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"Childe," comes Zhongli's wonderfully sonorous voice. "I don't believe I tell you often enough just how grateful I am to have you here."
Childe had swallowed hard. What he would have given to hear those words from him. Even knowing how this would end, he cannot guarantee he will not go reckless lengths to hear such sentiments from the god's lips once more, even if he knows them to be but pretense.
His breath hitched as Zhongli shifted so that their sides were pressed to each other. His face was closer now when he turned towards Childe, eyes dazzling as they looked right into Childe's.
Now, Childe is standing much too far away to see if Zhongli's eyes truly had flitted down to his lips as he liked to imagine they had. He watches the scene with bated breath; if he concentrates hard enough, he can almost feel the warmth of Zhongli's breath on his lips once more, the burning of blood as it courses through his veins in anticipation. From the angle he's watching, it almost looks like it happened, with his own back to him and Zhongli looking at him with a gaze so adoring.
A heartbroken Childe goes to the past after the 1.1 fiasco to see if he and Zhongli really had anything. (They did).
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18 Feb 2026
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under the snow, spring by plot_hole_ventilation
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
16 Jun 2025
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The first taste of autumn is in the air when Xiao first receives the order.
Retirement, it says, written in the inexorable and utterly recognizable script of Rex Lapis, the rest of the contract written formally and his seal stamped over the dried ink. He had done enough, Xiao had done enough—it had said—and his duties were discharged now, to let him have a little of the hard-won peace, and some enjoyment of it. And maybe—the contract stated in the kindest possible terms—maybe Xiao could have a new life of his own, just like Rex Lapis, as though he was hatched anew.
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For VenXiao Mini Bang 2025!- Language:
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20 Jun 2025
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"He tastes salt in the air which stings his lips. He has always hated the sea. It is the place where gods go to die."
When Zhongli discovers he has Hanahaki disease he decides he is going to die.
It has been two months since he gave up his gnosis and, after his betrayal, Childe must hate him, so there's no way he will ever love him back. No, it's better to choke to death on petals than to be more of a burden to the Harbinger than he already is.Bookmarked by ancientmai
06 May 2025
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After so many months passing each other in silence, Steve and Tony find a marriage counselor to try to work through their issues with communication.
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02 Oct 2024
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Bad Day Protocol by maukree for That_Spider_Smut
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)
16 Mar 2024
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When Tony considers laying down the charm on Bucky Barnes around Steve, it's not with some grand plan in mind to actually be nicer. If anything, it serves the sole purpose of pissing Steve off.
The problem is, when Tony makes this decision—this half-cocked, spur-of-the-moment resolution to dial up the harmless flirt offensive—he doesn't pause to consider the potential fallout. Honestly, not for a second does he entertain the thought that this could backfire so spectacularly, not just with Bucky, but with Winter too.
Tony has no clue how he lets it get this far, but it’s not just his own fault. Not. Alright?
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23 May 2024
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silent song by crimson_agate
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
06 Feb 2024
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(totk) Link finds Kass standing next to Lover's Pond, playing his accordion just like he used to.
“You can tell me anything, friend. This conversation stays between you and me.”
Link shakes his head, because he can shoot a Gleeok thrice in the eye but he can’t ever find the right words. Luckily, he’s in the company of a poet.
“You miss her.”
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12 Apr 2024
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Helicarrier, Revisited by hopelessheathen (ElspethMcGillicuddy)
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe
02 Sep 2021
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Biding his time on the helicarrier, Loki is visited in his cell by Anthony Stark—but not the version that he was expecting.
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09 Feb 2024
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What the King Would Give by dayhaven
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Video Game)
19 Jul 2021
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“I know you understand duty too well to believe your job is over, but, Link,” the King says his name, and Link becomes even more nervous, now. “You saved everyone in Hyrule. You deserve a vacation, don’t you think? Perhaps a title? Tell me how I can repay you for your service, please.”
Link knows what he wants to ask for. He’s known for a while now, actually. He wants that house across the bridge in Hateno Village, the new one. He wants the black castle horse, Charcoal, who he’s ridden ever since being assigned to his current post. Most of all, he wants to take a certain blonde Princess with him to that house in Hateno on the back of that black horse, so she can spend her days at Purah’s tech lab and her nights in his arms, and he never wants to have to leave her ever again.
Even if by some Goddess-given miracle, the Princess wanted Link the way he wanted her, and the King was somehow okay with that, he doesn’t think the King would give him that.
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27 Aug 2023
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i was meant for the stage by forgetpoundgivemekoenig
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
17 Feb 2023
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Traditionally, Agni Kai were fought privately.
