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Living well is the best revenge, so they say. In Jake's quiet fury at the dismissive, heartless way everyone spoke of his brother's death and the complete lack of empathy he found at every turn and corner, he decides to find a way to live the best life he can possibly conceive, with the opportunity Tommy left behind for him: a fresh start on a new world... just not exactly the way the RDA vultures meant.
(In which Jake Sully pulls the ultimate con on every person who failed to treat his brother's memory with respect, and every person who failed to be kind to their fellow man.)
((Previously 'From the Ashes.'))
(On hiatus, not abandoned.)
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- Part 1 of The Things that Come from Fire
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18 Jan 2026
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Bragging Rights, Fancy Drinks, and the Bartender Conundrum by alligator_writes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Mar 2023
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"But, for some reason, this place doesn’t feel standard. Maybe it’s the fact that all the pictures on the walls look modern and aren’t filled with old white dudes holding cans of Bud Light. Maybe it’s the fact that the music, thank god, isn’t beer, truck, dog country or rock music that Republicans like.
Or maybe the charm has everything to do with the bartender.
Good god. Eddie thinks he might die right then and there."
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Eddie and the guys go to a new place in search of a trivia spot safe from frat bros. What Eddie doesn't expect is to become smitten with not one, but two of the bartenders who work there.
Or so he thinks.
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16 Dec 2025
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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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16 Dec 2025
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Lovesicknesses are easily preventable and highly treatable, all but conquered. Shame and secrecy about them are a relic of less enlightened time, they’ve got no place in the 24th century. But then again, Julian doesn’t belong here either.
A series of observations and narrations about how love bleeds and blooms in the life of Dr. Julian Bashir.
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22 Nov 2025
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Julian is in Garak's shop when it explodes in Improbable Cause, and Garak risks his own life to save the good doctor. The story deviates from there, and certain affections come to light.
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28 Apr 2025