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    "I do not think you have been eating enough." Vincent delivers this as if it is a simple fact, no judgement, but Thomas still burns. He feels like a child; he is a child. Under Vincent’s gaze his self-sacrifice is stripped of its purity, its nobility, down to the bare bones. Pathetic.

    “I do not have much of an appetite, these days.”

    “I cannot accept that.” Vincent’s voice is polite yet inflexible. “This papacy, as troubling as it may be to you, will last as long as God sees fit – and who can ever know His ways? Do not tell me you intend to go hungry all year.”

    “And if I did?”

    “Then I would feed you.” Vincent gestures to the tray. “With my own hands, if that was what it took.”

    A thousand different emotions course through Thomas, shame, irritation, wonder, want – he shrinks away from this but it is there, undeniable and pulsing like the beat of his heart. He has only ever felt Vincent’s hand against his, or on his arm. What would it feel like against his lips? What would it feel like to take whatever Vincent wanted to give him?

    (Chapter Four: In which wounds begin to heal, confessions are made, and a long-buried secret comes to light...)

    ***ON HIATUS - NOT ABANDONED***

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    When the village called him cursed, he decided to study the curse.

    Long before the Chūnin Exams, a quiet child in the shadows of Konoha began experimenting with the forbidden art of the Jiongu—sewing immortality into his own flesh to understand what it meant to exist. Under the Third Hokage’s careful watch, Naruto is not raised as a hero, but refined as an observer—one who learns to catalogue the world’s cruelty with perfect precision.

    He does not laugh. He does not rage. He records.
    And the man who trains him—Hiruzen Sarutobi, the “God of Shinobi”—discovers too late that he has not created a weapon, but a mirror.

    From shared cups of tea and coffee to assassination reports written like scientific studies, their bond becomes both experiment and faith—one seeking order, the other humanity. But when gods die, their creations must choose whether to protect the world or simply watch it continue.

    This is not a story of redemption.
    It is the anatomy of what replaced one.

    The god rests. The village lives. The monster walks.

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    Some stories are softened for children. Others are buried for the sake of the living.

    Years ago, a forbidden ritual, a desperate mother, and a candle that should never have been lit set events in motion no child should endure. A young thaumaturge answered a wretched mother’s call, uncovering the cost of love and death. In Qingce Village, Uncle Ghast’s favorite ghost story is a local legend: Dusky Ming, who died so young, found ghostly friends and songs unsung. But to an exorcist, the truth wasn't much of a bedtime tale, as much as it was an anecdote of a love that transcends even death.

    This is the real story of Little Ming and her mother, Ling, and the ritual that should never have been.

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    Schlocktober fills. Mostly insane crack. Cablepool, Poolverine, and Sabreine most likely, but who knows what will happen.

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    A lot can happen in 14 months.

    If the Thunderbolts* think Bucky's a freak, just wait till they see what John's into.

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    Bored on a busboat, the Sinners start dragging Dante into a series of extracurricular activities. Sometimes the extracurriculars end in unease, other times in tears, and oftentimes just in an incredulous stupor.

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    HotD Rewrite with focus on Rhaesaria

    Rhaenyra Targaryen was born to rule – but what about the parts of her life the crown can't touch? Torn between duty and longing, between friendship and betrayal, Rhaenyra carves out her own story: one of love, one of respect in a world not designed to give her any, complicated bonds, and a queen determined to claim not just the throne, but her heart's freedom.

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    Every saint has their altar. Every sinner, their prayer.

    Elyon was never meant to kneel—only to own, to watch, and to command; but the boy beneath the lamplight speaks like confession, looks like penance, and tempts like something divine.

    When grief warps into desire, mercy between ruin and touch is found.

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    Early in the 2nd 100 day, Takumi Sumino and Eito Aotsuki ventured out to gather materials. Due to an unexpected incident, they exchanged weapons and fought, but it seemed far from straightforward...

