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I can fool the world (but I cannot fool my heart) by ReadingRizzo
Fandoms: The Owl House (Cartoon)
15 Mar 2025
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Hunter wanted to do more. He watched as the other heroes and the regular employees left the tower every night, laughing and talking with each other as they went to their houses—their homes—for the night, and secretly wished that he could join them. Maybe he would make a friend, maybe he would be able to finally talk to someone his own age.
But Belos would never let him, his hand always there, urging Hunter to come back to the gym, to train long into the night until his hands stung and his head reeled from the effort of standing up straight. It was exhausting, but he had to do it. He had to prove that he was better than what his powers limited him to.
Because Hunter was a healer.
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i wish i knew you when we were kids by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
31 Aug 2023
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“For fucks sake,” Blue mutters, looking frantically at Lynch. “Lynch? Ronan. Ronan, how am I supposed to fix this?”
Lynch, infuriatingly, shrugs. “I don’t know, Sargent. Maybe you could look into getting a less horrifying face; that would probably help stop scaring the children off.”
Blue huffs, before patting the child on the head. “Please stop crying.”
Predictably, the child keeps crying.
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or: blue and ronan get roped into volunteering at a children's theater camp. blue meets gansey and hates how much she likes him.Series
- Part 7 of theo's trc fics
- Part 35 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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Your face is white, the man says, whiter than usual. People get like that if something bad happens to them.
Nothing bad happened.
Are you sure?
You would know. You’re here for everything that ever happens to me.
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or: the boy is pale and the man is worriedSeries
- Part 19 of theo's road fics
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But maybe. It could. The bad thing will go away and then it’ll be quiet again and we can keep walking. We can keep walking, Papa.
The man inhales sharply. You don’t like walking.
The boy puffs out his chest. I could. Maybe I’ve been lying. I’m a very good liar.
A very good liar. The man laughs, and he tucks a piece of the boy’s hair behind his ear. But I’m afraid we can’t get out of this one, okay?
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or: a canon divergent au in which the man and boy face the end (and each other's deaths) togetherSeries
- Part 18 of theo's road fics
- Part 34 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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it seems only yesterday i used to believe by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
23 Aug 2023
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Yes. And now you are turning ten.
The boy tilts his head, like he is trying to do the math in his head.
Ten is a decade long, the man says. A very long time.
As old as you? The boy asks, and the man laughs.
No. No, I’m a lot older than ten.
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or: the boy is turning ten. the man doesn't have anything to give him, but maybe that's okay.Series
- Part 17 of theo's road fics
- Part 33 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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i pray nobody kills me for the crime of being small by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
23 Aug 2023
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But now the man wasn’t here. Now, it was only the boy, and he was being hunted.
He knew he was. The man had taught him how to know when he was being followed. It’s not in the snapping sticks. It’s not in the soft breeze. It is in the feeling on the back of his neck.
Here, the boy is nothing more than prey.
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or: the man is gone and the boy does not know what to doSeries
- Part 16 of theo's road fics
- Part 32 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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men like us own nothing, really by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
23 Aug 2023
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Oh, the boy says, coming to a realization. This is from before.
Yes.
Oh, the boy says again. I thought you meant now. But no one has enough things to keep them alive now. People dont have enough things to keep themselves alive.
Yes.
That’s nice, the boy says. A pet. I wish I could have one.
I know, the man says. I know.
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or: the man tells the boy about pets and i am sad about them but they're happyish for nowSeries
- Part 15 of theo's road fics
- Part 31 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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i don't believe in god anymore (i don't believe in my father either) by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
23 Aug 2023
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You know, the man says, it is Lent.
The boy hums. I don’t know what that means, Papa.
It’s a time of year where you are supposed to give up things, the man says. To show that you love God.
But we don’t have anything to give up.
The man nods. We don’t.
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or: the man teaches the boy about god. at least, about what god was. the man is not sure if he believes anymore. the boy is not sure either, but he will pretend. he will pretend because he needs someone to watch over the man like the man watches over him.Series
- Part 14 of theo's road fics
- Part 30 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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Don’t go too far, the man says. Sometimes, he wonders how the boy would be different if the woman had not left.
(Maybe left is too nice of a word. She did not leave as much as she ran from it all; the responsibilities and the horror. As much as she ran from the man and the boy. She ran, which is to say that she took the gun with two bullets in it and fired it once. The boy didn’t see the blood, but he saw her body, motionless and heavy against the rotting hardwood floor.
Sometimes, the man still sees the woman in the boy’s eyes.)
I won’t! The boy shouts, and he is happy, and it is November and everything is dying but the boy has never looked so alive. It’s a shame, really, that this will all have to end. The man wonders if the boy will survive to adulthood. Realistically, he knows that he will not. This world is too cold and too cruel to let a child become anything more than that.
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or: the man wonders how a child so good can exist in a hell like thisSeries
- Part 13 of theo's road fics
- Part 29 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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No, the man kept the boy around because he is the last word of god spoken out loud before the end. Oh, to be without the boy would be like being without the last element of his humanity; it would be worse than having his heart torn out and left as a cavity in his chest. Piety was something that not many on this road could afford, but the man tried his best, because though there is no god remaining, the boy is here, and that is good enough.
Quiet, the man whispered to the boy, placing a gentle hand on his back. Road isn’t empty.
Shhh, the boy repeated serenely, putting a finger over his lips.
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or: a very short fic about the beginning of the apocalypse and how the man keeps going onSeries
- Part 12 of theo's road fics
- Part 28 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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you could make this place beautiful by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
23 Aug 2023
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Do you…do you miss then?
What? When you were not here? No.
Sometimes I think you do.
