Theseus_Praeternatural
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The Night is Always Darkest Before the Dawn by Theseus_Praeternatural
Fandoms: Team Fortress 2
13 Sep 2025
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Then, one night while he was staying up looking at the stars and making up names for the constellations he’d forgotten, Mick had seen a dingo in the distance beelining it for their sheep pen. He hadn’t even thought, just ran to grab the freshly-oiled rifle leaning against the wall and gave it a skull piercing between the eyes at a mile off.
The range was extended after that.
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Sniper reflects on his time with his parents before he transitioned, how he picked up marksmanship (which led to being a hired gunman), his farewell to his parents, and getting he closure he desperately wanted.My portion for this year's Big Bang! Art made by the amazing mbumblebuzz!
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- Part 2 of Mick Mundy's Identity Struggles
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Of Finding One's Self (back where you began) by Theseus_Praeternatural
Fandoms: Team Fortress 2
05 Dec 2024
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It feels like those nights back in Australia. When he had still been figuring himself out. Sometimes the nights would bring with them too much. Too much tension with his parents, with his father specifically. They never yelled, but the air would get thick and Mick would find himself staring at his own feet to avoid snapping at his father. It wasn’t good for anyone to talk back, it would only make everyone angry for longer. That tension, the anger he would bottle up in the moment, the sadness it would churn up when it felt that his father wasn’t proud of him.
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- Part 1 of Mick Mundy's Identity Struggles
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Of Guilt & Responsibilities (and how we move on with them) by Theseus_Praeternatural
Fandoms: Dying Light (Video Game), Dying Light 2: Stay Human
28 Dec 2023
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Unit 4-04 was never the “safe” unit to be in. They were elite, well-known, and high on the totem pole. They were one of the Major’s strike teams, sent out on the most dangerous and important missions.
It was meant to be a safe mission. A lie, they all knew (nothing was ever as simple as it should be these days), but it was never meant to end like this.
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Or, Rowe reflects on himself, his unit, and everything in the last few months that culminated into one no-good, very bad, horrible mission doomed to crash and burn like a bomb on a timer.
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The Fall of the Shrew by Theseus_Praeternatural
Fandoms: Dying Light (Video Game), Dying Light 2: Stay Human
21 Dec 2023
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The first thing Aiden registers is that he could really use a drink of water. He coughs, throat like sandpaper and he swallows dryly, tasting the dust that had settled on his tongue.
The second thing Aiden registers as he reaches out is that he was not, in fact, at his room in the Fish Eye, despite his first thought being so.
The third thing Aiden recognizes in his frantic scan of his surroundings is that he is utterly, completely, fucked.
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Or, Aiden Caldwell experiences a mix of pilgrim luck, the disadvantages of not being a local, and his own specific mix of misfortune in the most dramatic way possible. Luckily, he has someone to pull him out of the deep once the dust has settled.
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5 times Shane helped Ryan out of a panic attack by Theseus_Praeternatural
Fandoms: Buzzfeed Unsolved (Web Series)
13 Aug 2020
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...And the 1 time Ryan did the same back
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Dude's autopsy report after he commits suicide in 1997. It's just that. This isn't even a story. Brief mention of the elementary school he shows up to at the end of the original game but he doesn't hurt any kids.
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22 Feb 2026
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Compiled requests from tumblr and ao3. Various Dudes and various themes.
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16 Feb 2026
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Tommy thinks it's natural to view the people around you as some sort of family.
He doubts anyone in his new group sees him as family, especially with how new he is to it, but Doc reminds him so much of his Pa, it was bound to slip out somehow.
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28 Jan 2026
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His tone is so joyful. He reaches forward and grabs 10k face by the jaw, holding it so tight the sniper fears he’ll break.
“Now you will only be making this worse for yourself, so hold still.”
And as he reaches forward with his other hand, it suddenly comes into focus. It’s a spoon, heading towards his eye. Panic intensifies beyond his control, tears form, his body trembles. He pulls desperately against the man’s hand, trying to avoid the utensil.
“No- No! please, please don’t,” he begs, words bubbling up over the blood in his mouth. This is the only time he would ever beg, “Don’t- don’t take my eyes please!”
“Aww,” the man cooed, affectionally patting his face, “We aren’t taking your eyes . . . just one of them.”
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27 Jan 2026
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When the group gets drugged for supposedly nefarious purposes, it somehow becomes Murphy's job to babysit 10K when he's hit the hardest. Surprisingly, it's not as terrible as he had expected.
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27 Jan 2026