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L'esprit de l'escalier by 3All_Just_Stories_in_the_End3 (sandwastesinthevoidofmychest)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, BBC Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes - fandom
03 Mar 2012
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L'esprit de l'escalier (or l'esprit d'escalier), usually translated as "staircase wit", is the act of thinking of a response, argument or clever comeback when it is too late to deliver it.
Sherlock Holmes has been gone for three years, three years too long.
It has given him too much time to think of the things he should have said.John Watson is going through incredible grief after losing his most cherished friend.
How could everything have been different before the treacherous fall from Reichenbach if things had have been said and done? Will they ever be able to right their wrongs?
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- Part 1 of L'esprit de l'escalier
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Before everything, before the uprising, before the cycle, they were just two kids. Two lovers.
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Castiel doesn't really understand the concept of soul mates, but he'll tell Dean everything he knows by themis_ceres
Fandoms: Supernatural
02 Apr 2013
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"Some souls come in pairs, no one really knows why, but they are fashioned that way, by the hand of God. And then there are other souls, souls that when they find each other somehow fuse together, on their own."
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“I really don’t want to have to get another job,” Blaine says out of nowhere.
“You’re not getting another job like that,” Kurt says instantly. “I’ve been trying to get you to quit for a year. We don’t need the money.”
“What do stay-at-home spouses without kids even do all day?” Blaine wonders.
The most saccharine thing I've ever written.
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[[Before The Walking Dead]] Daryl finds himself a few weeks into the Zombie Apocalypse. It's really nothing different, just a new animal they can't eat that wants to eat them. He finds some humans who mean him harm, but they're not Walkers. Daryl attempts to escape.
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Happy Halloween by parttimefemmefatale (writingramblr)
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms
25 Oct 2014
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Rose surprises the Doctor with her Halloween costume, and this leads to a serious of escapades where he may or may not finally admit he loves her, and will Bad Wolf come into play?
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Alessio, però, si rifiuta ancora di guardarlo. Continua ad ondeggiare, affidandosi all'instabilità di uno sgabello che trema sotto il suo peso, il viso ancora più in ombra. Quella vista influisce sulla scelta precedente di Gennaro che, infastidito dalla reazione mancata del suo amico, arriccia le labbra. "Cos'è? Te la tiri perché adesso c'hai la ragazza?" perché se c'è qualcuno di umore più cedevole delle gambe dello sgabello, quello è Gennaro.
Alessio solleva di scatto il viso e il rossore comincia a diffondersi fino alle guance e alle orecchie. "No!" esclama e rischia quasi di inciampare da seduto per l'entusiasmo con cui si difende. "No, ma che dici, Gennà! Io? Solo perché-"
Gennaro sbuffa e allo stesso tempo ride dentro di sé, perché okay, è divertente. Si rimprovera e si congratula con se stesso, mentre ignora i borbottii confusi dell'altro. Lo interrompe alzando una mano e poco discreto, conclude: "Tanto non durate" prima di lasciarsi scivolare all'indietro e chiudere gli occhi.Series
- Part 1 of Alessio e gli errori
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- Italiano
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As their relationship becomes more serious, even in Kurt's eyes, Sebastian passes significant milestones to winning over his love.
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- Part 3 of The Phoenix and the Turtle
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"Hai freddo?"
Alessio lo fissa in silenzio senza sorpresa negli occhi. Annuisce soltanto e Gennaro solleva le coperte in un invito silenzioso.Series
- Part 2 of Alessio e gli errori
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"I am your loyal servant, and you're our country's king.
Us, a pair of pitied twins, burdened by our destinies.
Let hellfire consume me if that's what must be done.
I will gladly play the part so that you will shine, my sun."Twins separated by their fates meet once again. The story of a corrupted king and an innocent servant, risking her own capacities to serve her brother.
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Sherlock wants everything to go back as it was!
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- Part 13 of 221b Secrets
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- Part 1 of Run
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Louis and Harry met in high school but things don't always work out. Flash forward three years and Louis is a radio intern and Harry is a rising musician. What happens when Harry walks into Louis' radio station.
