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I'll Meet You Outside by bobs, fractions for MadamDarcy, PurpleCadet
Fandoms: Severance (TV)
31 Dec 2025
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The Mark and Helena lookalikes at the door smile pleasantly, and for a moment, the four of them just stare at each other. It’s bizarre, like looking in some kind of mirror, but also not. Then, lookalike Mark shakes his head like he’s just remembered he’s supposed to say something.
“Oh, hello there,” he says pleasantly. His voice is a little higher-pitched than Mark’s own. “We heard you two have a few questions that we might be able to help with.”
The Helena lookalike gives them a quick once-over and then smirks. “You might want to get dressed for this.”
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After the events of Chapter 12 of I'll Meet You There, Mark and Helena are visited by their alternate selves from Outside With You and are offered some...very specific advice.
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“You got to be kidding me,” she breathes when she opens her eyes and finds herself lying on her back on what she’s fairly sure is ice.
Mark’s face appears above hers, his eyes swimming with concern. “Whoa, are you okay?”
Helena nearly growls at him and his eyes immediately widen when she pushes herself to a seated position.
“Did you ever consider that strapping a pair of metal blades to the feet of a person who might undergo a sudden switch in identities might not be the best idea?”
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Helena refuses to celebrate Christmas with Mark, but somehow she keeps appearing during all of Mark and Helly's cute Christmas plans.
Written for the MarkHelly Secret Santa Exchange
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“I’m decorating for Halloween,” Mark says, gesturing to the inflatable ghost on the lawn, the fake spiderwebs and decorations on the front porch of their little house.
“Oh,”Helena says with a little shrug. “I didn’t know that there were special decorations.”
“Really?”
“Well I’ve never celebrated Halloween before.”
“Wait, you've never celebrated Halloween?” he asks in disbelief. “Like…ever?”
or, Mark helps a reintegrating Helena celebrate her first Halloween.
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“Helly!” Mark grins at her, relief palpable on his face and she’s immediately taken aback. “Oh my God. Are you okay?”
He steps even closer and she instinctively wants to back up. She doesn't do this. People don’t come into her personal space. She isn't greeted with a warm smile or open arms. But she quickly smooths her expression into something resembling relief, tries to remember that Helly cares for this innie.
He’s so warm, so close, and real when he wraps his arms around her. She’s frozen for a moment in the embrace, her arms hanging uselessly over his shoulders, all of her senses overwhelmed because when was the last time someone hugged her?
But then she reminds herself: they aren’t people. They might look and sound and feel like it, but they’re not. And so she carefully tightens her arms around him like Helly would, curious about his reaction.
Or, a look into Helena's mind as she spends more than three days on the severed floor.
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It starts with a nosebleed.
Helly hovers nearby, the image of blood smeared on his cheek still fresh in her mind. Miss Huang's voice fades to a dull hum as her gaze catches on Mark's hand, his fingers wrapped around the edge of the desk. Her mind immediately flashes to exactly where that hand was not even an hour ago, and she's sure her face is flushed as she recalls how wonderful he made her feel.
Everything since she returned to the severed floor has been a nightmare that she can’t escape, but this. This is one good thing. Something that belongs just to her and Mark.
Something that no one can take away from her.
But then Miss Huang suddenly calls out Mark's name, her voice shrill with panic. When Helly looks at him, his face is paler than it should be, his gaze vacant, and a thick tendril of fear slithers through her veins.
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or, Mark forgets bit by bit.
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There's something lingering under Helly’s skin when she steps off the elevator. It's a feeling she can't quite place but it bleeds into her pores, settling over her like a heavy blanket. Something like melancholy. Apprehension. Dread.
The last thing she remembers is the feeling of cold seeping into her bones as she trembled beside a nearly frozen lake, wet hair dripping down her neck, shivering despite the warmth of Mark's arms wrapped tightly around her. Fresh air burning her nostrils. Rocks digging into her shins as she panted heavily, attempting to catch her breath from an experience she didn't fully understand.
And now she's here.
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or, Helly tries to understand what happened after the OTC.
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in the cracks of light, i dreamed of you by bobs for americanhoney913
Fandoms: Twister (Movies 1996 2024)
11 Dec 2024
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He doesn’t usually have trouble falling asleep, but he lies there for a long time, eyes wide open and tracing the shadows dancing on the ceiling, listening to the sounds of the house settling at night, the rustling of sheets, the—
There’s a long moment where he lies still, uncertain. But an insistent tugging in his gut drags him out of bed, the wood floor cool under his bare feet.
“Hey,” he says softly, and she doesn’t move, doesn’t reply, but there’s a slight stiffening in her shoulders and so he knows that she heard him. The living room is still dark, a slant of moonlight cutting across the middle, and it feels like a line he’s not quite sure he should cross.
or, two times tyler sees kate through a nightmare
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The wind whispers through the trees, through the cracks in the old wood planks of the barn. It whispers across her skin, cooling the tear tracks lingering on her face.
She’s alone now, which is probably for the best.
