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The Book Cat by justanothersarah, SuebsWrites for taumoebaa
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
02 Aug 2024
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Liam is alive, and he owns a bookshop. Oh, and Violet is a cat.
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went looking for a creation myth (ended up with a pair of cracked lips) by somnatic
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
08 May 2024
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Violet needs more time to heal after Varrish. Xaden is there to take care of her.
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08 May 2024
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"Infection sets in somewhere above the Esben Mountains.
It's always cold when flying, even wrapped in flight leathers, but this shivering is more ravenous, somehow, an underlying and almost untouchable heat lying far beneath it that I know has to be a fever."
—Pretty scene starter; situation and location
—'ravenous shivering', 'untouchable heat'"To both my immense relief and disappointment, Liam does not visit me again."
"The world, while still sore, is almost unbearably soft around me. Xaden’s clothes, warm and smelling of him. Xaden’s sheets, the covers fluffed up around my chin from how he’d fussed to make sure I was comfortable. Xaden, finding his way into the bed behind me. The sun is setting outside the window, and I realize I have no idea what time it is. I think I should ask, but the words fail me as his arms tug me gently, so gently, back into his chest, his bicep sliding under my head."
—Touch, smell, sight. Warmth, Xaden, the sun. Perfect imagery.
—Rhythm in final line"When I wake hours later, it’s dark and I’m back in the basement of Basgiath. Varrish stands over me, a blade in his hand. He’s going to carve into my stomach, again."
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Violet's Guide to Navigating the Cat Distribution System by Coincidental_fangirl
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
09 Dec 2024
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Cat Violet falls asleep on top of Xaden's motorcycle. When he and his squad find her, there is no way that she's not coming home with them.
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29 Apr 2024
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"He tucked her inside of his jacket. There wasn’t much room, but she was warm. The machines started growling again, and the little cat felt like they were moving. But she was warm and secure in her new spot, just as comfortable as before. The little cat fell asleep."
"Rumbling. The human was speaking...The hand below her shifted, and the cocoon she was wrapped in split in two. She landed on the floor, and went off to explore."
"Curious, Violet approaches. She sniffs at the piece of leather he is holding. A collar, she realises, remembering seeing her brother and sister wearing them before. She never had one, because Violet was never wanted. She had never had a name before, either. It was always runt, or little cat. Not something pretty like Violet. She lets the human fasten it around her neck, and decides to make this house her home."
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Safehouse by VoidMyWarranty for Lexi Banner (jinbaittai)
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Comicverse), X-Men (Original Timeline Movies), Wolverine (Movies)
19 May 2025
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You get your bearings in a split second. The street is well lit, unusually so, because—
Because for the first time, the plain house has its porch light on. And there’s a man sitting in the rocking chair, smoking.
Like a glutton you drink in every detail that you can absorb in the three seconds of polite onlooking that you’ve allotted yourself. He’s f***ing huge, like the most enormous man you've ever seen, and he’s definitely watching you. With the light coming from over his shoulder his face is just darkness and you can’t see anything else, and it’s infuriating that it’s all you get before you have to turn your head away.
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Victor Creed is your neighbor. This is a romance with plot, and smut sprinkled in whenever possible.
Some dub con at times but typically nothing intense. This is the slightly more civilized, Liev Schreiber Victor Creed. All Trigger Warnings are provided in the summary of individual chapters.
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Bookmarked by taumoebaa
15 Apr 2024
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16. Sticker metaphor
25. Your friend
28. Escape“Did you get him?” you mumble while he starts to walk with you in his arms. You’re struggling to keep your eyes open, especially when things get brighter in the hall.
A chirping beep and a click, then, “Yeah, I got him. You did so good today, baby.”
When you wake up the next morning, you’re in your own bed with William, and your phone is thoughtfully plugged in beside you. (10)"He’s got his gloves on, though he’s far too large to avoid notice."
“Jack and coke.”
"Maybe just a tiny touch, a harmless little toeing of the line. It’s a relief to place your palm in the middle of his chest and snuggle your head down to his shoulder, drunk and happy and completely tuning out the conversation. You’ll be Lap Girl for him." (23) -
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[Post-Iron Flame.] There's a lot that Violet Sorrengail does not have the emotional energy to deal with right now. From her mother, to figuring out what to do about Aretia, to the absolute train wreck of the situation with Xaden, she just wants to get through the next little while without losing her mind. And last on her list of things she wants to deal with is the sudden appearance of her ex, Crown Prince Halden, because it's going to introduce a whole new clusterfuck of baggage to everything else on her plate.
