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Sydney’s sojourn running her aunt’s café/flower shop is meant to be a temporary gig but she’s enjoying it more than expected. Especially when the hot tattoo artist from across the way keeps coming in to sketch the flowers.
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Sydney and Carmy are meant to meet and fall together in that order. Florist/Tattoo Artist AU
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They both need control sometimes. They both need to lose control sometimes. Lucky them.
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“Do you need more? Did you earn more?”
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- Part 4 of Balance and Enhance Series
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They are found out in a very on-brand way. The cat's really out of the bag.
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“Oh. My. God.” Fak’s eyes were wide and he was breathing too heavily for the casual conversation they were having. “You two are fucking. You're more than fucking, you're having sleepovers!”
“Shut up!” they both snarled at him.
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- Part 3 of Balance and Enhance Series
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Sydney and Carmy go on their long overdue first date.
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“A date?” she sputtered, clipboard dropping to her side when her arm felt too heavy to hold up. “Like a romantic date? With me? And you?”
“Uh, yeah, ideally. Look,” he reassured her with a hand on her shoulder. “No pressure, if you're not interested, that’s fine. I just- I thought it could be a good time, y’know? If you and I dating is a little complicated, I have room for complicated.”
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- Part 1 of Balance and Enhance Series
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It's their second date and Sydney's trying to play it cool. It's more difficult than she expected when he's so sweet, smart, and she remembers that he has a dimple but there's really no reason to resist anymore, so she doesn't. Carmy has no idea what he did right, but he's fucking loving the result.
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“For future reference, your bra is in the sink, your shirt’s on the fridge, and the rest is somewhere in here.”
“By the way, I didn’t wear anything cute on purpose. I thought it’d help me retain my virtue,” she jokes.
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- Part 2 of Balance and Enhance Series
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Carmy and Sydney falling together.
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“It has its own particular taste, and it both balances and enhances the flavor of other ingredients.”
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Joy of Nothing by Azertyrobaz
Fandoms: The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types
30 Apr 2021
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Coffee Shop AU! Couldn't find any, so I decided to write it.
Given that it was barely after 7AM, the coffee place was deserted. The woman behind the counter was arranging pastries in front of her, and it took him a second to realize that she was addressing him and asking him what he wanted to order. The chalkboard sign was confusing. He wanted coffee, this he knew with a painful certainty, the child’s complaints against his shoulder only reinforcing that foregone conclusion.
Din has retired from the army after twenty years and decided to adopt an orphan. With no clear idea of what to do next, he goes back to the small town he left behind at 18. He is surprised to find out he has not been forgotten, and even more surprised to realize that the definition of home could very well be a small café.
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- Part 1 of Coffee Shop AU
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15 Oct 2025
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this is not a place of honor by cricketing
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
29 Aug 2025
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You were a scientist before the world turned you into a soldier. Now, you’re injured and stuck in some sort of commune in the middle of fucking Wyoming of all places, arguing with some asshole about god-knows-what. He’s infuriating and stubborn and rude and you can’t fucking stand him—
So why is this the most alive you’ve felt in years?
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02 Jul 2025
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Joel Miller x Feral Reader (as lovingly named by Tumblr, but also called Red or Starshine sometimes)
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06 Dec 2024
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Desperate Times, Desperate Measures by PoetHrotsvitha
Fandoms: Assassin's Creed - All Media Types
18 Oct 2023
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You didn't wake up planning to end the day as the new nursemaid for Mr. Frye's young son. It just sort of happened, and rather abruptly at that.
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02 Sep 2024
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Hermione is familiar with fighting: for respect, for attention, for justice. She’s even made a career of it; working on behalf of creatures and beings. But her battle against the Ministry’s marriage law is one she loses. Badly. And now, she has to contend with not only public derision and patriarchal politics, but her growing feelings for her government-mandated spouse.
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02 Sep 2024