gremlininthemachine
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Object: cardboard shoe box, pilfered from Crystal's overflowing wardrobe; location: the London office, on top of their desk; box contents: several labeled cassette tapes enclosed in plastic cases, along with a handwritten note in perfect script; note contents: "Dead Boy Detective Agency - Recorded explanation for my unannounced absence is enclosed. Sincerely yours, Edwin Payne" | Or, the fic where Edwin no longer wants to exist and seeks to make that reality. Inspired by Thirteen Reasons Why, knowledge of series canon not required.
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- Part 1 of the case of the black spout
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your hangman hands have got me cold by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
31 Jan 2023
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At this rate, Carlos's hair was going to turn entirely gray by the time he reached thirty. // Writing prompt: "Please calm down, you're going to make yourself sick."
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- Part 7 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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in the hearts of men / in the arms of mothers by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
30 Jan 2023
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Once the initial shock of Carlos's secret wore off, TK began to worry about what it meant for his interactions with Carlos's family. Good thing Andrea was there to set him straight.
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- Part 6 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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better men have hit their knees & bigger men have died by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
29 Jan 2023
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When TK and Carlos hosted another celebration of their engagement so more of their friends and family could attend this time, they didn't expect Gabriel and Judd to get into a pissing match when they stepped out to pick up the food.
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- Part 5 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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running down to the riptide; taken away by the dark side by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
28 Jan 2023
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Of all the answers Carlos was expecting when he asked the question, it wasn't exactly this. // Writing prompt: "Hey TK, how did you end up with a fish tank anyway?" Oneshot, exactly 3k words.
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- Part 4 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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To Jud, having Blanc in his life is a sort of proof of the truth he's found in scripture. In a way that he knows Blanc won't understand if he says it out loud to him...
Essentially Jud starts quoting Bible verses to himself while thinking about Blanc.
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- Part 2 of Holy Week Works
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15 May 2026
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Six weeks shy of his eighteenth birthday, Jud’s words appeared over his heart.
Or rather, his word. He didn't merit more than one.
Right there, on his left chest just under the collar bone was a strangely ornate “Hello."
Just “Hello."
Worst fucking word you could have.
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14 May 2026
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Joel’s seat moves a bit, indicating that someone has sat down next to him. There’s no overtly offensive smells coming from them, so that’s a small blessing, but he doesn’t open his eyes. Please let them not be chatty, please let them just sit there for the next ten hours and leave him the fuck alone.
The bus starts rolling from the station, the noise level cresting briefly and then dropping back down again, and Joel finally opens his eyes, chancing a glance over at the person sitting next to him.
Scratch that – the kid sitting next to him.
(joel & ellie greyhound-ing it across the country in an apocalypse-free world)
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- Part 3 of alterations
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- 6/6
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09 May 2026
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“Yeah but they don’t have the fucking balls to come in here after me, especially not if you’re here.”
“And what if I’m not, one day? I don’t live here you know, kid.”
“Ellie,” she corrects him, unaware that Joel already knows her name from the first night those kids were after her, “my name is Ellie.”
He waves her words away. “My point still stands.”
(modern AU where Ellie keeps finding her way to Joel's worksite)
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- Part 1 of alterations
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06 May 2026
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He tries to believe it might actually be over, and he can relax. Take a deep breath.
Suddenly, Jud’s vision starts to narrow. Everything blurs and as though from the other side of a pane of glass he’s vaguely aware of Blanc saying “-Jud? Jud!” Before he blacks out.
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02 May 2026