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Kyrie Monticello and Max Bemis are one another's only remaining lifelong friends at 21 years old, having seen each other at their best and worst. However, growing older, they begin to understand themselves and their vices less and less, leading Max to write an album about the intensity of their relationship and its slow descent. Each song chronicles various events from 2005-2008, including psych ward stays, navigating adult life and addictions, the connections we make with others and their permanence--and this is the story they tell.
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Author cannot stop writing short stories based on concept albums and their fictional inspirations.
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Yuki wakes up in a forest in Saturn, but something isn't right. Her memories are gone, and she's presumed dead by all of her loved ones on earth, and unfortunately, she is. The 18-year-old senior is now on Saturn, dead, and can't communicate with anyone.
In the year 2136, Yuki works daily for an overlord, Katiee, who she thought she could trust, but that all changes when she and her friend Akira are sent in to help with the Melancholy Games.
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illicit affairs by ClumsyBookworm18 for panjava_clown_69
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV)
10 Mar 2025
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It was supposed to be nothing. It was supposed to be meaningless.
But the most dangerous lies are the ones they tell themselves.(Lila and Five spend one night together before the events of season 4)
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from the evening until the morning, i'll miss you. by orphan_account
Fandoms: Cookie Run (Video Game)
23 Mar 2025
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It was just one dress - she didn't expect it all to come flowing back to her.
But it did. And it hurt.
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- Part 1 of crk - closure.
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Even When He Stopped Being Her by Lovelyyyyyyyyyyy
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
12 Apr 2025
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During a late-night game of Truth or Dare, James is dared to kiss the prettiest girl in the room—and walks straight up to Regulus Black. Once, that line had been private, soft, spoken behind closed doors. Now it’s public, and Regulus—who transitioned years ago—feels exposed and betrayed. What they had was secret, sacred, and James turned it into a performance. Forgiveness might come one day, but not tonight.
Inspired by a TikTok by @lilyhoneywedonthate
All love to their incredible content!
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love me, hate me, forgive me by murrimabutterfly
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
18 Apr 2025
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“...thank you,” came out as a whisper, and Suguru paused. Satoru leaned into his touch more fully, right hand coming up to cover his. It was warm, and wet, and free of Infinity.
“Always,” Suguru said softly.
“No, like—really. Thank you,” Satoru said. “You—you don’t have to do this. But you do. Every time.”
Suguru swallowed hard as he tried not to let his hands clench. “I want to.”
Mini character study of Geto & Gojo's relationship, and the progression of Geto's insanity.
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When trust fractures and the past bleeds into the present, Sunghoon and Jake — two killers bound by secrets — find themselves on opposite ends of a love story carved in betrayal. In a city drowning in disappearances, their hearts are the final casualties.
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Too Young (I wish I could’ve seen it all along) by t3ylar2k19
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types
15 Sep 2025
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It's been two years since you've seen Peter. Nearly five years since you left with a secret buried beneath your skin.
Now, he swings back into your (and now, almost four-year-old daughter's) life. Will he be able to handle meeting her, and will he be willing do whatever it takes to be a part of your lives?
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“Hyung! Let’s stay together forever, eh?” the 18-year-old Jihoon said.
“Hyeonjoon-hyung, we met again. Let’s not separate this time.” a slightly older Jihoon said with his signature cat-like grin.-------------------------------------------------
“Jihoon-ah, I’m leaving now,” Doran said with a resigned smile.
Choi Hyeonjoon only had three dreams:
First, to win Worlds.
Second, to find his true love.
And third, for that love to be Jeong Jihoon.He always believed his dreams were simple and within reach. He thought his closeness with Jihoon meant something—that maybe, just maybe, the younger felt the same.
But the realization came slowly, then all at once.
And when it did, it broke something in him he didn’t know could break.Series
- Part 1 of It's still you
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Andrzej Wilmowski przyjechał do Egiptu na wakacje i szczęśliwie organizując wakacyjną wyprawę tak, a nie inaczej, nie musi już pełnić roli kierowniczej.
Są jednak obowiązki, do których Andrzej nadal się poczuwa i zawsze będzie się poczuwał. -
Unspoken Choices by rosieslovesyouu
Fandoms: Hogwarts Legacy (Video Game), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
05 Oct 2025
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A new world opens up for the new student when she discovers that the stories of magic she grew up hearing were real, and that she belongs to that world. But as she begins her fifth year at Hogwarts, surrounded by fleeting friendships, unspoken grief, and a power she barely understands, she starts to realize that nothing will ever be the same.
Entangled in secrets, dark relics, and dangerous bonds, Lyda finds herself caught between the disarming charm of Sebastian Sallow and the quiet distrust of Ominis Gaunt. As the line between loyalty and betrayal begins to blur, and her life at Hogwarts slowly fades behind her, she is drawn toward something far more uncertain than love.
Because when the people you care about begin to slip away, and darkness creeps in disguised as love, the hardest thing to face isn't betrayal.It's who you become because of it.
