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People weren’t always patient; it’s just a matter of fact she’s come to accept, as easily as the sky is blue. People weren’t always generous — with their time, much less with their attention — and Mel’s grown accustomed to the exasperated raise of eyebrows whenever her rambles cross the Too Much line.
She’s used to it.
Frank, though—
She hadn’t accounted for Frank.
Or, Mel’s an unstoppable force trying to get over her feelings, and Frank’s an immovable object who won’t let her.
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Beyond The Marigold Sea by smj
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
03 May 2025
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She stands before him, a delicate goddess with her cheeks tinted pink and cherry lips parted. Her eyes – those beautiful, arresting eyes of hers – never once leave his, as though she searches for a reassurance that he cannot give to her.
Archibald Featherington gives her hand to him, and the Featheringtons' reckoning is now inevitable. Colin will not yield until he delivers Archibald's punishment to his waiting family who have been starved of the justice they rightly owed.
But resting against his palm, Penelope's hand trembles, severing any and all thought of revenge.
You did that, he thinks.
Unwittingly, his fingers clasp over hers. She stares at him, incredulity pushing her brows together; he cannot fathom how much of the girl he remembers still lives on in the cherubic set to her features.
She is, to him, a mirage of the boy who had his head lost in the clouds.
"You will not change, Colin. You have always been you. As long as you know who you are, you know who you will be."
"Shall we begin?" The pastor interrupts.
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In Fragments We Fall by smj
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (TV)
11 Aug 2024
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“It was me, not Penelope, who–” Eloise chokes through her cries, a haunting replica of a wounded soldier. “She was the only one who knew I visited the rookeries and attended those events Whistledown speaks of. She’s p-protecting me, protecting us. She’s taken–”
His sister’s next words will forevermore torment Colin. “She’s taken the fall for us.”
The world beneath him crumbles, leaving him to free fall into an abyss.
For God’s sake, Pen, what’ve you done?
Or, in the aftermath of the Queen's threat, Penelope makes a sacrifice.
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Pastimes at Midnight by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
22 Oct 2022
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Katy still keeps the nightlight Waigong made for her, he realizes.
Maybe, in the morning when he pretends he’s on the way back from a run and drops by the Chens, he’ll tease her about it.
Maybe, drunk off their last bottle of beer and high off each other’s company, he’ll whisper to her about his nightmares.
Or, Shangqi struggles in the aftermath of Ta Lo.
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Don't Go Baking My Heart by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
03 Jun 2022
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He doesn’t mean to stalk her.
“At least, not at first,” he reasons with Meimei, who looks at him like he’s gum stuck at the bottom of her vintage Vans shoes. “No, I swear–”
Or, in which Shangqi laments over the cute baker in town.
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- Part 1 of Bakery AU Drabbles
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Hui Jia by smj for dprssdghoul
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
16 May 2022
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“Wo de Shangqi, lai hui jia.”
A whisper.
“Come home. To me.”Or, Ruiwen is Shangqi’s beacon to his way home that he doesn’t know until he finally finds it (and her).
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Dewdrops From Rain by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel
27 Mar 2022
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Sometimes, he wakes with blood on his hands.
When he does, he scrubs his hands till they’re rubbed raw, till his skin turns pink and scraped. Even then, he still isn’t satisfied, because the blood on his hands still reigns in his mind’s eye.
So, when he meets her and has his heart stolen, and has his mind consumed, and has his whole being taken, he thinks, "Do I dare?"
Or, the complications of trauma, and how love and belief heals it.
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The Seat Beside Yours by smj for leo_fitz_is_a_gryffindor
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
27 Mar 2022
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The late Wednesday evening commute greets her, but this time, there’s chaos.
“Katy–” Shaun calls, panicked now, “what’s going on?”
Or, when Katy nearly loses Shaun.
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Endpoints by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
26 Mar 2022
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“What is she to you, Gege?” She asks.
He stares at her, face set in stone, eyebrows drawn together. “Everything.”
