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Will didn’t know why he had picked the fight. He didn’t know why he had let loose, why he had gone for the jugular. He didn’t know why he had spoken those words into the world, crueler than he had ever thought them before.
aka, it's christmastime, and will's life is so warm. so why can't he just be happy?
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Like the birds flying high by blooming_might
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
11 Dec 2025
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After everything they'd been through together all these years—the shouting, the fighting, and learning to forgive in order to move on—all they had left was to survive a little time apart.
Until the distance ends, no more than three years of video calls and stupid messages or taking care of each other from afar, now if Katsuki feels like hitting him because Izuku is an idiot he will be able to do it!
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2012 - Kat and Swann recently got married and are enjoying their time as a married couple. And soon their family will grow a little bit more.
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Taehyung can't hold down a job, and when his beloved dog dies, he isn't sure he can hold down a life, even with the support of Jimin and Hoseok. Can he recover from the drastic measures he takes? Namjoon almost cheats on Yoongi, and while it reminds him of his sense of love and commitment, he knows he needs to work to make things right between them. And with Jin away and so much hurt around, Jungkook is struggling to hang on against his OCD compulsions.
After ten years of dating each other, the members have to contend with adult relationship problems and continue to try and make their own happiness.
(This work is part of a series, but it's perfectly fine to read as a standalone)
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- Part 2 of Orchestral Works
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Sungjin has always known that he wants to have children, but as the years progressed and work became more demanding, it became less possible. Tired of waiting, Sungjin decides to ask Wonpil to be his co-parent. And thus his dreams become a reality, although not at all how he imagined them, as every step further into adulthood and closer to parenthood throws curveball after curveball at them.
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Joe shrugs. “I dunno, there just isn’t anyone I’d want to build my life around like that.”
“Well, sure,” Web says, rolling his eyes, “because you seem to find the most vapid guys imaginable. Maybe if you tried finding guys who weren’t like that-”
“I mean, you’re one to talk!” Joe exclaims. “Brian knew all about literature but he didn’t know shit about you. What’s the point of dating someone with the same interests as you if they’re not actually interested in you?” Joe throws his hands out, emphatic. This is always the thing about Web’s boyfriends. It’s like they tick all these boxes, and Web ticks all these boxes for them, but they don’t really see him.
It seems to sink in for Web. After a minute he says, “Well, he was actually pretty good in bed.”
“Sure he was.” Joe’s skeptical. A guy can surprise you, maybe, but guys like Brian rarely do. Joe’s pretty sure no guy in a sweater vest has ever really rocked his world. “I know you get laid. I mean, I know you getting laid doesn’t actually make you any less insufferable.”
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Web and Joe have been part of the same friend group since freshman year of college 10 years ago. This year, something between them is shifting.
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When Abaddon comes crashing into Nathan’s life, he is forced to accept being an adult and having responsibility.
All of his problems have one origin– himself.
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What do you do when your current boyfriend breaks up with you a few days before Christmas and you run into your old flame’s mum, who invites you over and refuses to take no for an answer?
You go of course. Even if it is somewhat reluctantly.
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Qingque is known as the slacker who only do the bare minimum, while Fu Xuan is praised as someone a league of her own. To everyone's surprise, these two are actually going out and living together as lovers.
This is basically a short slice of life story featuring these two goofballs and their gay friends.
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With Jay off to New York to play for the Rangers and Hailey headed to college, they’re about to face a brand new challenge.
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- Part 4 of Upstead High School AU
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Red Strings Attached by JesterofChopin
Fandoms: Punch-Out!! (Video Games), Carmen Sandiego (Cartoon 2019), Multi-Fandom, Dispatch (Video Game)
09 Dec 2025
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Glass Joe is the undisputed World Circuit Champion, having easily defeated and retired the beloved Little Mac, clearing the field for a new kind of threat: Aran Ryan, a boxer of chaotic, electrifying ambition.
Joe is utterly consumed by his rival. He sees a sinuous, crimson thread tied to Aran, which he frantically insists is a sign of impending doom. Yet, this thread is not of ruin; it is a distorted reflection of fate, concealing a dangerous connection Joe is too powerful to admit. His self-deception is violently interrupted by Mimebomb, Joe's mute cousin.
Driven by a fatal thirst for vengeance, Mimebomb views Joe’s past and present—including Mac's defeat—as an unforgivable offense. Mimebomb’s silent, final strike will shatter the Champion's world, forcing him to confront the terrifying nature of his obsession with Glass Joe
And Herman..the lost boy who left everything behind
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- Part 2 of River for prayer
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in a universe where Innocent Sin never happened, Maya knew the kids from the beginning and still moved away but came back to Sumaru years later, she regained her memories after a few pieces of the puzzle in her life were missing, and there's more of a chance for Maya to save the world than Tatsuya ever did. Memories were never erased, new ones are formed, and lives are saved, the future is secure thanks to these adults trying to make function the best they can and their family safe.
