Learning to be vulnerable
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What if two people who came from broken were both trying to figure out how good could come from that only to find family and healing in each other? Or where Regina is a lonely doctor with a dark past that left a little serendipity on her doorstep one night when she least expected it. Child Emma. This is that story.
A/U – No magic.
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When Vanitas wants something, who is Marluxia to deny him? Even when he's sick.
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- Part 6 of Marluvan ficlets
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A mostly canon-compliant retelling of the three original movies from Leia's perspective.
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Always one foot on the ground by spacecuppa (EmmaLikesTheInternet)
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
01 May 2022
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Jonathan Sims likes books more than people. When he applied to do a Masters in Egyptian Archaeology, he certainly didn't expect all these people to become part of his life. Between oversharing collaborators, creepy supervisors, obnoxious assistants, unhinged acquaintances, confusing second-years, and a woman literally living on his sofa-- he really can't cope with any extra pressure.
So, when discrepancies start appearing in the research around the Serapeum of Alexandria, Jon does what anybody would.
He keeps on searching. And two mysteries emerge: one, an ancient conspirary suspiciously absent from recorded history; the other, an entirely more terrifying investigation into the people around him. Their habits, their interests, their motivations, their feelings, how they take their tea.
Looks like he won't be finding the answers in his books, this time.
(University AU, loosely inspired by the mentions of the Serapeum in MAG 53: Crusader)
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this is what it is by MashpotatoeQueen for rosemallow, braigwen_s, immolationfox
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
04 Jul 2020
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At her house, she plays the porcelain doll. She smiles pretty and stays quiet, the perfect daughter, the soft shut in. She hides skinned knees underneath her skirts and dirty fingernails in the curl of her hands. Sharp words and cold anger bubble up in her mind and she keeps them down, works them out in crumbled stone and collapsed caverns until she’s sweaty and panting and alive, alive, alive.
Toph: Another character study.
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- Part 4 of childhood living is (not) easy to do
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Yesterday and Tomorrow by Falcon_Etti
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy
29 Jan 2021
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Han's adjustments and reflections post rescue from Jabba's. What he missed, what he wants, and what he needs to do.
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where the others gave you scars by limerental
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
12 Feb 2021
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When Yennefer was young, she opened herself up to vulnerability and her subsequent mortification forced her to close herself off from certain sex acts in favor of others that gave her more control. But Geralt is different, and she opens to him.
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- Part 5 of Yenralt Valentines
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Far Side of the Realms by adieualannah
Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), Loki: Agent of Asgard, Marvel Cinematic Universe
21 Dec 2021
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Loki was used to the quiet, the peaceful, the lonely. Not because he was actually fond of said loneliness. No, quiet had forced itself into his life ever since his youth so Loki skilled as ever learned to adapt.
Falling off the Bifrost should have been the end of his relationship with the silence. Instead he ended up in a place even more secluded than his childhood. With a woman who is possibly the loudest being in the nine realms.
• Reader X Loki story
• Will have fluff and smut (of course)
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Keep the Cold Away by hidden_mochii
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
05 Oct 2021
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Iorveth doesn't like the cold, Roche wants him to know he's not alone.
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- Part 2 of Weather the Storm
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Stepping away from the festivities and people gathering to celebrate the coming wedding of their Ealdorman, finds Eivor and Ivarr sat on the verge behind the church. In a bid to pass the time she convinces him to let her do his hair.
After all, one should look presentable at a wedding, getting to touch it is merely a bonus.
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If Stede has the opportunity to show both of his boyfriends how much he loves and cares for them, then it’s a very good day indeed.
Or; Sometimes love feels routine, and it turns out routine can be pretty great.
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- Part 2 of anchor up to me, love
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At a crucial moment, Kakashi discovers that he is no longer able to summon his ninken. At the Hokage's direction, he sets off on a mission to Kakureta Meadow, the dog shinobi village.
How will he be received by the leaders of Inu no Kuni, a land that no one from Konoha has visited in his lifetime? Why is the contract he signed at just four years old no longer being honored after twenty years?
And why has the Hokage insisted that he bring Tenzō along on what is a deeply personal mission for him?
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Lost My Fear of Falling by DJoftheCoven for PurpleLea
Fandoms: Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games)
18 Jan 2023
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Beat waxes philosophical about love and vulnerability for 2,800 words. Does he find what he’s looking for? Probably, but it’s more likely that he just gives up and decides not to think about it too hard.