Or the one where Louis was closeted in high school but fell fast for Harry only to leave them both of them heart broken. Now, three years later a chance meeting may not be all it's cracked up to be.
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What was Fenrir Greyback's life like before he became the monster we all love to hate? How did his family react to his furry little condition? A tale based on the Disney movie 'The Fox and the Hound' that hopes to explore some of Fenrir's early life.
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This is the story about Charlie, a pre-war character trying to survive the new world of the wasteland.
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Out of all the roads I've always took the one down. The wrong road. The most hard one to follow.
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- Part 6 of Ishtar gate
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Every single person you ever meet has been meant to come into your life at the right time. They come once you are ready for them and they're ready for you. But, sometimes, you may find each other without really knowing. You may talk, or maybe just glance at the other without second thought. Not imagining that that stranger will one day change your life.
This is something Sofia is beginning to understand.
Or: Little Sofia and AC2 Ezio meet.
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- Part 3 of Ezio and Sofia.
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Rotten To The Core by ForEliIsLost
Fandoms: Gravity Falls, Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics), Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Descendants (Disney Movies), Descendants (Disney Movies) RPF, The Isle of the Lost Series - Melissa de la Cruz
31 Aug 2019
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Once upon a time, long-long ago... well, more like fifteen years ago; the twins, Stanford and Stanley Pines reconciled, they made a party, invited six thousand of their closest personal friends.
Yeah, so, the Stans united all of the kingdoms and got themselves elected kings of The United States of The Falls.
He rounded up all the villains, and monsters, and demons... basically, all the really interesting people... And he booted them off to the Isle Of The Lost, with a magical barrier; to keep them there.No magic...
No wifi...
No.
Way.
Out!
Or so I thought.
(Also known as a GF/SVTFOE/OTGW Descendants! AU)
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- Part 1 of Descendants! AU (GF/OTGW/SVTFOE)
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Lee doesn't know what's happening. Or where she is. Or even really what she is. But the traveling is cool and she's learning so much about the universe. The only way it would be better is if her traveling partner didn't scare the bejeezus out of her.
The Tenth Doctor picks up a girl after being forced to leave behind Donna. Too bad he is not in the right emotional state to pick up someone as emotionally needy as Lee.
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Rhoma has no idea what is coming
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Making a Better Life by Nymeria31
Fandoms: Solangelo - Fandom, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan
25 Mar 2016
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Nico's 3 days of forced bed rest and Will's 3 days to prove Nico how awesome he is. And a little bit more
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A Valentine's day gift for @peanuts-incorporated as part of the SnowBaz Secret Valentine gift exchange!
Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch is not your average coffee shop worker. Simon Snow is an oblivious idiot. Rivalries (and pastries) ensue.
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WTLO - Human AU Universe by nikkiRA
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
27 Dec 2020
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All Simon Snow wants is to get a good grade in Chemistry. Baz Pitch, his roommate-slash-nemesis, is the poor sucker who ends up being his lab partner.
Also known as a tooth-achingly fluffy fic featuring Simon the klutz, Baz with a bun and a whole lot of spilled acid.
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The Legends find out about Len's secret boyfriend.
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- Part 7 of ColdFlash One Shots
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It’s small things that bother him the most. Eerie similarities. Little parallels. A joke. A phrase he’s heard before. A touch.
Each similarity slices a little deeper at Jimin’s core. It’s like he’s crossing items off a morbid checklist in his mind, and he keeps waiting, terrified, for the final piece to fall into place.
((past lives au where jimin always remembers first, and he wishes he didn't))
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At eighteen, no one has yet told Sherlock that he doesn't have a heart. Sebastian breaks it.
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Ronan Lynch dealt with his father’s sudden death by plunging into music. With high school coming to a close, and without any ambition to go to college, Ronan convinces his best friends to start a band. The only problem? They’re in need of a vocalist, and the young mechanic with the perfect voice is playing hard to get.
(In other words, the gang makes a band AU.)
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Matthew Lynch can't date until Ronan does, and Gansey's solution is to pay one of their classmates to go on a date with him. One guess who.
