onlyslightlyhyperbolic
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When Arthur returns, he barely understands what's happening. First he'd been dead, and now he isn't. Alive, somewhere he doesn't recognize, with a Merlin who isn't quite the man he remembers. But it's Merlin, and that's as good a place to start as any.
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“Will you tell me about what it is that haunts you?” Thomas asks, as forward as ever when shepherding James through his own recalcitrance. There’s no surprise in this, considering that the only things that James has not yet shared are the parts of his history that spook him from the darkness within which he keeps them.
The parts that cannot be spoken without also speaking of John Silver.
A name that is a ghost in his blood; a shadow that breathes alongside him and tethers part of him to the shadows. To expose him now, even to Thomas, may at last serve to banish that ghost to somewhere James cannot follow. Somewhere he’s desired to leave Silver since the moment everything ended, but cannot. Will not. The echo of him is as perplexing and infuriating as the man himself.
And damn it all, James misses him.
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- Part 2 of approach thy grave
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does it eat you alive in the dead of the night? by onlyslightlyhyperbolic
Fandoms: One Piece (Anime & Manga)
02 May 2025
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Several years ago, Borsalino had watched as a dear friend shepherded a man to the end of his life.
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If anyone had told Wei Ying a few days ago that he'd get to go on a thrilling road trip with the
unrequitedlove of his life, but only after kidnapping an innocent toddler, he would have laughed himself to death.And, yet. Here he is. Doing exactly that.
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James finds it remarkable, how gathering his thoughts in this moment is a lot like trying to finesse his crew back from a mutiny. Tense anticipation knots his shoulders. Control dances neatly from between his fingers, every confession he wishes to make staying just out of reach yet watching him with demanding eyes.
It's hard to know which confessions to watch back; which will turn on him and become the noose with which he hangs. Which ones will put the lever in Thomas' hands. Which may convince him to pull it.
Thomas had been willing to pardon pirates, all those years ago. Would he pardon a monster, surrendered at his feet?
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- Part 1 of approach thy grave
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Life is a series of ghosts.
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Unexpected Turbulence by aqua_moon for pretend
Fandoms: บรรยากาศรัก เดอะซีรีส์ | Love in the Air (TV 2022)
15 Apr 2026
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“Sky?!” He gasped into the phone despite the click of disconnection, finality in such a soft, innocuous sound.
He sat in shock, his vision tunneling as he tried to make sense of what just happened. He pressed a shaky thumb to the call button, the phone going straight to voicemail, not even attempting to ring.
He tried again.
And again.
It’s like his brain refused to accept the course of events. If he just kept calling, Sky would pick up, Sky would assure him that everything was fine, that nothing was wrong. Except he could feel it in his bones, could feel it in the way his heart was racing, beating so hard against his chest he was positive it would leave bruises. Everything was not okay.- Language:
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22 Apr 2026
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“What do you mean you remember me? Chay asks skeptically. “Do you remember how we met?”
Kim shrugs, still examining the table instead of meeting Chay’s eyes. “I remember your face, and how to find you, and that I can trust you,” he admits, “I was hoping you could tell me the rest.”
“I can’t,” Chay snaps off without thinking. “I don’t know who you are either.”
Kim seems to be having some memory problems. Meanwhile, Chay wishes he could forget.
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22 Apr 2026
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The Weight of a Bell by CelestialCats
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
24 Aug 2025
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In the aftermath of his departure from Lan Wangji, a lonely and adrift Wei Wuxian finds himself drawn back to Yunmeng by the ghosts of his past. Haunted by his fractured history with Jiang Cheng, he hesitates on the periphery of Lotus Pier, unsure of his welcome. An unexpected, gruff offer of shelter from Jiang Cheng leads to a fragile month of reconciliation, where old bonds are mended but never forgotten. When Lan Wangji arrives, Wei Wuxian is faced with a choice between the home of his youth and the home he built in his second life.
This is a story of healing, understanding that some cracks never fully disappear, and learning that the heart can have more than one place to belong.
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07 Apr 2026
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Blank Slate by Alwritey87, pod_the_salt (pass_the_salt)
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
06 Sep 2025
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"I can't blame him." Wei Wuxian finished lamely. "If he wasn't the most perfect husband in the world, no way would he have known who it was."
"I recognized you." Jiang Cheng nudged him. "First, by the way."
"You thought every demonic cultivator was me for like what, thirteen years?" But he couldn't deny it. Somehow, the make-up, the act, the new body, hadn't been enough to hide behind. Jiang Cheng had known.
Or how, after a year, Wei Wuxian finally has time to think about what it really means to be in a stranger's body.
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07 Apr 2026
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hair ribbons and gentle fingers by nobody_vincent
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
24 Aug 2025
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(your hands move in practised motions, as faint as your smile)
But the way Jiang Cheng scowls at him is familiar, as is the way he spins his index finger around in a demand. "Turn around." Surprised that this conversation has gone as far as it has without Jiang Cheng erupting, Wei Wuxian obeys. He stiffens at the sensation of fingers curling around his hair, and if Jiang Cheng notices, he doesn't say anything.
wei wuxian and jiang cheng, a moment shared in the cloud recesses.
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07 Apr 2026