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"There is, technically speaking, a form that network employees are meant to complete notifying HR of things like changes in home address.
But Ava’s still paying rent at the Americana, still stops in and checks her mail and even picks up a cupcake to go now and then. She’s just not sleeping there is all. Or going there most days. Or eating her meals there. But if HR asks, she is absolutely still a resident of the Americana.
Because here’s the thing: Stacey would definitely misconstrue what it means that Ava is now crashing at Deborah’s house again. Not living there! Crashing. It’s a huge difference. Vital, really. For Ava’s sanity if nothing else."
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12 May 2025
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They get in the car with Deborah still soaked through from the ocean, still looking at Ava every so often with that once-in-a-blue-moon expression of tenderness that used to carry Ava through an entire business week.
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10 May 2025
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Kathy looks like she’s internally debating what to say for a moment. Then: “Deborah used to be a real girl’s girl.”
Ava tries to imagine this. Nope. Can’t. “Deborah? No way.”
(Or: Ava goes along with Deborah to hang out with Kathy, and learns something unexpected about Deborah’s past.)
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18 Mar 2025
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Her mother laughs; it has become such a rare sound these days. “I know you never will. Deep down, this will always be a part of you. Do try, though. Remember that the way you present yourself to the world is how the world will see you. Promise me to remember that, hm?”
Helena takes her mother’s hand in her own, the book long forgotten. “I promise,” she vows with the gravity of an 11 year old that has yet to taste the bitterness of true loss and grief.
Or: Helena Eagan throughout the years.
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14 Mar 2025
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Six times Deborah was Ava's emergency contact and two times Ava was Deborah's by pancakesfortwo
Fandoms: Hacks (TV 2021)
06 Sep 2024
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“Can we stop this regular meetings? It’s getting expensive for my insurance.”
Deborah finds out she's Ava's emergency contact.
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25 Feb 2025
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"Cara watches the interloper from underneath her mom’s chair. Barry, the traitor!, is sitting on the opposite couch, with his side pressed into her. The interloper. Cara doesn’t understand why Barry has been tolerating her. She is weird. Her shoes are big and clompy. She makes too much noise. She smells funny. And she makes her mom act weird, too."
Or, the evolution of Deborah and Ava’s relationship told from the perspective of Barry and Cara
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21 Dec 2024
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Josefina cleans up messes for a living. And there's no greater mess than Deborah Vance without Ava Daniels. Picks up directly where Season 3 left off.
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21 Dec 2024
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There was a post on tumblr about how perfect Ava / Deborah are for an au with time travel. When I say it struck me and I woke up at 5am having cried myself awake because the story was just *there* and the angst but love is real I do not exaggerate.
Ava finds she keeps slipping - and apparently through Deborah's time. These are their stories.
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15 Oct 2024
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i’m like a lawyer with the way i’m always trying to get you off by SapphicScholar
Fandoms: Hacks (TV 2021)
06 Oct 2024
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"The rest of the meeting washes over Deborah like a gray haze, and it isn’t until they’re in the elevator that Ava speaks to her again. 'I told you, Deb. Not like that.' She steps a little closer, voice lowering to a husky whisper. 'I’d do a lot of things I never thought I’d do. But only to keep you.'"
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06 Oct 2024
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Truth be told, she's not even sure how Ava had convinced her to spend the back half of her award winning night in some vaguely 50’s themed diner (the most promising looking out of several odd places open at 2am in LA). It was probably a combination of the buzzing high of finally being recognized by her peers, the sound of applause echoing off the high ceilings, or it could've been the several drinks she had been offered at the after party they had attended, or maybe Ava’s killer puppy dog eyes.
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06 Oct 2024
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"She needed me, but she would never let me know it. And I wanted to be there, but at some point, I ran out of good reasons to stay."
"Did you love her?"
Ava expects that question. And she has thought about it for what feels like a lifetime. She's listened to every fucking therapy podcast, read every self-help book (ok fine, half-listened to the audiobooks), tried desperately to wrap herself around her own mind to answer this question, among many.
Deb & Ava meet after months apart and Ava reflects on what it means to move on (or not).
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06 Oct 2024
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“Oh,” Deborah says, like everything makes sense now. “Well…welcome, I guess,” she says with a sardonic grin and sweep of her arm around the large but dingy office space.
Ava’s still lost as hell. “Welcome to what?”
“The home of the FBI’s least wanted, of course.” Deborah’s smile is all teeth and sharp edges. “Just another, what? Fifty more years to go until your retirement?”
*Chapter count updated to reflect shorter, twice weekly updates now!
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- Part 1 of Hacks X-Files AU
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05 Oct 2024
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After DJ cancels on a trip to Sicily last minute, Deborah asks Ava to join her instead
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03 Oct 2024