11 Works by latenightfires
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Welcome to the Willow Tree March by latenightfires
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Dream SMP
05 Nov 2022
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The boy who ventures into the forest wears a bright red coat. He knows he’s not supposed to be out here—but armed with his father’s old sword and a sandwich, his scarf tied and brushing against his arms as he walks, Tommy is safe.
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It was near parting time for the family. Their horses were worn, the crossroads within eyesight. Two would go left, and two would go right. They bid farewell and good luck, and it would be a lie to say no tears were shed, spots of wet trampled beneath horse hooves.
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One fic with two-ish plots years apart alternating each chapter, and inspired by a bunch of songs but namely "welcome home son" by radical face and "willow tree march" by the paper kites. (listen to them they're bops)
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any way you want it (that's the way you need it) by latenightfires
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
21 Aug 2022
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“It dries darker,” Lily explains. “Not as purple as the label, though. Don’t trust varnish labels.” Remus files that away in his cloudy mental space for future reference, when he can distantly see himself buying his own varnish.
“I’ve never painted my nails,” he admits.
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The night before the full moon is a rough mental time for Remus, when he can feel himself fading into the werewolf side. Luckily, he has his friends to pull him out of it, and they've got his back to comfort him when nail painting, something so mundane, still manages to go slightly awry.
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title: "any way you want it" by journey
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Few survivors remain amongst the dead in a world that has fallen to pieces. For the last decade, ex-professional conman Philza has lived day to day, fighting the undead that cross his path. When his wife passed, he broke into just as many pieces as the dying world, living only to complete the path the pair had sworn to walk together. But it turns out the only remedy for Phil's shattered heart could be the scared teens he takes under his wing.
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As any wise traveler does, Phil takes his handgun out of the holster, and for good measure loosens his long knife in its sheath. It's clear around the sign, and the town is silent. All’s good.
Go in quiet. See what happens, says a little bugger in his head, so Phil sticks his arm straight in the air and shoots twice. The shattering booms ring through the evening air and destroy the deserted calm.
A horrible, guttural growling starts at the edges of the town. It feels like nausea and digs deep to Phil’s bones, and he’s braced for it. No one alive in this world can hold their own if they can’t stomach the pain of the dead. Philza keeps steady as the Others emerge.
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title/inspiration from the song raise hell by brandi carlile
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Techno is wrestling with something deep inside him. Phil keeps silent, waiting for him to win, to look back with a new light.
“I didn’t…”
Phil recognizes the half-started sentence from before. He tilts his head to see into Techno’s face.
“I didn’t want you to see me. Here.” Techno’s free hand jerks up to knot its fingers in his bloodstained shirt. “Like…” His words trail off, hidden in an exhale. With sisyphean effort, he drags his gaze from the wood shavings to Phil’s face.
“...Like this.” Phil whispers for him.
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Hypixel is a land of fighters and nobility—entertainment and wealth. The kingdom collects its warriors for the rings through any means, and doesn't draw the line at stealing people away from their homes.
Technoblade is a champion, best of Hypixel's best, kidnapped and wrought into a menacing, bloody machine... and his family wants him back.
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i listened to the song "little lion man" by mumford and sons while writing go check it out
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Blood and Death, together since the beginning, fighting until the end. Gods of the battlefield, ichor in their veins, and a precious fruit at each their hearts, more precious than life itself.
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There’s substance to anonymity. Infamy buzzes and dies and is ungraspable. If the legend of Technoblade ends on a body-laden field, perhaps the world won’t have to know. The legend can live on in untouchable infamy. He himself will be left to the solid earth.
It fits.
“Do you remember?”
“Remember what?”
The battlefield is open, just as he likes it, thinned.
”The first night.”
“I remember the stars.”
“The stars. I remember them too.”
And at some point, the axe must stop swinging when there are no more trees to fell.
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Idun: The goddess of spring and keeper of the apples of immortality, which the Norse gods must eat to preserve their youth.