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Acid and Salt: as the universe, so the soul by resplendentdreams
Fandoms: Stray Kids (Band)
09 Jun 2025
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“I can’t keep fucking hiding, Minho!”
The words stopped Minho dead in his tracks as he faced an unknown wild animal.
“I can’t keep having this conversation, Min! Birthdays, graduations, Sunday night dinner, your fucking cousin’s wedding, when does it end, baby? When do we stop pretending to be childhood friends and get to live as more? When can I show everyone what you mean to me? I’m approaching twenty-five, Minho, and I can’t go into the rest of my life hiding like a kid.” Jisung paused, taking a deep breath. Minho started to speak but was stopped by a hand being raised.
Jisung stepped forward, his eyes wide and swimming with a sorrow Minho never knew, laced with a slight glimmer of something that could only be described as hope. He cupped the sides of his face, leaning in enough for their noses to touch, for Minho to feel the cold tears drying against his skin.
“What about us, Min?” he whispered before looking up to catch his eye. “What about our wedding?”
OR: Jisung and Minho were childhood friends turned lovers in a small town in Oklahoma. Minho was content to stay hiding under the title of roommates for their safety, but he'd always been a little slow to catch onto change.
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Wipe That Look Off Your Face, This Isn’t a Love Story by zedzedxoxo
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
26 Aug 2025
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That’s how she’d gotten here.
Or at least that’s how she remembered it.
They say your life flashes before your eyes in your last moments, and she wasn’t quite sure if she was recalling it all correctly. It was hard for her to tell while she lay there choking on her own raw, thick, metallic blood.
She couldn’t see anything but she thought her eyes might have been open. And she couldn’t feel her arm either but she wasn’t sure if it was her brain not registering the searing pain she assumed she was in or her arm just not being there at all.
She could feel someone hovering over her, though she couldnt see whoever it was. But she could hear.
“Don’t let him come near, Fred” someone was shouting.
Blood shot through her nose and spilled over her face. She couldn’t move but she could tell her body was seizing.
“FRED STOP HIM” the same voice. Just louder this time.
Then as she lay there dying she finally realized what was going on. She had landed right where she’d wanted.
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held close all the time / knowin’ i’m half of you by taegiball
Fandoms: SEVENTEEN (Band)
06 Jul 2025
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“Ten years,” Hansol repeats, whistling, “a long time just to end up in the same place.”
“Long time just to stay in the same place,” Minghao replies, though not unkindly. More inquisitive, if anything, as if he’s willing Hansol to prove him wrong.
“Yeah,” Hansol confirms, watching as Minghao exhales softly, “long time.”
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The Little Red Riding Hood is finally able to move into Fabletown, and Bigby has to welcome her.
Except, they didn’t leave off on good terms. It’s a good thing that Bigby’s a changed person now, and he’s willing to do anything to show her just how much he regrets his decisions.
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When caught between a rock and a hard place, Lily Evans makes a wish, to escape, to be normal. Like the magazines Petunia is so adamant on reading during summer, she wants to be "Thirty, Flirty, and Thriving." It just seemed easier...
Little did she know she'd finally realise the consequence of defending Severus, and maybe she'd realise that he wasn't exactly the jerk she wanted.Inspired by Thirteen Going on Thirty - Very canon divergent. I'm sorry for the writing.
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Guns and Televisions by MercilessSheriff
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (Telltale Video Game)
05 Aug 2025
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For Lilly, surviving the apocalypse is simple: keep the doors shut, keep control, and keep feelings buried. That last rule gets tested the moment Carley, her ex-girlfriend from college, storms back into her life with a gun in her hand and the same infuriating smirk.
Trapped in Macon with strangers, running low on supplies, and fending off endless walkers, Lilly finds herself torn between leading the group and managing the messy history she never thought she’d face again. Every mission becomes a test of trust, every argument a crack in the walls she’s built, and every rescue blurs the line between practicality and the care she swears she doesn’t feel. In a world where tomorrow isn’t promised, Lilly has to decide whether old wounds are worth reopening—or if they’re the only thing keeping her alive.- Language:
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The dust piled up is full of traces I can't shake off by xAsamix
Fandoms: ENHYPEN (Band)
09 Aug 2025
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The naïve wish of the first love to last forever, Sunoo has cherished it until he could no longer hold on unto it.
Some things are not meant to be. That’s just the way it is, unfortunately.
(Sunoo’s retrospective of his relationship with Sunghoon over the years)
(Title from Empty Box – Ateez)
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Tras dieciséis años de no saber de la vida de Julián, Enzo encuentra cuatro cartas en una caja de madera.
Y a pesar de no querer revolver su pasado y sus vivencias junto a Julián, decide leerlas y aventurarse a descubrir muchas cosas que creía erróneas.
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James was too immature to fully grasp the consequences of his decisions. Realization struck him with a vengeance when he realized that the only person he had ever truly loved was starting to rebuild his life. With someone who wasn't him.
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- Part 1 of Completed One Shots