Arachnaia
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Here Is Where I Want to Be by Arachnaia
Fandoms: The Smashing Machine, Mark Kerr RPF, Celebrity RPF, Mixed Martial Arts RPF
03 Dec 2025
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The arena knows one Mark Kerr: "The Smashing Machine," a titan battling his way to the top of the brutal, newborn world of Mixed Martial Arts. In Japan for the most important tournament of his life, every fight is a war, and his hard-won sobriety is the most fragile title he holds.
His only off-night is meant for quiet. Instead, he's dragged to a symphony. There, amid the soaring strings, he sees her: Kerrington Allen, a prodigy whose violin cries with a pain he recognizes. Her addiction isn't to substances, but to perfection, and her beauty is a distraction he cannot afford.
He walks away. But fate—or tragedy—has other plans. Thrown together again, their damaged orbits don't just collide; they begin a gravitational pull that will last a decade. From the neon chaos of Tokyo to the stark realities of the States, through meteoric rises and crushing defeats, an unlikely friendship deepens into a necessary intimacy.
Now, the man who fights for a living faces his longest and most grueling battle: one where the stakes are a heart he's armored for years, and a love that must survive not just the ring, but the imperfect man he fights every day to become.
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- English
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- 700
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Under Olive Branches by Arachnaia
Fandoms: Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV 2021), Law & Order: SVU
06 Aug 2025
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The last person Jet expected to find teaching her how to crush olives in a sun-drenched Italian grove was Detective Elliot Stabler—especially since he wasn't supposed to exist anymore.She'd heard whispers before leaving New York. Career over. Reputation destroyed. Gone without a trace. Yet here he stands, sleeves rolled up and speaking broken Italian to tourists, as if disgrace had never touched him. As if she hadn't watched his world crumble from the periphery of their shared professional circles.
He doesn't recognize her yet—this ghost of a cop who's somehow found absolution in ancient olive trees. But when his calloused hands cover hers on the wooden press, steadying her amateur attempts at extraction, Jet realizes her carefully planned sabbatical just became infinitely more complicated.
Because some people you're supposed to forget. And others... well, others teach you that sometimes the most dangerous thing isn't falling for the wrong person.
It's falling for the right one at exactly the wrong time.
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Elliott x Jet AU in which Detective Stabler retired to Italy where he teaches olive pressing, and Jet is a cyber security executive looking to get away from the noise of it all.
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I Wasn’t Looking for You (but here you are) by Arachnaia
Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)
09 Apr 2025
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Aurora is a WR400 Traci escort model android who escaped to Canada with the help of humans, before the peaceful revolution.
Canada has barred the further entry of all androids until the country can manage to codify laws and civil rights for them. Until then, the life of androids like her is one with little protections, scarce maintenance, and black market predators looking to sell them to the highest bidder or chop them up for parts. She isn’t even sure she can trust her fellow droids.
She’s free to leave and return to The States. Every day, the return looks more appealing: androids can get compensated for their work, government sponsored repairs, protections in a court of law. Except that doesn’t mean she won’t have to face “justice” if she returns, for what she did to the last man who touched her.
Scared and alone, Aurora braves the gritty streets of Toronto for survival. Until she’s invited to a ranch south of Vancouver, by a human named Malcolm.
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It’s 1550, in the Ottoman Empire, under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. John The Baptist (Yohanan) lives in Cilicia with his wife, Hadassah, navigating life as an Israelite expat in the Islamic empire.
Lady Hadassah is a beautiful, bashful Israelite descent of Canaanite heritage, and the faithful companion he’d always needed ever since Jesus (Yashua) descended to Ethiopia to flee persecution, leaving him alone. They met on the road to Ankara at a stop in Syria, but fell in love with the vibrant Israelite community in Cilicia and decided to stay there and build a life.
A series of one-shots, short stories, and slice-of-life scenes (with continuity) from my OTP featuring John The Baptist and an original female character. Why? Because I love John.
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Thirty-two year old Jada Yates has seen a lot in her five short years as an education advisor for at-risk youth. But not even the most troubled of Detroit’s adolescents could have prepared her for the case of young Cedrick Tremaine, who was found innocent after murdering his little sister’s rapist. And after recently having broken off an engagement, she’s especially unready to confront her growing feelings for Cedrick’s adoptive father, Dr. Samuel Tremaine.
Samuel Tremaine is determined to give Cedrick and Taniya normal lives. Finally recovering from the disaster divorce that ripped his family in half, Sam’s *only* focus is to make sure his children have a chance at a life unscarred by the pain of the past. At least until meeting sweet and diligent Jada.
She’s the breath of relief he’s been waiting for, and his kids seem to think she’s the missing piece in their patchwork family. But Jada is weary of being involved with a client and she’s uncertain whether Sam has even completely gotten over his ex-wife. As their feelings for each other grow stronger, Jada and Sam must navigate the delicate balance between their personal and professional lives.
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meryet, a servant, climbs up to the governor's daughter's window each night to listen to her read. she catches him and lashes out, scaring him away. a few days later, though, he comes back and she finds herself softening up to him.
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11 Dec 2024
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- Words:
- 300
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Bookmarked by Arachnaia
10 Dec 2024