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Mad Keeps the Dark Out by fierce_brainwash
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Sword & Shield | Pokemon Sword & Shield Versions
23 Aug 2025
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It starts like a fairytale: late-night calls, stolen time, promises whispered in the dark. Raihan thinks he’s finally found the kind of love worth building a life around.
Until it isn’t.
Until the texts stop, the silences stretch, and “focused on his career” becomes code for leaving Raihan behind. The break doesn’t come clean — it shatters.What follows is messier: grief, notebooks full of unsent words, and nights where even food won’t stay down. Healing isn’t quick. It’s Piers dragging him outside when he can’t breathe, Marnie kicking down walls, kids in Spikemuth making him laugh when he thought he’d forgotten how. It’s headlines, slip-ups, new scars, and old wounds reopening.
But somewhere between the rubble and the spotlight, Raihan learns what it means to love without losing himself — and that sometimes the one who stays through the worst is the one worth fighting for.
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The story of how Raihan falls in love, breaks apart, and stitches himself back together — with Piers at his side.Bookmarked by briarsworn
12 Nov 2025
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“Please don’t slam the books.” A stern voice cuts through the stillness.
Phainon jumps in fright, clutching at his chest to will his heartbeat to slow as he turns to face the person who interrupted his brooding. As soon as he takes in what’s before him, he forgets how to think.
A man stands across from him, arms folded neatly across his chest, watching him behind a pair of simple black frames that suggest he’s already written Phainon off as a lost cause. He’s sharp and poised, biceps bulging even beneath his loose-fitting jumper, and the worn edges of the neckline leave a sliver of his clavicle on display that Phainon can’t seem to look away from.
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or, in another life, come and visit me at my library.
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Bookmarked by briarsworn
30 Aug 2025
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Mydei almost snorts at the way Phainon’s jaw clenches, invisible to an untrained eye.
“Perhaps another time?” Phainon laughs easily, placing himself at Mydei’s side and smoothly extracting him from the woman’s grip. He places his hand on Mydei’s nape in a friendly manner, tugging lightly on his hair. “We have some important business to attend to right now. Sorry to take Mydei here away from you, I’m sure he was having the time of his life.”
or; 5 times Phainon is a jealous and possessive idiot over Mydei, and 1 time Mydei returns the favor
Translation into Russian (Русский) available: here
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- Part 1 of bound by the stars
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19 Aug 2025
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Deliverer: I think some introspection would do you well, Prince.
xPrince: I appreciate the concern, Deliverer, but I don't think pointing out the truth warrants such a thing.
Deliverer: I believe it does. You’re looking awfully pot shaped right now.
xPrince: ?
Deliverer: The idiom the pot calling the kettle black?
xPrince: Sorry the brain cells I have left from speaking with you were struggling to form a connection.
Deliverer: Accidental self burn?
xPrince: Focus on your leveling noob.
Deliverer: So you're resorting to name calling because you can't think of a good retort. Cute.
An AU where the heirs have a guild together in a game called Saga of Heroes.
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- Part 1 of caught in the static
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Bookmarked by briarsworn
17 Aug 2025
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It's been nearly four years now, and Emil is fine. Emil is great, in fact. Maybe there are still some nights when he can't sleep--and half a year of his life that he can't allow himself to remember--but he's moved on from the past. He's happy with his life now. He's a success. He has a beautiful girlfriend who wants to marry him. How else could you describe such a life but happy? What else could he possibly be missing?
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- Part 1 of Coming Together
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Bookmarked by briarsworn
11 Aug 2025