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or: the man reminisces on Before the apocalypse (and, subsequently, Before the boy)Series
- Part 11 of theo's road fics
- Part 27 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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god was silent (everything was silent) by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
22 Aug 2023
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Tell me the truth, the boy said. You have to tell the truth. It’s the rule.
Well, the man said carefully, sometimes the truth will hurt you. Sometimes you need to believe me, even if it's not true. He tried to ignore the way the boy looked at him; like a devotee before the foot of their fake God.
Will you tell me the truth if I ask?
The wall of a hill was still in front of them. The man did not know how far they would go before they reached the end. He couldn’t tell the boy the truth if God himself asked; and maybe he was being asked by God here. Maybe the boy and God were one and the same.
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or: a small look into how the man views both god and the boySeries
- Part 10 of theo's road fics
- Part 26 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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“You’re fucking insane your Majesty,” Tommy said, with a slightly mocking tone, “Do you even know what you’re doing?”
“It takes everything to win a war, Prince Tommy. And yes. I know everything. I'm supposed to.”
“Okay,” Tommy nodded with a raised eyebrow, “then we fight.”
“Tomorrow at dawn, we begin.”
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in your dream, you were looking for me by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
22 Aug 2023
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Here, in the residue of the word that once was, the man sometimes forgets that he is a parent.
Or rather, he does not forget. It is impossible to forget. He is always with the boy, and the boy is his.
The boy is his, but sometimes, the man forgets that he is meant to be the boy’s parent. After all, in the end, it was supposed to be that both him and the woman would be the boy’s parents. They would do it together. That was the plan, and then the boy was born, and the world fell apart, and there were two then one bullet left in the gun and the woman was dead and it wasn’t the man’s fault. At least, he hopes so. He hopes and he prays because if it was his fault, he doesn’t know what to do. If it was his fault, that means that he is supposed to fix it, and he doesn’t know how.
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or: the man does not know how to be a parent in this skeleton of the earth. he does not know how to be a parent to a child so good where the man is just that -- human. he is human and he is a person and he has never gotten to just be the boy's dad and nothing else and that makes me sad :((Series
- Part 9 of theo's road fics
- Part 25 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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(i don't think) i'm allowed to kill someone because i am frightened by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
22 Aug 2023
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You don’t have to kill him.
The man is not used to seeing the boy beg. It is odd to see something so holy plea for someone who is evil incarnate.
Look away.
You don’t have to kill him, the boy says, Papa, please. Please. We could — we can take his food, or something, and then he’ll go away. He’ll go away and never bother us again and we’ll be okay.
The man sighs, and he pulls the boy closer. That’s not how this works.
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or: the boy tries to understand what makes actions good or bad, and, by extension, what makes humans the same waySeries
- Part 8 of theo's road fics
- Part 24 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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you still crave summer (five years ago) by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
22 Aug 2023
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There’s puddles, the boy says. It’s simple, and it’s true. The boy only has one pair of shoes, and he knows he shouldn’t splash, but he can’t help but want to. Can I splash in them? Please?
The man pretends to ponder it for a moment. He does the full charade; rubs at an imaginary beard and scratches the back of his head. I don’t know…
Please? The boy asks again. He doesn’t ask for much, but the puddles are huge. The biggest he has ever seen! And it’s warm and soft in the summer heat, and though there are no birds and no animals to splash around with, the boy can tell this summer is going to be a good one.
(He also knows, somewhere in the back of his mind, that this will be the Last Summer. That by the end of this winter, there will be nothing left, and the road will remain with only corpses to walk it.)
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or: the boy is happy for once <3 he gets to be a kid and splash in puddles!!Series
- Part 7 of theo's road fics
- Part 23 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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rotten children don't deserve heaven by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
22 Aug 2023
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I don’t want it, the boy says, and he is crying now. The tears make his eyes go all red, and the man winces.
You have to take it, the man says again, because it’s true. The boy must take the gun, because the boy’s survival is important. His survival is more important than the man’s, at the very least.
Please don’t leave me, the boy whispers; a plea to his father. Please don’t leave me here alone — I don’t want to be alone.
I won’t, the man says, and it’s a promise he can’t make.
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or: the boy learns about deathSeries
- Part 6 of theo's road fics
- Part 22 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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i am all you could have been and all you might be by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
22 Aug 2023
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I’m fine.
Lean on me then, the man says.
I don’t — will I be heavy?
Of course not, the man says and what he means is you are my son; you will never be too heavy for me to hold you.
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or: the boy is tired. he still thinks about the woman, even though he shouldn't. the man is worriedSeries
- Part 5 of theo's road fics
- Part 21 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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if i fix you (will you hate me) by TheLastTheosaurus
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
21 Aug 2023
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I’m not sick, the boy whispers. His voice cracks as he says it.
You can’t lie to me, the man says. It is a lesson he has tried to impart to the best of his ability. A simple lie could be the difference between life and death here. I need you to tell me the truth.
You don’t tell me the truth.
I do.
No, you don’t. The boy crosses his arms. His hands are covered by the deteriorating winter coat that the man had grabbed for him a few years prior. He should have outgrown it by now. But he hasn’t. You lie all the time. I have to watch you, you know. I have to watch.
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or: the boy is sick. the man is worried. they arent supposed to keep secrets but they do anyway :(((Series
- Part 4 of theo's road fics
- Part 20 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics
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i will love you as fire loves innocence by Anonymous
Fandoms: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
21 Aug 2023
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But in the end, there were two shots left. Then there was one. Then the man had pulled the boy from the house that had never felt like a home. Then the woman was gone. Then it was just the man and the boy.
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or: the boy cannot stop thinking about the woman
Series
- Part 3 of theo's road fics
- Part 18 of theo's twb mcc 2023 fics