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Ashton knows they just have to be careful. Has to keep their expectations in reality. These folk are shit at crime, shit at navigating these parts, shit at trusting. Hell, they trust Eshteross. He has no issue running into these goopy fucking hell-caves as long as he’s getting paid. But he doesn’t like that rich asshole. Couldn’t trust him if they wanted to. Can’t trust any of them.
or, Ashton learns about trust, and the rest learn exactly what his means.
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The Fire Nation hasn't been home to him for three years. The gold-encrusted halls are as foreign to him as peace.
In which Zuko tries to settle, and more or less succeeds.
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- Part 5 of It Takes a Village verse
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Aang knows that he and the mysterious stranger who saved him are meant to be friends. Unfortunately, everyone, including the stranger, needs some convincing.
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When Azula is eight, she hears her Grandfather order her brother’s death.
When Azula is eleven, her brother dies.Series
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Zuko is dropped on the edge of the Earth Kingdom, burned, shorn, and banished. He's found again and again, and built up from ashes.
or, the earth kingdom takes a look at Zuko, asks “is anyone gonna raise that?” and doesn’t wait for an answer
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Ozai decides to rid himself of his son more permanently.
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Holding Patterns by boopboop
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
17 Feb 2026
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Shane and Ilya's peace is hard-won and devastatingly fragile. A phone call from Russia threatens to bring the whole house of cards down around them.
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- Part 2 of Duty of Care
Bookmarked by dancingstar
17 Feb 2026
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To Sleep, Perchance to Dream by papisadhu
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
11 Jan 2026
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In some cruel twist of fate, Ilya can only recall his mother’s face in his nightmares.
Bookmarked by dancingstar
09 Feb 2026
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Crashing 'Verse by WhimsicalSesquipedalian
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
10 Feb 2026
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07 Feb 2026
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Sinking While Swimming by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
09 Feb 2026
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“Maybe you don't have to-”
“Uh-uh. No backtracking now.” Hayden pointed a finger at him. “If you tell Shane, fantastic. Would love that, quite frankly, but until you do, I want those goddamn pictures, Rozanov. Am I clear?” Ilya wanted to make some quip about Pike trying to get a different kind of picture out of him, but given the circumstances... He just nodded. “Good. My kids tragically love the fuck out of you, so figure this out.” Ilya nodded again. “Alright then.”
Silence followed. Ilya eventually got up, and Hayden awkwardly walked him to the door.
“Ilya,” he said, surprising him with the first name. “I know what I say doesn’t particularly matter, and I am mainly just a fail-safe for this situation, but…” He opened the front door and clicked his tongue. “For what it’s worth, you’re a good guy and don’t deserve the shit your brain apparently puts you through.”
"I'm a married man, Pike."
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Ilya’s depression shifts into some self-harming tendencies, despite how well he can justify most of it. An unexpected cavalry comes together.
(AKA I found a story filled with sex and decided to hone in on my other favorite things: mental health and complex family dynamics)
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03 Feb 2026
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Five Conversations Yuna has with Ilya, and one conversation she has with Shane. Ch. 6: Back at the cottage.
Yuna had made checklists and organized budgets and shook coaches’ hands and learned how to negotiate and delegate and advocate, all in service of protecting and preserving Shane and this precious, enormous gift. There were a million ways for his journey to go wrong, and only one way for it to go right. She was competent, she was capable, she’d done everything right, everything by the book — and twenty years later, she feels like she didn’t rise to the moments that truly mattered. She mentored the career, at times, she did not mother the boy.
And yet Shane, a marvelous miracle all his own, had figured out those lessons anyways.
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Bookmarked by dancingstar
26 Jan 2026