Midlife Crises
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THE AFFAIR. by whitesilverandmercury
Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin, Attack on Titan, snk - Fandom, aot
27 Feb 2016
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Erwin Smith is in town for a work conference and an affair. It’s what Nile says normal, admirable men do in the throes of a midlife crisis. But he never gets around to it after accidentally witnessing a turf war hit job at the very massage parlor he’s seconds from visiting. Luckily, he’s got Eren, a Russian mafia former junkie maybe-hitman probably-prostitute who wants to help—as long as Erwin’s willing to repay the favor by helping him defect from the organization. Running from a motley crew of sophisticated criminals, Erwin gets caught up in the midst of Eren, a mafia queen named Petra, and, among others, Levi the “clean-up guy”…who has a few conditions before helping get Erwin out of the country. And really, Erwin wasn’t asking for a paradigmatic shift in himself as a person—all he wanted was an affair. // any trans. will be at bottom of chapter.
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“To tangle with a Lambrick was to flirt furiously with disaster. But for Gabriel Satterwhite, that ship had set sail long ago with no hope for return.”
East Coast casino mogul Gabriel Satterwhite and his old friend Shepard Lambrick have been meeting privately for decades. Every year, Satterwhite rejects an invitation to attend and observe the Lambrick Foundation’s annual game. Will he finally accept?
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Twenty years have passed since the defeat of the Galra Empire. The universe is at peace, the reconstruction having brought justice and stability to her many peoples. Once heroes, the Paladins have gone their (mostly) separate ways, though middle age does not necessarily come with ease and grace.
The Lions are returning for their paladins. Can they live up to what they were? Do they even want to?
An introspective in five parts.
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Mike's call came completely out of fucking nowhere, because:
1. Richie didn’t even realize it had been twenty-five years since he left high school, when did he get so goddamn old and
2. He’d assumed that everyone lost touch with each other as much as he had.Like, did everyone just decide to drop everything and run off back home to Cha Cha Slide around a high school gym for an evening? Who even does that?
Richie considers what his schedule looks like (busy, he’s got a tour to kick off) and how his last few months have been (busy, he had a script to rehearse into sounding convincing for said tour kick-off) and says:“Yeah, sure, man, I’ll be there.”
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Too Close For Comfort (Why Are You In My Apartment? I'm Calling The Cops) by JZXR7
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
12 Mar 2020
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Tissaia moved out four days ago.
In those four days, her soon-to-be-ex-husband has fallen from first to second on her "People I Would Like To Murder" list.
Number one is her neighbor. Her loud, nymphomaniac neighbor. Who she is not attracted to at all!
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As Rhett and Link face individual experiences of midlife crises and wanderlust, they find themselves wondering if there is anything else out there for them. And whether or not that’s a journey they are meant to take together.
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All This Useless Energy! by goodmourningdove
Fandoms: IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti)
29 Apr 2021
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“I mean,” Eddie said, shrugging. “You did the whole celebrity party scene, right? You’d be familiar with where to, I mean, you know.” Richie didn't know, but he had a good guess.
“What?” he asked. “I mean, yeah, man, I’ve been to parties, but not like—I did coke, like, twice. In 2003. I’m a standup, not a founding member of the Pussy Posse.”
“I know that—”
“Believe it or not, I don’t have Leo’s number. I could maybe get ahold of Harmony Korine, but that’d be a big ask.”Eighteen months after Clown Murder Take 2, Richie and Eddie find themselves in different flavors of the same problem. They've both made some big life changes in the last year, but it feels like there's something missing. The only viable solution, obviously, is to try and kickstart their midlife crises together.
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you can get what you want or you can just get old by steviepie
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies)
04 May 2021
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"You're not smiling."
Steve recrosses his arms so that the left is now the one on top as Bucky uses his own left arm to scrub his handkerchief back over his temple and swipe away another bead of sweat before it has the chance to drip down. “I only smile when I’m happy.”
