Mackem
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Somehow, despite all of that, she simply cannot understand how Jaskier writes music. Not in an insulting way; she is sure he must be talented, if the reputation he keeps telling her he has is anywhere near as lofty as he suggests. It’s just that she doesn’t understand how it happens at all; while she can picture herself fighting like Geralt and channelling chaos like Yennefer, she cannot imagine how she would go about writing a piece of music.
She finds herself blurting the question out, surprising both him and herself equally. She truly had not meant to bring it up at all, but she is so relaxed, listening to Jaskier strum his lute as rain drums on the roof of the cottage, and her idle thoughts float from her mouth without her brain bothering to vet them first. “How do you write songs?”
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- Part 2 of All Those Wonders Sit In Wait For Us
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Notches On The Wall Of My Solitary Cell by Mackem
Fandoms: Alan Wake (Video Games), Control (Video Game)
28 Jan 2024
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“Look, Jesse, please, they are keeping me here against my will and it is vital that I get out. Will you open this fucking cage for me? There has to be a way to do it in their damn observatory.” He waves a hand sharply at the office above them. “Please, go look.”
Jesse ignores his request, steps off the last stair, and moves into the room. Alan watches her, and she sees his eyes dart down as he spots the Service Weapon in her hand. He groans and slumps over at the sight of it, the desperate energy that had been vibrating through him changing into something more resigned. “Fuck, you are one of those Bureau assholes?” His fingers run shakily through his hair, catching on knots.
“Apparently,” she says, glancing down at the Service Weapon. It feels right in her hand, and part of her hates that; hates that it feels like an extension of her. “They say I’m the Director.”
“Director? Wait, so you’re the one in charge?” Alan lifts his head. His eyes are blazing. “Not Darling?”
“You know Dr Darling?”
Alan’s lips curl angrily. “You could say that!” His fist thuds off the glass with a dull thunk. “He’s been keeping me locked up and running experiments on me for – for I don’t know how long!”
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Alice is on her tiptoes, pulling flour out of an overhead cupboard, when she feels a presence at her back. She can’t help but let out a surprised noise, even though this was her goal when she started puttering about in the kitchen. It dissolves into a sheepish laugh when arms curl around her waist and a chin rests on her shoulder, slotting perfectly against the line of her throat like they were made to fit together.
“Sorry.” Alan’s voice is thick with sleep, dozy and quiet in the soft light of the kitchen. Alice hums as his lips brush against her neck; she still isn’t used to the feel of his beard, but she finds that she likes the scratch of it against her skin. “Didn’t mean to startle you.”
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A Night In by Mackem
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
28 Oct 2023
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Crowley meets his gaze over the top of his glasses again. His grin is as sardonic as ever, but his eyes are creased fondly at the corners. “It starts tonight, angel. I could sort it all out for you, if you want?”
“Would you?” Aziraphale smiles broadly. Warmth spreads from his stomach into his chest, bright and sparkling, as Crowley nods without hesitation. “That would be wonderful of you, my dear. You know what I’m like with new-fangled technology.”
“New-fangled?” Crowley sighs, seemingly long-suffering, but amusement lurks behind it. “The telly is approaching being a century old at this point, you know. Look, leave it all to me, all right? I’ll pop round tonight.”
“Oh, thank you, Crowley!”
“No problem. Why don’t I bring some wine with me? We can have a night in.”
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Such A Romantic Affair by Mackem
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
05 Aug 2023
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Aziraphale turns just enough to take in the group of people as they dance. He watches for a second, buoyed by their happiness; none of them are dancing the same steps, or moving in the same ways, but all of them are smiling, their laughter as light as air. The music wafts over them, caressing them as they move through it, as if they were meant to be there. As though the world had not almost ended mere days ago.
As though it never could.
He grasps Crowley’s hand in his and takes a step towards the dancers, stretching their arms out between them. “Dance with me!”
“We don’t know how to dance!” Crowley protests, but he still follows Aziraphale, as he always has.
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Can You Imagine When This Race Is Won? by Mackem
Fandom: IT (Movies - Muschietti), IT - Stephen King
09 Jan 2020
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Trek Wolf by Mackem
Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Teen Wolf (TV)
20 Jan 2013
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If You Can Fall for Chains of Silver by sospes
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
05 Aug 2020
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"Jaskier lives his life in a blur of song and colour and vibrant, manic, unceasing energy. Sometimes he needs all of that taken away from him, at least for a little while. Sometimes he needs the choice to be given to someone else."
Yennefer and Geralt take care of their bard.
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11 Dec 2023
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“Truth be told, I might have been…” Michael huffs, something between a sigh and a laugh. Dips his head and looks up at David at the same time; self-deprecating, knee-jerk flirty. “It sounds ridiculous now, obviously, but I might have been avoiding you, a bit.”
AKA the one where they used to be enemies, and also used to fuck.
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24 Sep 2023
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A Good Partner is Irreplaceable! by ConvenientAlias for Trifoliate-Undergrowth (Trefoil_9)
Fandoms: Il buono il brutto il cattivo | The Good The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
23 Aug 2022
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“Who the hell is Shortie Larson anyway?” Tuco burst out, when they were probably about ten miles from town.
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07 Oct 2022
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journeys end in lovers meeting by blisteryfingers
Fandoms: 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games)
23 Apr 2022
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He felt as if he was thirty-three again, standing at the bow of a ship not dissimilar to this one, bidding farewells to a home he had carved for himself for more than half a decade, leaving behind one dear friend taking on the mantle of single father and another rotting in a foreign grave. But Mikotoba was not thirty-three anymore.
An unexpected case on a steamship forced Mikotoba to reconsider his own choices. Set post-canon.
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04 Sep 2022
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It's Not a Big Deal by AidaRonan for strawberryspence
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Jul 2022
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Eddie survives, but his entire life is locked away in the Upside Down forever (his books, his DnD stuff, his guitar.) Everything that wasn't on Eddie when Steve carried him into the ER, gone.
So naturally Steve starts giving him things. Handing Eddie back those little outward markers of who he is.
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