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Argyle Avenue by latenightfires
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
05 Jan 2022
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Tommy heaves at Wilbur’s shoulders until he gets the teen propped against the filthy plaster wall. “Wake up,” he tries again.
With a lack of anything else to do, Tommy fans through the four pages of the flyer. The last page is generic as can be: In case of emergency, call 999! And now Tommy feels even worse, because that’s the last thing he can do. Second to last. Calling Phil would probably be worse than ending up in police custody.
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What had been an illegal, middle-of-the-night joyride has taken a horrible turn, and Tommy is left to try to deal with the situation on his own when his older brother Wilbur won't wake up.
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Chaos, Creation, and the Order of Death by latenightfires
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game)
12 Dec 2021
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Schlatt knew his escape into the world was too good to last. When the demigod is summoned back to another convention of the godly hierarchies of the SMP, he decides to spice things up by making a bet with his fellow chaos god, Drista, on their leader, DreamXD.
(And then all hell breaks loose.)
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“Stupid demigod.”
“Stupid B-tier god.”
“Don’t call me B-tier.”
“Lesser?”
“No.”
“Secondary?”
“Shut up, Schlatt.”
Well, he was back, whether he liked it or not.
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Disclaimer: This is based entirely on the characters from the story of the Dream SMP.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,175
- Chapters:
- 1/2
- Kudos:
- 12
- Hits:
- 122
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Idun's Apples by latenightfires
Fandoms: Dream SMP, Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)
07 Nov 2021
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Blood and Death, together since the beginning, fighting until the end. Gods of the battlefield, ichor in their veins, and a precious fruit at each their hearts, more precious than life itself.
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There’s substance to anonymity. Infamy buzzes and dies and is ungraspable. If the legend of Technoblade ends on a body-laden field, perhaps the world won’t have to know. The legend can live on in untouchable infamy. He himself will be left to the solid earth.
It fits.
“Do you remember?”
“Remember what?”
The battlefield is open, just as he likes it, thinned.
”The first night.”
“I remember the stars.”
“The stars. I remember them too.”
And at some point, the axe must stop swinging when there are no more trees to fell.
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Idun: goddess of spring and keeper of the apples of immortality, which the Norse gods must eat to preserve their youth.
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Gruesome Truly by latenightfires
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF, Dream SMP
28 Jul 2021
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At first, Dream had hoped the ghost would fade with time. Maybe all people leave specters after death, and they gradually vanish and follow the soul into the world beyond.
That was the thought of a more naive man. Dream wants to bash his own brains out on the walls. This ghost isn’t fading. If anything, he’s more solid.
“Are you my friend?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“I’m a bad person. You’re supposed to hate me.”
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After killing him, Dream is haunted in prison by the ghost of Tommy. He doesn't exactly regret his death, but something about being trapped with the ghost is so much worse than when he'd been stuck with the living boy.
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Two Birds by latenightfires
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF, Dream SMP
26 Jul 2021
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Wilbur turned his gaze from Tommy to the crescent left of the bright orange sun. “Forever?”
“Pick a direction, any direction.”
“You sound like you’re doing a card trick.”
“Pick a card, then.”
“That way.” Wilbur nodded a bit to the right, keeping both hands firmly on the ground. “Ace of north.”
“We could definitely go forever that way."
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“We’re really living the holy life in the Nation of Dreams, aren’t we.”
“The Nation of Dreams. Phil’s gonna be so fucking proud.”
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Wilbur tries to hide his descent into madness and villainy from his younger brother, Tommy.
Or, the Dream SMP Pogtopia era if everyone knew a bit less about everyone else.
Loosely based off the beautiful song "Two Birds" by Regina Spektor.
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What We Could Have Been by latenightfires
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
05 Apr 2021
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Crowley and Aziraphale begin to separately wonder about the effects of breaking free from Heaven and Hell and averting the apocalypse.
***THIS IS UNFINISHED AND WILL PROBABLY REMAIN SO, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DELETE IT***