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“Bradley Bradshaw?”
Sleep is snatched like a rug from under him so fast his head swims.
The headlights to a teal pickup truck bellow down the road before him, the engine stalling. The woman that leans out of the driver’s window looks familiar. Her hair is longer these days, but, if Bradley’s addled brain isn’t failing him, it’s not a face he can ever really forget.
“Oh no,” he accidentally blurts.
“It is you,” Penny Benjamin awes.
It’s been years since Bradley last saw Penny and he can’t deny how much he’s missed her company. Now, four years later she happens to find him drunk on the side of the road after escaping the cops. With so many years behind them after such an abrupt goodbye, what will they learn about each other’s lives since they’ve been apart?
Or: Penny finds Bradley drunk at 2am; the partners-in-crime reunite to give Mav a big headache.
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- Part 4 of Try Until It Kills Me [Parental!Mav AU]
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“I’ve brought something back with me.”
As predictable as the seasons, Bradley bites, “Huh? Like a gift? What is it? Where is it? Can I see? It better not be dumb.”
Mav laughs, “I hope not.” Then, he takes a step to open the door, “But it might be a shock, so don’t get too excited, okay?”
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“Why do you have a dog, Mav?”
After the passing of Bradley’s childhood cat, he’s struggling with losing the last Bradshaw he had left. So, when Mav accidentally stumbles upon a retired military dog on her way to the block, he acts on an impulse that will either mend or sever his strained relationship with his kid.
Or, Mav ends up with a three-legged K9 and hopes Bradley doesn’t tear his head off.
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- Part 2 of Try Until It Kills Me [Parental!Mav AU]
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“Well, you were so brave running in here to get me,” Mav slurs with sleep, “leaving your stuffies there to fight the monsters off.”
His mind is slipping away somewhere else, so those words weren’t something he’d thought through even the slightest bit. His error came with thinking that Bradley is tired enough to ignore the implication. Turns out, a terrified six-year-old with a fearsome love for his stuffed animals will, in fact, begin sobbing again.
Or: Bradley has a nightmare, Mav tries to comfort him, and somewhere along the way they end up in Mav’s bed with every single stuffie Bradley owns.
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- Part 1 of Try Until It Kills Me [Parental!Mav AU]
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“Hey, hey, wait a minute, kid.”
The boy stops at the door handle, albeit impatiently, as Mav scans him again. Suddenly, it all clicks.
“Are you going on a date?”
What had appeared as Bradley's first date takes a drastic turn into a midnight trip to the police station to bail him out of jail. Ever since, Bradley refuses to talk about what happened, only becoming more distant. Mav is at a loss. He swears, he's had suicide missions easier than this whole parenting thing. Nonetheless, he keeps trying and won't stop until he makes sure his boy is okay.
Or, Bradley comes out to Mav but it's a long road to get there.
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- Part 3 of Try Until It Kills Me [Parental!Mav AU]
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All's Hell That Ends Well by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
18 Feb 2024
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This isn't just a story about Panem's President and the First Gentleman; it's all the pieces that the history books leave out. From warm beds and all things unsaid, held together by loving arms. A tale of games and lies, and love and poison: this is the truth of the Snow-Plinths' rise to power, and the bloody trail that follows it.
Coriolanus and Sejanus are forced into an arranged marriage and discover the fragile piece of their life they'd been missing. Watch them pave history and pose the question, how much can love really change?
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01.07.22 by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game), Dream SMP
01 Jul 2022
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A Memoir for Technoblade.
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So it appears that Soukoku’s idea of romance is locking their significant other in the boot of a car.
[Can be read as a stand-alone, just check the beginning notes for context.]
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wet bandages and sodden carboard by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
10 Mar 2022
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At 2AM, pummelled by a ravenous storm and wanting nothing more than to be cozied up in his apartment with Chuuya, Dazai hears the frightened wails of a small baby late into the night.
Barely wrapped in a brown towel, sobbing for the comfort of her mother, Dazai picks up this tiny baby from the sodden cardboard box- and, well… Chuuya always loved his surprises~
After finding a baby abandoned in a storm, Dazai and Chuuya provide a temporary residence until they can figure out what the hell is going on.
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“Chuuya.” Dazai squeezed his hand. “I won’t laugh.”
The boy stared back at him, piercing his gaze through the darkness, trying to latch onto any sign of insincerity or malicious intent. But Dazai was a master, and he couldn’t find anything.
He’d just have to trust, something that was hard for them both outside of risking their fates for each other on the battlefield. It was absurd, but there was a difference between trusting each other with their lives and trusting each other to hug them and tell them it was okay. The latter just wasn’t them.
But, somewhere, Chuuya decided to take that chance.
“I miss my mum.”
And Dazai’s heart stopped.
Soukoku miss their mums.
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In the Bedroom Down the Hall by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
26 Jan 2022
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Dazai and Chuuya have lost something incomprehensible.
It’s hard to pack the boxes.
It’s hard to accept that all they can do now is remember.
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Dazai pissed in a stranger's car- because screw the bourgeoisie- and now he has a sugar daddy. What the fuck.
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Please, just speak a little louder. by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Loki (TV 2021), Thor (Movies)
15 Aug 2021
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So. Erm. Loki… wasn’t in his room?
“But he doesn’t have study on Thursdays?” Thor said almost tentatively.
Hela threw herself on the kitchen top, popping open a can of Pepsi Max. “I know- he’s just out, I guess.”
Out? No, Loki is never ‘out’.
