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the third law of motion as displayed by binary stars by never_going_home for nhyhu
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
21 Mar 2025
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roche lobe: the location in space between binary stars where gravitational pull is equal and opposite between them. push and pull, neutralised; instead, a reflection of the other. a moment of perfect balance.
CC-2224 is a good soldier. Good soldiers follow orders. This is the way things go. Except there's a prisoner with his name in her mouth, and a droid, and a target whose face he cannot remember, and everything's sort of going to shit. It's fine. Everything's fine. He's probably going die very soon, and he does not particularly want to die, but dying is the purpose of his whole life; inexorable and necessary as a sun going supernova. This is, after all, what he was made to do. He just has to remember that.
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- Part 1 of persona ex machina
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death is not a game which will soon be over (not for us, not like that) by never_going_home
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
20 Mar 2025
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"You--" he broke off, wheezing faintly, and that hope began to dawn in Merlin's heart once again. "You know exactly what this means to me. I mean, even for you, Emrys, this is low." He settled back onto his haunches, a sharp, cruel light that Merlin recognised entering his gaze, the prelude to some terrible gotcha. "When did you decide that you were okay with chipping your humanity away, piece by piece? When did you stop being kind?"
"Oh, I don't know," Merlin drawled, swallowing down the little burrs of guilt that threatened to catch in his throat and stick painfully. This was not the gotcha that Mordred thought it was going to be. Well, actually it was, but Merlin had an even bigger gotcha, which cancelled Mordred's out. "I think it was around the time you killed my best friend."
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glory be by never_going_home
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Legends: Jedi Apprentice Series - Jude Watson & Dave Wolverton, Star Wars - All Media Types
06 Oct 2024
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“I know you,” says Obi-Wan desperately, like he’s trying to force some greater meaning into it, some huge understanding, like he’s teetering on the edge of a precipice and lunging for a guiderope just out of reach. Obi-Wan reaches out as his nose begins to bleed. Obi-Wan’s hand finds his temple. It stings. It stings. He does not know why. Obi-Wan cups his face, and, just for a moment, a surge of recognition blooms, bright and beautiful and alien. “I know you,” he says, softly, gently. “Cody. Cody.”
It is then that Cody passes out.
[note 5th october 2025: not abandoned!!!!!!!! im just wrangling EVIL PLOT OUTLINE]
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- Part 1 of codywanweek 2023
- Part 1 of never_going_home greatest hits. in my humble opinion
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sinner sinner, come to dinner by never_going_home
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
31 Jul 2024
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He has been rotting since he came to Coruscant, since he set the fire that ravaged half a continent, since his general and nine hundred thousand verd’e in his legion died, since his boots touched the sand of Geonosis, since he first left Kamino. It is not new. Fox has always been rotting; the only difference now is that people know.
He breathes in. He breathes out.
Let me help, Vos had said. I want to help. Please.
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- Part 2 of oranges and sunflower seeds
- Part 1 of foxquinweek 2024
- Part 2 of never_going_home greatest hits. in my humble opinion
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and i turned 'round and there you were by never_going_home
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
06 Jul 2024
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Fox wakes up face-down in a pile of flimsi with his hair in his mouth. This in itself is not particularly unusual, because he’s been sleeping at his desk for the last—five months? Six months? He doesn’t care enough to recall. Whatever. Point is, it’s been a long fucking time since he’s bothered to drag himself into his bunk. His steel desk chair is comfortable enough to while away the four hours he has between finishing paperwork and starting his first shift.
(This is a lie so fucking big it beggars belief. Fox’s steel desk chair is the stuff of children’s nightmares and one day, if the war ever ends—if he lives that long—he’s going to take a great amount of pleasure in attaching several detonators to it and throwing it in the Supreme Chancellor's ornamental lake.)
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Fox hasn't been doing well. His batch notices (eventually).
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oranges and sunflower seeds by never_going_home
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Wild Space - Karen Miller
31 Jul 2024
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tcw fics set in vaguely the same universe at vaguely the same time in which nothing catastrophically terrible happens. i mean except for sinner sinner (come to dinner) and also kind of despite all (despite everything) because fox and cody are . both having a pretty rough time of it tbh. but like no order 66 fascism empire for 20 years catastrophically bad. happy endings all round for all protagonists!!
