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“What, you think I’d be compliant after a little bit of pain?"
“I can do it again, you know. This little thing still has a lot of juice.”
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Ed gets into an altercation with a Lieutenant Colonel on his way to Central Command.
Luckily, Breda and Havoc happen to be passing by and intervene before a bad situation gets so much worse.
Havoc and Mustang are on a warpath to flambé this guy.
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in-Between by balrock
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
18 Nov 2024
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“I have your toll right here,” Edward motioned to the gate behind him — his gate. It had taken him a long time to figure out what he could use instead of a Philosopher’s Stone, but he figured this would be equivalent.
Truth hummed, unimpressed, and said: “No.”
Ed stopped, breath frozen in his chest. “What do you mean, no.” His mind vacillated between disbelief and anger. “Isn’t this what you’re all about, making deals? This is equivalent! A lifetime of-“
“Deals, hmm?” Truth interrupted, amused. “Let’s make a deal then.” He stared, about to argue that’s what he’d been trying to do. Truth continued, its smile deranged without any eyes to balance it. “A wager, perhaps.”
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Ed has had enough. The days are long and the nights longer. He’s tired.
He just wants to see Alphonse restored.
He was too scared before, but now is the time to do what he always knew would bring his brother back.
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The First, The Last, and The Beginning by balrock
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
05 Mar 2020
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They could have had anything, he could have given them endless possibilities, had they sought Asha; but they didn’t. So he took their flesh and blood, gave them what they paid for but not what they wanted — souls, love, power — and thought them foolish.
The Seeker had long since passed into the Knowing, but Mithra longed to ask them where he wet wrong.
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- Part 1 of Immortality and Other Ways to Die
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In the Land of Gods and Monsters by balrock
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
03 Mar 2020
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Ishval — May 13th 1908
He had run as fast as he could, as far as he could, until he reached the edge of the desert. He could still hear the screaming ricocheting through his head and the roar of the inferno in the distance.
There were no faces, he hadn’t gotten close enough for that — he wasn’t sure if that made it better or worse.
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- Part 2 of Immortality and Other Ways to Die
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Immortality and Other Ways to Die by balrock
Fandom Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
05 Mar 2020
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Now that they have Lotor on their side, the Empire under control, and Shiro back at the head of Voltron, everything seems to be looking up. However, Lance has felt uneasy about all of it. Allura gets close to Lotor, his teammate/rival leaving, his friends grow distant, and Shiro gets progressively mean towards him. Things have just been too much to handle as of late.
Suddenly, this strange all-black Paladin shows up one day, ruining all their plans and missions and getting in their way at each turn. Something about him seems familiar.Bookmarked by balrock
15 Feb 2026
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“You said you could switch us,” Keith points out. “Is this not what you meant?”
“It’s not that,” the queen says. She looks guilty. “It’s… There’s just…” She clears her throat. Sits up straighter. “Unfortunately,” she says clearly, “there’s only one paladin who can go.”
That weird look comes over her again. She’s staring right at Lance.
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Or: When Voltron is granted a glimpse into an alternate reality, they learn that they're headed for the same terrible fate. In order to avoid it, they'll have to temporarily trade their Lance with the other — because he's the only paladin left.
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12 Feb 2026
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When the paladins check out a seemingly abandoned space station after receiving a distress call, they’re quick to discover everything isn’t all as it seems. A menacing presence lurks in the ship, picking off the remaining survivors one by one. And what is with the strange androids everywhere? Can they really trust the people who claim to be helping them?
Separated from his team, Lance must fight to survive through any means possible to reunite with the other paladins and escape before it is too late.
Remember, in space, no one can hear you scream.
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08 Feb 2026
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Lance and Keith have always been magnetic. They circle around each other, their similarities clashing and their opposites balancing each other out. A good team; always a good team. Maybe, Lance reflected, it's because if there’s one thing we have in common, it's a protective streak a Castleship wide. So, when Lance calls Keith after Shiro explodes at him, the two of them turn to face a world full of lion shifts, trauma, tenuous alliances, old demons, new weapons, and a voyage that will forever change them, their families, and the face of the universe. The magnetic pull between red and blue should never be underestimated.
Please read in chronological order!
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04 Feb 2026
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Runnin’ Down To The Riptide by SissiReads_Unicorn26
Fandom Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan, Voltron: Legendary Defender
16 Dec 2025
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A VLD x PJO AU, where Lance is a son of Poseidon, Hunk is a son of Hephaestus, Shiro is a son of Bellona and the other paladins are just very confused
(Did I mention Lance has a type?)
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28 Jan 2026