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Twenty seven year old Emma Swan is running away.
At least for three days. Having won a ticket to a train ride from Toronto to Vancouver, Emma wasts no time in packing her bag and skipping down as fast as possible. Having recently being dumped by her girlfriend Lily, Emma sees no reason to stay in Toronto. Vancouver seems like a great place to start over, and the farther away she gets from her dominating, controlling adoptive mother, Mary Margaret.
The only thing Emma wants during this three day long train ride is to kick back, relax and think of absolutely nothing. Maybe even fall asleep for a while.
Which she does. Until a tap on the shoulder wakes her up.
Sometimes you meet interesting people where you least expect it.Series
- Part 1 of To Hear Her Voice In The Silence
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08 Nov 2025
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The various symbols throughout Hacks and how they serve Ava and Deborah’s love story.
1. Ava's Necklaces
2. Ava's Doc Martens
3. Red Hair
4. Deborah's Flannel Shirts
Future planned topics:
-Deborah's Salt & Pepper Shakers
-Deborah's Pond
-Deborah's Stilettos
-Hands
-Fire & WaterSeries
- Part 4 of Why Ava & Deborah Could Be Endgame
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29 Mar 2025
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The Taste Of Yellow (It's My Least Favorite Color) by SaltyKombucha
Fandoms: Wednesday (TV 2022), Addams Family - All Media Types
14 Dec 2022
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"Should you ever realize your love, I warn you. Reason will be left unreasonable, you will be nothing more than a howling demon destined to destroy any and all who will try to steal your devotion to her."
"Her?"
Gomez smiled, looked back to Morticia. Wednesday followed suit, realizing who he may have been talking about. "Her."
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25 Dec 2022
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Home, to Ava, is flannel-backed chairs and worn quilts and lacy placemats and a rocking chair they find abandoned on the side of the road.
Home, to Beatrice, is Ava’s hand in her own as she drags Beatrice through the kitschy home store four towns over and Ava’s shout of triumph when she finds a matching set of salt and pepper shakers and Ava’s waggling eyebrows when they buy the bed that she (again) calls ours.
(Six days in Switzerland, and then a few more afterwards.)
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- Part 1 of happiness is a warm nun
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- English
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- 49,712
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16 Dec 2022
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An examination of the romantic subtext between Ava and Deborah from "Hacks".
All essays were written prior to the airing of season 2.- Words:
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09 Jul 2022
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“Are we… are we okay?”
“We’re stuck in a nuclear apocalypse, likely a result of my father’s gross negligence, and now used as a playground for an egomaniac’s deranged, power fantasies.”
“Lena.” Her name is a slow sigh. A patient, painstakingly fragile one at that.
Lena closes her eyes, inhaling against the torrent of emotions fighting towards a surface she’s not ready to break.
“Us being stuck here together doesn’t change anything.”
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Or, Kara and Lena find themselves stranded on a barren Earth where they are forced to work together to survive and finally confront the toxic wasteland their relationship has become.
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- 10/10
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13 Apr 2022
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It had taken time, most of all. Time for Lena to forgive, time for Kara to make amends. And within that time, their friendship evolved beyond anything either of them expected.
When it started, Kara isn’t quite sure; but she knows it’s been slowly mounting since the beginning, and only given breath when Lena no longer looked at her in disdain. It flared to life one evening late in Lena’s office when it was just them and a tense, electric silence. Since then, the indulgence has been uncontrollable. Possessive.
Kara doesn’t mind. She gets to undo Lena without restraint, and in turn she gives herself wholly and completely to Lena’s will.
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18 Nov 2020
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it only takes one summer to: retire, go on holiday, try fishing, get half-stabbed to death in the aftermath of a fallen global crime conglomerate, fake your death, get nostalgic for an ex, show up unannounced, get answers.
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- Part 1 of these mortifying ordeals
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05 Aug 2020
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I sigh because of the romance and because of frustration. They can't have nice things, but they try to be each others'. This fic is so superbly written I can't.
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And probably the best explanation, the only explanation, is that Eve has gone mad.
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- 32/32
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29 Mar 2020
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12 Jan 2020
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Best Mirandy fics I've ever read. Solely responsible for getting me into this pairing. They're just really, REALLY good.
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When Emma shows back up in Storybrooke months after taking on the dark curse, she's not the only one who has gone through a transformation. With battles to fight on two fronts against powers beyond her comprehension, Regina finds herself scrambling to keep entire worlds from falling apart.
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- Part 1 of Striking Down Roots
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Bookmarked by patsybailey
03 Jul 2019
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Beautiful story in and of itself, with one of the most adult and realistic portrayals of SQ I've ever read. Read it in one piece, simply gorgeous.