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Palpatine Ad Portas by izzythehutt
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy
22 Dec 2016
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When the Emperor Palpatine moves the Empire Day Celebration to Naboo, Darth Vader is forced to confront a past he had thought better buried and forgotten. Admiral Piett becomes the reluctant confidante of the monarch, caught in the middle of a deadly Sith cat-and-mouse mind game. Meanwhile, the young Rebel who blew up the Death Star returns to his mother's home world to pay his respects on the anniversary of her death--unaware of his father and the Emperor's presence on the planet and the very grave danger he is in.
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- Part 2 of In Loco Pirates-Verse
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"Damn it," Catra says, "why does it have to be you?"
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is this a forest? 'cuz there sure is a lot of pine by reptilianraven
Fandoms: Be More Chill - Iconis/Tracz
01 Aug 2017
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"How do you say ‘I love you’?”
“Oh, wow, holy shit,” Michael coughs. Is his face warm? It better fucking not be. Pull yourself together, Mell. Breathe. “Where’d this sudden romantic side of you come from?”
Jeremy, uncharacteristically calm, shrugs. “I figure it could be a nice icebreaker for Christine, or something? I don’t know. It’s stupid, you don’t have to tea—”
“Mahal kita,” Michael says. The things he does for this boy. This boy. “I love you in Tagalog is mahal kita.”
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The misadventures of Michael Mell, pining best friend extraordinaire.
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19 Mar 2020
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The before, during, and after of BMC. Cue pining Michael pov. Very very good. Includes in-musical text conversation that was A+.
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“i’m doing a social experiment and writing about it,” taehyung says easily. “i decided to handcuff two people together for twenty-four hours and have them report back to me on the experience. you guys are an ideal pair for this, really, because of your contradictory lifestyles. kookie goes to the gym every day, yoongi hasn’t seen the sun in what, four years -“
“jungkook has a semi-healthy sleep schedule, and yoongi texted me at two a.m. asking if i want to grab dinner,” namjoon supplies.
“i am the pinnacle of health,” yoongi snaps. the handcuffs clink as jungkook lifts their arms.
“so you just. handcuffed us together while we were sleeping?"
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"Photographs" by hightopboots
Fandoms: Haikyuu!!, 潔癖男子! 青山くん | Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun | Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun (Anime)
06 Feb 2020
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Oikawa hears there's a pretty boy wracking up all the girls' attention, and he has to find out what's up.
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- Part 6 of February 2020 Prompt Set
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Because who wouldn't be hyped to see a battle between two great champions?
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Sincerely, Deku. by Bakanohero
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
11 Mar 2025
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After being told he couldn't be a hero, Izuku decides to do the next best thing: help the heroes.
This leads to frustration, found family, and a lot of emails.
Now with a Discord!
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- Part 1 of Sincerely, Deku. Verse
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Infiltrating the Air Ship wasn’t Henry’s first meeting with the Toppat clan.
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The first time Zagreus meets his mother, what he discovers nearly breaks him.
The Fates are cruel, and the Prince of the Underworld doesn't know if he can keep doing this.
Thanatos won't let him give up.
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Edelweiss by orphan_account
Fandoms: Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
25 Dec 2018
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In which Skull totally forgot to mention how he kinda was the Man-Who-Conquered and had met the Arcobaleno before... not really. He totally remembered. Or the Arcobaleno finally understood that Skull didn't really have the safest life despite being a civilian ("Could he really be counted as a civilian?" Colonnello asked. "He was a fucking child soldier!")
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Will the Lights On by nikkiRA
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
17 Jul 2017
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Will's first (and last) college one night stand is turning his whole world upside down. For one, it was with a guy, something totally new to Will. For another, it wasn't with a very nice guy. And now Will keeps seeing him everywhere, and he can't get him out of his head, despite the fact that his bedmate seems less than friendly. Cecil and Lou Ellen are having the time of their lives, but Will is just confused. Why can't he stop thinking about this guy? Nico di Angelo has warning signs flashing all around him, but Will can't seem to stay anyway. Maybe it's fate. Whatever it is, Lou Ellen has fifty bucks riding on the fact that it happens by Thanksgiving.
*this is the continuation of a story I have written called 'With the Lights On' from Will's POV, however it can be read as a standalone as well*
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- Part 3 of WTLO - Human AU Universe