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the lily, the rose by never_going_home
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
25 Jun 2024
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AU where Quinlan becomes the Guard's general shortly after Fox is reassigned to Coruscant.
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buttercups by never_going_home
Fandom: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
10 Sep 2023
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Jaskier and Renfri are twins, and Jaskier might just be cursed by the Black Sun too. Follows Jaskier through his life from his childhood to the aftermath of Sodden. Come for the magical bard shenanigans and stay for the (found) family feels.
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CWW 2022 by never_going_home
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Wild Space - Karen Miller
28 Feb 2024
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never_going_home greatest hits. in my humble opinion by never_going_home
Fandom: Merlin (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: Jedi Apprentice Series - Jude Watson & Dave Wolverton, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
06 Oct 2024
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collection of my favourite fics that i've written. fire emoji
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It goes something like this: Astarion wakes up flat in the dirt, hands tied behind his back, bleeding. His head aches.
Wyll stands over him, uncharacteristically scared. "Astarion," he says, fast and frantic. "Are you back to yourself?"
There are two puncture wounds on his neck.
(It goes something like this: Astarion wakes up. The party says he attacked them. He does not remember this.)
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- Part 1 of opposite of a haunting
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Three commands has Astarion broken, and now the fourth with a rapier through his gut and crossbow to his skull. Centuries he's wanted to be free—well, here it is. Dirt under his nails and blood behind his fangs. He's free. Isn't he fucking satisfied?
Astarion has not been a person in two hundred years. His journey to become one does not start off well.
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Bookmarked by never_going_home
28 Sep 2025
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Snapshots through the game as Gale and Astarion slowly stumble into love with each other.
AKA: The prequel fic to my inevitable smut character study fic that we all know I'm gonna get roped into.
Bookmarked by never_going_home
24 Jul 2025
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love love love love love love. perfect and beautiful the fic ever
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In which Astarion is an ex-olympic figure skater and Gale is a famous musician. They get paired together as Dancing on Ice's first ever same sex couple. Shenanigans ensue.
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“How did you even get in? I very definitely remember locking up.”
“Ah,” Gale looks ever-so-slightly abashed. Only slightly, though. Mostly he looks a little proud of himself. “You know how the receptionist is always asleep?”
Astarion's eyebrows shoot up.
“Gale Dekarios, you shady thing.”
“I only borrowed it! He's never been awake enough to ask about spares, so. It was easier to just sort it out myself.”
“It would have been easier to ask me,” Astarion points out.
“Mmmm,” Gale hums, doubtfully. “I don't know if I'd ever consider you the ‘easier’ option, Astarion, I feel that would be doing your commitment to cantankerousness a great disservice.”
I'd be extremely easy if you weren't so fucking annoying, Astarion thinks.
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Bookmarked by never_going_home
29 Aug 2025
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#1 fic of all time ever To Me
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Homemade by Linnetagain for hackemssky
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
23 Dec 2024
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Astarion wouldn't dare compare Gale’s very clearly lovingly maintained kitchen to a campfire and a chest of pilfered cheese and stale bread. But the feeling of it, the easy companionship, sharing the day’s burden of woes with someone who understands? That's familiar. And that, he didn't even realise he missed. Only now, watching Gale potter around his kitchen and chatter in much the same way he used to potter around the cookpot, Astarion feels… settled.
Maybe even comfortable.
Oh.
Oh dear.
Before he can stand and take his leave, go back to the contract in Calimshan and pretend this embarrassing little episode never happened, Gale sets a goblet down in front of him.
Just in passing. Drops it off on his way to the teapot. Like he thinks nothing of it.
But it's blood. Fresh, too. Pig, if Astarion's nose can be trusted, which obviously it can. He takes a tentative sip. Then downs the rest before Gale has finished pouring his tea.
“It's warm,” Astarion says, nonplussed, staring at the now-empty goblet. It would be beneath his dignity to lick it. He's no starving wretch now. But it is tempting all the same.