sleeplessrivers
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When Melissa's hot tub date turns out to be a bust, Ava makes a surprising offer.
(or, the one where they have sex in a hot tub)
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there is nothing here (but what's here is mine) by sleeplessrivers for bimichaelburnham
Fandoms: Star Trek: Picard
07 Sep 2025
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"Everything has changed now, or so Raffi believes. She’s functional (for the most part) and for the first time in fifteen years, she feels like maybe this is the turning point she needed, the one she hadn’t dared to hope for.
She even gets involved in Picard’s little heist, can’t stop herself from helping— she never could say no to him and his seemingly endless supply of hope.
That damned hope, it’s infectious— and she lets herself get carried away as she beams off La Sirena."
A character study of Raffi Musiker told in five parts spanning five different periods of her life; from childhood all the way to the events of Star Trek: Picard.
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"When Melissa implies a competition during the science fair, the challenge dripping from her mouth, of course Ava has to accept. She already knows there is only one way for this competition to end, and she makes sure to let Melissa know.
Ava turns on her heel then and walks off, leaving them behind, unaware of what has just begun here."
(or, the one where they fuck things out)
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tangled up in marigold by sleeplessrivers for bimichaelburnham
Fandoms: Abbott Elementary (TV)
28 Apr 2025
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A sudden gust of wind blows Melissa's hair in her face. Barbara hands are quick to help, properly putting the straying strands back in place. Melissa is frozen, can only stare at Barbara's focussed expression, can’t help but look at her lips— her beautifully painted, luscious red lips, and tries not to react to the feeling of Barbara's fingers ghosting over her face as she works her magic.
Barbara makes her nervous.
One evening, Barbara and Melissa reminisce on a deceptively ordinary day.
written for The Mane Event 2025
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take me in, then baby, take me deeper by sleeplessrivers for bimichaelburnham
Fandoms: Abbott Elementary (TV)
22 Feb 2025
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After Sahar disrespects Melissa, Barbara gives her a piece of her mind. Melissa overhears and decides to express her gratitude in more ways than one.
(Post s01e07: Art Teacher)
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Barbara gives Melissa up for Lent.
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20 Dec 2025
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Jacob adjusts to life as Melissa's roommate.
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04 Oct 2025
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A Riot In The Heart by bonesofsapphire for sleeplessrivers
Fandoms: Abbott Elementary (TV)
28 Apr 2025
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"She's back at Barbara's side in a couple of minutes and hands her a margarita with bright pink sugar on the rim. Some of the crystals cling to her dark wine lipstick, gemstones in velvet. Involuntarily, Melissa's tongue darts out to lick at her own lips, her mind wondering just how sweet it would taste if she were to lick Barbara's instead. But Barbara, whose eyes never stray too far from Melissa, seems to mirror her. She licks the sugar away and Melissa mourns the loss of the fantasy."
Or Melissa accepts Gary's wedding invitation but when Jacob convinces her that she needs to bring along a plus one, Barbara offers to accompany her. Away from Abbott life for an entire weekend in a romantic setting, and a hotel room with only one bed, tensions arise and culminate.
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21 Apr 2025
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the night does funny things inside of me by theartistformerlyknownas
Fandoms: Abbott Elementary (TV)
25 Dec 2024
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Sickness and health and wealth and poverty were the easy part, really, Melissa thinks to herself ruefully. The hard part is when one of your kids turns out to be just like both of you and ruins two marriages with the revelation of a years-long affair.
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13 Jan 2025
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creator, you destroy me by velvetprayer
Fandoms: Agatha All Along (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe
02 Nov 2024
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Time, suddenly, means the moments in between her.
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- Part 1 of love in withdrawal was the weeping of me
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Bookmarked by sleeplessrivers
06 Nov 2024