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The Popcorn Thief by returnofthegray
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
12 Aug 2023
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Fitz didn't really want to go to camp. He'd only gone because Biana wanted to (his parents forced him to), and even then, the only things that made it worthwhile were the Volleyball Court and the snacks. He'd also somehow managed to become the leader of all the Odd numbered cabins, which meant that under No Circumstances, was he to interact with anyone from an Even cabin.
But on a hot summer Tuesday, he finds that his beloved snack has been taken away from him, and a note had been left in his place. His friends thought he had a secret admirer. The note claims that they want to be Fitz's friend.
So Fitz replies. He really enjoys his playful banter with the Popcorn Thief, almost as much as he enjoys it when the blonde boy from the Even cabins bothers him, a grin bright on his face.
But as the conflicts increase between the two teams of cabins, Fitz finds that associating himself with an even cabin member is getting riskier and riskier. His feelings for the popcorn thief have grown, and only continue to, which means Fitz has to make a choice: the thief, or his cabin. -
the spark before the blaze by returnofthegray
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
13 May 2022
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fourteen year old fitz vacker has a secret. he is a telepath, and has a unique ability to hear the thoughts of everyone around him- something that he’s never known how to explain, and has made him an outcast, even in his own family.
but everything changes the day he meets sophie, a mysterious girl who appears out of nowhere and figures out his secret within a matter of seconds. he discovers there’s somewhere he does belong, and staying where he is will put him in grave danger. in the blink of an eye, fitz is forced to leave everything behind and start a new life in a place that is vastly different from his own.
fitz has new rules and skills to learn, and not everyone is thrilled with his “homecoming”. there are secrets buried in fitz’s memory, secrets that other people desperately want.
would even kill for...
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Little Fires Everywhere by juurensha
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
24 Oct 2021
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Megumi had just finished watching the Nanako and Mimiko’s latest palette swatch video that they had been constantly spamming his phone with and settled in for a reread of one of his favorite books, when in walked the hottest man Megumi had ever seen in his life.
Or firefighter Itadori Yuuji walks into the bookstore Fushiguro Megumi works at to get a book as a gift for his cousin, and keeps coming by afterwards.
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dreamless dreams by like_vines
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
22 Jun 2022
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Five years. It’s been five years of him dreaming about Inumaki Toge.
(soulmate au in which you meet and interact with each other in your dreams. However, only one person remembers the dreams when they wake up—the other person only remembers who you are when they’re dreaming.)
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- Part 2 of ottoge week 2022
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20 Feb 2026
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my blessing; my love. by toomanyonions
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
03 Feb 2022
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the one where:
megumi needs a date for christmas.
his roommate, yuuji, agrees.alternatively:
the one where yuuji learns about love, and how to grow with it.
I used to think your name was 愛, you know. Instead of 惠. Love, not blessing. I heard Megumi, and I dunno why my brain just automatically filled it in for me, because — because I thought it suited you. Love.- Language:
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19 Feb 2026
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i was confident alone (now my heart's craving another) by noctetsai
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
16 Jul 2024
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Yaga levels them all with a look. "You're being reassigned."
Shoko sighs. Oh boy.
Twin scrapes can be heard as Satoru and Suguru leap up, voices overlapping in protest.
or, Satoru and Suguru get separate assignments; this is widely considered a bad move
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18 Feb 2026
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wait a minute while i make you mine (super shy) by persimmonsandcats
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
21 Jun 2024
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The guy holds a finger up at Yuuta and it’s gently menacing, the way he waves it in Yuuta’s face, the way his eyes say stay still without him having to say anything at all. When he seems certain Yuuta isn’t going to move, he redirects his attention to his phone and types furiously. Yuuta vaguely notices his thin gold rings, the fact that a few of the guy’s nails are painted black, scraped up like he uses his hands a lot and hadn’t bothered to repaint them.
Then the guy shoves his phone in Yuuta’s face.
Yuuta goes a little cross-eyed trying to see it. He puts his hand on the guy’s wrist to steady the phone and pull it away from his face so he can actually see whatever he is being shown. Yuuta realizes, once his fingers connect around the guy's slim wrist, overlapping a little, that touching him like this is pretty forward of Yuuta– but also this dude is shoving a phone in his face, so maybe it’s fine.
The phone is open to the notes app and says:
i’m mute. i literally can’t talk pretty much at all. stop running away from me, asshole. why are you so freaky fast?
“Uh.” Yuuta says.
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06 Feb 2026