recovery isn’t linear
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Sometimes you have to go back to the beginning to heal.
The Genesis.
Dying stars give birth to so many new possibilities.
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Chan let himself feel the sensations of Hyunjin’s body grinding against his own, those beautiful thighs of his flexing with effort and shaking when Chan’s cock hit the perfect place inside of him that had him whining and mewing as he slammed himself down on it repeatedly.
When he opened his bleary eyes again, cheeks flushed and fever bubbling just underneath his skin, he was greeted with a sight. A sight that even a beautiful sunset or sunrise couldn’t hold a candle to because Hyunjin had his head back and raised up to the heavens. His neck bare and on display, his hair tossed over his sharp shoulders. Panting and moaning in a string of sound with his eyelids fluttering and his tongue lolling out with shiny spit collecting on his bottom lip- simply enjoying himself on Chan’s cock.
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What happens after the events of ‘Faded bite marks’ and where SKZ finds themselves settling down.
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- Part 3 of Faded bite marks universe
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The Anatomy Of A Broken Thing. by YourHonorTheyNeededToSuffer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
24 Apr 2025
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Katsuki Bakugo is seventeen years old, legally explosive, clinically undiagnosed (until very recently), and one deeply repressed breakdown away from spontaneous combustion.
He has a Quirk. He has trauma. He has Borderline Personality Disorder — though he hasn’t figured out what to do with that information yet besides panic and scream into the void.
He also has a Favorite Person.
His name is Izuku Midoriya.They’ve been circling each other since they were four — best friends, then enemies, then something even less stable. Izuku is the boy Katsuki first hurt and never stopped chasing. The one who saved his life when Katsuki wanted to die. The one who won’t stop looking at him like he’s still worth something — even after everything.
This is not a happy story.
It’s not soft. It’s not slow burn. It’s a trauma spiral duct-taped together with survivor's guilt, emotional co-dependence, and one unhinged idiot trying to figure out how to love without destroying everything he touches.It’s a romance, sure.
The kind that tastes like metal. The kind where saying I love you sounds more like don’t leave me.Series
- Part 1 of Borderlines.
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After a devastating accident leaves Magnus in a coma and Hikaru presumed dead, reality and dreams begin to blur. In the dreamscape, buried confessions rise. In the waking world, pain, fear, and love take center stage as they fight their way back to each other. A story of near-loss, second chances, and the quiet miracle of recovery—together. When Magnus wakes, the hardest part begins: healing in a world where they both survived. Together.
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She didn’t know the extent. by Sunsetflower95
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
10 Aug 2025
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Yelena doesn't realise how much Bob is struggling.
She doesn’t understand how bad it’s gotten, until Bob is standing a few feet away from her, peering over the edge of the roof
A fic about how healing isn’t always linear.
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Distant Shore by terrapinz
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Movie 2023), Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2024), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
08 Sep 2025
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Leo is reunited with a family he never knew he had. It’s a lot to deal with.
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In which avoidance is in the driver’s seat of Yume’s brain and she casually runs around deadpanning her problems away instead of you know… dealing with it?
Book Three of the Dream Series.
You do not have to read books one and two to understand this story. There is enough lore to connect dots.
Featuring: emotional avoidance, poor coping mechanisms, sarcasm and unauthorized vulnerability.
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- Part 3 of The Dream Series
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Instead of All the Colors That I Saw by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
10 Mar 2022
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Dick comes around to stand fully in front of him, keeping a steadying hand on Tim’s arm. “Just because you know you’re safe intellectually doesn’t mean you always feel safe,” he says softly. “It’s okay if you don’t feel safe.”
“But it’s not okay!” Tim bursts out. “Because if I don’t feel safe, then how is Jason supposed to feel safe? He shouldn’t have to feel uncomfortable just because my brain is screwed up!”
There’s a faint sound by the door, barely more than an intake of breath, and his eyes snap to the no-longer empty doorway.
Day 28 - IT’S NOT JUST IN YOUR HEAD
“Good. You’re finally awake.”| nightmares | panicSeries
- Part 10 of Whumptober 2021