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Minute’s voice is low and careful as he asks, “How can I trust you?”
“How can I prove to you that you can?” Taking a page out of the other man’s book, Spoke tries to keep his voice neutral, attempting to prevent emotion from bleeding into it.
“I don’t know,” he sounds surprisingly…exhausted. His free hand rakes through his hair, pushing the few strands that had fallen across his forehead back. “I don’t really think it’s my job to tell you that, is it? Doesn’t it seem like a bad idea to just hand out that answer to anyone and everyone who asks how to earn my trust? Doesn’t that just seem like a recipe for disaster?”
Before Spoke can really think about the consequences of doing so, voice quiet, he asks, “Is that how you see me? Am I just ‘anyone’ to you now?”
It clearly catches Minute off guard. The hand holding his sword wavers, ever so slightly.
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OR: Spoke braves the inherent vulnerability that comes with apologies to attempt to reconcile with Minute after the events of the "1017 Players VS Hardcore Minecraft SMP..." video
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28 Nov 2025
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egg keeps trying to make minute talk to him and open up while wemmbu's doing his invisible knight thing. it's not like egg has anyone else to talk to, and he can't stand being alone. at least minute starts to warm up to him. eventually.
minute just needs to stay calm and not get triggered by anything (don't think about the invis mafia. don't. just don't) while stopping egg from doing stupid things. and maybe training him to fight, because he's gonna probably get himself killed one day. and if minute also starts to genuinely enjoy hanging out with egg, it's nobody's business but his own.
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01 Nov 2025
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Every other day I’m wondering (What’s a human being gotta be like?) by bristlefrostsbbg
Fandoms: Unstable Universe (Web Series)
07 Nov 2025
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Shame twisted in Flame's gut. He'd challenged Wemmbu when they were both exhausted. Had been too proud to admit he was hurt. Had literally bled out in the middle of a fight because he couldn't accept that he had limits.
And Wemmbu had saved him anyway. Had sat here for who knows how long, keeping him alive, providing comfort in that thoughtless way people did for those they cared about.
Like a friend would, maybe.
Not like a rival should.
What was he supposed to do with that? How was he supposed to go back to their usual dynamic pretending this hadn't happened? That Wemmbu hadn't basically played medic and babysitter rolled into one?
You should have left me to die, Flame thought, the words bitter and confused in his mind. It would have been easier. Would have made sense in the context of what they were supposed to be to each other.
But Wemmbu hadn't. And now Flame was lying here in his lap, soaking up comfort like he'd been starved for it, and he didn't know how to feel about any of it.
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- Part 16 of UU Oneshots
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When is it my turn to be okay? by bristlefrostsbbg
Fandoms: Unstable Universe (Web Series)
15 Nov 2025
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The first tear hit his hand before he realized he was crying.
"Shit," he muttered, voice cracking. "Bro, come on."
But once it started, he couldn't stop it. His shoulders shook, and he fumbled with his blindfold, yanking it off before the tears could soak through. The fabric came away in his hands, and he clutched it against his chest while the sword and stone lay forgotten in his lap.
He'd been used before. So many times. People saw what he could do—the fire, the heat, the weapon he could become—and that was all they saw. All they wanted. Until they didn't need him anymore. Until he was too much trouble or too dangerous or too attached, and then they'd leave. Every single time.
The tears came harder now, hot against his skin. His breath hitched in his throat, chest tight with the effort of trying to stay quiet. He didn't want anyone to hear. Didn't want anyone to see him like this—broken down and pathetic behind a crumbling wall.
"I'm so stupid, bro," he whispered to himself, voice cracking. "So stupid."
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- Part 24 of UU Oneshots
- Part 1 of Imperial Fire Normal Ending