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You only meant to try the lingerie on. To see if it fit, if the colors looked good against her skin. To see how well it could hide under clothes, ready for a strategic fumble and a tantalizing flash of lace, a decent reward if Julia managed to catch her stumble in time.
But now, looking in the mirror. You skim your fingers down Valentine’s stomach, feeling her abs jump under the appealing layer of fat as she arches into your touch. You bought this for a reason. It's only logical. Isn’t it? Ortega’s too experienced and has too many options, even ones that are prettier or more handsome Valentine. Julia won’t want her if she’s bad at it or if she’s ugly.
Besides, Valentine was yours first.
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- Part 2 of Val
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Catch and Release by old_reflexes for CigarettesandInevitableBetrayal (Knockoff_Indulgences)
Fandoms: Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén
27 Dec 2024
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Remus appreciates the finer things in life. That's something he and Ricardo have in common. Expensive fabrics, good food, imported sweet delicacies, Ricardo knows what he likes and what he appreciates. It's the method of going about giving him the gift that goes all wrong.
Or, how to honeypot your kleptomaniac friend (that you've been in love with for over a decade) into spending time with you.
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This could end right here. She won't survive the wound you put in her gut without medical attention. Blood all over your hands. It's not the first time you've had her blood on your hands. The museum. Stitching her up after a fight. Nothing that would make her remember you after you were gone.
You pull her forward and slam her into the wall again.
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- Part 3 of Val
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Julia hasn't seen Valerie in months. That's not true. She's seen her. In the city, around the diner. Hasn't spoken to her since their talk at HQ, though. Some may call what she's doing stalking, but Julia thinks it's justified. For a good cause. Valerie keeps wandering into places Julia struggles to find justifications for. Hollow Ground has to be involved somehow. Valerie wouldn't be doing this otherwise. Julia knows this. Knows her.
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Ficlet exploring some of Ortega's worst habits with an avoidant Sidestep.
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- Part 1 of Val
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Error 404: Sense of Self-Preservation Not Found by old_reflexes
Fandoms: Fallen Hero Series - Malin Rydén
28 Jun 2023
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It's been months, but the villain known as Cassandra is finally healed up and ready to get back to business. Evil business. Obviously. Because that's the kind of business villains do. Any day now! Any day now.
So tragic that Hollow Ground had to go and ruin that timeline with a major earthquake that definitely required the attention of every enhanced person with a moral compass leaning upwards of "mass murderer" in the area. And not just because the person wearing the power armor missed his boyfriends.
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Collection of fics for my absolutely rancid Sidestep Valerie. I just wanted to do a run where I explored all the Villain options in the villain game to their full potential and now she won't leave my goddamn brain. Some base context:
-Sidestep: Valerie
-Puppet: Valentine (mirror image)
-Villain Persona: Valkyrie
-Nickname: ValBoth Valentine and Valkyrie were nicknames Julia jokingly called her once or twice back in the day. She still gets the sneaky achievement somehow.
Fics are in loose chronological order but are stand-alone unless stated otherwise.
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The real Sidestep may be dead as far as Ortega is concerned, but a copy is still better than nothing, isn't it?
Bookmarked by old_reflexes
23 Apr 2025
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- 6
- Bookmarks:
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Bookmarked by old_reflexes
14 Mar 2025
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Absolutely fucking phenomenal polycule dynamics 10/10 love that for them so much.
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Some time post villain reveal, Cynthia (AKA Revenant) explores a fantasy or two with Julia Ortega (AKA Charge).
Bookmarked by old_reflexes
14 Apr 2024
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06 Apr 2024
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You tell Nayeli you were drunk. You weren’t. You were sober as a rock and that was the problem.
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A character study of Julia Ortega, gender roles, and the need to do something drastic.
Bookmarked by old_reflexes
04 Apr 2024