There’s a knot in her stomach that won’t go away, a gnawing tangle of unease that she thinks has been there for a long time.
How much more are you gonna let this thing take?
or, Kate's return home brings up a deluge of memories and leaves her standing at the precipice of an uncertain future.
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What she refuses to admit to Javi, to herself—to anyone—is that she's terrified. But he’s encouraging instead of upset, and she swallows her fear and watches dandelion seeds float in the air, trying to ignore that the last time she did this, her friends died.
“You know I used to do that too.”
The honeyed voice coming from behind her cuts through the memories like a warm knife through butter, and she turns to find Tyler Owens sauntering in her direction. She doesn’t know a thing about him, but he rubs her the wrong way—so cocky and sure of himself, and he definitely thinks she’s some kind of amateur. But she can’t help being intrigued as they talk.
Can’t help feeding him false information either, before she goes back to Javi and makes the call with more confidence than she feels.
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tyler’s had an effect on her since the moment they met. it’s not quite the trademark tyler owens’ effect but it consumes her all the same.
or, kate works through her trauma one storm at a time and somehow tyler’s always by her side.
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She slips her hand into his, before leaning her head back against the hard seat as well. She positions their joined hands on her thigh, lacing their fingers together, and he immediately stills.
His pulse jumps as his eyes zero in on their linked hands. It’s far from the first time they’ve held hands, and considering they just kissed for the first time like a day ago, it’s not even the most romantic thing they’ve done recently.
But the way she simply sat down next to him and held his hand, pulling it into her lap like it’s something they do every day, sends his mind spinning.
And it’s not that he doesn’t want to hold her hand, because he absolutely does. He craves her attention more than he probably should, and he never wants to lose the warm feeling in his chest, but he just… doesn’t know if he deserves it.
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Or, 6 times JJ struggled with affection and 1 time he didn't.
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Her eyes meet his, shiny with tears, bottom lip trembling as she lets out a shaky breath, like she’s relieved that her secret has been set free. And she’s the strongest person he knows, will stand up for what she believes is right, has told him off in all manner of ways, and she isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. But this—this isn’t something that she can fight or scheme or talk her way out of.
He doesn’t ever recall being so overcome with emotions before, unable to stop tears from blurring his vision. And then she says words that he knows he can’t ever erase. Words that he’ll hear in the depths of his worst nightmares, the memory of her small hands on his cheeks, her tears dripping onto his fingers, a whooshing in his ears.
“I’m dying, aren’t I?”
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Or, a missing moment between episodes 7 and 8.
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It feels like things are happening in slow motion – her hair fluttering in the breeze, the blinding glint of sunlight catching on steel as the machete approaches Kiara, a resounding thwack he knows he’ll hear echo in his nightmares. Her lips part in shock as she stumbles backwards from the force of the blow, her boots skittering across the rough floor of the ship while he fights to scramble to his feet, his own head cloudy…
Everything speeds up after that. It’s blurry – flashes of light, snatches of sounds that he can’t quite pin down. Honeyed curls floating through the air. The sound of a fist connecting with flesh, a strangled “Kie” in a voice he barely recognizes as his own.
KieKieKieKieKie
He manages to struggle to his feet, powered by pure rage. He takes down the man with one solid punch to the face that carries all his fury and fear, before rushing to the edge of the ship and finding his worst nightmare below.
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Or, what if Kiara was the one who got hit with the machete?
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“Jage, I’ve been wanting to talk since we got off the island,” she says desperately, like if she just says it enough times maybe he’ll finally hear her. “We need to talk.”
Everything feels so off, and she tightens her grip around the fence as though that’s going to help her hold still when her very foundations are shaking. She’s always thought JJ was her ride or die, that they were the B team, that he was someone who’d have her back no matter what. But it’s like he’s a stranger as he backs away, arms lifting out to the sides, nodding as though she’s done exactly what he figured she would.
“What is wrong with you?” she says quietly, after he snaps some nonsense about her dad and the money clip.
“You’re really acting like you don’t care?” she calls out, louder this time, emotion making her voice crack, her eyes wide and wet. “I mean, seriously, you’re acting like I don’t care? Like, I love you, dude.”
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Or, a look at the anniversary party and the aftermath from Kiara's point of view.
jiara week day 7 - missing moment
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- Part 3 of what we didn't see
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“I’m mad at you, you know.” She doesn’t sound mad, but kinda sad instead, and JJ’s stomach churns uncomfortably.
He looks over at her and finds her staring at him. “What did I do?”
Her eyes flick to the barely healing gash on his forehead, and it throbs as though it can feel her pointed gaze.
“Oh. That.”
“Yes. That,” she bites out.
“He was swinging at you, Kie,” he says matter of factly. “I wasn’t about to let you get hurt.” It’s not rocket science. Protecting Kie is just ingrained in his veins, a part of his muscle memory.
Her throat bobs as she swallows thickly. “But you got hurt! You just fell off the side of the boat and–”
When her eyes grow shiny, he feels a tugging sensation in his gut, telling him that maybe she’s not actually mad at him. He shuffles closer, their elbows brushing, and she blinks a few times.
