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In this, Mu Qing dies during the confrotation with Jun Wu and as he dies he wishes things could've been different.
That he could've had more time with his friends, that he and Feng Xing hadn't allowed the tentative relationship they've been building for two hundred years frizzle into nothing as Xie Lian ascended for a third time.
He wishes he couldn've been faster, stronger, smarter and had seen the truth behind Jun Wu's act to avoid Xie Lian the pain.
He dies full of regret.
And then, opens his eyes an undifined amount of time later. His neck unbroken, his chest whole, and his guts firmly inside him.
He wakes up to a very concerned Crown Prince of XianLe, who is calling him by his name, and hesitainting to actually touch him, almost afraid to hurt him by accident.
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06 Jan 2026
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Dämmerung by LiterallyThePresident
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, Hades (Video Game 2018)
05 Feb 2021
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“I… I will not be able to convince him to stop fighting.” Patroclus said carefully, wary of displeasing a god, “Even my word cannot dissuade him from his destiny.”
“See that’s the fun part, you don’t have to convince him of anything.” Hypnos smiled, “In fact, you don’t have to do anything for this plan. We’re just gonna take you out of the equation for a little bit, that’s all, grant Achilles some clarity of mind.” Patroclus’ eyes went wide as he put it together, fists clenching on his thighs at Hypnos’ blithe air over such a cruel plan.
“I am to be held hostage?” he rasped, heart heavy and throat tight, “To be used against Achilles like... like a favored toy dangled over a misbehaving child?”
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29 Jun 2025
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Wilson frowns. “Who is Bob?”
“Bob,” a chorus of voices echoes, as six hands gesture emphatically toward the reading chair.
Wilson glances back and forth between Walker and Bob, his frown deepening. “You are saying these two are … engaged?” he asks, suspiciously.
Yelena cannot blame him for having questions. Positioned on opposite sides of the room, not quite looking at each other, both very clearly unhappy with current developments, Walker and Bob certainly don’t look like a couple of newly engaged lovebirds. If anything, they look divorced.
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26 May 2025
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A Shifted Song of Troy by thehouseofblack
Fandom: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Iliad - Homer
13 Aug 2025
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21 Apr 2025
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After Patroclus’ death, Achilles begs for the chance to change the past. His wish is granted, but he finds himself trapped repeating the same day over and over as he tries and fails to save his beloved.
Character death but I swear this is a fix-it fic with a happy ending.
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08 Apr 2025