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After the success of the coup, Erwin receives a visit from a furious Hange who comes bearing a terrible bedside manner and not a single rational counter argument against him. Her lips against his bruised skin provide a mirror to her weary heart, which only amplifies the emptiness of his own.
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- Part 3 of As Many Kisses, As Many Years
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A café in Marley awakens with the bustle of busy customers, bubbling coffee pots, and trays of freshly baked pastries being set out for the afternoon. Eren is nowhere to be found, and with him goes the hope for a peaceful resolution. The only thing Levi knows for sure is that world goes on with or without them.
It takes an unexpected kiss from Hange to bring an indifferent world to a halt.
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- Part 2 of As Many Kisses, As Many Years
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An entire day of experimenting with Hange's "Executioner from Hell" leaves everyone with equal parts horror and awe at what such a machine could do for humanity's survival. Moblit's eyes instead fix on Hange's, bright with the light of pure euphoria, until he's met with a kiss that leaves him with a reminder of why he turns to such warmth again and again.
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- Part 1 of As Many Kisses, As Many Years
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It was easy to tell when Hange was awake. From her study, anyone could expect the sound of her cackling to herself, silence in her hyper focused state of titan research, or Moblit and her squad members uselessly trying to get her to slow down.
Rarer is the sound of Hange's comically loud snoring, which would be annoying, if it wasn't a collective relief to know she was finally resting. Levi is among the many who tries to goad Hange to rest- by whatever means possible. Tonight, he makes two critical discoveries: her weak spot, and a surefire way to get her to sleep.
Or, Hange eagerly giving Levi an impromptu and explicit anatomy lesson.
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- Part 1 of Under Your Gaze
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In an effort to secure funding for the Scout Regiment, Commander Shadis orders Hange and Erwin to pay a visit to an affluent merchant. Erwin offers not just his arm, but his heart.
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- Part 1 of Only Child
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A series of various kisses and various kinds of love from Hange Zoë for cherished comrades.
Valentine’s Day Drabble collection. Not in chronological order. Posted separately for reader discretion/comfort as far as ships go.
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841 is a very low point for the Survey Corps, and Squad Leader Erwin Smith is struggling to remain optimistic after he has given so much to the cause. He finds an unexpected ally in Hange Zoë, one of the Corps's newest recruits, but as he's growing closer to her, there comes a question: can he really trust someone like her to become a loyal partner he's been looking for? Can he trust anyone at all with his dream and his vision?
This is not a love story.
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01 Feb 2026
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“Birds of feather?” Erwin raised his eyebrows, now interested in spite of himself.
“Yeah.” Mike wiped his mustache and leaned back in his chair. “If only you could see the two of you from the side—how you were hunched over that plan like a pair of birds of prey—a pair of hawks over carrion. You’d peck at it and gobble it up if you could. Now I thought you were the only one who gets all fired up by the talk of strategy and formations like a cadet on a first date, but Hange is just like that too. Only she’s more into Titans, which, when you think about it, is even worse. Even your noses are the same,” he suddenly added.
“Oh yeah?” Erwin feigned skepticism while barely holding back laughter. His melancholy began to dissipate.
“Yes, they are. Just like those of two hawks—real beaks, I’m telling you.”
“Leave my nose alone and go look at yours in the mirror.”
“My nose,” Mike raised a finger instructively, “is at least an asset for everyone. And the ones you two have are just a waste of space on your faces.”
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In the past few years, Goro Akechi has grown beyond the avenging angel he set out to be as a teenager. He's made real and genuine friendships; solidified his relationship with Ren Amamiya; started therapy; and figured out, more or less, how to cope with his most painful memories. How to look forward toward a future that seems brighter every day.
Trust Masayoshi Shido to threaten all that progress by dropping dead.
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- Part 5 of Tricksters
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01 Aug 2023
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But pity did not feel kind or thoughtful. All his life, Akechi had abhorred the thought of being pitied, and now he knew he had good reason. You didn’t pity someone because you cared about them or ached for them or wished things had been different. That was sympathy; that was love. You pitied them because you could see the bars on the cage of their own making, and knew there was no way out, and knew they deserved to be there.
Shido had scorched the earth behind him, and eventually the flames had caught up.
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Anders stumbles across Hawke and Fenris in a private moment and confronts some unwelcome truths. Justice is no help at all.
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23 May 2023
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When I am with you, Anders works out, I am safe. He has no response to that, no acerbic condemnation to offer; he himself feels the same way, as if Hawke's presence alone is enough to keep his ghosts at bay, the light of her smile warmer and more welcoming than any hearth could ever be. To have this in common with Fenris of all people—it both surprises and unsettles him, and for the first time this evening he feels as though there is something he might be missing between the two of them.
Hawke kisses him and says, "Another."
"Avara," Fenris grumbles; he pauses, thinking, and then says more haltingly than the first, "Non vivebam priusquam…"
"Hmm?"
"Non vivebam priusquam te sciui," he finishes, and buries his face in her hair. I did not live before I met you. Anders blinks, silenced again.
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One minute they're lounging and reading, the next his wife is asking if she can peg him. He's not so sure, and then he's entertaining the idea, and then he's maybe -- just MAYBE-- going to let her do it. If they can get their hands on the tool of the trade first, that is.
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- Part 13 of Side by Side – Chrobin
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17 Feb 2023
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Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
16 May 2020
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In the middle of a hopeless war, two childhood friends begin a relationship. One of them has so much practice destroying himself sexually it's basically second nature; the other can barely stand to express fear or need to himself, much less anyone else. What could possibly go wrong?
In which Felix and Sylvain have a lot of sex Felix doesn't want without Sylvain realizing he doesn't want it.
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