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The problem is he can’t talk about art without thinking about Armand.
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Everything Left in the Light Here Long Enough/Is Someday Gonna Fade by thetickingclock
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
04 Jul 2025
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Caleb follows, and it’s almost natural, how he steps into Eadwulf’s space after Astrid has left. There’s a ghost of shared body language and muscle memory in the movement: Bren tilting his head up to meet Eadwulf’s eyes, hand reaching up to grip his right shoulder. But it’s Caleb who moves now, and the gesture is tinged with uncertainty, an acrid sting of fear and longing making it all feel a little sour.
“She called you Little Knife,” Caleb says in Common.
“She does sometimes,” Eadwulf answers in the same language. He spits out blood, missing Caleb’s shoes, but barely. There must still be something of Bren inside those bones, because the other wizard doesn’t even flinch.
(Eadwulf has always been a weapon).
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Neil looks down. He says, in French, “are you ever going to stop being afraid when you look at me?”
It’s a cruel fucking question. Kevin says, “don’t ask when you already know the answer.”
(The Foxes, despite everything, still trapped and biting themselves bloody)
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Nott whispers, “I think I’m a very good monster.”
Caleb rolls over. His eyes are human-dull in the dark, the blue just catching the edge of moonlight filtering in through the window. He touches his forehead to hers. They breathe. Not long and slow—quick, a little frantic.
The warmth blooms between her ribs. She names it magic, despite knowing the ember-sting of arcana these days.
She sees Caleb’s throat work as he swallows. He whispers, “that makes two of us, Nott the Brave.”
(Veth is a monster and a mother. Nott is only one of those things).
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If We're Quiet, Maybe the Light Will Stay Like This by thetickingclock
Fandoms: Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022)
22 Feb 2025
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Daniel threads his fingers through Armand’s curls and yanks his head back, ignoring the thrill that chases terror down their bond until it is something else entirely. “You should know better than to play that game with me, Armand. Come on.”
Armand still doesn’t blink. He stares up at Daniel, mouth twitching into something that isn’t a snarl and isn’t a smile; a strange expression caught somewhere between amusement and violence. “What story are you telling yourself about who I am now, Daniel?”
(Daniel finds Armand, finally. They are both horribly unreliable narrators.)
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If they make a single wrong move when the Moriyamas might be behind Neil's disappearance, then they will cost him his life.
Kevin can't do anything if it's them. Neither can Jean. If Neil is in their hands, then it is too late already, and there is nothing anyone can do.
But Jean, brave, doesn't falter. "This isn't their doing."
Just as Nathan's trial starts to conclude, Neil goes missing. Jeremy watches the fallout, and comes to realise a few things.
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- Part 3 of whumptober 2025
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18 Oct 2025
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family matters by essektheylyss (divinationwizard)
Fandoms: Critical Role: Aramán (Web Series)
14 Oct 2025
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The funeral winds down as the occupants of the Fang house shuffle off to bed.
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17 Oct 2025
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"Neil," Wymack says again.
He blinks up at the clock. 9:05PM.
Five minutes, gone. Two hours, gone. Neil doesn't try and rewind the time any further — he knows he'll just find more gaps in his memory, more lapses he can't recall.
Andrew's graduated, and Neil is adrift.
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- Part 1 of whumptober 2025
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04 Oct 2025
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it seems I have a soulless friend by jadeandquartz
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), Exandria Unlimited
29 Sep 2025
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Let’s set the bar, brother! Nydas thinks to the First Knight over the telepathic bond. He is proud of how normal his voice sounds, considering everything they've recently been through. He's always been one hell of a good actor.
Always, Zerxus replies. You know I have your back.
And oh, gods. Isn't that a statement. If only Nydas could honestly believe him.
They burst into the console room together, swords drawn and teeth bared.
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Or: Dawn comes too early. Zerxus's bargain comes due.
Nydas made a promise - and no matter what, he's going to follow through.
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30 Sep 2025
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Fight, Flight, Freeze by exsanguinate (transjon), graiai, This_world_of_beautiful_monsters
Fandoms: Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022)
19 Sep 2025
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Three authors, three imaginings of Armand’s much-belated reunion with his maker.
Fight: This is a song about the liberational aspects of grammar. By graiai.
Flight: Not so much an anatomy of a fall as a carefully categorized dismemberment. By This_world_of_beautiful_monsters.
Freeze: Armand, in the bed he made. By exsanguinate (transjon).- Language:
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20 Sep 2025