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“Why are you here, Art?”
Art hesitates, but only for a beat, “Tashi kicked me out.”
“Why?”
“She, uh,” Art breaks eye contact again, “she said I needed to ‘face my desire,’ or something.”
“And you came here.”
Once, when Patrick was fifteen, his mother forced him to go to therapy for a summer. Patrick fucking hated it, and he definitely bullshit his way through most of his sessions, but if there was one thing he retained, it was this: people don’t learn if you just tell them what they need to know. They have to figure it out for themselves.
“And I came here…” Art repeats, like he’s solving a puzzle. And then, shocking Patrick and possibly even himself, he adds, “To you.”
“Uh huh,” Patrick says, low and gravely. His fingers twitch at his sides. “So,” he repeats, “what’s the plan, Donaldson?”
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Or, the one where Art insists on leaving after his final match with Patrick, without Patrick, and Tashi is sick of their shit. Patrick knows later that night, when Art arrives unceremoniously at the threshold of his shitty hotel room, that this might be his only shot at the thing he's been thinking about for the better part of fifteen years. Art.
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hand me a pen and i’ll rewrite the pain by poppypickle
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
07 Jan 2026
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“What are these?” Yuna hears Ilya ask. He’s standing with his back to her in front of the armoire next to the couch, looking up at the shelves. She’d been on her way back into the living room with after-dinner coffee when she’d paused at the threshold.
Shane steps toward the armoire, coming up behind Ilya and curling both arms around his waist. “Um, trophies from when I was a kid. Like, minor hockey leagues and tournaments and stuff.”
Ilya moves his head from left to right slowly, scanning the array of trophies and medals on the shelf. “Is big business? Making meaningless awards for tiny hockey players?”
“They aren’t meaningless,” Shane protests, but he sounds a little sheepish.
“Yes, I’m sure the…” Ilya leans in close to read the plaque on one trophy, “‘Sportsmanship Award’ for the U7 Snowflake Classic was very prestigious.”
Shane rolls his eyes, but he’s laughing. “They don’t have awards like this in Russia?”
Or: Yuna bonds with Ilya, one plastic trophy at a time.
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18 Mar 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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08 Dec 2025
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covalent by chinxe
Fandoms: 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga), 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Anime)
11 Sep 2025
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Lately, Yoshiki's been attracting a lot of attention—both from humans and from sinister supernatural entities.
Sinister supernatural entities that aren't [Hikaru].
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02 Nov 2025
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WAAAAAH!!! hikaru POV. he’s a monster but he loves yoshiki so much and it’s so perfect and AHHHH. so well written
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Theo just wants to ask his next-door neighbor to have quieter sex. In return he gets his life turned upside down, a new best friend, a lot of heartache, and maybe even a kiss or two.
(or: on broken edges and flimsy walls, cracks and nonsense, finding love in the in-between)
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04 May 2025
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the college au they deserve!!
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Fever Song by crushcandles
Fandoms: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
25 Jan 2022
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The weather is very fine. The sun is climbing in the sky and the air is crisp, just cool enough to be refreshing. There's a light breeze carrying the smell of late-summer flowers and the first of the dying leaves. It's a good day to go to a festival, according to Jaskier.
On the road to Kaer Morhen, Jaskier takes ill.
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03 Apr 2025
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such a lovely slowburn!! they felt very much themselves, and the sweet, melancholy undertone is something so special to me. truly nothing i love more than when an author manages to nail this very specific vibe that i can’t quite describe. easily one of my favourite geraskier fics of all time!