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there's something beautiful, there. by kbd_cryptid
Fandoms: The Legend of Vox Machina (Cartoon), Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
29 Oct 2025
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Vax'ildan reflects on his mortality.
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far enough to let me go (close enough to stay) by kbd_cryptid
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)
27 Oct 2025
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And you—what were you?
A dispatcher with no superpowers. Someone who writes mission briefs and tracks coordinates from behind a desk. Someone who got here because of the family name, because of legacy, because the world handed you opportunities everyone else had to bleed for. That Blazer bled for. That Robert did too.
Of course Blazer’s the one he’s talking to.
Of course she’s the one who fits next to him in a photograph.
The hero and the heroine.
A perfect fucking fairytale.
You tug at the edge of your dress, trying to smooth the invisible wrinkles that aren’t really there. The room feels too hot, too bright, the laughter too loud. Your eyes sting, though you tell yourself it’s from the champagne.
They look perfect together.
And for a fleeting—traitorous second, you wish you were her.
Or: a corporate gala brings unspoken feelings to the surface between you and your childhood best friend—one of the biggest heroes SDN has ever seen. Coupled with just enough jealousy, pride, and angst to make the end a little bit sweeter :) Set post-canon, if everyone survives and Robert gets Mecha Man back.
Requested on tumblr!
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It had been his parent's anniversary. Twenty-three years. And he'd told himself it wouldn’t get to him this time.
It did.
So instead, he asks the dumbest, safest thing he can think of.
“What’s for breakfast?” he goes, voice casual; might as well start neutral before they spiral into something heavier.
Kazansky, glances back briefly—enough to check that Mitchell’s upright and alive, probably, or maybe just out of incredulity—then turns to flip something sizzling in the pan, reply exactly what Mitchell was expecting.
“Eggs and bacon.”
Or, Bradshaw and Kerner have the brilliant idea to send Mitchell's sworn rival over to his place during their leave. And on the man's parents' death anniversary, things are bound to go sideways.
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If You Stay, I’ll Try to Be Beautiful (In This Light, I Almost Am) by kbd_cryptid
Fandoms: Bitter Sweethearts - Shoot from the Hip D&D Sketches, Shoot From The Hip Sketches
03 Jul 2025
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“You look good,” The half-elf nods at last, tone decisive—final, almost—but there's a flicker of something softer in his eyes before he turns on his heel, smooths his cuffs, and strolls back toward his bed.
Ashen recovers quickly, clearing his throat and carefully lowering his hands.
“Thank you,” He says, flashing a fanged grin that’s just a little too bright, a little too sharp, “I do try.”
Or, the obligatory ballroom scene that comes with every D&D campaign. Ft. lots of self-indulgent pining and way more character study than I planned. -
After The War (I Went Back To New York) by kbd_cryptid
Fandoms: Hamilton - Miranda, Historical RPF
22 Mar 2025
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The one where Laurens managed not to get himself killed in that battle, and had gone back to South Carolina to finish his long awaited law degree.
Featuring Hamilton.
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The Mighty Nein: Deleted Scenes by kbd_cryptid
Fandom: Critical Role, Critical Role (Web Series), The Mighty Nein (Cartoon)
11 Oct 2024
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This is definitely gonna be updated with the Mighty Nein series coming soon :)
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In which Maverick and Rooster still manage to steal the F-14, but come back just a bit differently.
The events following are... abysmal.
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Molly Weasley is alone in the kitchen, her house quiet in a way it only ever gets at night, even during times like these. She has her hands in the sink – has had them there for so long that her fingertips look like pale raisins – and is washing the plates thoroughly by hand. This is the only way that she has found to deal with what has happened; solid work in her hands, a heavy silencing spell so she won’t disturb anyone else.
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Bookmarked by kbd_cryptid
16 Dec 2025
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Figuring out who you are, apart from the weight of everyone’s assumptions, your past as an ex B-list celebrity hero, and your estranged dysfunctional family is hard, if not impossible as is.
Add in trust issues and a gaping loneliness that only seems to grow day by day, and now you’re pretty much just going through the motions of a life you'd once hoped was your ticket to happiness.
Still, though, if it’s any consolation, the cute neighborhood guy you have a thing for also just so happens to be the new hire at work… And he might understand where you’re coming from a little too well.
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Bookmarked by kbd_cryptid
29 Oct 2025
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Robert’s had a bad day; you intend to make it better
Bookmarked by kbd_cryptid
26 Oct 2025
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"What If?" | A Mecha Man x Reader by theholyveil
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game), Dispatch (AdHoc Video Game)
20 Nov 2025
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Months after Mecha Man’s catastrophic fall left Robert in a coma, you had been by his side through every grueling step of recovery. Now, as Robert adjusts to life after losing his mech, you find yourself confronting feelings that go far deeper than friendship. And as the days pass, it becomes more difficult to ignore; as somewhere between nearly losing him and fighting to help him heal—physically and otherwise—“best friend” stopped being enough to describe what Robert means to you.
But after everything he’s been through, is now really the time? And would he even feel the same way? And even then, are you too late?
[🚫 / NO AI WELCOMED]
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24 Oct 2025
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Arrows and Bullets by pixie_rings
Fandom: Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Titans (Comics), Under the Red Hood
04 Dec 2019
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15 Oct 2025