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All Remus wanted to do was to get through his classes, finish his degree, and leave the past behind.
But things become more complicated when he gets accidentally bound to a demon with a devil-may-care attitude and a mission to stop the end of the world.
No pressure, right?
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Regulus went into the cave in the hopes of defeating a dark lord. He expected to die. He doesn't, but he comes out...different. He's a Black through and through, so it's inevitable that he goes mad too.
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When We Were Infinite by night_owl_things
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
20 Mar 2025
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“It can’t be that bad,” Will reasoned, because what Annabeth was saying highlighted the importance of an expectation; a planned design; a predetermined path. To follow the story that was written for you. But, from what he’d learned from ancient myths, things like fate were always given to the heroes. And Will—well, he wasn’t made out to be someone like that.
“Yes, it is! If you went on a quest or had to fight a monster without—”
“Annabeth, come on. Me—on a quest? Fighting a monster? That stuff’s for the half-bloods like you. The ones with the prophecies and the big destinies. We can’t all become myths and legends.” And that was okay; Will was fine staying in the safety of Camp Half-Blood. He was fine with taking care of its campers. With doing what was expected of him as a healer. With fulfilling his duty.
She rolled her eyes at him, as if she understood something he didn’t. “I don’t think I was completely wrong when I thought you were the one. We don’t know why yet, but I know—you’re going to be important, Will.”
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In which Will learns what it means to be a hero.
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- Part 2 of The Sun Always Comes Back
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It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn by night_owl_things
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
07 Feb 2025
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During the winter break of his fifth-year, after Sirius runs away, the decision to walk home on the night of a full moon permanently changes everything Regulus is.
Or: Regulus Black becomes a werewolf and must learn what the difference is between being a beast and being a monster.
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Once Upon a Blue Moon by night_owl_things
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
13 Jul 2024
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“What does that mean? Half-blood?”
“Your brain is hardwired for ancient Greek and Latin, which is why your dyslexia makes it hard for you to read in other languages. The impulsive and inattentive problems of your ADHD are survival instincts well beyond those of regular humans." Artemis waved her hand. "These are all normal developments in a child who is half-mortal and half-god.”
“If there’s a camp,” Will said, looking down at his hands. The bandage on his arm itched. “Does that mean there are other kids like that?” Kids like me?
“There are several of them—too many if you ask me—but all must go to Camp Half-Blood if they want to survive.”
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In which Will learns what it means to be a demigod.
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- Part 1 of The Sun Always Comes Back
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The Sun Always Comes Back by night_owl_things
Fandom Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
20 Mar 2025
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Look, Will Solace didn’t know what a half-blood was. As far as he was aware, he was just a normal kid living a normal life. Except, he wasn’t. The circumstances of his birth demanded more. Prophecies and inevitabilities. Things that will happen, are always happening, as if they already did. Somewhere in the distance, this was how the story began.
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He's the poster boy for the delinquents, and she's the valedictorian for her year. They end up in calculus together, and the rest is history.
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FLIP by IcyDeath
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
18 Dec 2014
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Instead of Percy, Nico gets taken by Hera for her 'exchange program' between the Romans and Greeks. A certain son of Apollo isn't happy about that.
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22 Apr 2025
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A moment in time. A chance meeting. Fate turned upside down.
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18 Apr 2025
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After a summer away from Lucy and too much time to think, eighth grade leaves Schroeder silently pining after the girl he’s rejected since he was a kid.
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18 Apr 2025
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It was really just his luck that a hulking monster lumbered out of the woods and directly onto his driveway. Just his luck that he threw enough parties when his parents were gone that the neighbors had long tuned out any noise that came from his yard. Just a nice cherry on top of the fucking cake that, even if anyone did hear him screaming when claws tangled in his jacket and pulled, Steve honestly wasn’t sure they’d have cared enough to bother anyway.
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Months before El ripped open the gate at Hawkins Lab, the Demogorgon started ripping tears of its own. Months before it found Will Byers, it found Steve Harrington.
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- Part 1 of Nowhere to look but inside
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