pearlofmydreams
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Rumi never wanted college. She wanted to write stories, not live out the dreams of her late mother — a singer whose shadow she can’t seem to escape. Haunted by guilt over the car accident that took her mother’s life, and by the cutting implication from Celine that the accident was her fault, Rumi carries a depression so heavy she hides it beneath careful silence. She doesn’t believe she belongs in a dorm, at a university, or in anyone’s life at all.
Zoey is the opposite: vibrant, excitable, and endlessly talkative, using quirks — like her obsession with turtle videos and obscure animal facts — to mask the ache of growing up between divorced parents. Beneath her bubbly surface is a girl desperate for stability, for something or someone who won’t leave.
Mira, their third roommate, has burned her bridges completely, cutting herself off from her family for reasons she doesn’t easily share. She wears her independence like armor, but loneliness lingers beneath the sharp edges she shows the world.
Together, the three stumble into one another’s lives within the walls of their shared dorm and a love sparks that may save them in more ways than one.
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08 Nov 2025
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stan comforts a feral ford during a thunderstorm
title from "expert in a dying field" by the beths!
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- Part 5 of sea grunks hurt/comfort drabble
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03 Nov 2025
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Riz sighs, a single, forceful burst of air, as if he’s in too much of a rush to luxuriate in a full breath. “You don’t know what it takes.”
“What’s ‘it?’”
“All of it,” Riz exclaims, gesturing at the room around him in exasperation. “Just… everything. Clubs, classes, work, quests, social life, family stuff, my homework, everyone else’s homework, taking care of myself, all of it, Fabian. I have to do it all and I can’t. It’s too much.” His eyes are suddenly wild and manic, reflecting the golden light of the lamp. “It’s everything at once and I can’t do it if I’m not focused, okay? I can’t do it if I can’t stay awake. And I certainly can’t do it if I’m not performing at one hundred percent efficiency. These just… they help me. They help.” He gestures to the pills. “I wouldn’t be able to do it all otherwise.”
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or: Riz, overwhelmed by the demands of his every day life, turns to certain substances. His friends don't turn a blind eye.
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- Part 26 of whumptober 2025
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26 Oct 2025
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Daisuke keeps his tone gentle and quiet like he's talking to the little girl in the old photograph Olethra shows him.
(Like he's talking to his granddaughter.)
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23 Oct 2025
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you went somewhere else, didn't you? by honeyfluent
Fandoms: Dimension 20 (Web Series), Fantasy High
08 Oct 2025
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His vision starts to blur, corners going gray and fuzzy. Riz hears the blood pounding in his ears and a low hum of static. He sees Bastion City’s sidewalks, no, a battlefield. He sees the mugger, no, the monster. The waves of traffic are a blur in the background of Riz’s pinprick vision.
A monster.
A battlefield.
A necessary kill.
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or: When Sklonda is held at gunpoint in front of him, Riz loses his grip on reality and fights back as if he's in deadly combat.
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- Part 8 of whumptober 2025
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10 Oct 2025