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Step Out (Face The Sunshine) by MayQueen517
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
27 Jan 2025
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Single parent Alex has everything going for him - he's got a good job with the Okonjo House Shelter in New York. His son Frankie has just started school. And he has enough free time to take on some pro-bono cases with Luna & Westbrook.
Henry, single and not quite ready to mingle (thank you very much), crushes from afar until a baby is left with the Okonjo House Shelter. More precisely: with Henry. Who doesn't know much about babies, to be fair. Lucky for him, he knows a pretty competent single dad.
Navigating parenthood, self-discovery, and self-worth, can Alex and Henry find the same orbit?
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Alex’s mornings start the same way now.
Once, in law school, it would have been: wake up, consume enough caffeine to fund a small country, get in a last minute cram, and maybe kiss his then-girlfriend goodbye to get in extra time in the library.
Priorities are different now.
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Infants, Henry knows, have cries designed to make sure they are noticed because they need other humans to help the person who’s given birth. This is a thing that Henry knows, it’s something the shelter learned in getting qualified for him and Pez to qualify as a Safe Haven in New York.- Language:
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08 Nov 2025
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Roll On by jaxington
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
26 Aug 2016
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In 1938, there's a bar in Brooklyn called Sully’s where people are safe to be themselves. Behind the bar, a girl pours drinks. She's always got a big smile for Steve and she says queer like it's a good thing. On a regular basis, she takes his shoulders in her hands and tries to shake sense into him, saying, "When will you do something about that best friend of yours?"
In 2012, Bucky’s gone, but Steve’s not, and the girl’s hands are too old to shake him. She does her best to make him see sense anyway.
Steve had people who loved him before the war, and it turns out a few of them are still around when he finally comes home.
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- Part 1 of Roll On
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17 Jul 2025
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We Will Not Be Drowned by Prospero
Fandoms: Tortall - Tamora Pierce, PIERCE Tamora - Works
22 Feb 2025
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"You defend commoners. You make friends with foreigners. You stand up for traitors."
Kel raised her eyebrows. "Is that a problem?" she asked mildly. "I hope not, because it isn't going to change."
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A hypothetical in which Kel has the Gift and decides to become a mage instead of a knight—but is still the Protector of the Small.
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13 Mar 2025
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Queen Lianne, the only person in the royal family who is no longer under the sway of Duke Roger, does what she must and finds allies in unconventional places.
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04 Mar 2025
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The Long Game by captainjackson
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
01 Jun 2023
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With the Summer Olympics less than four months away, Annabeth Chase and her beach volleyball teammate, Piper, are right on track to being invited to represent the United States in Athens. But that level of premiere athletic training doesn't come cheap and Annabeth is running out of options— so when a University administrator reaches out with an unexpected opportunity, she'd be a fool not to leap at it... right?
Suddenly, Annabeth and Percy — a young hotshot swimmer — find themselves at the center of a media charade that dredges up secrets that were supposed to stay buried. With the world watching, Annabeth is forced to face her past and take control of her future as she learns that, sometimes, life is all about playing the long game.
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- Part 1 of The Long Game collection
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01 Aug 2024