18 Works by runen
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“You almost died.” Kimiko signs furiously.
“Maybe I should have, huh?” Frenchie hisses. His head hurts, blood roaring viciously in his ears. It feels like the thing rattling around inside his skull hasn’t been his for a long time. Suddenly he’s untethered in space, hands stilling in his lap.
His voice softens, eyes losing focus. It feels like forever until he’s able to speak again.
“But even that would be too big a mercy, wouldn’t it mon coeur?”
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Frenchie is no stranger to life's bullshit curveballs. This one's starting to look like it might be the worst of them all.
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He puts a palm on the base of his friend’s neck, thumb, and forefingers on either side of the muscle. He frowns. Zoro’s skin is like ice. Thankfully, as he begins to lightly massage the muscles, he can see the tension in his back ebb away, the pain lines in his forehead relax a little. Yet…
The tension in his own body doesn’t seem to go away. Even he knows.
Luffy’s no doctor, but Zoro should not be this cold.
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Sam's been taken. It gives him time to think. (And come apart)
Dean's still searching. It gives him time to think. (And crumble to dust)Series
- Part 8 of the archives
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He had scars by the dozens. Her only scar was ghost-like. It couldn't be seen or heard.
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He looks at his hands. Thick fingers, knuckles on the way to gnarled, scars peppering his palms and crawling up his wrists. Most of it an occupational hazard, some of it from a rough childhood. All of it stemming from his family’s belief in the supernatural.
It’s harder to pretend this isn’t real when he knows what really is.
or: The Winchesters don't usually escape hunts unscathed. Something has to give.
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- Part 7 of the archives
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The rope is worn and fraying, meaning but it’s the first time Dean notices it. It makes him wonder what else he’s fucking missed in Sam’s life. Briefly, he wonders when the two of them grew up. Sam into this self-assured, quiet young man and Dean into a… an actual disaster.
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- Part 6 of the archives
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- Part 5 of the archives
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When Sam’s falling asleep, Dean gets up and softly says he’s going out to get some more medicine and supplies, even though it’s only half true. They have enough supplies to last them through a blizzard, he’s made sure of that. It’s selfish to want to leave, he knows.
But Dean can’t stay here any longer.
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- Part 4 of the archives
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The older one never strayed too far, and the younger one never really stood still, all because they were willing to do anything to make the other happy. Even if it meant they had to die, over and over and over.
Death was welcome at that point, because it never stopped coming, and they thought it would be better to embrace what you can’t escape from.
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- Part 3 of the archives
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- Part 2 of the archives
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Avoiding sleep becomes a game. Cold brews and piss-colored energy drinks, late-night stake-outs, and flickering motel lights. His clothes get looser and the bags under his eyes darker but he thinks his mind is getting sharper and Dean might be worried but Sam is afraid, and that seems to trump everything else.
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- Part 1 of the archives
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all that bends also breaks by runen
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
04 Dec 2023
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Leo sluggishly pulls out his phone, shaky finger hovering over Mikey’s name. He could just… not call anyone at all. He’s freezing now, teeth chattering noisily, but somewhere in his chest he feels a warmth slowly blooming, a type of looseness in his muscles he hasn’t felt in a long, long time.
It’s not that he wants to die. Sometimes he just thinks it would be easier to stop living.
*RUSSIAN TRANSLATION AVAILABLE*
https://ficbook.net/readfic/018cb476-cc3c-718b-a4cd-f4c01fb10472Series
- Part 3 of everything, in time
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Donnie slowly turns to meet his eyes. Leo doesn’t want to say it out loud, but staying quiet won’t make it any less real.
“This time they weren’t just trying to disarm us or knock us out. They were trying to kill us.”
Donnie swallows thickly, beads of sweat trailing through the dirt on his face. “Leo. I know what I’m about to say stands against everything we’ve learned about honor, but I don’t think we have much of a choice anymore. If it comes to killing blows, well… It’s us or them.”
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- Part 1 of everything, in time
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this is your idea of a good time? by runen
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
06 May 2023
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Leonardo starts his eighteenth birthday with a party and ends it by tripping balls.
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- Part 2 of everything, in time
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The Pirate King cannot sail the world with just anyone.
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Everything gives and takes, and for the longest time, the balance holds.
On Duval’s floating fortress, he realizes that he can no longer breathe right. Stitches tear with painful ferocity, cuts reopen on ruined skin, and muscles burn under the weight of the work that needs to be done. As his knuckles dig into the splintered wood, he tries uselessly to draw air into a broken body.
Failure. It makes him want to vomit.
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“Whatever.” Nami snaps the plastic box shut with a click and straightens up. “I’m going to work. Give him some ibuprofen and try not to let him die while I’m gone.” She takes her backpack from a crooked hook in the wall and opens the door, turning back for a second as if she’s reconsidering something. “Or at least wait until Usopp gets here.”
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- Part 1 of with the lights out, it's less dangerous
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All there was left to do was cry.
Cry for everything he had lost, tears dampening his skin until his lungs felt like they would burst past his broken ribs. Cry, until he was too tired to do anything but sleep.