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You Are My First Pick by ItsMayBiTheWay

Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
14 Feb 2026
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The first time it happens, Shane doesn’t even realize what is happening. The mystery package does not have any return address, but is directly shipped to Shane’s home. Curious as to what it is, he carefully opens it.
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Five times Shane gets anonymous Valentine's Day gifts and one time he figures out who they are from!

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3,382

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1/1

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70

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Are You Ready To Go Home? by ItsMayBiTheWay for robinlikeitshot

Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
12 Feb 2026
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Alex had always thought he’d fall in love in his father’s language. Someone who spoke the language he’s learned how to love, how to be loved. But then again, he’d also thought he’d marry a nice American, preferably southerner, a girl-next-door too. Life was unexpected most of the time.
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Alex and Henry get to come out. On their own terms, not anyone else's.

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English

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2,573

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8

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109

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6

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Scotty Doesn't Know (Lily and Me Do It) by ItsMayBiTheWay

Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
30 Jan 2026
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Hayden Pike's best friend Shane Hollander is as predictable and reliable as it gets. But when Shane uncharacteristically fights with Scott Hunter, of all people, Hayden needs to know why. As he sits in Shane's living room, waiting for an explanation, things start getting progressively more confusing. Why is Shane coming out to him? And how does Lily play into this?

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Hayden finds out about Lily after Shane and Scott fight on ice. When Hayden throws down gloves to take on a dinosaur, his closest ally is the most unlikely person.

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- Part 3 of Hayden Pike Hockey-matic Universe
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Take Me Home by ItsMayBiTheWay

Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
23 Jan 2026
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When Roz starts speaking, frantically letting out Russian words from his hospital bed, Troy jumps in fear. “Ty emu uzhe pozvonila? Gde mama?”

While Troy might not know Russian, or any other Slavic language that might have offered him some sort of context, he understands the word for mother. His heart clenches in his chest. Calling for your mom, especially when you’re hurt and confused feels instinctive. Troy is pretty sure he’d do the same thing. But the thought of coming out of your dazed state while desperately wanting your mom, and the loss of your mom coming crashing down on you must be a different type of agony.

Roz starts speaking again, Russian coming to him easier than English must. “Mama? Gde moya mama?”

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You Have Reached Lily by ItsMayBiTheWay

Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
06 Jan 2026
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Hayden finds Lily’s contact and touches the little call button.

After a short time, the call connects. “Shane,” a breathless sound reaches his ear, a broken heavy Russian accent cut off by a choked up sob. “You scared me.”

Hayden hangs up.

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Hayden calls Lily after Shane’s injury

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- Part 1 of Hayden Pike Hockey-matic Universe
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P̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ Experiment with HTML and CSS by MohnblumenKind

Fandoms: No Fandom
26 Jan 2026
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This is a personal experiment with HTML. It is a very limited list with what I find useful.
Update: Somehow I find more and more stuff useful, so this list is not that limited (and not that private) anymore. I'll improve it with time and according to my needs and interests.

So far that's posted:
Part One: Basics
Part Two: Lines
Part Three: Footnotes and Links
Part Four: Columns and Skins
Part Five: Pictures
Part Six: Videos (and gifs)
Part Seven: Choose Your Own Adventure
Part Eight: Chapter Title
Part Nine: The Title, the Username, and Links
Part Ten: Kudos Message
Part Eleven: Newspaper Article
Part Twelve: Content Notes and Spoiler (NEW: Opacity)
Part Thirteen: Playground for Jinx (glitch text, color, table)
Part Fourteen: Text generator
Part Fifteen: Boxes (still in progress)
Part Sixteen: Vertical Text
Part Seventeen: Transition (NEW)
Part Eighteen: Automated Animation (NEWEST)

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English

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14,866

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20/?

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7

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135

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736

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724

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28 Jan 2026
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A Complete Guide to 'Limited HTML' on AO3 by CodenameCarrot

Fandoms: No Fandom
31 Oct 2025
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There are some great quick-and-dirty guides to HTML on A03. This is not one of them - it is a comprehensive guide

It's now 2025, a decade later. A03 supports some new HTML and and we're all walking around reading fic on supercomputers that fit in a jean pocket. It was time update this and take a crack at finishing it. (Links and Images are in, the new Audio and Video tags are not.)

The previous three chapters have been divided into smaller concepts. Each tag continues to have - at a minimum - a link to the w3schools page about it (so you can learn more), a code example, and the result of the code example. Most tags have their attributes, things like [src] or [title], listed and examples of how using the attributes modify the tags.

There's a chapter on Bad Ideas, including how some of the archive's default CSS is available to you to format your work (users can't turn that off by hiding a workskin!)

Oh. And I added a bunny army. You could learn how to add one too.
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 (..)  (..)  (..)     
*(  ) *(  ) *(  )     
```
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- Part 19 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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15/15

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1,254

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6,476

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7,452

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28 Jan 2026
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Text Message Skin (similar to IOS messages) by miscellaneous_misty

Fandoms: No Fandom
26 Jan 2026
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- No Archive Warnings Apply
- HTML
- CSS
- Texting
- texts
Summary

A tutorial for a workskin that allows you to make text messages that look similar to IOS messages.

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English

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2,385

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4/4

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4

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28

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24

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463
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28 Jan 2026
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Repository: A Collection of Work Skins and Guides by gadaursan

Fandom Original Work, SK8 the Infinity (Anime)
15 Sep 2024
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All work skin guides and code written by me.

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16,300

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4

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199
Bookmarked by ItsMayBiTheWay

15 Jan 2026
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Repository: Work Skins by gadaursan

Fandoms: Original Work
24 Jan 2020
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Primarily just where I share work skin code and discuss ways to improve the Ao3 experience, including:
- Twitter and Instagram like posts
- Non iOS messaging systems
- Avatar and image formatting for script formats.
- Search engine interfaces
- Documentation on AO3 Site Skins

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- Part 1 of Repository: A Collection of Work Skins and Guides
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English

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6,494

Chapters:

12/?

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7

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97

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786

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949

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Bookmarked by ItsMayBiTheWay

02 Mar 2024