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Anxiety (/aNGˈzī-itē/):
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
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"The set was busy; people bustled about with their various jobs. No one seemed to notice, or maybe they just didn’t care, as the gangly boy looked about nervously. He was all skin and bones, a track of moles across his light skin. He carried a bag across his shoulders, a coffee cup in his left hand and a curious look on his face. There was nothing remarkable looking about him at all, and perhaps, that was the most remarkable thing."- Language:
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21 Jan 2016
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Derek has a new neighbor who won't stop looking.
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“You’re blind,” Derek said flatly, the anger draining from him so suddenly he felt almost woozy. His vision cleared, his claws sliding back into blunt fingernails.
“Thanks for the memo, genius,” the kid said acidly. “I can still fucking defend myself, so don’t take another damn step.”
“Fuck, I...I’m sorry,” Derek stuttered.
“What?!” The kid’s brow crinkled. “I mean — what?! You’re fucking sorry!?” His lips thinned into a harsh line. “What, is this some kinda Hallmark movie where you’re discovering the error of your ways because you don’t want to rob a blind person?! That’s fucking condescending, man. I’ll have you know that —”
“Just, wait.” Derek interrupted what was apparently the start of a convincing argument as to why he should rob the kid after all, feeling his head start to spin. “This is — it’s a misunderstanding. I’m — I’m not robbing you. You’re — you’re safe, okay? I’m taking three steps back. Just — just let me explain.”
“Explain why you came busting into my apartment? Yeah, go right ahead, man, I can’t wait to hear this epic tale.”
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20 Jan 2016
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15 Jan 2016
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Dean Winchester, Patron Saint of Little Brothers, Lost Angels, and Smartass Kids. He thought figuring out suburban life was hard; try being Heaven’s Yoda for learning about humanity. On top of that there’s some freaky shit going down and Dean is so not looking forward to dealing with another potentially world ending supernatural meltdown of epic proportions.
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23 Dec 2015
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At age fifteen, Steve Rogers had been in love with Tony Stark.
By age twenty, he’d (mostly) gotten over it. And then he promptly became Tony Stark's fuck buddy.
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- Part 1 of Bulletproof
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04 Dec 2015
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i blinked (and there you were) by Della19
Fandoms: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015), Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who & Related Fandoms
04 Jul 2015
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The Weeping Angels, Eggsy reads on the stolen Torchwood intel. Aliens that pose as statues, and kill their victims by sending them back in time and feeding off their years not lived in the present. The politest psychopaths in the universe, a note reads, scrawled in what looks like a doctor’s chicken scratch on the edge of the page by someone who clearly had a perverse sense of humour. A one way trip, the report concludes; you get transported by the angels, and it’s the slow road back to the present for you.
Eggsy lays his head back on the wall, takes stock of his situation. He’s lost 30 years - three years more than his entire lifespan up ’til now - in the blink of an eye, and now he’s stuck here, in 1988. Three years before he’s even born. Arthur, the prick, is sure to be heading up the Kingsmen, and Merlin, if he’s even there would be…20, maybe. Fuck, so fucking young.
Shite, even Harry’d only be…
Alive, Eggsy thinks, and finds himself sitting down hard from where his knees can’t hold him. This is 1988, and Harry’s 23, and alive.
Suddenly, being stuck in 1988 doesn’t seem so bad.
Or, the one where love means changing the future. Harry/Eggsy, Time Travel Fix-It.
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02 Dec 2015
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They read the entry on the alphas, then Derek crawls into Stiles’s bed and Stiles joins him, and they fall asleep twisted together. He wakes up alone, but there’s a note stuck to his computer. Gone to let the others know about the alphas. Don’t do anything stupid.
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09 Apr 2015
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Stiles walked in the house, covered in blood, a wolf pelt around his shoulders and a terrifying smile on his face.
Stiles told John quite happily that he had a new pet named Aiden and wasn’t he pretty. John smiled and agreed that it’s beautiful—Aria taught him to lie well—and said he got called into work because Gerard was found dead.
He refrained from thinking too much about Stiles’ response that he still hadn’t received a thank you card for that yet.
John drove directly to Derek’s apartment. Do not pass go. Do not collect 100 dollars. And pray that it wasn't all in vain.
