DistantStorm
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From Ashes by DistantStorm
Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars - All Media Types
20 Jun 2025
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In the past, Eli Vanto rebuilds.
In the present, Mitth'raw'nuruodo goes to war.
In the spaces between, they pick up where they left off.
(Some things change. Others do not.)
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- Part 2 of From Ashes
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Reunions | i hate it when i'm by myself (i don't wanna be) by DistantStorm
Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017)
16 Feb 2025
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“Hello, Thrawn,” Eli bids him, a smile shaping his lips, the heat he feels in his chest echoed in the curve of his mouth, the way his eyes resist the urge to gloss over with some amalgamation of emotion that demands to manifest in the precursor to tears.
He sees the subtle shift as Thrawn lowers his guard. He takes one step, another half dozen, and they clasp forearms, their fingers squeezing tightly. Eli leans in, his left arm comes up and around to brace Thrawn's back in the briefest, most professional version of an embrace he can offer: a compromise between Human sentimentality and Chiss stoicism.
Or, a story about finding something you hadn't realized you'd lost in the first place.
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Unmaking by DistantStorm
Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV)
30 Aug 2024
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In some ways, this is a neat and tidy end. In others, it is a messy and horrible beginning.
In the fragile aftermath of the Ascendancy's brutal Civil War, Senior Captain Mitth'eli'vanto is ordered to bring light to the rumors of Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo's return as the so-called "Heir to the Empire." Forced to weigh the mandate of his Patriarch against those of his Admiral, Theliva must determine if his former mentor is worth saving or must be neutralized.
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"The mind is a separate beast from the heart," Zavala said. "Rationality and logic mean nothing in the wake of an emotional onslaught. Sentimentality: grief, anger, shame, regret, it is… a natural reaction." He clenched his fist. "Moving forward can seem like it's impossible."
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Tang Bark and Sleep Sounds by DistantStorm
Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
02 May 2024
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In which Thrawn learns to live with his aide and translator. It is more complicated than he had expected, for reasons he never could have imagined.
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Thrantovember 2023 by DistantStorm
Fandom: Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV), Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017)
30 Nov 2023
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- 29,596
- Works:
- 30
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- 3
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No Way Out by DistantStorm
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017)
19 Sep 2023
- Words:
- 12,810
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- 3
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- 19
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From Ashes by DistantStorm
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017)
20 Jun 2025
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- 165,885
- Works:
- 2
- Bookmarks:
- 34
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Chissmas 2021 by DistantStorm
Fandom: Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017)
26 Dec 2021
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- 14,261
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- 6
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- 3
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Thrantovember 2021 by DistantStorm
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017)
22 Jan 2024
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30 days, 30 prompts, 30 fics.
My contributions to Thrantovember 2021, with prompts given to the fandom by the wonderful Queenie-Chi-Cosplay who you can find here on AO3 and on Tumblr.
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- 56,141
- Works:
- 30
- Bookmarks:
- 11
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An acquaintance from the past gets to know Hannibal Lecter a little better as they tend to a gravely injured Will Graham.
Bookmarked by DistantStorm
21 Apr 2025
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Provenance by drinkbloodlikewine, whiskeyandspite for trythisoutchiki
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV)
09 Sep 2015
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Will blinks, slow. He glances to either side of himself, past exposed brick and reclaimed wooden floors, past steel fittings holding up tables marked ‘no laptops’ with carefully calligraphed signs and the wiry bulbs burning dim in light fixtures above. He looks at the young man behind him, who doesn’t notice past his phone and his earbuds, and finally Will turns back to the barista.
Baristo?
Coffee-monger?
Fuck it.
“Just coffee,” Will repeats again, slower.
A delightful AU about a rare book dealer, an owner of a high-end coffee shop, and murder. This does involve Hannibal Lecter, after all.
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- English
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- 62,735
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- 15/15
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- 3
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Bookmarked by DistantStorm
25 Mar 2025
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Harvey’s smiling, soft in a way that Mike recognizes, but after a few weeks without it, it's easier to note the intimacy, the surprising fondness from a man so guarded. It disarms him, and without thinking Mike reaches up to brush his fingers along Harvey's cheekbone then down the sinew of his neck.
A hand shoots up and circles Mike's wrist, jerking him away.
“Shit, sorry,” Mike breathes. “I -” For a breath, the overwhelming longing for things to return to normal - where Harvey took care of him, where they had each other’s backs - almost shoves an embarrassing sound from his gut, but Mike’s learned some control over the past few years so he wrenches his wrist free and passes the baby over, gently but without touching Harvey at all.
“Gotta go. Thanks for the -”
His throat starts to close so he stops talking, stumbles up, and throws his coat on before darting out the door.
Harvey doesn't try to stop him.
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Bookmarked by DistantStorm
04 Dec 2024
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For a moment, Mike’s too surprised to understand, but he relaxes into the embrace. It’s sweet and rare, and Mike’s learned to savor these, hoard them for later. He exhales more tension than he’d been aware of at the feel of Harvey’s cheek against his own, but still. A Christmas gift, just a taste, maybe enough to hold onto and then -
Harvey presses his lips to Mike’s temple, and Mike makes this raw, cramped sound into the front of Harvey’s peacoat. A warm hand comes up to cup the back of his head.
“Oh, kid,” Harvey says softly.
Mike sniffs hard and tries to anticipate whatever jab is coming next. “What’re you gonna do with me, huh?”
But Harvey just squeezes him a little tighter. “Idiot. That plan’s never changed. I'm gonna keep you.”
Mike breaks.
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- English
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- 3,447
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by DistantStorm
02 Dec 2024
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So, magic is a thing.
Everyone has magic. Everyone uses magic, consciously or not, every single day of their lives. It’s not a new, amazing thing, and in fact it’s the topic of most rom-coms in the entire world. Most of a person’s magic is always there, thrumming just below the surface of their skin, seeping out of their fingertips even if it’s invisible. It’s more of a feeling.
So if Mike could stop walking around smelling like cinnamon, that'd be great, thanks.
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Set ambiguously around S1/S2, follows main plot events with some alterations.
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- English
- Words:
- 82,533
- Chapters:
- 9/9
- Comments:
- 219
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- 1,015
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- 224
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Bookmarked by DistantStorm
26 Nov 2024