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How Booker, having crossed a line, is driven by stormy exile to his home country in France; and how from thence he made his course to some kind of equilibrium; and of the things that befell him; and in what manner Sebastien le Livre came back to his own country.
Booker shoots the albatross, fails to die, and makes his peace.
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- Part 1 of the ornithology anthology
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27 Dec 2024
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“Ghost?”
“Soap.” Ghost’s voice was a low buzz, gravelly with static. In the absolute silence of the snow-covered forest, it sounded both deafeningly loud and intimately quiet.
“What’s your favourite season?” Soap asked.
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Four seasons, five countries, six months.
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08 Dec 2023
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You Don't Have To (Say Yes) by luminousbeings
Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
03 Apr 2016
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The abridged sexual history of James Tiberius Kirk.
Or, Jim’s varyingly unhealthy idea of what sex is supposed to be (a it-gets-worse-before-it-gets-better story)
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- Part 1 of You Don't Have To 'Verse
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- 12/12
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29 Jan 2023
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forty years in the wilderness (and the following holiday weekend) by sunsmasher
Fandoms: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney
08 Feb 2019
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Miles Edgeworth comes home five weeks after Phoenix finishes rebuilding the jury trial system with his own two fucking hands.
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19 Aug 2022
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the most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you by greatunironic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jul 2022
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Sixteen years after the world didn't end for the last time, Max Mayfield showed up on Steve’s doorstep and said, “You gonna walk me down the aisle in May or what?” Or, it’s 2002 and Steve Harrington attends a wedding, a funeral, and a birth.
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07 Aug 2022
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“Is he whining about Eddie being mean to him again?” Robin is leaning in the doorway, eating a leftover slice that’s probably cold by now. “You talk about him more than you talk about girls, Steve, it’s getting concerning. Anyone would think you had a crush.”
or, steve is pretty convinced eddie now hates him. turns out eddie has the opposite problem.
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- Part 1 of love vigilantes
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22 Jul 2022
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"It only took you five days to come see me about a job?"
"You sound surprised."
"I am," Goodnight said with a grin. "I thought it would take you three."
Sam Chisolm has just been released from prison and already has another job on the horizon. With seven men and millions to gain, Sam's team of con-men are set to take down one of the most corrupt casinos in Vegas...but only if they can keep from taking each other down first.(Ocean's Eleven AU)
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22 May 2022
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Profound Observations of a Staff Lieutenant by clairesail (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
03 Sep 2019
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Kaidan always has something to say -- sometimes perceptive, sometimes not -- but he gets Commander Shepard thinking nonetheless.
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20 Jun 2021
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"I hate your dad so much,” Sokka considers for a second. He tries to mix it up as often as he can when they play this game. “That I have considered starting an official petition begging Aang to reconsider his commitment to nonviolence.”
It’s quiet for a beat. He’s afraid he’s miscalculated, but Zuko laughs, broken and sincere.
(Or: 5, 8, 15 years after the war, Sokka talks shit about Ozai.)
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02 Jan 2021
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“I hear you killed a child.”
Patroclus looked up, wary. The boy crossing the garden to the olive tree Patroclus sat beneath had hair the colour of ripened wheat and skin like pale, fine sand. Younger than Patroclus but already just as tall, Achilles was rumoured to be half Nereid, half human. He looked altogether human, though, which had been a bit of a disappointment. Patroclus had been expecting at least scales or blue hair. Something.
“I did,” Patroclus said, keeping his tone even. It wouldn’t do to break down before a stranger. Myrmidons weren’t meant to be ruled intensely by emotions like regret. “Lyseon was a childhood friend, the son of a retainer.”
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16 Oct 2020
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"It seems I must have been tempting fate to talk about all the life I’ve lived since meeting you.” Fjord smiles wryly. Such great heights of irony hurt.
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08 Oct 2020
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In Caleb’s eyes, it is picturesque. Dark, small, and a staircase leading up the porch that looks insurmountable, it’s still maybe the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen.
He makes way for it immediately, and he hears the crunch of Fjord following after him, panting heavily and following along in the treads Caleb leaves. The snow buffets Caleb’s face, whipping his hair into his eyes and neck like little knives, and he presses harder for the unassuming little building, gritting his teeth against the cold.