The Fire Sages believed that Agni Kai were intended to be fought in front of Agni only, calling on the divine spirit to punish the wrong and to vindicate the right. They were to begin at dawn and last no longer than mid-day - the times when Agni's power was considered to be greatest. They were to be fought in the open, under Agni's light. And they were to be fought between only those of the age of majority, as this was the age at which people were determined to be wise enough to stand before divinity.
Traditionally, they were held only in the summer - any Agni Kai conducted in the other seasons was considered to be forfeit. In those instances where an Agni Kai was fought in the spring, or fall, or summer, both of the combatants were duly punished for their folly.
Zuko was thirteen when he entered the theater for the first time - a few years short of the age of majority, as it had been set centuries ago. It was early evening, he remembers because his hands were shaking too badly to hold his fork at dinner. And it had been winter - a month or two shy of his fourteenth birthday. By all rights, both combatants should have been punished for their folly.
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01 Aug 2023
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To be good at politics, you have to understand people; Zuko’s perception of his own skill in this regard swings wildly on a pendulum between ‘hey I’m actually pretty good at this’ and ‘why am I such a fucking idiot’.
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- Part 3 of Zuko vs. Adults
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20 May 2023
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Sins of the Father by AvocadoLove
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
23 Aug 2015
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Written for the WinterIron Bang.
Tony's practically become an old hat at being taken hostage, but something's fishier than usual this time around: his captor looks twenty-eight but claims to know Howard Stark, the NYPD negotiator is a SHIELD plant, and what's this about a fleet of helicarriers set to launch? (TWS AU.)
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- Part 1 of Our Sins
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14 May 2023
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Prisoner's Dilemma by AvocadoLove
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
31 Dec 2014
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After taking the airplane down in the Arctic, Steve wakes to find himself imprisoned as a human test subject. With no idea where in the world he is, his only ally is a fast-talking inventor in the cell next door. Something’s off about Tony that Steve can’t put his finger on, and it’s obvious Tony doesn't fully trust him either. But to escape they may not have a choice…
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14 May 2023
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One Hundred and Five Percent by IamShadow21 for copperbadge
Fandoms: Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel
29 Nov 2013
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“I need a shower,” Pepper says, gathering together a ragged semblance of her usual poise. “And...clothing, really, much more clothing, and don't even say it.”
“I didn't say anything. I wasn't going to-”
“I know you were because I heard... oh God. I can hear your thoughts,” Pepper says, sounding utterly dismayed.
Tony can't help the apologetic smile that slips onto his face. Hi, he thinks at her.
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29 Apr 2023
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“Blessed Spirit, we thank you for the gift of this child’s life. We are forever in your debt.” The whole village is kneeling now, even the tiniest toddlers flopped down on their stomachs doing their best approximation of a bow. “Please, won’t you give us a name to call you? We would like to properly express our gratitude.”
Oh.
Well shit.
(Where Zuko saves a little Earth Kingdom girl from drowning, the villagers think he's a Spirit, build him a shrine, and long story short, a fake story about the Blue Spirit who dances with dragons suddenly becomes very real.)
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29 Mar 2023
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Blind by FloraOne
Fandoms: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Anime & Manga)
30 Sep 2020
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Sailor Moon loved Tuxedo Mask, and Tuxedo Mask loved Sailor Moon, and nothing in the whole world terrified Tsukino Usagi more. Written for Smutember2020
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23 Jan 2022
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(Never) Forget Who You Are by mindbending for MuffinLance
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
04 Jan 2021
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“Hello, my name is Joo Lee,” says a young man in cheery spring green, his smile stretched to the point of pain. “I have been given the great honor of showing the Avatar around Ba Sing Se.”
“Zuko?!”
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21 Dec 2021
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While Mighty Oaks Do Fall by WitchofEndor for distractedKat
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
26 Sep 2024
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High Sage Kenji blesses Fire Prince Zuko with the resilience of the reed, who bends in the wind and never breaks. When he is done, Fire Prince Ozai narrows his eyes, seemingly displeased by this blessing. But Kenji does not speak for himself; he is only a vessel.
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The newly-crowned Fire Lord Ozai offers his firstborn son to service in the temple.
This turns out to be a catastrophic mistake.
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28 Nov 2021
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this love burns so yellow (becoming orange and in its time, exploding) by meliebee
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
16 Jun 2020
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Ten months after Zuko is crowned at seventeen, he faces his first coup.
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22 Oct 2021
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The Culling of the Stars by dirigibleplumbing for frostfall
Fandoms: Marvel (Comics), Marvel 616
11 Jan 2021
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Tony dies saving Steve's life on the courthouse steps. Now Steve is left with the fallout of their Civil War, expected to take charge and preserve Tony's legacy. He doesn't know how he can do it alone—not when he can't stop thinking about Tony, or keep track of the days, or even feel.
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15 Sep 2021
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No one is supposed to survive the date written on their skin. And yet Tony's numbers keep piling up.
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09 Sep 2021