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- Part 3 of Golden Time
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the cities in which i love you by aerimmiese
Fandoms: The Poppy War Series - R. F. Kuang
09 Dec 2025
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“Ready?” Nezha laces their fingers with a startlingly familiar tenderness. His expression doesn’t betray the contempt and unfamiliarity of the last five years, only the spitting image of the face she loved in Sinegard, all those summers ago.
Rin wants to run. They shouldn’t be doing this. How the fuck is he doing this? How could he reach for Old Nezha, her Nezha, so easily, as if he’d just been there this entire time and never left—as if she had never left?
“Just fucking get this over with,” Rin grits out.
His smile is beautiful and open, the way it was in her memories and worst nightmares.
“Good,” he says, more to the guests honed in on their conversation than to her. “Then it’s about time everyone met my beautiful, brilliant girlfriend.”
Five years after the fact, Rin reprises the role of Nezha’s girlfriend for his sister’s wedding.
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Their personalities clash immediately: Hyunwoo is stiff and guarded, Yihan is loose and teasing; Hyunwoo pretends not to notice the way Yihan stares, Yihan pretends not to notice Hyunwoo’s heated, bashful glares; Hyunwoo biting back irritation, Yihan biting back a smile. What should’ve been a simple hyung-dongsaeng dynamic turns into a push-and-pull that stops feeling accidental and starts feeling inevitable.
As the years pass, desire becomes familiarity, familiarity becomes intimacy, and intimacy becomes something undeniable. Hyunwoo learns what it feels like to love someone beyond logic; Yihan learns what it means to crave someone’s entire existence. Careers rise, stakes heighten, emotions burst. The slow burn transforms into a connection fully sincere and intensely physical—one that leaves both men needing each other in their own ways.
Through careers, heartbreaks, and years of trying to stay “just close enough,” their dynamic only deepens: the colder Hyunwoo acts, the harder Yihan falls; the more Yihan plays, the more Hyunwoo cares. Avoiding the truth becomes impossible. They aren’t just opposites—they’re each other’s weakness and strength, tormentor and savior, hell and heaven.
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Set in Seoul from 2035 to 2039, More Than My Type follows two boys, Lee Heeseung and Park Sunghoon, whose friendship begins in middle school and deepens into something more as they mature. They’ve been inseparable since fourteen—sharing food, laughter, late-night secrets, and the kind of comfort that only comes from truly knowing someone. After graduation, life pulls them in different directions. Sunghoon becomes a rising model and influencer, his name synonymous with elegance and control, while Heeseung dives into photography and music.
Years later, fate reunites them—older, changed, and unsure where friendship ends and something deeper begins. As they navigate fame, distance, and what was left unsaid, the two discover that love doesn’t always bloom, from grand gestures, but from lingering, solemn moments.
It’s a story about growing up, losing touch, finding each other again, and realizing that sometimes the person you’ve loved all along was right beside you.
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24 Days: Found by Chescr for Doozy4Ever, HappySappyHippo
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
08 Dec 2025
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Nick is a teacher and runs the Gender and Sexuality alliance in his school. Two of the members are Tara and Darcy. Darcy’s home situation is far from ideal and on Christmas eve Nick finds them in the park. Luckily Nick is an amazing teacher, also during the holidays, with an equally wonderful husband and close friends who celebrate traditions. and are great at fixing things.
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- Part 11 of HS a03 countdown 2026
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Opal Moon by Anonymous
Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
08 Dec 2025
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Adrien is moving back to Lumiose after almost three full years of avoiding the city (and five full years after his fathers' trial for Terrorism for joining Team Flare)!
He's enjoying life in the city again, it's a nice change of pace from spending every night roughing it as he earned a Pokémon Ecology Degree...But, it is a little more claustrophobic and lonelier than he'd like...
Come enjoy some Lumiose Slice of Life with Adrien as he enters' Basically Adulthood with all the work troubles, love troubles and additional Pokémon Troubles along the way! Let's have some fun!
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The Christmas Hitchhiker by Writesalott
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
07 Dec 2025
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Charlie doesn't have anywhere to go for the holidays this year. Leaving work Christmas Eve with nothing but a quiet night in with his cats to think of, he suddenly sees a figure struggling in the snow. The decent thing is to pull over and give the guy a ride, but now he's staring at the most stunning pair of warm brown eyes and did he just get invited to dinner?
My goal is to have this story complete before the new year! So far so good!
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Sakura returns to Konoha after several months of absence. The village is as it has always been... or is it? She soon realizes that the world has moved on without her. This is the story of two lonely people realizing they are just right for each other. But what if they have realized too late?
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gumi is teto’s childhood sweetheart. when they suddenly cross paths again, their life changes.
somewhat loosely based off “kokoro no katachi” by nashimoto ui. it’s peak.
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