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he who possesses the heart of a star by theexistentialteapot for totalnerdatheart
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
24 Dec 2020
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“You? You’re…you’re the star?” his arm extends again seemingly without realising, but now Yusuf swats his hand away. “But you’re…”
“I’m what?” Yusuf’s eyes narrow dangerously.
“I just wasn’t expecting- I mean I,” the man appears lost for words. “You’re a person.”
“Observant aren’t you.”
Stardust AU
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Back when Joe had first leaned to draw, colour had meant nothing to him. He’d had pale chalks and dark charcoals as a child and had lost hours to sweeping strokes across paving stones.
Then colour had come into his life with all the subtlety of the man at its source. The world had burst into bold tints and fierce hues; endless possibilities for him to explore and with eternity to experience it all.
[colour soulmates au]
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“King Lear,” Yusuf says proudly. “I didn’t think you were paying attention.”
“Of course she was,” Andromache interjects, “It’s a magnum opus of insults.”
Quynh grins up at her. “Oh, you worsted-stockinged knave.”
The retort is instant. “Brazen-faced varlet.”
“Ancient ruffian.”
Andromache shrugs. “Accurate.”
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29th June 1613 - London, England
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- Part 2 of fractures in time
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The church bell rings out in three joyful tones. With a sharp inhale, Joe sends a prayer skywards on the tails of doves.
Gunfire chases the echoes.
Joe is vaguely aware that Andy is dragging him backwards, snarling at his ear. They're killing them...
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21st December 1907 - Iquique, Chile
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- Part 1 of fractures in time
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"We're making Christmas memories for Jane. And what's Christmas without a little day drinking."
Jane, Zapata and Patterson trying to be festive.
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missing scenes from TLG 📖 by blankjournals
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
06 Feb 2026
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Scenes from TLG I felt deserved to be explored more. Fics can be read seperate from each other.
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09 Feb 2026
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On good days it was a low pressure system, dull and manageable.
On bad days it rolled in without notice, sharp enough to steal his breath for a second, but never long enough to justify leaving the ice. He felt the creeping increase like the buzz of static in the air before a thunderstorm, the way you could detect rain in the air long before it fell.
There was a quiet pride in that, even if he didn’t like to admit it.
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5 times Shane hides a chronic flare-up, and the 1 time he lets himself get looked after.Series
- Part 7 of hollanov aus
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03 Feb 2026
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the limitations of maddocks questions by viviolet
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
27 Dec 2025
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when shane gets the injury that would come to end his career, in the moment he’s just thankful he didn’t break his jaw.
or: shane knew, in the abstract, that one day he would play his last professional nhl game. it never occurred to him that hockey would choose that day for him.
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25 Jan 2026
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under crashing waves by boxysmiles
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
23 Dec 2025
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He's seen a few other guys get their bell rung. Has seen a couple of them get to their knees almost immediately; has seen them struggle to their feet, then almost wipe themselves out again. Has seen them kneeling with a dazed expression, trying to figure out where they are.
And has seen a couple of them lie there. He's been one of them before.
Swallowing down bile, he asks, "How long did I take to get up?"
Please have tried. Please, please, have been one of those guys kneeling almost immediately. Please have been moving. Please have let Ilya seen that.
A couple of years into playing on the same team together, Shane gets concussed. It's a little bit different this time.
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20 Jan 2026
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this is how i want to love you, cover to cover by allforyoumylove
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
11 Jan 2026
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“Don’t–” Ilya starts, already reaching, already cupping Shane’s face between both hands, thumbs warm and tender against his cheekbones like they’ve always belonged there.
Shane’s eyes are big and gorgeous and genuinely curious. “Don’t what?”
Don’t make me look like a lovesick idiot. Don’t make my heart trip over itself for a way out of my chest and into yours. Don’t say it like that—so fucking sincere—like you don’t know how devastating it is for me.
“Don’t butcher my language,” he says instead and kisses Shane’s smile hard, like reflex, like gravity, like there was never going to be another option.
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Shane sets out to learn Russian. Ilya discovers he's incapable of keeping his composure.
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11 Jan 2026