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She’s been eyeing Mr Farnon over Charlotte’s shoulder as he wanders closer, having managed to extract himself from Mr Dobson’s questioning. He looks so handsome in his Sunday best, well put-together, his pocket square just so. Audrey can’t help but be proud — of his well-pressed suit, of course.
He doesn’t comment on finding Audrey in the middle of the gravestones, just holds his arm out for her. “Shall we?”
They share a private little smile as she hooks her arm with his, the rest of the congregation fading into the background, his eyes twinkling in that way she’s noticed they do when she catches his gaze lingering on her.
They walk down the path arm in arm, only separating so he can open the Tapsel gate for her to pass through first — once their arms are linked again, she tries to go right, towards home, but he pulls to the left.
She looks over at him, raising an eyebrow.
“I thought it would be nice to go for a little walk,” he says.
(It's Audrey's birthday and Siegfried has a surprise in store — but, as usual, it doesn't go quite according to plan.)
One-shot, set post-6.06 "Our Hearts Are Full"
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“I’ve nearly got it,” Siegfried says, strain in his voice as he reaches for the knee again. His brief attempt at reassuring eye contact with Mr Seacombe is foiled by the strands of his hair that are falling into his eyes — he should’ve combed it back before he left Skeldale House, but the call-out was an emergency one. Mrs Hall had answered the telephone, relayed to Siegfried that this ewe had been in labour for hours with no progress and Mr Seacombe needed help — urgently.
Siegfried has a late night call-out to a ewe experiencing lambing difficulties.
One-shot, pre-series.
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safely, gathered in by RandomRuth
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
19 Aug 2025
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Then it’s the scythe’s turn, with its long, two-handled shaft and huge, curved blade attached at an angle. Beside him, Ellie straightens up in her chair from the slump she’d fallen into like someone’s dumped a bucket of ice water on her head.
“Oh, shit,” she whispers, near breathless.
Joel straightens too, glances around. “What?”
“I’ve never seen one in real life before,” she tells him, watching the scythe, her eyes practically sparkling. “That’s the Grim Reaper’s stick.”
Joel is frazzled, but he has been listening — it helps that he already knew what this one is called from Before. “It’s called a scythe.”
Ellie’s delighted grin is only getting bigger. “Sick.”
(Joel and Ellie attend a town meeting to discuss the upcoming barley harvest, Joel worries about the future, and Ellie picks up a new hobby.)
One-shot, set after season 1, and almost a year after "creatures, great and small".
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- Part 2 of all, who live
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creatures, great and small by RandomRuth
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
21 Jun 2025
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“Ellie? That you?”
Joel’s home early.
Halfway between the front door and the stairs and in full view of the kitchen, Ellie freezes. “Fuck,” she mutters, low. “Yeah,” she says, loud enough to carry.
She has no choice but to stay hunched over herself like Quasimodo from that movie — it’s suspicious as fuck, but she manages to manoeuvre her arm to mostly obscure the squirming of the tell-tale bulge under her hoodie.
(Ellie and Joel have settled in Jackson. While Ellie goes to school and, Joel hopes, makes some friends her own age, he tries to keep their house from tumbling down around them. Ellie does befriend some Jackson locals, and tries to sneak them into her room — without Joel noticing that they’ve all got four legs.)
One-shot, set after season 1.
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- Part 1 of all, who live
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"Arguing with god is probably not one of the best plans Root has ever had, but the alternative — working with Reese, ugh — is much worse."
One-shot, set in late season 3.
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"Harold's typing is slow, his word choices unusually uninspired, as he attempts to write an assignment for Professor Whistler's students."
A fluffy moment for Harold and John, post-4.20 "Terra Incognita". One-shot.
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Greer has won and Samaritan is online and operational — or so he thinks...
Cracky alternate ending to 3.23 "Deus Ex Machina".
One-shot.
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"Shaw contemplates her options: one; she can spend the day mending everything by hand with a needle and thread, or two; she can go shopping for new clothes."
Written for the Ordinary Tasks Drabble Challenge on the POI Discussion Forum.
One-shot. Set in early season 3.
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- Part 3 of Ordinary Tasks Drabble Challenge
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"No one has told Fusco outright who this Grace Hendricks lady is, but he isn’t a detective for nothing."
Tag for 3.21 "Beta".
400-word drabble.
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Halloween night on the streets of New York.
300-word triple drabble.
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Anthony Marconi is the most trusted of Elias' employees, and so he is always sent to do the really important jobs.
Written for the Ordinary Tasks Drabble Challenge on the POI Discussion Forum.
One-shot.
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- Part 2 of Ordinary Tasks Drabble Challenge
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Harold attempts to do some much-needed dusting in the library. A short story told from the Machine's point of view.
Written for the Ordinary Tasks Drabble Challenge on the POI Discussion Forum.
One-shot.
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- Part 1 of Ordinary Tasks Drabble Challenge
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Keeping up with Bear's 'doggy dates' is proving much more difficult than Finch expected.
Tag for 2.14 "One Percent". One-shot.
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"Finch is contemplating throwing his coat on and going to see for himself what’s happened — the sounds that are coming through his speakers now are doing nothing to quell the disturbing and bloody images that always pop into his head at times of such uncertainty and disconnect from his employee."
Finch loses contact with Reese and Bear in the field.
One-shot. Set at some point in season 2.
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The Doctor finds Clara sitting on her sofa, wrapped in a colourful, fluffy blanket and looking all sort of floppy. This will not do.
A sick Clara one-shot, set during series 8.
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Javier is staring blankly down at a page, cigarette hanging loosely from one hand as he cups his chin with the other. The typewritten words are blurring and he’s read the same paragraph countless times now, in limbo, unable to get any further.
A small red box, having evidently just been thrown in his direction, lands with a soft thud right under his nose. Javi jerks back with a start, blurry black and white suddenly replaced with bright red and… yellow? Javi blinks, his tired eyes finally focus — it’s a McDonald’s Happy Meal.
“There,” says Steve, “now cheer the f*** up.”
(Javier Peña is not having a good day so Steve Murphy brings him a McDonald’s Happy Meal to cheer him up. One-shot.)
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As they finally crest the hill, as was inevitable, Grogu trips — he falls backwards, arms flapping in concern, and lands on his bottom on a natural cushion of flattened grass.
Din, a few paces behind, stops and lets out a fond chuckle.
Din’s good humour fades a few moments later when Grogu doesn’t get up — he just shifts slightly, settles on the grass, his large eyes focused on the sky.
“You okay, kid?” Din asks.
(Grogu teaches Din how to stop and look up.)
One-shot.
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Strapped for cash, Sam and Dean try to turn their current predicament into crisp American dollars. Outsider POV. Drabble.
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- Part 5 of Supernatural Drabbles
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"There's a flash of bright light from one of the rooms across the lot. 423, shiny black Chevy parked at the door." Outsider POV. Drabble.
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- Part 4 of Supernatural Drabbles
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The creature tilts its head, uncomprehending, as its prisoner rambles on. Drabble.
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- Part 3 of Supernatural Drabbles
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 100
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 4
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