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hanging by a moment (here with you) by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: The Good Wife (TV)
06 Oct 2025
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Alicia never pondered how quickly things could change, until she was at one of her husband's luncheon's and Eli pulled her aside with a look on his face that had her heart plummet to her stomach. She felt sick before she had even taken the phone he held out to her, to hear the news that would ultimately change her life for the second time.
The news that would turn her whole world upside down and reorder it in the span of a couple of heartbeats.
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somewhere (in between love and danger) by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies)
14 Jul 2025
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“This was a really bad idea!” Ilsa yelled as she swerved to avoid a huge pothole in the old road.
“What was?” Ethan yelled back, busy reloading his gun before leaning back out of the passenger window to fire at the pursuing car.
“Having me drive the bloody car!” She growled through gritted teeth. “I should be the one shooting, you should be the one driving!”
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The one where another mission doesn't go quite to plan and they end up stranded in a remote cabin in the middle of nowhere.
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our age of reason (carve it in the stone) by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies)
29 Mar 2025
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“I’ll come find you. If...if you want me to, that is?"
He watched as Ilsa bit her lip for a second, before she smiled, almost shyly, finally meeting his eyes. “I was hoping you would.”
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The evolution of Ilsa and Ethan's relationship.
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- Part 2 of Holy Ground Series
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make all the pieces fall (into place) by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: High Potential (TV)
04 Mar 2025
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It's become a ritual of sorts, the two of them pouring over files late at night, trying to crack the case.
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In which it takes Karadec quite a while longer than it should to come to a realization concerning that genius partner of his.
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Amalia Doyle had graduated top of her class not even five days earlier and had received her first official briefing the day prior. She knew the details of the mission she would be sent on but had yet to find out which fellow agents would be joining her.
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Ethan's team gets a new teammate who learns more than she bargained for.
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- Part 5 of IMF Headquarters
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'You know how to find me'.
Those had been Ilsa's last words to him before she vanished from his life, but Ethan was determined to actually follow her invitation and find her again, quite unable to resist her magnetic pull.
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The summer heat had lain like an oppressive blanket over the city for the past week and meteorologists had predicted that some storms during the night would finally bring some relief. Nobody had said anything about a thunderstorm of this magnitude, however, and if there was one thing that made Sara nervous, it was thunderstorms.
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Neal manages to distract Sara from the thunderstorm.
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every shade of us by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
09 Dec 2023
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All Ilsa wanted was to go back to her hotel suite, have a good fuck with the escort that should be waiting for her, and then hopefully get a handful of hours of dreamless sleep before her next job awaited her.
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An Assassin!Ilsa & Escort!Ethan AU that nobody asked for.
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Mission: Snapshots by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
13 Oct 2023
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A Collection of (vaguely) connected One-Shots of Ilsa and Ethan being (romantic) Idiots in Love.
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Happily Ever After by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
21 Aug 2023
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Ilsa and Ethan finally get their own happily ever after. Because they deserved it.
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We'll Always Have Casablanca by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
05 Aug 2023
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Luther sends Ethan and the rest of the team coordinates that lead them back to Casablanca. Among old memories and new revelations, they are in for a surprise.
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and if all the sky is falling (hold on) by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
26 Jul 2023
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Ilsa always had a knack for reading Ethan and his moods.
An extended scene for The Rooftop interlude in MI7 (and onwards).
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Perfectly Broken by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
05 Jul 2023
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The streetlamps illuminating her way got more and more blurry with each step she took, her eyes struggling to focus. Her breathing was labored, even to her own ears, and Ilsa knew that her legs would not carry her much further.
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Ilsa gets hurt on a mission and seeks out help from an unexpected acquaintance.
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IMF Storage Room by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
23 Jun 2023
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Ilsa pondered how she had even found herself here - in this fairly large, but still cramped storage room, waiting to have sex with her boyfriend on her lunch break.
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- Part 4 of IMF Headquarters
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Missing Piece by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
09 May 2023
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Ethan stumbled for the second time in as many steps, barely noticing as Grace grabbed his arm to keep him from falling.
He would have welcomed the pain from the impact. At least it might have reached him through the all-involving numbness he was currently drowning under.
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Benefits by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
21 Apr 2023
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“Never really thought this whole ‘friends with benefits’ thing was for me, but it’s been working like a charm, hasn’t it? I do feel less stressed, that’s for sure.”
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The one where Ilsa and Ethan fool themselves into thinking they can be friends with benefits without it turning into more than they bargained for.
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Lazy Saturday by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
10 Mar 2023
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The team has some much-deserved time off, so Ethan naturally has to keep busy. He's trying to fix an old car but wasn't counting on Ilsa being a very thorough distraction.
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the shiver of something new by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry) for shutupmulder
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
22 Feb 2023
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“Well, as you know," Ilsa's brother said, "it’s my fortieth birthday next month and I’m having a party."
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The one where the world really is a small place, as Ilsa runs into a very familiar and unexpected face at her brother's birthday party.
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illuminate, set ablaze by ilsafausts (phoenix_cry)
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible
30 Dec 2022
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The CIA and IMF are throwing a New Year's Eve party for their agents, but Ilsa and Ethan decide slip away to have a little party of their own instead.
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After waking up in their new reality, Maura and Eyk reunite and make some surprising discoveries.