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    It’s a small enough thing, the Baratheon stag engraved into the lid. It had perhaps been locked once, but the salty sea air of Storm’s End softens most wood after enough years, and the latch tears clean out when he gives it a good pull. Old too, then. Inside is another bundle of parchment, neatly folded and tied with fraying twine.

    More damned papers, he thinks for a disappointed moment, nearly shutting it again- what a waste this whole venture had been. But these do not look like more records. There is something personal in how they have been handled and hidden away, and Renly begins picking at the twine with curious fingers. When it falls away, he unfolds the first sheet, and finds a letter.

    Milord Lyonel, it begins.

    [Renly Baratheon, young and full of confusing feelings, discovers that he may not be as alone as he believes.]

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    No response at all this time, even though Steve is close enough to see Dustin's face in profile- red eyes, lips pinched tight so they won't tremble. Trying so hard to be blank, in a way Steve knows far too well, even if Dustin isn't very good at it. He sighs and adds, "...He wouldn't want you to keep doing this, either."

    It's low, Steve knows it, and Dustin's brows pinch together even as he still keeps his eyes trained on the tree trunk. "You don't know that." It's sullen, like Dustin knows how unreasonable it is but doesn't care. Stubborn, like always. "Maybe he likes the company."

    [Something fractured in Steve and Dustin's friendship after they lost Eddie. Maybe Steve can fix it.]

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    Gimli and Legolas meet alone for the first time under the trees of Lothlórien, and come to an understanding.

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    And look, it's only been a week. Hobie Brown is not that pathetic. It’s just that this is the longest they’ve been apart in…years, actually. The inside of Hobie’s boat is a cozy mess with bits of Pav everywhere- gifts he’s given, clothes he’s left- and usually he finds it comforting, but tonight it just feels empty without him. Hobie just….it’s been a week, and he misses him.

    [Pavitr has asked for some uninterrupted alone time to finish an assignment. Hobie almost manages.
    Goldenpunk Week Day 2- Far Away]

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    There's always a little danger to being with Pavitr now- he's all jagged edges and sharper words where there used to be softness, at least at first. It’s up to Hobie to dig beneath all that, to peel the layers back one by one like fabric without letting them tear.

    It’s slow. It always starts like this.

    [They're both a little broken, but Pav and Hobie make it work.]

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    Hobie paints. His materials are unconventional, but Pavitr is a masterpiece.

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    He's got less of a handle on what kind of man Goody is now, save that he's nothing like anyone Billy has met before, nothing like he'd have expected, and that's enough to keep him standing in snow up to his calves, watching and wondering.

    Goody’s still got that soft smile on his lips, and Billy rolls his eyes, wiggling his slowly numbing toes in his boots. “Only you could get sentimental over something that could kill us.”

    [Billy and Goodnight- snow, a tentative partnership, and a dispute of sorts.]

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    "What are you thinking about?"

    Jin snorts. "Don't you know that without asking?" He expects a joke in return, the way they always talk to each other, but Takeda shakes his head, blowing idly on the steam from his cup.

    "You don't like it when I do that." It's quiet and earnest, so much so that it makes whatever snarky reply Jin had planned feel out of place.

    [Jin did not expect a visit to the States to turn into a cheesy holiday romance, especially since it's not really his holiday. But maybe he doesn't mind.]

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    “Come on,” Liu Kang murmurs again. “Up.” This is as uphill a battle as any against the assassins of Outworld, and may well take more rounds to emerge victorious.

    But Kung Lao only sinks back into the pillows, one hand behind his head, blankets partly fallen to reveal the soft jut of his collarbone, and the smooth skin of his bare chest beneath it. “Make a case for me,” he says, mouth curling into a smirk.

    Liu Kang raises a brow. “A case for what?”

    “Why we have to get out of bed.”

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    Too slow again, he silently curses, and his eyes dart back and forth, weighing his options as the blade begins to bite into his skin. He will not die like this, not against some lackey before the tournament even begins, not while the rest of Earthrealm’s ragtag defenders are still fighting, not without-

    “LAO!”

