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“That’s my step brother Will,” El said from somewhere next to Mike, her voice pulling him out of the trance he had found himself in. “He got me the job here, among other things.”
“They look great together,” he replied softly, trying to keep the disappointment from seeping into his voice. Mike knew that not everyone was like him, but that didn’t mean it didn’t hurt when he saw someone he couldn’t have.
“Yeah,” El said, sounding just as breathless as Mike felt. “You’d think they were a couple, right?”
At that, Mike turned to her in near disbelief. “Aren’t they?”
El looked back at him with a knowing glint in her eyes. “They’ve always been just friends.”
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Mike's in for another bummer summer at some stupid resort his family dragged him to when he becomes wrapped up in the responsibilities - and the arms - of a group of staff who are in desperate need of his help. Who knows...maybe he'll end up having the time of his life.
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High-Flying Birds by Johaerys
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Iliad - Homer
30 Aug 2023
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Achilles, the sun casting its last rays around his head like a halo, resplendent and aureate.
Achilles, the soles of his feet flashing pink as he sprints across the beach.
Achilles, slender fingers plucking the strings of his lyre, eyes green like fresh pressed olives. His cat's smile.
"Guess what I'm thinking about," he says.
The robin that flew over our heads but a minute past. The dream he had last night of a ship with purple sails, its prow slicing the waves of the Aegean sea. The wooden amulet that hangs about the augur's neck. This and this and this.
"I'll be the first hero to be happy," he would tell me years later. "You're the reason."
A collection of all the scenes we didn't get to see in The Song of Achilles. Follows the timeline of the book.
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Monoco’s station was just as it had always been, Gommage or no. The painted curves of it flowed and trailed, one long brush stroke after another. The snow stayed, and so did the grandis, the gentle petals of iron, the curve of playful trains.
Only Monoco had left. Only they had changed. And then they’d returned, and for what? To scavenge the chroma of corpses long gone to rest? To scrape the paint from a hundred abandoned creations?
Verso was tired.
“Yes,” he said, “I could have saved him.”
Or: Maelle brings Gustave back, and accidentally ties his soul to Verso. This changes things.
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- Part 8 of author's favorites
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31 Aug 2025
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Sister Michael goes to Nationals with the Yellowjackets by souploverxoxo
Fandoms: Yellowjackets (TV), Derry Girls (TV)
11 Sep 2025
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Pretty self explanatory tbh. Sister Michael (yes, from Derry Girls) goes to Nationals with the Yellowjackets, except the plane crashes and chaos ensues.
I don't care if it doesn't make sense it's very logical to me. Mostly one shots / snippets of scenes because I can't write the whole series.
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plenty of fish in the sea by baby_belle_cheese
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
02 Jul 2025
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Suguru was about to look away and continue scanning the teams, but a shock of white hair caught his eyes like the sun.
“Holy shit! I think that’s him. Right there with the white hair.” Suguru tugged on Shoko’s arm like an excited kid and tried to discreetly point over to where Satoru Gojo was standing with his team.
“Shit yeah, I think you’re right! Nice eye. See I knew you were looking for him, you just didn’t want to admit it.” Shoko threw a smirk at him, which Suguru attempted ignore.
Or, Satoru transfers to Suguru's college, where he is a well known athlete, student, and on-top of all of that--famous. Suguru isn't so sure what the hype is all about.
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19 Apr 2025