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    The boy is cold, that much is clear. He’s shivering, thin as a switch and trembling like a leaf in a storm, even though the door of the tavern slammed shut behind him more than a few minutes ago. That the warmth of the inn still hasn’t seeped into him speaks to how long he must have been outside, freezing down to his bones.

    Cas feels cold just looking at him, and he wants to tell the boy to go sit by the fire, to warm himself up. He doesn’t think his offer would be welcome, however, as the boy seems to be doing everything in his power to avoid Cas’s attention. Hiding in the shadows, the boy makes himself as small as possible, only rarely daring to glance furtively over to the counter that Cas stands behind. He seems to be checking to see if Cas has noticed him, and seems relieved as Cas pretends that he hasn’t.

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    Cas is an overworked teenager who just lost his father, and is trying to run the tavern that's been left to him on his own. Dean knows nothing but mistreatment, and will do anything for a full stomach and a warm place to sleep.

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    12 Feb 2026

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    Half an hour later- papers signed, tears drying in his fur, hand still clasped securely in both of Phil’s- it’s official. He is now Techno Blade Craft- he’s Phil’s son. Phil is his dad.
    Phil told Techno he could decide to keep his bio family’s last name. That if he wanted, the names could be hyphenated. Or that he didn’t have to take Phil’s last name at all, if he didn’t want to.
    He doesn’t want to be Technoblade Soot anymore. That person only ever got hurt.
    No matter how much therapy he does, no matter how many years go by since he last got assaulted- that kid is always going to be inside him. Scared and broken and beaten.
    But this can be kind of like a new beginning.

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    07 Feb 2026

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    Living with Jayce feels like emerging from a year long winter to a gentle spring. They meld into each other until Viktor can’t tell where Jayce’s influence on him begins and where his influence on Jayce ends.

    It’s better than Viktor could have dreamed of. And simultaneously a nightmare in its own way.

    Because Viktor knows this has to end.

    Or: Jayce finds an injured mer Viktor stranded on the beach. Both of their lives change for the better.

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    02 Feb 2026

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    The Devil tsked. “If I am to be housing you, I need to know if the payoff will be worth it." The Devil walked closer towards him, cane thumping ominously. “So tell me, merchling, are you worth my while?”

    "I wouldn’t presume to tell you what your while's worth, sir.” Wylan’s throat constricted. “But I do have other uses."

    The Devil raised an eyebrow. "Pray tell."

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    In which Wylan highly recommends being kidnapped by your father’s worst enemy.

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    25 Jan 2026

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    Clint Barton is an angry 15-year-old former circus brat with a whole bunch of grudges when he's sent to live with Coulson and Fury on a tiny farm in the middle of the country, and he has every intention of stealing the silverware and taking off to whatever prison they're keeping his brother in as soon as humanly possible. He's got no time for three meals a day, for shoes without holes in them, for making friends with cows or goats or stray dogs, or friends and found families.

    A Green Gables AU.

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    25 Jan 2026