Thor scrambled for his phone to bombard his brother with a gazillion messages to make sure he hadn’t just been abducted.
dis god body ratata: OMG WHERE R U R U OK ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
*sigh* oh my god: Fuck off im out
dis god body ratata: …
dis god body ratata: E X A C T L Y ? ! ? ! ?
Thor thinks that Loki has got a girlfriend.
Loki knows that that’s absolute bullshit.
[Please read the tags, they say it better than I do]
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"Your birthright was to die!" Not hers. by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies)
08 Aug 2021
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Loki had known himself for 1049 years- well, barring the Jötunn and the whole being adopted part. But in terms of himself, his skills and his magic, he’d always been fairly certain of.
Well, again that could be perceived as a lie if he looked into it too much- but if not himself, he’s always been sure of his magic.
And if he alienated himself from life so much, he could say that magic was himself.
It was all he truly had left to rely on.Trapped in prison after Frigga’s death, Loki’s mind finally cracks.
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Dumb, Reckless, Fearful Hope by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Loki (TV 2021)
30 Jun 2021
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Loki ep4 SPOILERS
“You’re the closest thing to a friend I’ve ever had.”What Loki was going to say before he got zapped and for all y'all who are just as freaked out as I am for the potential Loki/Sylvie that seems to be stalking our horizons.
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Five times Tony was a dumbass and one time he was a REAL dumbass. by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
24 Jun 2021
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Her hysteria exploded through the halls, her sides splitting, face perfectly beaming. The laughter would have been contagious if Tony wasn’t on the receiving end of it. “Yeah, sure. That’s his girlfriend.”
Okay, so Tony wasn’t stupid: he could clearly identify the sarcasm in the Valkyrie’s tone, meaning she was blatantly lying.
Tony wasn’t stupid, which was why he felt confident in concluding that the mystery-woman was obviously Thor’s wife.In which Tony missed the memo of Loki’s genderfluidity so Loki assembles the crackheads of the Avengers to make his life a walking drug trip.
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The first rule of Vonasnire was there were no questions asked. by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies)
22 Jun 2021
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Thor had heard Loki for the last four nights working himself to death over something. But when the general mutters of frustration echo as one large scream, his Big Brother™ instincts call for him to help.
Pure, shameless fluff about Thor being such a good brother and guiding Loki through his feelings even despite how much they can hurt them both.
{Featuring the long hug they both deserve and beautifully brotherly banter.} -
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When a sudden storm capsizes their ship, young and inexperienced Double Black find themselves stranded on a mysterious island hidden off the shores of Japan. With little contact with other human life, their exploration of the shadows fills them with unease when they discover the dark secret that brought them here. With their friend’s and family’s lives on the line, Dazai and Chuuya are forced to overcome their differences on a harsh and unforgiving journey in this apocalyptic landscape. As they have to rely on each other more and more, it becomes clear that there’s something worse than just their lives at stake…
For if they lose each other, they lose everything.
Or, Soukoku and the gang get themselves shipwrecked on a deserted island. Chuuya fights to keep Dazai alive, and Dazai tries to get them all home.
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"Hello everyone, my name is Dazai Osamu and this is Nakahara Chuuya: welcome to Twin Black! And, no, you don't have a choice :)" by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
05 Apr 2020
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What could have happened if Dazai had convinced Chuuya to leave the Mafia with him?
Well, many things.
They might have killed each other within the first two weeks of being on the run.
They might have just parted ways in the end.
They might have said, “fuck it” and opened a small coffee shop together to forget the horrors of their past.
They might have fled the country.
Infiltrate the government.
Ruled the world.
Ruined the world.
Well, this time, they started their own Agency for Troubled Children: Twin Black. And fortunately, or unfortunately, six special orphans in Yokohama will be the first test subjects to their devastating rivalry.
And without knowing it, change history in the process.[Discontinued]
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h o m e by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
04 Dec 2019
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Midoriya Izuku was captured by the League of Villains at a young age, supposedly Quirkless. But after some testing done by All For One, Izuku was proved otherwise... and the results made him wish he never had one in the first place.
Years later, after relentless torment from people he used to consider friends, he makes his escape, falling safely into the hands of an underground hero he'd only heard of once or twice before.
This hero was called Eraser Head. And, even if the shadowy hero hadn't realised it at the time, he would end up changing this scarred boy's life for the better.
And even if the small, freckled boy didn't realise it at the time, he would eventually soften down the rock that saved him that cold December night.
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Or, Izuku was born with a Quirk that wasn't meant to activate until he was 16 years old and is scarred for life over the consequences, whilst Aizawa sees potential in him and drives him to UA where he finally uncovers a life he could never imagine. Very sad. Very fluffy. And very wholesome.
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The Plastic and the Glass of Apologies by thebackwardsstep
Fandoms: The Dragon Prince (Cartoon)
24 Feb 2019
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“Why don’t ye’ just go away? I’ve been horrible to ye’.”
“Maybe because I keep finding things to apologise for but you won’t let me. And I find that strange so I want to know why.”
Rayla was stunned. Her eyes looked as if they were about to pop out from their sockets, run and hide. But that wouldn’t happen. Not because it would be physically impossible, but because she was completely paralysed. They wouldn’t have a chance against the ice crusting over her and the frozen glaciers of her blood.
But she managed to blink, then breathe, and soon she spoke, “well… apologise then. See what happens after that.”---
(I get cringe just thinking about the fact this fic exists but I'll keep it up bc I know a few people enjoyed it but: DISCONTINUED)