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- Part 8 of The Boy who Fought with Wolves
- Part 1 of Blodrod
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23 Mar 2015
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30 Dec 2014
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In which the Leafs collectively embark on the most unhelpful and unnecessary matchmaking attempt of all time.
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10 Dec 2014
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The fake telepathy was Jonny’s idea. Management has been on Patrick’s case about hockey bonds, and this should finally satisfy them. Patrick has never wanted any of it - teammates or soulmates or anyone else in his head. Jonny does want a soulmate, but Patrick isn’t it. Patrick is just the perfect stopgap.
Faking it is going a little too well.
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10 Dec 2014
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I've Got A Feeling (I Hope You're Feeling It Too) by purplecatsweater for svmadelyn
Fandoms: Hockey RPF
20 Nov 2013
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When Patrick met Jonny for the first time, it was because they'd both just been picked for the same hockey team. When Patrick netted his first goal during practice, Jonny skated over to give him a congratulatory hug and, well, it's not like he didn't sometimes shift on accident, when he was excited or happy, but it hadn't happened at practice in ages.
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16 Nov 2014
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Harry’s life has become an endurance run, through the remnants of his stressful divorce, his strained relationships with his children, and his increasingly complicated job. Yet it seems what’s going to complicate it most is saving Scorpius Malfoy’s life. Since Scorpius is underage, Draco assumes the debt—and he is determined to pay Harry back. Now if only he could find something Harry actually wanted.
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27 Oct 2014
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Something's Telling Me to Leave but I Won't by starswalkbackward for StarAmongStones
Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)
27 Jul 2014
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In 2nd grade, Nicki Welch told Stiles Stilinski that his plaid shirt and Spiderman graphic tee looked stupid. He responded by looking pointedly at her stomach and saying that bloodsucking hookworms were inside about 700 million people.
She cried for two hours, and Ms. Briar made him go to the quiet chair. “One day, your mouth is really going to get you into trouble!” she’d scolded with a wagging finger.
Stiles contemplates those words as his dad’s new deputy hauls him into the station.
He’s still totally going to blame Scott for the situation, though
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17 Oct 2014
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“For those of you who just transferred into this class or simply decided that day one wasn’t important enough to attend, I’m Professor Hale. Welcome to English 346, The American Novel.”
Stiles is pretty sure his mouth is hanging open right now and that his eyes are wide with shock, because holy fuck, he thinks he knows why his students transferred. Hell, if he was still an undergrad, he probably would have transferred, too.
(Or: In which Stiles is a Biology professor and Derek thinks he's a student.)
Note: French translation by the lovely enso-infinite now available (link inside)!
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- Part 1 of Academia AU
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17 Oct 2014
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16 Oct 2014
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In Beacon Hills, the two-year war that’s been raging between werewolves and hunters has begun spilling over onto the civilian population. Meanwhile, in Boston, when the tattoo on Stiles Stilinski’s back is damaged on a late-night hunt he begins to have dreams that lead him across the country, drawn by an inexplicable conviction that he’s needed there. When he discovers that Derek Hale began the war after his mate was killed, Stiles finds himself being offered a strange deal: figure out how to bring the alpha's mate back, and peace talks can begin.
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- Part 2 of Cry Havoc 'verse
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15 Oct 2014
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Stiles’ Jeep grinds to a halt, he sees someone running through the rain, he's not expecting it to be Derek. He's not expecting a Derek without any memories either, or an Alpha pack that's coming for all of them. He probably should've, because lately nothing goes the way he expects.
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10 Oct 2014
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“I hired you an assistant for the shoot,” Laura says. Derek doesn’t stop walking – there’s a kid near the cart return that’s started to watch them – so instead he tries to convey his annoyance by walking faster. Laura has to scramble to keep up.
“I can pick up my own dry cleaning,” he says.
“You can’t just wash your clothes in the sink again,” Laura says. “It’s not cute, it’s not eccentric, you’re not Christian Bale.”
He wishes he got that comparison less.
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09 Oct 2014
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Torchwood's second season and the fourth season of Doctor Who, as seen through the eyes of an outsider hired to help Ianto with the scutwork and tapped to be the Doctor's man.
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07 Oct 2014