19 Works by flamesbegin
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always an angel, never a god by flamesbegin
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
27 Jan 2026
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“you know what?” shane starts, half terrified, voice filled with bravado he doesn’t yet feel, “there’s a place nearby that makes the best chicken parmesan. i’ve always wanted to take you.”
he wants to take the words back as soon as he speaks them, but the smile that blossoms in ilya’s face feels monumental. shane feels his heartbeat quicken, and hopes his face shows a confidence he’s not sure he possesses.
or: shane tries to be brave. ilya just loves him.
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robin buckley's guide to mind-reading (and getting the girl) by flamesbegin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jan 2026
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Kill me now, Robin thinks to herself. I’ve lived enough.
Steve’s eyes are as wide as her own, slowly turning towards Tammy while stifling a laugh. The prick.
Tammy’s thoughts continue, oblivious to Robin’s turmoil. Woah. Can a single summer really make that much of a difference? When did she get this hot? Was I out of town for that?
Wait. Rewind. What?
or: robin buckley, newly a mind-reader, faces an old crush - with unprecedented results.
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dane solari,
his handwriting is illegible. the name stares back at him almost mockingly, daring him to continue.
or: in the quiet of the night, after a humbling loss, finn lunare writes a letter he'll never send.
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it doesn't mean your life is over; i'll always be around by flamesbegin
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
04 Dec 2025
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"are you ever gonna let me in?" sethos asks in a quiet but firm voice. green eyes glow bright, rivaled only in brightness by the moon that illuminates the desert. they hold a thousand more questions, unanswered.
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Wakatoshi couldn’t help but think to himself, once more, how fortunate he has been. To find a semblance of companionship, so far from home, in the borrowed time he had before facing off against newer giants.
or: ushijima wakatoshi faces an unlikely relationship, as told through snapshots.
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“can i finish mine or…” kentarou trails off, entirely teasing, voice now uncharacteristically lighthearted.
shigeru grips his wrist before kentarou can bring the eyeliner back to his own eyes, forcing them to a standstill.
“nah,” shigeru’s voice is equally as light, almost batting his long, ridiculous eyelashes, “do mine first.”
or: kentarou, shigeru and the delicate art of friendship.
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tobio is not used to animals liking him.
it’s actually a known fact: animals hate him. he doesn’t know if it’s his approach or general appearance, but this has been plaguing him all of his life. it used to bother him endlessly, how they would slowly skirt away from him no matter how carefully he approached them, no matter how friendly he attempted to seem.
so, imagine his surprise when a small, black cat starts following him home.
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their arrangement turns out to be pretty simple. they’re friends. who stay up texting each other almost every day. who go to and from practice together. who often share their lunches with each other. who pair together in every opportunity they have.
friends who, sometimes, with varying degrees of frequency… kiss.
but they are just friends.
or: reon and eita, on growing together, apart and back to each other.
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as he loaded the page from the caption, he realized that doom scrolling on your ex’s new girlfriend’s instagram page was a low hajime didn’t think he was going to hit tonight. but alas, his plans never quite worked out.
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- English
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- 1,154
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
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“you’re in love with me because you like playing with me?,” shouyou can’t help but ask, incredulous.
“i’m in love with you the same way i’m in love with volleyball,” tobio replies, matter of factly. shouyou feels his lips part in surprise, a soft oh accidentally slipping from them.
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what if your eyes looked up and met mine (one more time) by flamesbegin
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
28 Jun 2024
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grieving a relationship that barely had time to exist isn’t in his calendar, and the nation can’t come second to his heartbreak. the saltiness in the air almost makes up for the tears he can’t shed, but even so the knot in his throat refuses to ease.
or: zuko and sokka don’t get it right on the first try.
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that’s another development too. he thinks about tobio. constantly, if he’s being honest with himself. shouyou didn’t even notice it at first, thought he missed everyone the same and was just consumed with it; but when he does realize it, it’s everywhere he looks.
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“why do you,” chrissy’s voice starts and trails off into the darkness that surrounds them.
“why do i… why do i look like this now?” nancy guesses, since chrissy has been dancing around the topic ever since eddie reintroduced them a few months back.
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To anyone looking from the outside it seems that, since birth, Tabitha Thompson had the soul of a popstar.
Or: Tammy Thompson faces her dreams, love, loss and freedom.
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“he didn’t even fucking raise me, isn’t that ironic?,” steve asks, and it should perhaps be uttered with as much anger as he could muster, but that’s not how they come out. they tumble out of his mouth, misjointed, awkward, timid. as if the feeling is asking for permission to exist, “how the fuck do i have his rage, still?”
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my sanity is spent (tell me where my time went) by flamesbegin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Jan 2024
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hallucination, flayed or zombie, this is her fucking best friend, and she’s taking him home and helping him take a shower, goddamnit. his hair looks a mess.
“we’ve never faced shapeshifters, right, steve? so. if you get up right now, i’m sure we can all explain what’s happening here. it’s okay. it’s so okay, y’know?”
robin barely finishes her sentence before steve’s hands go around her neck, her breath getting cut short.
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Or: Steve Harrington never meant to die young and get blamed for a series of murders. Wayne Munson never meant to nurse him back to health. They’re just doing the best they can.
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- Part 2 of kas!steve & related stories
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eddie blinks a couple of times. drags his hand across his face a couple more to make sure he’s seeing things correctly, because on top of eddie’s old, dirty, stained sheets is a small cat. a small, very angry looking orange cat.
a small, very angry looking orange cat that steve is currently holding a staring contest against. the guy keeps looking intensely at it, and it clicks to eddie that they’ve been hissing at each other for god knows how long before he got home.
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- Part 1 of kas!steve & related stories
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“thanks, guys. yeah, i’m pretty sure. kissing a dude and wanting to do it again and again doesn’t leave much room for interpretation, does it?”
eddie lets out a choked sound like it’s been punched out of him and steve looks extremely concerned. jeff counts to ten in his head and imagines he’s holding eddie munson’s decapitated head.
or: steve gets himself a boyfriend. eddie is dealing with it as well as everyone expected.
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if she were more poetic, she could write songs about kanoka’s beauty. in fact, it almost made her want to learn how to compose, so she could immortalize this very moment through art. The Beginning of Us, or something equally as cheesy and cliche.
or: a snapshot of hitoka and kanoka’s first official date.