Not Happy Ending
Bittersweet, ambiguous, bad endings
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one of these days, i'll take a bite by abandonedstrawberry
Fandoms: 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)
23 Nov 2025
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Tonight, Majima’s working on the last basket of takoyaki when he glances up to see his cigarette dangling from Kiryu’s mouth. Kiryu doesn’t acknowledge that he took it, just tilts his head and flicks on a thick gold lighter. The flame is high, light kissing the hollows of his chest in the vee of his open collar; when it flicks out, he drops the lighter back on the table and inhales. Majima stabs a toothpick through crust.
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Majima and Kiryu run into each other one night in Kamurocho.
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The Sublime and the Beautiful by anodymalion
Fandoms: 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga)
25 Jun 2025
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'The passion caused by the great and sublime in nature, when those causes operate most powerfully, is astonishment; and astonishment is that state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended, with some degree of horror… A mode of terror or pain is always the cause of the sublime.'
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"If I come out," Hikaru says, "all the way, you promise you won't be scared of me?"
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Definitely Not Electric Fauna by tea_time_t
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
09 Sep 2025
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One time that Murderbot goes into a recharge cycle, ART realizes that it can experience the SecUnit's dreams. The first nightmare isn't any fun, but the next dream is something else entirely.
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“Can you, for once, try not to provoke a hate crime?”
“It’s good for her,” House insists. “We’re diversifying the local population.” He pulls the beers out, puts them on a side table, and digs around in his duffel for a bag of potato chips.
“Right. Two middle-aged white guys on motorcycles, changing the face of Nebraska.”
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After the series finale, but before Wilson dies, Wilson wants to try one more thing. -
Ode to Anger by Blasphemyandtheboys
Fandoms: One Piece (Anime & Manga), One Piece (Live Action TV 2023)
01 Aug 2025
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Sanji is fourteen years old, and his father is an angry man. He knows what happens next.
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01 Aug 2025
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Unfortunately you can take the boy out of the troubles but that doesn’t take the troubles out of the boy!