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Billy learned he was ugly when he was six years old. // Steve sat, drunk and alone, on the ground, head pressed against the big beautiful window, and stared out at his swimming pool.
or: The Hargroves move to Hawkins in April of 1984, five months after Barb Holland drowns in Steve's pool. Billy makes his presence known, with all the swiftness of a guillotine.
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Richie wondered what it was this time, what made them stop Eddie. Their bikes were lying abandoned a few paces away, like they had seen Eddie walking and, perhaps after following him for a while, decided to hop off when he was close enough to catch.
Richie guessed it didn’t matter. All that mattered now was that his best friend was about to get beat up on pretty bad, and he couldn’t just wait there and let it happen. -
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Reid and the other agents of the BAU struggle to keep up with a mysterious unsub who confounds them at every turn. There is a determined new intern, a series of victims that hit a little too close to home for Spencer, and a case that only gets more complicated when a member of the team is abducted.
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What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World by zoetropes
Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV)
12 Dec 2016
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Sansa is fifteen and tired in a hot suburban summer. Margaery is the new girl in town, whose curiosity is piqued by the unusual redhead to likes to daydream and skip stones in the river. Together, maybe they can find a way to survive the lonely lazy days of July.
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Son of a Pitch by zoetropes
Fandoms: Carry On - Rainbow Rowell, Simon Snow series - Gemma T. Leslie
30 Dec 2015
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"From the moment he first laid eyes on Simon Snow, Baz knew that it was his destiny to make the boy’s life as miserable as possible."
Baz has loved Simon since they met, but he doesn't realize it until their fifth year together at Watford. And when Baz starts going through changes and his world is turned upside down, he needs Simon more than ever.
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Billy has always known that his life was less than desirable. He’d long given up trying to fix his broken relationship with his father and was instead trying to survive him.
After a rough encounter with Neil, Billy is offered a chance at a better life. A chance to be a normal kid.
But things have never been that easy for Billy.
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“It’ll take two seconds,” Higgins says. “I like to keep up to date with all the players, you know. I just thought, well, you moved recently. And your emergency contact.”
He pauses here, and Jamie raises an eyebrow. His emergency contact? He’d probably filled out some joke response last time, hadn’t he. Fucking Queen of England, Boris Johnson’s wife, something good.
“Oi, let’s see it then,” and Higgins passes over the paper like it’s a live bomb, and Jamie scans down to where he sees his own handwriting sitting over a few dotted lines, and, well. It sure ain’t the Queen.
or: Jamie goes through a series of unfortunate events, changes his emergency contact a few times, and considers the possibility that maybe, actually, letting other people help isn’t all bad after all.
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11 Dec 2024
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Sirius always pushes a bit too far. There are always consequences, and he doesn’t care. He doesn’t care if he gets hurt.
After his expulsion from Beauxbatons, Sirius has never been in a more precarious position with his family. His priority at Hogwarts should be keeping his head down, surviving, keeping the peace.
But trying to survive turns into wanting to live, and he thinks he might be falling in love.
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Remus has secrets, and Sirius doesn’t need to know what they are. He doesn’t care if he gets hurt.
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27 Nov 2024
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Screaming Mute and Seeing Blind by Nonymos
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom, Thor (Movies)
15 Sep 2014
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Clint would have come to help. Like, really. If it hadn't been for just a tiny detail—the kind which causes the best laid plans to spiral into chaos.
It's not like Clint had a plan, anyway. Still, this whole slavery thing is supposed to be Loki's punishment. Maybe Clint's being petty, but it sounds more like the joke's on him.
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09 Oct 2024
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Billy looks back over at him, drying his blood-free hand on a corner of the plaid shirt. “What the fuck is wrong with you?” Billy asks.
Steve says, “I wish I fucking knew,” even though he does know. What he means is, I wish I could get it to fucking stop.
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