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The Sheriff has spent months worried out of his mind about Stiles and getting increasingly frustrated by the constant lies and trouble. He finally cracks after yet another bullshit excuse, and tells Stiles he's had enough. Stiles refuses to open up, and their relationship threatens to fall apart. In the aftermath, an overheard conversation forces the Sheriff to reevaluate and try to make things right with his son before he loses him for good.
This is a story about hurting the people you love and loving people who have hurt you, and how you muddle through to try to fix it.
(See notes for additional warnings)
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Harry comes back from the dead expecting a dramatic reunion with Eggsy. That's...not quite what happens.
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When a bomb goes off, the concussive wave it generates can damage your eardrums and mess up your hearing for days, if not permanently.
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- Part 4 of McShep Shorts
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John and Rodney sit together on the pier, and don't say anything at all.
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- Part 3 of dearly beloved
- Part 3 of McShep Shorts
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Rodney sits on the pier.
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- Part 2 of dearly beloved
- Part 2 of McShep Shorts
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Rodney McKay has a Problem. It ticks away at the back of his mind, always there for him to poke at when he's waiting for simulations to finish or trying to fall asleep. He spends hours turning The Problem over in his head, looking at it from different angles, trying to come up with different solutions, but nothing seems adequate. The few ideas he does manage to come up with have some potential, but The Problem has to be handled with utmost care lest he break something infinitely precious. Rodney's Problem is this: John Sheppard can't relax.
Teyla has been taken by Michael, and Rodney watches as John slowly winds himself tighter and tighter. In a bid to help him unwind and relax, Rodney comes up with an unconventional solution.
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Despite frequent accusations to the contrary, John really isn't that vain about his hair. Honestly, he isn't - but he maybe has a minor internal crisis the first time he sees a grey hair. He plucks it out with a wince and pretends it never existed, and for a few weeks it works. He plucks out the next, and the one after that, but while he doesn't want to admit it he knows eventually that won't be enough.
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Active duty air force officer John Sheppard just wanted to surprise his boyfriend by getting home a bit earlier than expected. Things don't quite go according to plan.
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John sits on the steps.
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- Part 1 of dearly beloved
- Part 1 of McShep Shorts
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telling tales that leave out all the dark sides by gingerpolyglot
Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)
31 Jan 2022
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"Swan?" he asks gently. "What did he do to you?" Because he may not have the details, but he’d witnessed enough of Emma’s interactions with Bae - Neal, with Neal - to know that something had happened between them that had wounded Emma deeply.
Killian asks about Emma's history with Neal and watches as she deals with Henry and her parents learning about her past.
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- Part 1 of telling tales 'verse
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Killian has learned about many things since settling into his new realm, but the various holidays they celebrated in the Land Without Magic are by far his favorite.
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that name which is no part of thee by gingerpolyglot for TheDarkDragonfly
Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)
12 Nov 2021
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David thinks about the general pattern of Emma's interactions with Neal and realizes he's far more used to her referring to him as "my brother" or "kiddo" or anything else from her arsenal of nicknames. He's not actually sure when the last time he heard her refer to him by name was. It's odd, David supposes, but then he thinks about how often she refers to Henry as "kid," or the way she calls Killian "babe" almost as much as she uses his name, and he brushes it off.
Except he can't stop thinking about it.
And that's when he starts to notice the flinch.Or, David and Snow get the real story about Emma's relationship with Neal.
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- Part 3 of telling tales 'verse
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As the months go by and Storybrooke remains at peace, Emma begins to let glimpses into her childhood slip out more often.
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the thing with feathers (has clipped wings) by gingerpolyglot
Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)
12 Jan 2021
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In Neverland, Mary Margaret keeps insisting that all they need is hope and faith. Emma disagrees - she knows that watching your hopes fall apart is far more painful than not having any to begin with. A character study, of sorts. Theoretically canon-compliant for 3x01-3x06.
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"Do you trust each other?" Hades asks. "Do you trust yourselves?"
"We do," Emma says. Killian echoes her. Hades' smile grows.
"Tell me, have you ever heard the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice?" he asks.
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In the Underworld Emma and Killian get offered a deal, with a twist. If they want to walk out of hell, they'll have to prove their faith in each other before gods and men. -
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It was a well known fact among the single parents of Derry Elementary School that Jacob "Call me Jake" Jensen was a catch. Much to the chagrin of the various single parents trying and perennially failing to obtain a date with him, Jake himself was entirely oblivious to their designs.
One sunny day, they all find out why.
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...how you always baffle me.
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Every year John ropes Sherlock into participating in the Yard's Secret Santa. Every year, Sherlock somehow manages to pull Anderson's name. And for some reason, every year, Sherlock gifts the man a potted plant.Inspired by this tumblr post
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While waiting for the Doctor on a planet far from home, Martha runs into a blonde and a man in a leather jacket who also goes by "The Doctor."
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The thing is, it's not like he doesn't know he's the result of a teen pregnancy. But still. It's one thing to know intellectually that Emma was the Savior prophesied to break the curse on her 28th birthday, and him finding her when he was ten meant that she couldn't have been older than 18 when she had him. It's another thing entirely to understand what that means.
Or, Henry finally gets the full story about his parents, and comes to terms with it with a little help from his family.
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- Part 2 of telling tales 'verse
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Like most terrible things that have happened to Emma Swan, she gets the news that she's dying on a perfectly sunny Thursday afternoon.
Inspired by this otpdisaster prompt