When he reaches the staircase, he turns to look back. He squints through the wind and out behind them through the steady roar of snow. He can no longer hear the shrieks of the hags and sees no sign of them over Fjord’s shoulder, but that does not mean they are not still coming.
Something is always coming.
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Treating injuries is a lot more time-consuming when you're out two clerics.
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Sarwa is ladling stew into bowls and she hands the first one to Yusuf, who passes it to Nicolo and takes a drink from the now filled flask. “Is he your lover?” she asks.
Yusuf chokes on water and Nicolo pounds his back, eyebrows peaked with concern.
“I—” Yusuf pauses, wiping his streaming eyes.
Sarwa looks at him, nothing but mild curiosity on her face.
Yusuf glances at Nicolo. The firelight paints his cheekbones flickering gold, his eyes hooded and sleepy in the dim light.
“I don’t know what he is,” Yusuf finally admits, still looking at Nicolo.
Nicolo’s mouth quirks and he takes another bite of soup.
“He looks at you like you belong to him,” Sarwa says.
Nicolo keeps eating, oblivious to what they’re saying.
“I think he belongs to me too,” Yusuf whispers.
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25 Jul 2020
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first comes the night by coffeeinallcaps
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
13 Mar 2016
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He doesn’t get nightmares. He doesn’t dream about the mask, the cries of the villagers, waking up in the desert with a blinding headache and his mouth filled with blood and the man who’d saved him gone, most likely dead.
Instead, he just can’t sleep.
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18 Dec 2019
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Richie and Eddie had become friends almost on sight. Since they met, most of Eddie's time in Los Angeles has involved Richie in some way.
It's a little different, now that they're both famous.
It's a little different, now that they're sleeping together.
Well, to be fair, they've been sleeping together for a long time, but. No one knows, not even their friends. Eddie has been very careful about that. It's just not the sort of publicity he needs.
So when Beverly calls him that sunny Thursday morning, the last thing he expects her to say is, "You're fucking Richie?"
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25 Oct 2019
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Sigh No More by dhampir72
Fandoms: James Bond (Movies), James Bond (Craig Movies), Skyfall (2012) - Fandom
13 May 2014
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Bond wants nothing more than for someone, just once, to be waiting for him at the airport when he returns home.
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15 Sep 2019
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Five years after the Inquisition’s disbandment, a disillusioned Dorian takes a leave of absence from the Magisterium and journeys south to visit Cullen, where the fully recovered once-commander runs a rehab program for templars out of his manor house in the Bannorn. Dorian, wounded grievously in both body and spirit by The Iron Bull's final betrayal, is still struggling with his losses and the man they've made him. Seeing his old friend awakens memories, both good and bad, which he'd thought long buried. As the two reconnect, spending time together on the farm with Cullen’s many dogs, they begin to realize they may have more to offer one another than simply reminiscing about a shared past.
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16 Dec 2018
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Beautiful work that restores your faith in love, honestly.
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Don't Worry, I'll Protect You by metatiki (tklivory), tklivory
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
19 Jan 2023
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An AU of Dragon Age: Inquisition in which the Anchor is passed on to Dorian Pavus after the first Inquisitor is tragically killed. Now the former pariah from Tevinter must garner the support of the people and marshal the forces of Thedas together to fight the threat of Corypheus. Will he rise above the challenges before him, or succumb to the evil forces lurking in wait?
Don’t Worry, I’ll Protect You explores the difference between those who are heroes by circumstance and those who are heroes by choice. It incorporates characters from all three Dragon Age games into one epic saga spanning the events of the third game in a way you’ve never seen before.
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- Part 1 of Dragon Age: Inquisition - Cullrian
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28 Jan 2018
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So clever! So good! Stop smashing my heart with a mallet with those plottwists.
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Too bad elo doesn’t factor in appearance.
Or the one where Jack and Gabe are streamers that play Overwatch and fall in love over social media.
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12 Aug 2017
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When Eagles Fall and Dragons Fly by ElfReject for LadyRedFeather
Fandoms: Assassin's Creed
17 Jan 2014
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After a disastrous assassination attempt leaves Ezio out of commission, Leonardo struggles with his own assassin history. His past identity and present secrets weave a tangled web further complicated by Ezio returning to the job, only to find himself falling for the mysterious man behind the mask.
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20 Jan 2017