(How do we deal with our book hangover? We write our own Book 3, that’s how!!)
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Bookmarked by taumoebaa
17 Feb 2024
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Before the young god-prince learns of his mother and plots his escape, Zagreus wishes for a bit of earth to plot a garden.
The prince consults Achilles, of all souls, about the act of growing things. Asks for Achilles to describe to him the plants and flowers and trees of the surface world, from the shape of their leaves to their texture and smell. Asks how deep the roots of trees go, what it is like to sit beneath their shade, and listens raptly to all Achilles says of the worms and beetles who live in the dirt.
“I’m afraid I rather took it all for granted.” Achilles admits, ashamed, one day-or-night as Zagreus sits cross-legged on the floor of his chambers patiently while Achilles tries, and fails, to draw a passable image of an olive tree on a sheet of parchment.
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24 Sep 2023
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"There is no justifiable reason for Achilles to say such a thing—it is foolish at best. Cruel, at worst. There is no reason for him to have said it, except that Achilles wishes it to be true. Except that he hopes—beyond all reason, out of some ill-advised sentimentality—the Prince of the Underworld might come to know what earthly dirt feels like on his hands, might feel the softness of a peony’s petals against his cheek, or know the sweetness of plucking a spring bloom for a lover’s hair.
A bit of earth. How small a thing to want, how tremendous a thing to have. Is it not?"
—"Ill-advised sentimentality" Achilles is nostalgic for the mortal experience. He wishes for Zagreus to experience the same. Sentimental. He wishes to share the feeling of earth and nature, and the pure joy of living it. (Author describes the sensations, then the emotions. Wraps up with such a pretty conclusion. Earth—and love for nature. A simple joy—but earth is the creation of gods.)"One day-or-night the plant is reported to be in excellent health, and the next on the cusp of extinction. It then follows that Zagreus believes any moment, now, the little sprout is due to bloom into a bouquet of flowers. What color they might be, Zagreus cannot decide. When it becomes clear that no such blooms are, in fact, forthcoming, Zagreus takes this as a portent of doom."
—Just really beautiful writing"All power seeks to be claimed; wielded, set to its purpose. Could Achilles have ever refused his feet their flight, across fields and roads and beaches? Did not Achilles feel Varatha’s will when he put his hands upon it? Will he not sense something wild and yearning in the bloodstones Zagreus coaxes from the earth?"
—Scene starts not with physical description but instead, what is essentially a thesis for Zagreus' domain. Power is inevitable.Zagreus explains this without inflection, as if by feigning indifference he will make it true.
—Pretty way of saying that Zagreus is trying his best to be nonchalant.Klastos. Unbroken, stubborn one.
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Riverine Ecosystems of the Lower Styx by glisteningceruleaneyes
Fandoms: Hades (Video Game 2018)
06 Jan 2021
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“You have come to find me predictable, then,” Chaos said. They didn’t sound exactly offended—maybe calculating, or thoughtful, or their voice didn’t reflect any feeling at all, and he was merely projecting it onto them—but Zagreus felt a chill nonetheless. He imagined Poseidon wouldn’t take well to being told he was shallow and calm, or that Aphrodite would enjoy being told she was pretty but Only In A Friend Way.
“Not, uh, exactly predictable,” said Zagreus, and was cut off as the portal finally extracted the necessary life from him and he was slurped into the abyss.- Language:
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Bookmarked by taumoebaa
18 Aug 2023
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“Sentient. Having emotions. Able to be perceived by your senses, and to speak in a language you can understand. Genderless, as mortals envision Chaos should be, though it makes no more sense than thunder being masculine, or night being feminine. Physical.”
“To be perceived is to exist. Should infinity and probability have a human face? Once, they did not. Now, they do. Hence, I have a human face, and hence, I follow some rules, though primarily those I set myself.”
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Achilles is free from his contract. He's not free from his past.
While Patroclus tries to bring him back to himself, Zagreus just wants to know where they stand.