Jesus. His attitude right now is as far up the scale of sour as their house is upstate. Bucky knows he said he was going to let Steve be the one to come forward himself with his problems, and he will. But it’s looking like Steve might need that help he also mentioned sooner rather than later, so it’s with that thought in mind that Bucky takes his next step.
Figuratively, his next step is to try and get Steve to relax, but literally, his next step is one that he takes back towards where their beat up Buick is parked beside his bike, tossing his handkerchief up to sit over his shoulder as he leans back onto the hood and pats his grease streaked thigh with a fond smile and a roll of his eyes.
“Okay,” he exhales, beckoning Steve over with the first two fingers of his flesh hand. “Talk to daddy.”
(alternatively: a too long look into the only pet name steve uses)
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- Part 12 of the sub steve book club
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This is what David's life has been reduced to: trying to revive the fortunes of the Schittsville Bee, a small-city newspaper that is all that is left of the once-mighty Rose News Group.
When he stumbles on a big story, it only makes sense to swallow his pride and contact his ex-lover, big-time reporter Patrick Brewer, to get some advice.
The last thing he expects is for said ex-lover to turn up on his doorstep.
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this heavy craft by merionettes
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
13 Sep 2021
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Claude has never offered; he knows what Lorenz would say, and there is therefore no need to discuss it further. In this, at least, they understand each other perfectly. So Lorenz thought.
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Lorenz in the new world.
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- Part 3 of aubade and other poems
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Stede is watching the glint of light on the muddy water, rippling like muscles. He says, “There’s nothing scary in me.”
Ed laughs.
“That’s a fucking lie, Stede Bonnet,” he says.Ed and Stede meet as kids on a rotting dock. Stede still leaves. There are still consequences.
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Edward Teach is a depressed tattoo artist grappling with the fact that he's on the cusp of middle age. His grasp on his will to live is tenuous at best, and all he wants is a little more nice in his life. When he decides to shake things up and go for a walk with no destination in mind, he happens upon a newly-opened community theatre hosting open call auditions for its inaugural production. Enter Stede Bonnet, the owner of the theatre and the exact kind of nice that he's been looking for.
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Dead bodies. Missing clocks. Lord Downey kidnapped (perhaps less unfortunate than the first two). Ankh-Morpork once again becomes the stage for the City Watch, and they are tired of acting.
Lady Vetinari presides. Lady Sybil wonders what's going on with her...husband...
And Vimes, while chasing a man who is rapidly becoming an aardvark, stumbles into a lesbian bar.
Things are, in short, complicated.
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The Stag Party by bookish_bogwitch for facewithoutheart
Fandoms: Carry On | Simon Snow Series - Rainbow Rowell
09 Oct 2024
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The day before his wedding Nico wakes up in Vegas with three hungover dads, two missing teeth, one pissed off vampire king, and no memory of the night before. Can they get him to the church on time?
Welcome to the The Hangover AU you never knew you needed.
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The Boyfriend by AverageFish
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer
18 Feb 2022
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"I like the trees here," Harry said, his accent placing him far from home. "They keep my wrackspurts away." It was twilight, and he wasn't wearing any shoes.
"You can stay at my place," Charlie said.
One night turned into teaching Harry to use the coffee machine, and then he grew used to fresh pancakes every Sunday.
Until Charlie realized one day, while calling Harry down from the old oak out back, that he didn't want the man to leave.
A medley of FalconLux's The Boyfriend, hctiB-notsoB's I See The Moon, and The_Carnivorous_Muffin's Painting Red Madonnas.Series
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This fic has a magical, ethereal, otherworldly vibe to it. Harry is like Luna in a lot of ways here. The themes of mortality and humanity (compared to vampirism) both comfort and depress me. Lots of fun moments too though, like Bella's first impressions of Harry and Marcus's whole ordeal. I also like how Edward and Bella's relationship was handled.
Age difference: Harry is twenty-something compared to Charlie's 40-50-ish