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    All Ariyen cares about is to prove himself. No one knows where he came from, but at the House of Esteri, he masquerades as a star, an outstanding wielder of the Divine Arts. How much of it is a show, even he doesn’t know.

    Endellian, the grim and sullen newcomer who harbors a festering grief, is the outsider at the House. His skill with magic only serves to keep him apart from everyone else. Always on the periphery, he cares for no one and nothing but himself, and he doesn’t care to change that.

    Outside the walls of the House, however, forces move to disrupt their craft and calling. Faced with threats from their pasts, the two of them must learn to trust each other to protect themselves and their friends.

    or, two dumb hoes and their friends against the world

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    "What happens when your purpose is stolen? What happens when the dream you lived for is burned away? And when there’s nothing left of you but rage, what do you become?"

    The complete story for Ashfall, the Erased, his rise from a feeble SkyWing seeking purpose to the incarnation of dragon-sin, along with the creation of the Darkflame Crown and its ascendance to ontological parasite. Part of the Admonished series, stories following dragons corrupted or influenced by Animus artifacts.

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    God, he was such a fucking hypocrite.

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    Avery has made many mistakes in his life, as anyone does. But, in the end, keeping you by his side hadn’t been one of them. And he has no intention of letting you go now, especially since you’ve seen all his worst sides and have come to care for him anyway.

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    Neil has four younger siblings who are all as feral and unhinged as he is.

    Nathaniel Wesninski is dead. Or at least that's what the world was supposed to believe.
    The eldest son of a cult leader in the woods of Northern Wisconsin, Neil escaped a life of fire, silence, and ritualized abuse by smuggling his four younger siblings to freedom and then disappearing. Years later, he resurfaces on the Foxes' Exy court under a stolen name, still running, still watching the shadows, still branded by the past he swore he'd never speak aloud.
    This is not the story of a boy with no future. This is the story of five red-headed siblings, one found family, and the price of staying.

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    Dear Readers, how do you tell a love story where the people already made each other better - and then were torn apart? What do you do when the most formative version of yourself was forged in the absence of the person who made you feel whole? / or, the arena, the pit, has always been remembered.

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    Spy AU woosan & OT8 [ literally all mingi, hwa and etc. bias will be happy here. ]
    I know you think you know this story. You don't.

    (psychological horror for people who like their romance with a body count.)
    (whumptober energy but make it a chaebol mafia AU with excessive research.)

    the mission is to be the beautiful wound choi san can’t resist trying to fix.
    as an undercover agent, jung wooyoung is a lie wrapped in the skin of a lover—an instrument of ruin sent to dismantle a kingdom from the inside.
    but in a world built on violence and paranoia, the only thing san trusts is pain.
    and wooyoung is starting to feel all too real.

    or:
    you know that thing where you’re supposed to tear down a criminal empire, but your target’s sad and hot and suddenly you’re the one in danger? yeah, that.

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    Instead of falling apart after their confrontation in Season 3, Episode 2, Cecil and Mark actually talk. And somehow, that changes everything.

    This is a slow-burn rewrite of Season 3 where they don’t fall into the same patterns. It’s about learning how to communicate, dealing with past trauma, and figuring out what something real between them might actually look like.

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    Character Study, first time, let’s go!
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    I love this man so much. He didn’t deserve the crap happening to him…
    (Title from Scars by The Crane Wives)

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    The Sacred Garden of S has some secrets of its own. Camellia shrubs and cherry trees have taken root in the least likely places. Thorny briar roses break through one icy heart as morning glories expose another's like the sun after a storm.
    Will any of these four former friends find each other again after the winter of three years being separated, or will Eden be abandoned to the flowers forevermore?

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    "Tim resumed his position of slumping over his desk, head buried in his arms. He shut his eyes and took a moment to organize his thoughts. Would he be upset if Brian read it as a confession? No. Did Tim have something he wanted to confess? Yeah probably. Now here’s the big conundrum: was this a confession to the old Brian, or current one?"

    In other words, Tim being insightful about having a crush.

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