Zestyzigzagoon
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If It Hit You in the Face by Zestyzigzagoon
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023)
06 Jun 2025
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“May, I don’t think you’d know flirting if it hit you in the face,” Drew stated simply, amusement shining in his eyes.
“What? Yes, I would!”
He smirked and raised an eyebrow. “Are you absolutely sure about that?”
“I am absolutely sure,” she mimicked, “That I’d know flirting if it hit me in the face, yes. Though, you’re the one who knows all about getting hit in the face, huh?”
He laughed, a bright sound that broke through the morning silence; but it was shortly followed with a sharp wince of pain. Drew looked back up reassuringly after a moment, meeting May’s concerned eyes. A small smile lingered on his lips. “Yeah, well. Whose fault is that, hm?”
Or, a stray snowball. A bloody nose. Idiot teenagers. An underpaid Nurse Joy. A soft conversation. Ensuing shenanigans. -
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May is an energetic magazine columnist who walks into a bar, but in lieu of a punchline, she finds a pesky couples-only policy in place for Valentine’s day that prevents her from entering. Drew is a stranger who has a cynical outlook on romance, but the joke’s on him when he finds himself volunteering to be May’s date for the evening so that she can get in and get her article written. It’s just a single fake date. A work obligation, really; a one-evening-only performance that neither of them will have to attend ever again.
But the acting’s coming a little too naturally, even after the curtain call.
Or, a fake dating fic in which a chance meeting with a stranger, a brief agreement to be partners in crime for the evening, and an unexpectedly real spark begins to blur the line between facades and fondness. All the world’s a stage, and method acting is dangerous business.
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Moving across the country to a town she’d never been to with no backup plan had to have been either the bravest or dumbest thing May Maple had ever done. But she’d certainly done it, for better or worse. Her life was now in shades of rust-colored dirt and crimson sunsets, with the wind in her hair and the sun on her face. Life in Oak Ridge was everything she’d wanted- something exciting, something new, something worth chasing after.
She hadn’t anticipated the abundance of horses or the eclectic townsfolk, though. She especially hadn’t anticipated the run-down house, the ride-or-die friendships, or the weekly horse riding lessons with a certain green-haired someone.
Only one thing was for sure- she’d wanted a change of pace, something new, and she’d sure gotten it.Or, a modern Wild West CS AU. Contains feel-good friendships, a home renovation side quest, horses, and a lot of flirting.
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Morning-After Melancholy (Reprise) by Zestyzigzagoon
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime)
15 Sep 2024
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It was a cold, rainy morning that well-suited Drew’s mood upon waking up alone again.
Rain pelted against the window in steady rhythm and a wet chill hung in the air, seeping into Drew’s skin through gaps in the disheveled covers. The occasional rumble of thunder interrupted the piercing silence of the morning. His room was dark, and any light that came in through the windows somehow made everything feel darker in the grey gloom that it cast.
He took a deep breath, feeling the cold morning air enter and exit his lungs. The scent of fallen petrichor and fading perfume filled his senses.
The morning-after was always the hardest.
Or, a reimagining of an old fic of mine in which Drew muses on the life that he wants and the things that keep him from it. Largely prose.
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When Am I Going To Lose You? by Zestyzigzagoon
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime)
24 Mar 2024
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It was a perfect moment, all things considered. Golden rays of sun peeked through the window, a crisp breeze blew in through fluttering curtains, a gorgeous sunrise shone through the incoming rain clouds that hadn’t yet arrived, a hot cup of coffee warmed his hand, and the best thing to have ever happened to Drew laid beside him, her arm draped over his torso.
It was a perfect moment.
Moments always end, his thoughts reminded him, spiraling in a one-way track that he couldn’t derail.
When am I going to lose this?
When am I going to lose you?
A fic in which Drew worries about losing someone who's not going anywhere, no matter what, and she reassures him. Fluff.
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the princess of hoenn by uwubunnis
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime)
16 Jun 2025
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May is only one ribbon away from winning the last contest she needs to qualify for the Grand Festival in Sinnoh. At every contest thus far, a single red rose was thrown from the crowd into the stadium. She desperately wants to believe that Drew is the one sending these to her, but she knows better than to dream. She hasn't seen him in eight years - their goodbye in Johto wasn't meant to be forever, at least not to May. But what other explanation could there be...?
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Where Roses Grow by fairytale_of_lies
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), poke - Fandom
24 Mar 2025
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May had always believed that her sole purpose was to serve in her goddess’s palace, that her hands were only meant for devotion and duty. She never imagined that the very same hands, soft and humble, could heal a god as ambiguous as him. Greek mythology AU.
Bookmarked by Zestyzigzagoon
24 Mar 2025
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Visiting Hours by EmeraldSands for Zestyzigzagoon
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023)
27 Dec 2024
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After an accident lands Drew in the hospital, May comes to check on him.
Bookmarked by Zestyzigzagoon
27 Dec 2024
Bookmarker's Notes
A GIFT! for ME! that I LOVE! and RECOMMEND EVERYONE READS! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Everybody has sleepless nights sometimes. It takes a lot longer for anyone to start seeing the pattern.
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- Part 1 of whumptober 2023
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A Princess for Midwinter by DoYouCeeEmNow
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
26 Dec 2018
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Link trudged away from the gardeners’ shed. Like everything else at Lanayru Heights Park, it was oversized, grandiose, bordering on monstrous. He made his way past the back of the big house, and spared a moment to glance at it. Through every window, he could see people frantically rushing about, dusting and vacuuming and hanging decorations. Miss Paya’s annual Midwinter Ball was a massive, three-day affair when the most powerful people in the country gathered to relax and celebrate the new year.
For Link, it marked a time of grim bitterness. He used to love snow. He used to love the holidays. But he didn’t anymore. Now, all those lights and gifts and songs were just a reminder of everything he’d nearly had… and lost.
Or, CM and Lyxie try to cram as many terrible tropes into a single holiday fic, cackling all the way.