringo's recovery at Swordfather's home, they take a little more time to recover.
Mizu ponders the implications of her being an onryō.
Ringo is adept at making Swordfather imply silence.
Taigen is experiencing gay panic in Japan's Edo period.
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13 Jan 2024
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Takes place previous to my other 2 works. This is my first attempt at writing a fight scene so I hope its not too painful to read. Please forgive any grammar mistakes, part of this was written while nursing a newborn :)
Graphic*** Violence. Please be aware. It’s not my intention to upset anyone.
My last 2 pieces were very lovey dovey, so I wanted to at least try and emanate more bad-assery here- Language:
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13 Jan 2024
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your hands protect the flames (from the wild winds around you) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
25 Mar 2021
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He can’t stop it. Aang sees it happening, but there’s nothing he can do. He hadn’t even expected Zuko to be there, though maybe he should have, because Fire Lord Ozai is his father and he would want to keep his son safe during the eclipse - if they were anything like family should be.
But they aren’t, and it's not him that Ozai’s lightning strikes.
It's Zuko.
(aka, zuko joins the gaang during the eclipse)
discontinued, sorry.
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16 Apr 2022
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carrying that weight way too far by ProfessorSpork
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
09 Feb 2019
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She-Ra doesn't scar.
In her mind’s eye, the Horde insignia remains emblazoned on her back: jagged, scabbed-over crimson lines permanently carving Hordak’s wings into her shoulder blades in Catra’s uneven handwriting. The proof of Adora's identity spelled out violently across her skin.
In the mirror, there’s absolutely nothing there.
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22 Jan 2022
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Zuko tries.
Agni, he tries. Uncle wants so desperately for him to do the right thing, and he wants to, he does, he does, he does-
So when the Water Tribe girl looks at him with wild eyes, begging for help, and Azula raises one eyebrow with a sneer, Zuko chooses.
Azula’s scream of anger when he blasts a fireball in her direction is almost worth the twenty Dai Li agents that immediately surround him.
(or: Zuko is taken prisoner by Azula in the catacombs. Turns out, being kept miles away from the sun isn't so great for your bending.)
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01 Feb 2021
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Of soft hands and kindred spirits by youwhoswallowedafallingstar
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
24 Jun 2020
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Zuko learns from a young age that touch can be one of the most dangerous things in someone’s life.
He learns mostly from father and his heavy hands, he also learns from Azula and her bony fingers.
He shies away from touch, he knows better than to let himself be so open again.
Uncle does his best, he tries and tries and tries but Zuko still can't let himself be that open again.
Too bad Toph is determined to domesticade their newest firebending addition.
or: Zuko's love language is based on touch and trust, Ozai takes away from him, Iroh intermediates his recovery and Toph gives it back.
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24 Jul 2020
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“It’s pretty impressive that you know how to fight with weapons when you can bend fire,” Sokka says, and Zuko promptly drops both swords.
Okay, yeah, that was strange.
Or: How To Resocialize Your Firebender in Ten Easy Steps
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- Part 2 of new ways
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06 Jul 2020
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“No shit,” Toph replies and Zuko chuckles at that.
“I feel like you swear a lot more than most twelve year olds should,” he says.
“Well, I feel like you’re much more angsty than your average teenager.”
A pause. And then another small laugh, “You got me there.”
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Growing up, Toph never had any siblings. Zuko doesn't have a good relationship with the one he does have.
Together, they discover in each other what they were missing.- Language:
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02 Jul 2020
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learning friendship like a foreign language by Clare_Hope
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
24 Jul 2020
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Gradually, Zuko learns how friendships work. Also, his friends learn how Zuko works, and why.
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02 Jul 2020
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“It’s healing really well.” Katara tells him with a smile, before her lips quirk down into a frown. “Though it’ll still scar pretty bad.”
Zuko shrugs. “It’s ok. I doubt people will really focus on it anyway… the one on my face is a bit more prominent.”
Katara makes a face, like she’s not quite sure if she should laugh or frown, when Toph speaks up.
“You have a scar on your face?” Toph asks, sitting up so she’s sitting by his legs rather than lying on them.
Zuko blinks. He never quite forgets that Toph is blind, but the fact that she can’t see his scar never really occurred to him.
“Oh, yeah.” Zuko looks down at his lap. “My father burned like, half my face off before I was banished.” He says it a little too casually, probably not bitterly enough.
A crash next to him makes him look up, to see Katara's horrified expression, and a shattered bowl of water at her feet.
No one says anything for a long moment.
“Zuko… it- your dad?” Katara finally manages to gasp out. Zuko blinks at her, his brain moving slowly.
“You didn’t know?” He asks in genuine surprise.
“No.” Sokka wheezes.
Zuko blinks at him. “Oh.” Is all he can manage to say.
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02 Jul 2020
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when you are fully known and loved, you have a home by overcomewithlongingfora_girl
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
04 Sep 2025
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Zuko finds his place in the Gaang. It's not easy getting there, but in the end it's so, so worth it.
Will be updated (mostly) on Wednesdays!
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01 Jul 2020
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what did you sing to that lonely child? by orphan_account
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
26 Jun 2020
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“So, to put this together,” Toph says to Aang in a highly-measured tone that she didn’t know she even had the capacity for. “You were sparring, you had Zuko on the ground, and you held flames close to his, you know, scarred face?”
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30 Jun 2020
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The first time Zuko watched his father bend lightning, Ozai had come to himself with a familiar smile, the one Zuko went on to fear.
When Azula bent lightning for the first time, she returned to herself beaming, giggling at her hands in awe of what she had done.
Zuko comes to himself screaming.
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30 Jun 2020
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this love burns so yellow (becoming orange and in its time, exploding) by meliebee
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
16 Jun 2020
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Ten months after Zuko is crowned at seventeen, he faces his first coup.
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30 Jun 2020
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The wanted poster had the scar on the wrong side.
Maybe he didn’t care enough to look at the poster before it got sent out. Or maybe, Ozai didn’t actually remember which side of his son’s face he had burned off all those years ago. Zuko wasn’t sure what was worse. Ozai had know which side the scar was on. He had to remember. Right?
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In which Zuko isn't sure Ozai knows which side of his face he burnt off and it sends him spiraling.- Language:
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29 Jun 2020