    A scream that can only be Liu Kang’s comes echoing through the tunnels, and Kung Lao’s blood runs cold.

    He has not heard such fear in that voice in many, many years.

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    The little peek of red is barely visible within the fall of dark hair, wrapped securely around a small braid.  “Protection from evil?” he asks with a small, oddly strangled laugh.

    Kung Lao shakes his head.  “I trust you to handle that yourself.”  He fiddles with the end of the braid, cheeks flushing the barest hint of embarrassed pink.  “I just…wanted you to have something of mine with you, when I can’t be.”

    [LiuLao Week Day 3- Gift]

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    Today, Liu Kang’s mind could not be further from form and strategy and moments already past. It cannot be anywhere but right here and now, on the trickle of water down his spine and the gentle motion of Kung Lao’s hands, on how badly he wants them to never leave his skin. Kung Lao’s presence nearly feels like an extension of himself, so familiar that he cannot help but notice the shallowness of his breathing, the heat of it against the cold dampness of his neck and shoulders. He feels like a rope, pulled taut from both ends, fraying slowly until the snap is inevitable.

    It is frightening to realize that he wants the snap.

    [LiuLao Week Day 2- First Time]

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    He checks every last nook and cranny in the direction he had seen Liu Kang walk away, behind every tree, under every pile of leaves, and for a time it is almost still a game- thinking that in every spot he will find him and laugh, feeling silly for worrying so much. But as the sun dips lower in the sky and the shadows of the trees lengthen- and as he wanders further and further from the temple grounds- his stomach begins to twist with true fear.

    If anything has happened to him-

    [Children's games, and their consequences. For LiuLao Week Day 1- Growing Up]

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    A collection of Mortal Kombat ficlets, drabbles, and whatever else doesn't fit into bigger works. Some will just be things I want to write, others will be prompts or requests from tumblr. Movieverse for now, but will hopefully expand as I play the games.

    Chapters will be labeled by ship/characters and prompt for easy navigation.

    [Chapter 4: Kung Lao nudges Liu Kang’s knee with his own- and that feels normal, natural- and laughs, soft and familiar.  “You have to stop thanking me.” He reaches over to lace their fingers together, hands just as sticky with juice as Liu Kang’s, and obviously not caring. “I told you I would do anything for you.”

    He did, but this is not the day he said it.  Like the leaves still resolutely clinging to branches before they fall, even though they inevitably must, these are words they have not spoken yet- though Liu Kang knows somehow that they will.

    Why does he remember them now?

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    Thra is the sum of its people- their joys and sorrows, their loves and their losses. All are part of the Song.

    A collection of drabbles written for weekly writing sessions.

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    At that moment, everything seems to click into place, as if this was the most natural thing in the world.  Maybe it was.  Either way, Kung Lao has utterly forgotten the cold- he feels as though he will never be cold again.

    [Liu Kang and Kung Lao have always, in one way or another, kept each other warm.]

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    Chuckling low in his throat at the pretense of a struggle- and obvious lack of any real effort to break free- Kung Lao loops a finger around the fabric and tugs, watches the strained flex in the muscles of Liu Kang’s back. "You could burn through it in an instant if you wanted to.”

    Liu Kang glances back over his shoulder with one of his deceptively soft smiles, all pink flush and mussed dark hair and allure that he still doesn’t seem to fully realize that he has. "True. I could."

    But he doesn't, and that is what makes this so delicious.

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    After the battle is won, Earthrealm's champions have to pick up the pieces, mourn their losses, and figure out how to keep going.

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    "Do you remember our promise?” he murmurs, thumbs tracing the swell of high cheekbones. Kung Lao avoids his eyes.

    “We were children.” The world and its dangers are far more real now, encroaching further upon their sanctuary by the day. But Liu Kang leans closer until their breath mingles, until he can’t help but look.

    “But you remember.”

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    The Heretic and the Wanderer gave the gelfling a sword, a shard, and a seed of hope. They thought that was enough. Faced with a turn in the tide and the realization that their plans have failed, they have a choice to make.

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