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As Red Grave City licks his wounds and cleans its streets, a young woman's nightmares lead her to the place where it all began.
What is more undoing than a daughter and a son? A lesson in vulnerability and acceptance.
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- Part 1 of Into the Void
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The Story of Brave Knight Scourge and his Nemesis, Promise the Wizard (an original story by Scarab) by anxietyrobot
Fandoms: Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (Cartoon 2023)
24 Dec 2025
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Scarab finds that adjusting to life in the Time Room is harder than it seems. Writing makes it easier, even if only marginally.
Scourge is a knight, except not anymore. Promise is a wizard with a secret.
Scourge knows he's being used, but maybe he can use Promise too. -
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They wrestle unceremoniously for a long time, and just like they always fight, there are no rules. Blood trickles down their faces down to their chins, and after fighting for this long, there really isn’t a distinction of whose blood is whose. Neither of them would be willing to admit this to the other, but they both really needed this. Their bickering is no substitute for their drawn fists and clawed hands. Liam wasn’t sure why, but there was something cathartic about his wrestling with Theo. With everyone else he’d previously fought, none of them rivalled him in strength and even if they could, they never fought back. But not Theo.
Between them, is an unspoken deal— an understanding more like—where they see each others frustrations and are able to let it all out in a way that they can’t really do with anyone else. No questions after their relentless fighting, and best of all, they don’t ever address it. They just know it.
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Or, the development of Theo and Liam's relationship from punching it out instead of talking, to idiots, to lovers (eventually)
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Lay My Hands (on Heaven and the Sun and the Moon and the Stars) by justagrumpynerd
Fandoms: Dangan Ronpa Series, Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Dangan Ronpa 3: The End of 希望ヶ峰学園 | The End of Kibougamine Gakuen | End of Hope's Peak High School
14 Jun 2024
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Hiro and Byakuya navigate the early stages of their relationship, Hiro learns about the uglier side of Byakuya's past, and Byakuya renegotiates his internal relationship with touch (he is a business man, after all).
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With a new era of Vandelay Technologies underway, there's much to do to repair what's been broken and revert what's been changed. With a new lease on life, Roxanne should be content to get things back on track. With a new lease on life, Chai should be more than ready to hit the ground running toward a new future.
But life's never that simple, is it?(Every chapter has a song associated with it.)
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This Beautiful Thing That I’ve Got by BioWareNerdo7
Fandoms: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game)
08 May 2025
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Continuing from Overstim.exe, V can’t stop thinking about how Kerry made him feel the night his mod overloaded.
He decides to open up about what he wants and Kerry is eager to provide. They take steps to deepen their connection exploring trust and communication in a new dynamic.
It grows into a bond is built on care, understanding, and mutual consent. TLDR: Kink with feeling. Safe Sane Consensual and Sensual.
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- Part 2 of Growing Pains
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Gravity Assist - The Formation of Perfect 10 Liners by sapphiregato
Fandoms: สายรหัสเทวดา | Perfect 10 Liners (TV 2024)
31 May 2025
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Jet mentors Arc, who mentors Pun, and together they form an unexpected trio. From football fields to drum kits and study sessions, they navigate connection, vulnerability, and academic success—earning perfect scores and the nickname Perfect Ten Liners. A set of shared bracelets, passed down from Jet’s mentor (P'Tawan), becomes a symbol of the bond that changed them all.
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- Part 1 of GMMTV Shows Friendships
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Zhongli removes his right glove, revealing a deep brown hand, lines of golden Geo tracing the lines where human veins would run. “May I?”
Childe takes a second to process the work of art that is Zhongli, and he swallows deeply before nodding. “Sure, go ahead.”
Zhongli extends his hand toward Childe’s forearm and Childe watches every detail of the movement, the hairs on his arm rising even before Zhongli can make contact.
This is fine. It’s just Zhongli.
So why does he feel the need to draw his blade and raise it to Zhongli’s throat?
After spending the greater part of his life all too used to the threat of a blade being drawn against him, Childe has learned not to trust a hand raised toward him, lest it seek to strike while his defenses are lowered. But now in a fresh relationship with Zhongli, he finds his old instincts standing in the way of enjoying something more with the man he's come to adore.
Aka Childe is simultaneously touch-starved and touch-avoidant, and Zhongli helps him through it.