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“If you’re so worried about your daughter then why are you wasting your time yelling at me instead of caring for her?”
He stills. His fists clench, just once, and she can see the muscles in his jaw working, like it is taking him every ounce of will not to unhinge it, lean across the counter, and rip out her throat with his teeth.
Then he turns, without a word, and storms out the door, the tails of his black coat flying behind him like a cloak.
Aleksander is in need of a nanny for his six-month-old daughter. As it so happens, Alina is the only person she likes.- Language:
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26 May 2025
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For better or worse by zipadeea
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
13 Jan 2019
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Roy and Riza always thought all they needed to be happy in life was each other. Then, they meet two Ishvalan orphans who teach them just how wrong they are.
(Or: Mustang and Hawkeye fall in love and start a family. The process is just as conventional as you'd expect; which is to say, not at all.)
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27 Oct 2024
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(don't you look charming) here in the eye of a hurricane by eke
Fandoms: Stardew Valley (Video Game)
19 Mar 2022
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[“Maybe you’ve got some of that adventurer’s spirit, too,” Marlon said, clambering to his feet.
Marnie laughed.
“What, you don’t think so?”
“I guess… I’ve never thought that,” Marnie said.
Marlon shrugged. “Maybe you should.” He extended a hand to her. “Shall we get you home?”]
or: after a run-in with some tiger slimes, marnie re-evaluates a few things.
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20 Oct 2024
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Planes, Trains and Stubborn Farmers - Year 1 by Mutha_fkn_Penguins
Fandoms: Stardew Valley (Video Game)
18 Aug 2023
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According to everyone, she wasn’t what any of them expected. When they’d heard she was a veteran they had thought she’d be hardened and serious. Instead they all said the same things about her. Helpful, funny, honest, and generous. She spent an absurd amount of money on things that bettered the community in some way. She was the main reason the mine carts and bus were working again. (Even though no one knew how she managed it.) Why the library suddenly gained a better collection. She’d even provided Penny with up to date books and supplies to help teach Jas and Vincent better. Robin had mentioned how she’d been hired to fix up the roof on the Stardrop and even paid her to inspect Evelyn and George’s roof when a leak was barely even mentioned.
With each story of generosity something in him tightened. He enjoyed hearing how she’d helped everyone in some way, even if it was just a simple errand, she didn’t hesitate. He was glad things were going well on her farm but a brief flash of her leaning heavily on a short cane left him worried. Was she pushing herself too far?A story about Harvey falling fast for a stubborn farmer.
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- Part 1 of Planes, Trains and Stubborn Farmers
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14 Aug 2024
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"Maybe he should make that his mantra. Harvey Bowyer did not have place for emotions."
The war between the Ferngill Republic and the Gotoro Empire is finally over, but the scars it has left in the people remain. For Harvey Bowyer, the things he saw as a doctor on the front line still haunt him, it's easier to be numb than it is to feel at all.
Meanwhile, for Cass Fletcher, the aftermath of fighting in the war has taken its toll on her physically and mentally, and she has long since shut down the ability to fully experience emotions. When she gets the chance to start over on her grandfather's old farm, she reluctantly agrees in a last attempt to turn things around. Could this finally be the place that she finds peace, belonging and maybe let herself start to live again?
** WIP - I have had writers block for a while but I promise I've not forgotten you all. I will be back to posting as soon as possible. Love you guys, thanks for bearing with me.
Title is a reference to the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae**EDIT 31/1/2023. Chapter 53. You know who you are. You're welcome zealots <3
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29 Jul 2024
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“She’s dead. Wrapped in plastic.” The murder of a popular resident shocks the sleepy rural community of Pelican Town, but the investigation reveals that things are not always as they seem….
As the town tries to return to daily life with the anxiety of an unknown killer in their midst, dark secrets and supernatural forces make the investigation a little more complicated.
Strange happenings, surreal capers, gossip, drama, and romance as half the town is trying to solve the mystery while the other half is desperately trying to keep hidden the skeletons in their closet.