“And what? It was worth it, Kie.”
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Or, JJ and Kiara are both dealing with the repercussions of what happened on the Coastal Venture. A missing moment from the early days of Poguelandia.
jiara week day 7 - missing moment
jiara bingo - poguelandiaSeries
- Part 4 of what we didn't see
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“What the hell are you doing?”
“It’s called dancing in the rain, Kie,” JJ says, so light and easy it’s like he’s suddenly a different person. He holds her hand firmly and smirks, eyebrows raised at her in challenge. “I think many inspirational sayings have been written about it.”
She grits her teeth in frustration, feeling a kind of emotional whiplash. “Are you kidding me right now?”
“Oh come on, you got what you wanted,” he says, tilting his head at her. And damn him if it isn’t endearing. “Now you gotta dance with me.”
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Or, five times Kiara and JJ danced together, and one time they didn't.
jiara week day 6 - 5+1
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Kiara isn’t quite sure what she expected when she spur of the moment decided to move in with three single guys she'd never met. She figured they’d probably keep to themselves and that she wouldn’t have much in common with them. At least one was probably a slob and there would be a constant parade of girls in and out of the apartment.
To be honest, she was fifty-fifty on the whole thing working out at all, but she was desperate.
Strangely enough though, she fits in perfectly. Between the practical jokes and the late night beers, the ridiculous made up games and random road trips in the communal beat up VW van dubbed the Twinkie for reasons she's still not certain of, it’s almost like she’s always been there. Like despite all the shit that’s happened, the stress and worry and constant fighting that led her here, she was meant to end up in apartment 4D.
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Or, short on options, Kiara moves in with three single guys. [aka the New Girl AU]
jiara week day 5 - based on a book/movie/tv show
jiara bingo - roommates au -
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“Go away,” she growls, dropping her forehead back onto her knees, her arms wrapped tightly around her legs.
He should. He should leave her alone. Leave her to her grief, to mourn in private. He doesn’t know her, he has no responsibility here. There’s no way he’s gonna make anything better by staying here with her.
He backs up a little bit, although every step further just feels wrong, and he can’t make himself look away as her shoulders continue to shake. When the sound of her sobs hit his ears once more, something in his chest flip-flops again, slowing his retreat. That strange tugging sensation beside his belly button flares, his feet moving back towards her of their own accord.
With his heart pounding like it’s trying to explode from behind his ribcage, he slides down the wall to sit next to her.
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Or, JJ and Kiara meet in the emergency room when they're fourteen, and their lives are forever changed.
jiara week day 4 - au
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JJ has no idea what Luke knows about his life right now. Does he know about the gold, about El Dorado? Word spreads fast through the Cut, so he wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what dragged Luke back to the OBX after all these months.
More than anything he worries that Luke saw him and Kie arrive here together on his bike. That he knows she’s inside, that he can see what she means to him. But when he doesn’t make any mention of her, that part of him reluctantly relaxes. Luke wouldn’t waste the opportunity to needle JJ about Kie – he never has, not since they were little.
“Dad,” he says instead, his eyes darting around, always on the lookout for an escape. One that doesn’t lead Luke directly to the most precious thing that JJ’s ever had. “Thought you were in Yucatan.”
Luke shrugs, throwing his arms out to the side. “Can’t a father come and visit his son?”
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Or, Luke comes back and threatens everything that JJ's worked for.
jiara week day 3 - protective
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- Part 4 of eighteen months later
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Better to remember the way his eyes had fallen to her mouth and held there, something desperate and greedy in his gaze, and not his broken voice calling out to her across the beach as she fought against unyielding hands on her arms.
Or his hand tightening on her hip, fingers flexing like he wanted to draw her closer but wasn’t sure if he should, and not the way her heart had pounded at the sound of a gunshot outside the window, the thump of a body falling heavily to the ground.
Or her name falling from JJ’s lips, hoarse and rough and sending shivers through her body, instead of unease crawling over her skin when she was forced to team up with Rafe to escape from Singh.
She’s heard JJ say her name a million times over the years, but never once like that. Not in a way that said so much, filled with the same yearning she felt pulsing through her own body as she stood there, barely a breath away from him.
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Or, on a stolen yacht, in the middle of the ocean, JJ comes looking for Kiara. A missing moment from 3x03.
jiara week day 2 - only one bed
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- Part 2 of what we didn't see
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She’s so lost in thought, inspecting various local produce and imagining the boys’ praise when she proves that vegetables actually can taste good, a battle she’s been waging for years, that she almost runs directly into the back of him.
Her father.
She freezes, the sounds of the market fading away, immediately transported back to that moment. Being dragged across the driveway, fingernails clawing at the fence as she desperately tried to cling to her past. To what was familiar. Screaming for her parents, for anyone, to stop what was happening.
And they’d done nothing.
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Or, after an unexpected run in, Kiara finally attempts to work through what happened with her parents.
jiara week day 1 - 18 months later
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- Part 3 of eighteen months later