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- Part 2 of dust
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07 Aug 2023
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"You're so much like him, you know. Gentle, despite everything."
Achilles risks his contract to help Zagreus escape.
His punishment leaves him trapped inside a past Zagreus barely understands.
The way out forces them to confront all their secrets.
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- Part 1 of dust
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06 Aug 2023
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"Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust."
—From Cymbeline
—The golden lad is Achilles?
—What does death liberate Zagreus from? He cannot die. Or is this only in reference to Achilles?"wordly task hast done...ta'en thy wages"
—Achilles is dead, but Hades returns him to his 'worldy tasks", as punishment. In spite of his achievements in the war, even as a man favoured by the gods, he must "come to dust". Be reduced to a shade as any other mortal."To thee the reed is as the oak"
—To you there is no difference between the reed (the weak) and the oak (the strong)"The scepter, learning, physic, must"
—The scepter (strength) and learning (knowledge) and physic (the body? health?)"Ghost unlaid forbear thee!/Nothing ill come near thee!"
—Unlaid; Not prepared for burial
—Forbear; Refrain, abstain
—Ghosts/spirits that have no yet been laid to rest, will refrain from troubling your grave
—Why was this the title for the one-shot? The one from Pedasus is the spirit? Contrary to the line, Achilles is haunted by the ghosts of his past (or his life, more accurately)."I knew him from boyhood. Circumstances led us to becoming soldiers - well, some would say it was the decree of the gods. Would that I had taken the other path offered me, a long and quiet life, but I think the gods make those deals knowing full well that no young man is going to settle for peace."
"Achilles is watching one of the leaves swirl along the river, slipping under the soft current and poking up again further down."
"Golden-haired, swift-footed, lion-hearted Achilles, leader of men, alike to the gods, is asking the petty, recalcitrant prince of the underworld if he can see past his flaws. It should beggar belief."
—IT SHOULD BEGGAR BELIEF!!
—Beggar (verb); To cripple, to ruin.
—Disbelief in Achilles' need for Zagreus' approval
—Beautiful rhythm“What puerile game is this?” Hades snarls. “If this is an attempt to provoke mercy, I assure you, there is none to be had."
—Puerile; childish, immature"Achilles would pretend to look impressed every time, bend down to make eye contact and ask him to recount the tale, remaining in rapt attention until Zagreus was finished. ‘Here comes the champion,’ he would greet him afterward, bowing in deep respect as Zagreus laughed. It hurts to think about now."
—Captures Achilles' voice so well. Kind. Here comes the champion. Kind, and loves the prince. But Zagreus takes Achilles' kindness for entertaining a simple child. Hurts to read.
—Describes Achilles' adoration for the prince, his actions, his emotions, what he says, and then finally, Zagreus' happiness. From a too-happy memory to Zagreus' self-realisation in the present-day. -
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Zagreus is lonely. This much is obvious. He tries to help anyone and everyone he comes across. His heart is given just as freely as his assistance, and this causes a problem when he tries to help Achilles one ambrosia filled night or day. When Achilles groans out Patroclus' name during sex, it sets into motion a chain of events that puts Zagreus into Patroclus' arms as well.
Can Achilles fix his mistakes in time to keep from harming Zagreus any further? Can Patroclus heal the young prince's heart before it breaks beyond repair? Can they work everything out to become something newer and better?
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02 Aug 2023
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Zagreus needs money for his big trip, and boxing seems like a viable career, and his long-time celebrity crush Achilles Pelides seems like the perfect coach. He's gorgeous, and emotionally supportive, and tragically sexually unavailable.
Zagreus' go-to scene partner won't play with him, and Zag needs to get laid, and Meg's acquaintance Patroclus seems like the perfect dom. He's gorgeous, and great in bed, and tragically emotionally unavailable.
A horny underdog boxing drama/heartfelt kinky rom-com about falling hard for two completely unconnected men who are definitely not estranged lovers.
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- Part 1 of OTRverse
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- 113,622
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- 13/13
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30 Jul 2023
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“Forgive me, O gods! You are not known for your kindness. But this son of Lord Hades always regarded me, a mere shade, with respect; and the congenial manner of an old friend.”
