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The Literary Agent's Case by tweedisgood
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
10 Jun 2012
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Arthur Conan Doyle wants to right wrongs and save a damsel in distress. He's looked at the case from every angle but failed to find the culprit. Now he really has touched bottom: he's come cap in hand to Sherlock Holmes. Worse, he's a man with a secret - but then, so is Holmes.
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The Aria of Wolves by Empress_Irony for Tommyginger
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV)
11 May 2016
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"Just as Sansa's red hair was beginning to bleed through Alayne's black tresses, so did Sansa's thoughts begin to grow through Alayne's..."
A bastard wanders her father's keep and finds a little more than she intended.
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The arrangement forged between Thrawn and Pryce is working beautifully, exceeding all expectations. However, suspicions begin to present themselves and Pryce finds that she and Thrawn will have to portray a more convincing picture of a couple head over heels for each other.
Pryce is not prepared for the swell of emotions she is feeling and tries to rein in control.
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She wakes from dreams of fire and blood. From one nightmare into another.
"Everything's fine. Go back to sleep, Tyrion."A girl born of snow and winter, a wolf among dragons and lions. Sansa does not belong. Her heart yearns for the feel of a cold Northern wind. A Stark. A Direwolf. She will never belong here… but she's here for a reason. As dawn breaks over the Red Keep, Sansa Lannister steels herself, tucking the wolf down deep inside, and dons her coat of gold, preparing to reenter the lion’s den.
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A pair, once wed, meets on a snowy wall.
A request is made, a plea denied.
A single word; a name.
“Tyrion”
A secret shared. A simple thing. -
Kings and Queens of Promise by WinterSong247
Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
19 Jun 2020
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Myrcella Baratheon wakes up next to a very naked Robb Stark, a King in the North, but to her a boy she knew once when her family visited Winterfell ages ago. How they ended up in a compromising position when she was supposed to be on her way to Dorne and he on his way to chop off some Lannisters' heads is a million golden dragons question.
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A Real Relationship by tammyisobsessedwith for ravenadottir
Fandoms: Love Island (Video Game)
21 May 2022
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After coming back from Casa Amor, you're shook to the core that Ibrahim recoupled with someone else even though the two of you had been together since the beginning until Lucas had coupled up with you just before you and the other girls went away. After confronting Ibrahim about all he'd done and said, you're left disappointed and wondering what's your place in the Villa and in the game of Love Island. But you didn't become an ace online gamer and made a career out of it for nothing and it's about time you show off your gaming skills. But is it all a game or are you about to start blurring the lines of what is real and what is play-pretend to the public when you team up with a certain pastry chef?
A different twist on the Season 2 storyline where MC takes back control of the narrative after being pied off by Ibrahim.
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An Avengers Playthrough: Spider-Man PS5 by SonnieCelanna
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Video Games 2018-2020), Insomniac's Spider-Man
27 May 2022
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It's Peter Parker's birthday and the Avengers just want to celebrate their youngest member but when Natasha Romanoff finds a Playstation 5 case on their doorstep with Peter's name on it, attatched to a picture of Spider-Man, things take a turn no one is expecting for the night.
[Avengers Play Spider-Man PS5.]
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Kassam - the internationally acclaimed DJ King with a complicated past marked by trauma and too much pain, who puts his mind above his emotions and who is usually not only hella sarcastic but also very cynical.
What’s he doing on Love Island? The simple answer is: he is not looking for love, no. He's here to prove the world wrong, because he doesn't believe in finding love on a TV show. In fact, he doesn't believe in love at all, not anymore.
But he hasn't included Aaliyah in his calculation. Because she is about to turn his whole life upside down.Alternating POV's of Kassam and Aaliyah
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In Dreams by Lemonsky4
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
30 Dec 2024
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While dealing with the nightmarish court of King Aerys, young Jaime Lannister dreams of a woman that is most certainly not his beloved sister. The woman with the black hair and hazel eyes haunts Jaime, yet he doesn't know who she is.
As Robert's Rebellion unfolds, Jaime does all he can to puzzle out who this mysterious woman is, all while trying to stay alive.
With help from Elia Martell, he might just be able to survive this nightmare and thrive.
One dream at a time, though.
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"You know you want this."
Light snorts.
"Really, L? I knew you were bad at this, but that line is so overused."
L just tightens his grip on his wrists in response.
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A what if drabble where the death note falls and Light isn't the one who picks it up.
This shifts his vision and opens up his eyes to how truly corrupt the system is. Seeing you can only do so much by fighting the symptoms, he vows to eliminate its roots instead.