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Andy doesn't leave Miranda in Paris, and learns that a single decision can change your life. But the main thing about decisions? You don't get to stop with one.
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- Part 1 of Truth and Measure-verse
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- English
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- 271,584
- Chapters:
- 7/7
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Bookmarked by patsybailey
03 Dec 2018
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Who knew someone could make me laugh and cry and feel for the devil wears prada people? I don't even know their shipname lmao! Children, it doesn't matter. This story is SO good. Wonderful ride. READ IT.
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I'll Be Home for Christmas (With My Fake Girlfriend) by queersitcomenthusiast
Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)
07 Jan 2017
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When her girlfriend dumps her the week before Christmas, Regina Mills needs a date to placate her mother’s insistent badgering. Emma Swan, who’s never really spent Christmas with an actual family, steps up to the plate. Throw in a very pregnant woman, her two children, and a Christmas Eve party? Emma and Regina experience a Christmas weekend they won’t soon forget.
WARNING: The tropiest of tropes, clichést of clichés, this fic will make your teeth rot with the most saccharine of fluff. If you’re not a fan of cheese, then this fic is not for you. (But I hope you read it anyway!) Based heavily off of the movie A Holiday Engagement.
Rated M for language and a few tasteless jokes.- Language:
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- 14/14
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Bookmarked by patsybailey
30 Oct 2018
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Can't believe I forgot to bookmark this one ages ago. Thankfully I keep coming back to this story. There's a reason for that...
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Regina is determined to ignore all the signs- because there is no way that she is Emma Swan’s soulmate. Just because her phone number appeared on her skin after she wrote it on Emma's does not in anyway mean they are soulmates.
Because this is Emma Swan, and Regina Mills hates Emma Swan, and always will. That’s what’s written in the stars, not their supposed love. The universe has obviously made a mistake.
Another soulmate AU where Emma’s oblivious and Regina is quietly freaking out, all the time.
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Kara and Lena go to the same conference in Central City. When Lena finds out that Kara hasn't booked a hotel room, she offers her own.
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Bookmarked by patsybailey
05 Jan 2018
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Not your typical bed sharing story, so much more here. Just a warm, honest, wonderful story you want to stay in for a while.
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this is the last time, I'll say a million more times by underneaththewalnuttree
Fandoms: Riverdale (TV 2017)
03 Dec 2017
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Veronica has made what she acknowledges is considerable progress in her mission of becoming an objectively good person. But what Cheryl is—mean, contemptuous, hyper-critical—is what Veronica used to be. And when she’s prompted to defend herself against some demeaning allegation, lapsing back is really, really easy.
Cheryl smiles, much too casually, and begins. “As a firsthand witness to your ill-advised, gratuitous lip-lock with Betty Cooper at the Vixen tryouts, I assume you have no qualms about kissing girls?”
Veronica lapses back. Because it’s easy.
“No qualms about kissing girls,” she responds with a shrug. “Many qualms about kissing the winner of hell’s Jessica Rabbit look-alike contest.”
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Or, three times Veronica spins the bottle. And Betty's reaction each time.
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- 11/11
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Bookmarked by patsybailey
03 Jan 2018
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The only, and I'm 100% sure, the best Riverdale fic I've ever read. Read this, regardless of watching the show. It is that good!
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Post-midseason finale, one year later. An amnesiac Henry returns to his grandparents' castle in the Enchanted Forest, where he quickly grows fascinated with the mysterious sorceress who's training his mother in magic– and who's the one person in the castle he's forbidden to ever meet.
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- English
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- 27,558
- Chapters:
- 5/5
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15 Dec 2017
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The Evil Queen has made her way to Storybrooke, but she only seems to be interested in one thing: Emma. When Regina realises this, her jealousy starts to get the better of her.
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- English
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- 8/8
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Bookmarked by patsybailey
08 May 2017
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Best split queen fic so far imho, and a free dose of jealous regina, what's not to love?
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Come Wednesday night, Regina has something akin to a bucket list written out to get over her nerves. It looks something like this -
1. Get Henry through college
2. Date someone who isn’t a buffoon
3. Marry that person and hope they never turn into a buffoon
4. Destroy meninism
5. Cuddle a strangerOr, in which Regina gives in to her lonely plight and hires a professional cuddler. AU Swan Queen.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 39,682
- Chapters:
- 9/9
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30 Apr 2017
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“It’s the holidays, as you so expertly pointed out, So. How about you,” her lips form around the word and she points to Emma, then herself, “Gift me with the miracle of peace and quiet.”
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In which Emma and Regina meet in an airport on Christmas Eve, and might like each other after all.
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19 Mar 2017