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This Simple Feeling by CluelessButTrying
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
09 Sep 2024
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The physical now concluded, and the evening rotation begun, Spock found himself outside of the Captain’s quarters. He heard faint sounds of shuffling inside, confirming that Kirk was in fact off-duty at this moment. For a moment, his practiced calm abandoned him. It was always that way with Jim. He was magnetic, drawing Spock in, coaxing out of Spock smiles and camaraderie and feeling. It had taken all of Spock's willpower to tear himself out of that orbit. And it had all been futile. Now he was back, after 2.5 years wasted in the desert, and he was not going to make the same mistake twice. He wasn't even sure if he'd survive removing himself from Jim’s side a second time.
A conversation, long overdue. Set immediately after the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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Riz knows a gun is not a typical weapon for an adventurer. But he likes it: the way it feels in his hand, the shock it sends through his shoulder every time he fires, the cool practicality of it. It helps that his mom carries a gun, and she taught him to shoot when he was only 11. He thinks that his dad had a gun too. Those memories are hazy, though, just glimpses of a holster strapped to his back or a barrel peeking out of a travel bag. But Riz refuses to think about his dad right now. What matters is that shooting is something he can do, it’s something he likes and is good at and which always clears his head. So instead of thinking about how his dad died today five years ago, Riz Gukgak is going to the shooting range.
Riz has a gun. Fabian has a crossbow. It's only natural that they start practicing shooting together. And if they use target practice to avoid their more difficult emotions, well, that's no one's business but their own.
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She's confused, is the thing, and her stomach is a constant roiling sea of half guilt half hope. Her parents made it very clear that raising her was a burden. And they had to bear it, up until they decided they didn’t anymore, because they gave birth to her, but Jawbone has no such obligation... So for the life of her, Adaine can't understand why he's doing this for her.
Jawbone's kindness is confusing and wonderful and guilt-inducing, and Adaine doesn't know how to repay him for it. She tries her best to be helpful, and hopes that's enough.
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"In front of them was an eyesore of a van, bright blue and green, with floral designs painted across the side and large orange letters proclaiming it, 'The Mystery Machine'. That alone was not enough to discourage Adelard; he’d seen pictures of the van all over their website, and well, poor design choice could be overlooked given such positive client testimonials. The group outside the van, though - they made Adelard consider the possibility that Elias Bouchard might be right to be worried."
Mystery Incorporated, made up of members Jonathan Sims, Sasha James, Timothy Stoker, and new recruits Martin Blackwood and Esther (his dog) are called to investigate an apparently haunted construction site. A Magnus Archives Scooby Doo AU.
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A story of how the cult was lost, in two parts.
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"A good man can be stupid and still be good, but a bad man must have brains."
-Maxim GorkyWill is a hitchhiker with questionable hobbies. Hannibal is a man who has questionable motives. When Hannibal drives by Will who just so happens to need a ride, things quickly take a turn from the questionable to the downright depraved.
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Based on the tumblr idea that Hannigrammers latched onto: "We’re not supposed to pick up hitch-hikers because they may be serial killers. However, serial killers often pick up and kill hitch-hikers. Therefore, has a serial killer ever picked up another serial killer and did they become best friends?"Series
- Part 1 of Hitchhiker's Guide to Murder
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26 Jan 2026
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"Like we're aware you just got goosebumps."
Distantly, Carol knows something is amiss. But Zosia’s lips just ghosted against her own and the tug inside of Carol was like the end of a bungee jump—a jerk towards something inevitable. She stares at Zosia, who hovers only inches away, making that same face she always makes, landing somewhere between hesitance, asking, and… Was that want?
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04 Jan 2026
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i could have been anyone, anyone else by Awesome_Sauce432, Chromathesia
Fandom Dimension 20 (Web Series)
04 Sep 2025
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...before you made the choice for me.
works related to the wizardswap au in which adaine abernant is a rat grinder and oisin hakinvar is a bad kid. not posted chronologically but arranged so.
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26 Dec 2025
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NULLverse: The Bot-Construct Disaster Squad by FlipSpring
Fandom The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
18 Dec 2025
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With Networks VOID/Networks VITAL, NULLverse is narratively Complete. But I keep writing anyway. Cuz it's fun.
Consider this series if you like: feral shit, disaster, continuity of identity+memory, societies of people with divergent needs/wants, chaos, robot creation ethics, violence vs security, suffering, healing, bad puns.
Canon Divergence AU:
- At the end of Exit Strategy, the Combat SecUnit succeeds at capturing Murderbot
- Murderbot is subjected to Palisade's construct research lab
- The Combat SecUnit is A (Problematic) Character
- Disaster ensuesSeries has its ups and downs regarding angst, dark comedy, and trauma recovery themes. Plus some whack worldbuilding speculation. We like to multi track drift here. It’s crack it’s angst it’s fluff? We have the RangeTM
Some installments are skippable if u so prefer. Reading order is suggested but not strictly necessary if u are a flexible type. Mix and match if you want. Go crazy. I know I am.
Hope you have fun!
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15 Nov 2025
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Parameters NULL: Our Fractured State by FlipSpring
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
13 Mar 2021
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Your face is not SecUnit standard. There have been alterations made to your skin and hair. There is a rapid-cycling fluidity to your expressions that is like a human’s, but not. Your feed is still a strange and curious torrent of nonsense. You use security-protocol-language and human words in tandem. You are like a human begging for mercy, and like a bot requesting resources and strategic backup.
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Premise: Exit Strategy bad ending, where Murderbot gets captured by Palisade and they decide to run tests on it to figure out what makes it tick.Series
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