Ft. L as the situationship neither of them ever got over.
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Nightcord Handholds on the Tiering Leaderboard by sundeco
Fandoms: プロジェクトセカイ カラフルステージ！| Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! (Video Game)
12 Mar 2025
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“So I had this idea all of a sudden. We’ve all been playing Project Sekai for quite a while now, right? And done our fair share of tiering. But imagine this. What if we were to all tier together for the same event? And then handhold on the leaderboard?”
In which the members of N25 decide to tier the WD3 event together. Except it doesn't go quite to plan, because nothing ever does.
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Painting a canvas for tomorrow by tttThevampree
Fandoms: I Wani Hug that Gator! (Visual Novel), Goodbye Volcano High (Video Game), Snoot Game
11 Jul 2025
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A week after the Payne’s party, Olivia and gang decide to take a little trip to L’il Troodon, where they come across Mr. Iadakan and his soothsayer friend. Trying to find their future, something goes horribly wrong, and are trapped in the mind of another. Their only choice to escape is to play the game they found within the mind.
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Y-Y-Y-Y-You, it's you~ No one look good with me but you by Subaru Happiness Committee (AmaAishi)
Fandoms: Yandere Simulator (Video Game)
08 Aug 2025
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It was random and sudden, but each of the Aishi women and their future husband had been sucked away from their time. Now, in a random room, what should they do, but first of all, "who are you, and when did I have a child my age?"
Characters reacting to the game, lore, etc
Watching the show AU
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Doki Doki Literature Club Plays Doki Doki Literature Club! by Christopherweeblingjr
Fandoms: Doki Doki Literature Club! (Visual Novel)
28 Feb 2021
This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.
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28 Feb 2021
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This fic is a masterpiece.
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Old Man Consequences, tired of the relentless torment inflicted upon William Afton in the depths of his own personal purgatory, hatches a plan. A plan that could give them their 'happy ending'.
Summoning the Afton's and Emily's, he offer them an opportunity—that leaves no room for refusal—to witness their future, revealing the consequences of their actions. Will they alter the future or endure the consequences of their actions all over again?In short terms, "A reaction fic."
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Sister Location: Finished
FNAF 2: On going
FNAF 1: ...
FNAF 3 + 4: ...
FFPS + UCN: ...
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Video Games in our Shared Dreamscape by Aumica
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
21 Sep 2025
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More than 50 people, stuck within a dreamscape. More than 50 people who barely know each other and don't know what’s going on.
As a black door appears in an area in the middle of all this, two twins stand side by side.
It seems that many fates will be intertwined tonight.
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Or a genshin react fic where all playable genshin characters get to experience the genshin impact gaming experience themselves.
And suffer, of course.—
Chapter 22 excerpt
“What is wrong with his face?!”
“Your skull is built wrong!”
“Shut up!” Diluc hissed, but Kaeya continued cackling.
NOTES: This was made for fun! Don't like it? Be a decent human being, skip, and don't leave anything as you go, thanks! If I still find someone say shit like 780users, well that's just evidence that some people are terrible and some people can't read.Series
- Part 1 of Our Shared Dreamscape
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Petrified of who you are (and who you have become) by Dualogical, overthink_it
Fandoms: Slay the Princess (Visual Novel)
16 Sep 2025
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There it was, on the screen. A simple icon in black and white. A stylized heart, a dagger piercing it through without blood. It had not been there the day before.
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The Princesses find a certain game, and try to piece together what happened.
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Some to question
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Wric cosmtn ch 2 nah cant blame them fir dislike the MC
And kiwv the personality adn clsing
To be hoesnt this is the first fic I've read in the fandom si not attractive to anonymous but you made the preorns
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9n ch 3Cj q Two months and eleven days. That was how long it had been since she and the girls.. started living together in a dilapidated mansion of a house. If she was honest with herself, it seemed to be getting bigger by the day.
Everything had been going pretty well, all things considered. Sure, nobody knew where Damsel got all that money from visiting her boy, nor how the house they were in still had electricity and water, but it was nice. It was one of those things that they didn’t talk about.
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Ooo love skeptic siding with cain on the memory loss thing, makes so much sense with both their views towards emotion. "he thinks he's in pain. I can show him he's not" CAIN THAT IS NOT HEALTHY! get some therapy jeezCh 14 comments
This is so sweet I love this. Gonchi is so nice and supportive of quiet, so many fics I’ve read portray him as just wanting to fight all the time, this is the stubborn I saw when he cried over quiets poetry. This is the side of stubborn I love seeing in fics.