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22 Jul 2024
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Farmer Mia realizes at the beginning of her second year in Pelican Town that her farm is getting much too big to handle on her own. Jodi thinks Sam could use a bit of growing up, and his dad is on him about something much different. Sam doesn't know Mia well, but when he answers her request and starts spending almost every day with her, he realizes that they might really be able to help each other out... in more ways than one.
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17 Jul 2024
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hypothermia prevention service by thepiniestofapples
Fandoms: Stardew Valley (Video Game)
18 Oct 2020
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In retrospect, perhaps an old cottage by the sea wasn't the best idea. Romantic, yes — who could deny the appeal of finding yourself while living in a rustic cabin by the seashore, falling asleep to the sound of waves and waking up with the cry of seagulls?
Of course, the appeal isn't as strong when there's a freak blizzard around him, barely held back by the old wooden walls, and no stable heating system. The seagulls had grown tiresome rather quickly, too.
Just as he idly wondered how long it would take for someone to find his frozen corpse, there was a knock on the door.
AKA elliott is a romantic dumbass who didn’t think things through before spending winter in an ancient cottage, and the farmer is a determined dumbass who’s not about to let her favourite writer freeze to death
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07 May 2024
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There's been a murder in Pelican Town.
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07 May 2024
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Marnie just adores her, sends her extra hay every week for “being a good neighbor” or whatever. Jas is still a little wary- she’s never been good with strangers- but she shows the new farmer all of her dolls nonetheless.
Shane didn't get it.
The new farmer was just weird. That was what he thought.
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07 Apr 2024
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Nothing to Lose by Leitner
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Hogwarts Legacy (Video Game)
28 Jun 2025
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You’re a Hogwarts transfer student from Ilvermorny going into your fifth year. As an American everything feels completely foreign. You’re not too worried, as you’ll probably have to move again after this year, best to not get attached to anything, or anyone…
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02 Apr 2024
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a stranger to my skin (but now I’m braver in my bones) by mimosaeyes
Fandoms: Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
01 Sep 2017
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There is no rational, scientific explanation for why Artemis begins to remember.
Or: Holly is the last puzzle piece to fall into place. Post-series coda for Artemis’s birthday (1 September), and some closure.
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18 Mar 2024
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Mystery Work
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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16 Mar 2024
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Even when he's gone, some of the world still seems to revolve around Artemis Fowl.
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16 Mar 2024
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You've asked Elliott to teach you his writerly ways, but he's got far more to teach you than mere prose.
A love story loosely based on Elliott's heart events.
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04 Mar 2024
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The One Where Shane Isn't the Problem by minicoopbug
Fandoms: Stardew Valley (Video Game)
08 Nov 2023
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A different perspective on the usual "new farmer can't seem to help themselves falling for the broken town drunk" Shane/farmer story.
After moving to Stardew Valley and taking over your grandfather's old farm, you begin to settle into country life and get to know the locals. No matter how much you try to move on and forget your problems, though, the past still haunts you.
This is the one in which Shane isn't the problem.
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03 Mar 2024
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Opal Koboi has been defeated. The Great Techno-Crash has rankled the world, both above and below the surface. And...Artemis Fowl II is dead. Holly works with Foaly on Artemis' final plan, while Artemis himself fights to maintain his identity in his hardest battle to date.
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- Part 1 of AF continuations
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23 Feb 2024
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He can't stop repeating it. "Holly, Holly, Holly." "Oh," she gasps aloud, so very quiet, but in her mind, she murmurs to herself with reddening cheeks, Oh. (Or, Holly gets a glimpse into her future as part of an LEPrecon experiment. She sees more than she imagined.)
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22 Feb 2024
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The evening sunlight streamed in through the broad windows, filling the air with a golden glow. Butler could faintly hear Myles and Beckett racing around downstairs, no doubt preparing whatever wild (and possibly explosive) present they had seen fit to give their father.
It was Father’s Day in Fowl Manor, and at last, it was a holiday that the Fowls could celebrate as a complete family.
A gift for an old friend.
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22 Feb 2024
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Holly misses her apartment the most, she decides - because if she started thinking about anything else, she’d start sobbing.
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21 Feb 2024