13 Works by orthogonals
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dismal hallways | 寂寞的走廊 by orthogonals
Fandoms: 全球高考 - 木苏里 | Quán Qiú Gāo Kǎo - Mù Sū Lǐ
07 Jan 2022
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“You’ll spend the rest of your punishment term in confinement,” You Huo said tonelessly, leading Qin Jiu directly downstairs to his basement.
“There’s a bathroom and a bed, so don’t bother me unless—” You Huo’s sentence was suddenly cut off. Because as soon as the confinement room had closed behind them, Qin Jiu had turned and pushed You Huo roughly against the door, swallowing the rest of his words in a kiss.
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OR: Ch. 148, when Qin Jiu finds out about his amnesia the first time. -
只有你| only you by orthogonals
Fandoms: 二哈和他的白猫师尊 - 肉包不吃肉 | The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat
20 Jan 2021
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“Chu Wanning, let This Venerable One hold you for a bit.” Then, almost as an afterthought, “This Venerable One is cold.”
“Don’t you have an empress?”
“She doesn’t smell as good as you.”
Mo Ran sidled even closer to Chu Wanning, dropping Chu Wanning’s hand to run his fingers through Chu Wanning’s hair, still damp and a bit textured.
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OR: Inspired by one of Meatbun's mini-theatres. Sometimes, Taxian-jun just wants a hug to chase away the cold. -
生不如死| torture worse than death by orthogonals
Fandoms: 二哈和他的白猫师尊 - 肉包不吃肉 | The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat
19 Jan 2021
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Chu Wanning lay sprawled haphazardly on the floor, strands of black hair fanning behind his head in a halo. Pale veins decorated the light pink of his closed eyelids, two haitang petals set against the paper white of his skin. His breaths, slow with unconsciousness, came softly through parted lips, the rise and fall of his chest almost imperceptible.
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OR: Set directly after MR's flashback in Ch. 89. What happened after 0.5 Mo Ran and Chu Wanning's first time? -
亥时已到 | past nine pm by orthogonals
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon), 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
02 Oct 2020
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“The past. Do you think… the story could have played to a different conclusion?”
A careful stoicism decorates Lan Wangji’s smooth features, but Wei Wuxian can spot the anguish lurking in the press of his lips, the pools of his eyes. He scoots further into Lan Wangji’s lap, cradling his face and placing soft kisses on his cheeks, his nose, his cupid's bow.
“Ah, my good Lan Zhan. I know what you’re really thinking. You’re asking if you could have done anything to change things.” Wei Wuxian angles Lan Wangji’s chin so that they stare eye-to-eye, noses centimeters apart and breaths intermingling in the cool night.
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OR: Wei Wuxian gets Suibian back. This leads to a much-needed conversation between Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji. -
in which sophie's secretly quite fond of silver by orthogonals
Fandoms: Howl Series - Diana Wynne Jones
28 Aug 2020
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Sophie awoke to a peculiar tickling on her nose. She reached out a hand and smacked blindly in front of her face, one bleary eye cracking open with effort. A mass of spun silver assaulted her senses, the strands plastering themselves on her mouth and edging their way up her nostrils. Blinking rapidly, Sophie tried to fend off the wisps with her eyelashes. Her fingers curled into a fist and gave the misshapen heap next to her a solid thump.
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OR: Howl's hair is seriously annoying. Really, it is. -
through their eyes by orthogonals
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Iliad - Homer
01 Sep 2019
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Aristos Achaion, they called him. Plucked from the spilled blood between Thetis’ thighs and granted a prophecy by the Gods. He flashed past the other boys, quick as an intake of breath, and Peleus’ face shone. Menoetius turned to Patroclus.
“That is what a son should be.”
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For the prompt: "a take on their relationship from another person's POV." Five times Achilles and Patroclus were the subject of observation during their lives, + one time they weren't. -
in the moments after by orthogonals
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Iliad - Homer
14 Aug 2019
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A shade has no real physical body, not even in Elysium. Here, we are granted only a sense of the corporeal—the rush of spring water on sticky skin, the scent of fresh earth, the tickle of grass beneath our feet. But all that we are— appearance, voice, dress— comes from our spirit.
I am nothing but soul, and half my soul is missing.
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What happens after they reunite in Hades, from Achilles' perspective. -
two halves by orthogonals
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Iliad - Homer
12 Aug 2019
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I felt something swell inside me, a feeling unnamed. The dim blood and unceasing battle of the fields of Troy could not reach us here. Our fingers brushed in the thickets of grass, and only the hum of the forest stretched between us. I think moments like this are what keep me sane.
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A cute moment between Achilles and Patroclus before everything goes down. -
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Arthur Pendragon comes back from the dead-- supposedly to save the world, but mostly just to decorate Christmas trees, analyse The Breakfast Club, critique American post-Impressionism, and generally act utterly domestic with Merlin.
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OR: 5 times Arthur sees blue after he returns, + 1 time Merlin sees gold. -
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He wondered if he looked hard enough, whether he could see the gleaming silver tip of the blade burnished in dragon’s breath breaking blood and flesh, beating an inexorable path to Arthur’s heart. But breath still gusted in Arthur’s lungs and warmth still blushed across his cheeks and he wasn’t dead, not yet, wasn’t going to die, not now, not this time.
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A missing scene from S05E13, "The Diamond of the Day."Series
- Part 1 of in the cracks
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In which Arthur finds out, post-resurrection, the truth about the whole 'Sword in the Stone' business. Merlin is properly chastised.
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- Part 2 of merlin ficlets
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“No…” Arthur fumbled, the words falling heavy from his lips. “Not sleepy. Stay?” He peers at Merlin with wide blue eyes, his face open and hopeful, and damn— as if Merlin could ever resist Arthur like this, with walls down and posture loose and pretense dropped. As if he’d want to.
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OR: It's the night before Gwen and Arthur's marriage, and Arthur has a bit too much to drink. As always, Merlin's there for him. -
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The night before a battle, Merlin works. Arthur watches, and wonders.
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- Part 1 of merlin ficlets