Or, the 5 times Shangqi burns the world for Katy, and 1 time he chooses to saves it.
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Saturday Finds You by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
21 Mar 2022
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So, she wants to play it cool? That’s fine. He can deal with that.
He reaches into his jacket, takes the pen out for all to see. He sees her sneak a glance at him for a brief second, sees what he’s got in his hands, and looks quickly away with a faint blush smoking her cheeks.
He presses on the pen’s clicker.
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- Part 7 of In A Week
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Wednesday Finds You by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
20 Mar 2022
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He scrapes his teeth against her inner thigh, shifts his posture a little so his weight’s more balanced against his knees.
“Ms. Chen?”
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- Part 2 of In A Week
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Tuesday Finds You by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
19 Mar 2022
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He’s seeing red.
Goddamn minx knows what the hell she’s doing, staring up at Brad like that, staring at the motherfucker with her eyes half-hooded, leaning her weight to the side.
He’s going to fucking wreck her.
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- Part 2 of In A Week
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Monday Finds You by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
10 Mar 2022
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He’s got a hand around her wrist, drags her right into the closet. He tosses her inside and shuts the door behind him.
He takes her by the waist, turns her around so her back’s pressed against the supply closet door.
It’s muffled, but through it, he hears familiar voices taking a pause right outside the room.
He hovers his lips just an inch above hers.
Perfect.
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- Part 1 of In A Week
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Sunday Finds You by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
04 Mar 2022
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Katy’s still looking at him innocently, like she’s not already popping the button off his slacks.
“Jon Jon,” and his voice comes out a low growl, “pull the barrier up and put your damn headphones in.”
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- Part 5 of In A Week
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Thursday Finds You by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
27 Feb 2022
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She’s looking at him with that damn grin again.
He tilts his head at her, crooks a finger, beckons her closer.
“Now, what’re you doing staying back this late?”
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- Part 4 of In A Week
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Friday Finds You by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
22 Feb 2022
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She steps into the room with her spine straight and shoulders back. Her lips are painted crimson, body hugged in all the right places by a simple black dress under a blazer.
She’s the picture perfect example of aloofness contained in that tight fucking body.
Except no one else notices how she’s limping, just a little.
But that’s also because no one else knows how she’d screamed his name last night.
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- Part 6 of In A Week
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Honey-Ginger Tea and Tanghulu by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel
14 Feb 2022
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Katy doesn’t want to let go of Mama’s hand.
The room in front of her is big, is scary – she doesn’t like the woman standing at the front because she has a smile that reminds Katy of her Aunt Linda when she’s being mean to Baba.
“Mei guanxi, Ruiwen-ah,” Mama says, and she squats. “Mama will be right here.”
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Small Instances, Told by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel
22 Jan 2022
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Instances that've been missed, finally told:
[1] Baobao’s Baba: The perils of a baby’s overly attached father.
[2] Katy’s Box: The care that Katy puts into her box.
[3] Shangqi and Didi: A conversation between a man and a disapproving Didi.
[4] Katy and Meimei: Xialing tries to convince her Jiejie that she can do better.
[5] Dancing At Night: Shangqi and Katy buys cheap liquor and spends one night dancing on the road outside of his apartment.
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- Part 3 of We Are Constants
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Somewhere, Somehow by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel
21 Jan 2022
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She feels as if her world's ending, seeing them all cuddled up. Her stomach lurches, falling deep, deep beneath her. She wishes the ground would just swallow her up. She wishes, selfishly, that she was blind.
In the dark recesses of her mind, unbidden, she hears a faint voice crying out that she wishes she was Blipped and never returned.
Or, the growth of grief, loss, and their subsequent recovery, through patience and faith.
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- Part 1 of We Are Constants
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There Is A Time by smj
Fandoms: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel
09 Jan 2022
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Katy thinks she’s lucky to have found a love so precious. She thinks how incredible it is to love and be loved in return.
She knows that not everyone is afforded the same reality.
Or, Katy and Shangqi’s life that would’ve been.
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- Part 2 of We Are Constants