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    He was colder then, the type of fatality that simmered slowly, all encased in the twitching of his jaw. The frigidity of his icy glare. A man who could not be moved, who refused to be moved. His shadow darkened her like a fallen swan. Coriolanus tightened his hold on her wrist, and she knew, instantly, what he meant to say: she was small, pliable, a bird’s wing meant to be broken.

    Coriolanus was fascinated by it, bringing Lucy Gray’s wrists to his lips just to feel the rigidity of bone beneath flesh. He breathed her in like springtime, preyed on her with his voracious eyes like the start of winter, brought her index to his lips like all he had to do was bite.

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    or: Keeping up with the Snows, season 3, ep 1???

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    30 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 50

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    Baseball player Zuko once had it all—"all" mostly being an adoring fanbase and a team he loves. But then the team’s owner, his own father, abruptly trades him to a team in the South Pole. Now living (and playing) in relative obscurity, Zuko tries to adapt to his new life, but an annoying reporter won’t stop hounding him for an interview.

    Zuko is never going to grant that buffoon an interview—or so he says. But then he meets the buffoon’s sister. And whenever she’s around, he can’t seem to lose a game.

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    27 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 18

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    After the two of them head onto the floor, Coral gets ready to start a shit-talking session (starting with Lucy Gray’s old-ass combat boots that cannot be practical to work a full shift in), only for Dill to immediately turn to her and Tanner with wide eyes.

    “Oh my God,” she breathes. “That’s Lucy Gray.”

    “No shit,” Coral answers bluntly. Normally it’s hard to be mean to Dill, but there are two minutes left on her break and she’s too pissed to mince words.

    Dill shakes her head. “No, I mean – she’s famous. Sort of. Like, online?”

    “Guess there’s no money in Internet fame anymore,” Coral snarks.

    (or: coral stubbornly refuses to like lucy gray, the newest hire at gem of panem café, until she finds someone that she might hate even more – lucy gray's tall, blonde, annoying-ass boyfriend.)

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    26 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 22

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    Zuko is a disillusioned ex-soldier who signed up for Naked and Afraid thinking it was some kind of metaphorical solo retreat. Katara is a tundra survivalist determined to spread Indigenous climate knowledge.

    They’re both naked. And they’re afraid—of the harsh desert, the harsher cameras, and what’s growing between them.

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    29 Oct 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 12

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    On Zuko's eighteenth birthday he finally does it.

    He packs up everything and leaves his childhood home behind, away from his abusive father to forge his own path in life. He leaves behind his fancy muscle car, his room the size of a small apartment, and cuts off every last tie he has to Ozai; including his financial ties.

    Before he starts college, Zuko realizes that he has no idea how to not have money. That money doesn't just magically spawn in his wallet anymore. He needs someone to teach him how to be poor. Because what, exactly, is student loan debt?

    "Katara I thought you said we were having a struggle meal."

    "We are!"

    "That's not a meal, that's just a tortilla with butter."

    Modern day A/U in which Katara teaches Zuko how to be a successful broke college kid.

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    28 Oct 2025