Achilles loves the Prince. Patroclus can see that in the gentle adoration in his beloved's eyes as he stares after the flame footed god. Yet for all that they sing songs of his bravery, Achilles has always been the hesitant one. Patroclus won't let him wait forever.
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23 Jul 2023
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i'm hoping you will see yourself (like i see you) by bibliomaniac
Fandoms: Hades (Video Game 2018)
25 Feb 2021
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After Zagreus' mother moves back home, everything is supposed to be okay. His dad still doesn't care about him, but that's normal enough. He's still trying to break out of the Underworld, but that's allowed now. Achilles and Patroclus still don't love him, but that's—well—he's trying to be okay with that. Really.
It would be easier, though, if they allowed him to keep his space from them, and stopped asking him to sit down with them for a chat, and didn't keep asking after that invitation to their house they extended a while ago that he's been avoiding.
He's trying not to be in their way, so why won't they let him?(aka: Zagreus thinks he's getting in the newly-reunited couple's way but his attempts at avoidance aren't going so well, Achilles feels bad about lying to Zagreus by implying that he wasn't in love with him, Patroclus meddles, But It's Ok Because They All End Up Havin' Sex!
thats not a spoiler right...like it's rated e and has a happy ending tag. theres sex in it)- Language:
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Bookmarked by taumoebaa
18 Jul 2023
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The emergency departments of hospitals are all alike. Some are small, just a couple of rooms, a bathroom, a harried nurse who greets the frequent fliers by name, and some are huge, with dozens of rooms and a team of people who don’t even know each other’s names, let alone the patients.
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14 Feb 2022
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Astronomy In Reverse by pansley
Fandoms: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
14 Mar 2021
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A year after the Winter Soldier failed his mission in DC, Bucky Barnes is doing his best to stay under the radar from both Hydra and Steve Rogers. His hope for a peaceful day-to-day life in limbo goes awry, however, when he meets Queens’ newest hero; a pure-hearted kid with a death wish and a ridiculous pair of red and blue pajamas.
The last thing Steve expects when he finally tracks Bucky down is that, not only has the man been living in Queens all this time, right under his nose, but also that, in the two years since they last saw each other, Bucky somehow acquired a kid.
Alternatively: How Peter Parker effectively fucks over Bucky Barnes, and also totally saves him.
Fanart by Monireh on AO3 and tumblr
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- Part 1 of Winter!Dad
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- 25/25
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05 Feb 2022
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a geo archon's guide to the modern era by Erina
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
08 Dec 2020
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“Morax,” Xiao says after Zhongli finishes his retelling of the incident. “He thinks you’re a weirdo.”
“No, don’t say that,” Barbatos snickers. “You’ll give him hope that this is salvageable.” He lowers his voice. “Morax, he thinks you’re a boomer.”
(In which Zhongli hibernates for centuries and wakes up in the modern world)
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- 5,092
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- 1/1
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22 Feb 2021
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before the farewell by chibyeol (minitala)
Fandoms: Dr. STONE (Anime), Dr. STONE (Manga)
18 Jun 2020
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On the dawn of April 2, 5747, Asagiri Gen leaves the Kingdom of Science to travel the world. Or so he says. Running away from a broken heart just seemed too poetic for a calculating mentalist.
Five years later, Ishigami Senku follows the trail he left behind because he isn't afraid to chase after what he wants.
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Asagiri Gen could not quite let go of his greatest love, so he writes him letters he will never send instead. Ishigami Senku isn't perfect, trial-and-error is of course the theme of science, but that doesn't mean he won't try to fix his mistakes.
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Ishigami Senkuu has counted the seconds twice in his life.
The first time out of boredom, the second out of need.
Now he counts, and counts, trying to keep his sanity against Hyouga's obsession. Trying to keep hoping that there will be a way out. That he will be found.
And so he keeps counting...
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by taumoebaa
16 Jul 2020
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It only takes one mistake for things to head south faster than anyone can process.
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- 1/1
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16 Jul 2020
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You Think We're What Now? by Icyhot_Alchemist
Fandoms: Dr. STONE (Anime), Dr. STONE (Manga)
21 Oct 2019
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5 times Senkuu and Gen's friends were pretty positive Senkuu and Gen were dating even though the two of them said they weren’t
+ 1 time Senkuu and Gen were pretty positive they were datingBookmarked by taumoebaa
13 Jul 2020