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Nearly Perfect World by BRXBMR
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
10 Sep 2025
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At nineteen years old, Alex had been a kid who had turned his back on the life his parents mapped for him: Georgetown, then law school, then politics – just like his mother and father. Instead, he’d taken his guitar and the songs he couldn’t stop writing and told them, this is what I want. Then Bruce Springsteen pulled him on stage and launched his career as a world-famous singer/guitarist.
Now he was twenty-eight, the world-famous “ACD,” his face on billboards from Tokyo to Paris to New York. When he and Henry meet and fall in love, the spotlight and touring life became too much for Henry. So Henry leaves, ends the relationship and breaks both their hearts. When Alex steps back into the Jersey Shore bar where it all started for him, he's at a crossroads. Which spotlight will shine brighter: his career or his love for Henry?
EDIT: Now with Chapter 2 showing Henry's POV :)
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Sarah Miller is your best friend. At 22, just graduated college, you move in with the Joel, Sarah, and Ellie while you get on your feet. The Millers always treated you like family, so why, in the last year, have things between you and Tommy shifted?
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Richie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by DumpsterBeagle
Fandoms: IT (Movies - Muschietti), IT - Stephen King
14 Aug 2025
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“Oh, he doesn’t have a shirt,” Eddie says, breathless.
“Or puh-pants,” Bill responds, matter of fact and amused.
Eddie glances down as Bill says that and his face goes bright red. He also purses his lips, maybe to keep himself from saying anything, maybe to keep himself from insulting Richie.
“Wuh-we wanted to make shuh-sure that you were okay,” Bill starts, “I mean, according to Eddie, you left pretty suddenly this muh-morning, and if you’re sick we thought you might need some dinner, or your huh-homework from today, or something.”
“I don’t need my homework,” Richie blows out a puff of smoke to his left, and continues, “And I’m not sick.”
Richie glances over at Eddie for a second. He’s still just… staring at Richie’s bare legs. Okay, so that’s something to think about later, maybe.
“Okay, so what’s wrong with yuh-you?” Bill sort of impatiently asks. “We’re huh-here to help you Richie.”
Richie hesitates for a second. “…It’s kinda hard to explain.”
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Richie gets stuck in a time loop the day after his eighteenth birthday.
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After the All Valley, Daniel LaRusso is trying to settle back in. Or just settle in- he hadn't done much of that in the first place.
And it doesn't help him settle in now that he's started receiving late-night phone calls from none other than Johnny freakin' Lawrence.
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“Here’s to your good looks, Evans,” he says, laughing breathlessly. “You’re beautiful, my love, absolutely beautiful.”
She doesn’t have a chance to tell him how handsome he looks in his tux, how radiant he looks when he’s smiling like that, how much she loves him; she doesn’t have a chance to say anything at all before his lips are on hers, soft and sweet the way he’d kissed her years ago when he asked her to be his girlfriend, the way he’d kissed her when he’d asked her to be his wife, the way he’s kissing her now that she is, at least according to them. He tastes like his chapstick, vanilla and coconut, and she’s sure she’s messing up the lipstick that took some woman three minutes to apply just right, but Lily cannot bring herself to care. This is all she’s wanted from her wedding day: to marry James, to kiss him like this, to rest her hand against his cheek and then to tangle it in his hair and pull him closer, together under her veil, apart from the rest of this.
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To This Sunny Day by modernprometheusunbound for Irritableizzy
Fandoms: Insidious (Movies)
17 Jul 2025
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What it says on the tin--classes are out for summer. They've made it through the semester in one piece, though perhaps a little bit worse for wear; but, hey, everyone struggles during at least part of every semester. At least now they don't have to worry about getting thrown across the laundry room.
No, summer break poses a new adventure: the longest amount of time they've spent apart, with a three-hour time difference.
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- Part 6 of Ab Ovo, Ad Infinitum
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you've seen so many faces (that I've never seen before) by Fastclarkson
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
15 Jul 2025
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She scoffs at that, leans back into her beanbag, twirls the drumstick between her jacks. “You serious about that? You can’t just half-ass this, y’know, Kaminari.”
He grins at her. “What, you think I’m a slacker?”
She rolls her eyes. “I know you’re a slacker.”
Or, five times Kyoka waits for Denki's solo and one time she wants to duet.
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Joel has a Bruce Springsteen opinion
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Όλα τα υπόλοιπα ήταν πρόφαση, άλλωστε, μόνο το αεροπλάνο είχε σημασία. Η πτήση αυτή καθ’ αυτή. Οι τοίχοι του με τα μικρά παράθυρα και τις σφραγισμένες πόρτες. Οι αναταράξεις πάνω από τη Μάγχη. Οι σκέψεις. Και τα όνειρα – Το αεροπλάνο που σηκώνεται σιγά-σιγά στον αέρα, φτάνει μέχρι την κορυφή και ύστερα αρχίζει να χάνει ύψος. Πώς θα είχε το κουράγιο να συνεχίσει τη ζωή της αν δεν έμπαινε σε αυτό το αεροπλάνο, για να μπορέσει να κλείσει τα μάτια και να αντικρίσει τον πατέρα της, καθισμένο στη δική του θέση, δίπλα στο παράθυρο; Δεν της μίλησε όταν τον είδε. Μόνο κοιτάχτηκαν. Αλλά η Αγγέλα κατάλαβε – της ζητούσε να μη φοβάται.
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Η Αγγέλα ταξιδεύει στο Λονδίνο.[γράφτηκε στα πλαίσια του παρά πέντε sapphic week 2025. Μέρα 1η: Reunion]
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Mary, Queen Of Arkansas by divinicis
Fandoms: Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
29 Jun 2025
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Johanna gets with Annie. It's not for the sake of loving her — but to run away long enough from the morphling that by the time it catches up to her, she'll have an anchor keeping her from that final drown.
Johanna Mason is a selfish bitch. Annie Cresta endears this, slightly.
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- Part 2 of DIVINICIS | THG SAPPHIC WEEK 2K25
- Part 4 of DIVINICIS | THE DRABBLE SERIES
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A story of fathers and sons.
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If Bobby’s timeline was correct, Buck and Eddie had been dating for a couple weeks. Officially, that was. The two of them had been bringing an anxious, giddy tension with them to work that Bobby felt was much more obvious than Buck and Eddie realized.
That being said, neither of them had brought this blossoming relationship up to Bobby.
And that was how Bobby ended up third-wheeling at a Bruce Springsteen concert.
Bobby takes Buck and Eddie to a Bruce Springsteen concert, and Buck and Eddie both go to Bobby for advice on saying 'I love you' for the first time.
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It ain't no sin (to be glad you're alive) by Spinningoutwaiting
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
31 Mar 2025
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The tall buildings of New York feel like a thick layer of protection around them, letting them create a new world that's just the two of them, one where they can go home tonight and hold each other close. One where they can sit here together and sing and not have to worry about greaser or soc. Is it perfect? No. But it is everything the two boys have dreamed of, ever since that day freshman year when they kissed for the first time and they both felt more fear and love and hope then they ever had before.
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Paul and Darry find their place in New York City as they make new friends and get a gig singing at a local bar
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- Part 2 of Born to Run
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All the Wranglers knew one of the few rules Tyler, and surprisingly Boone, had set in place. ‘I’m on Fire’ by Bruce Springsteen was forbidden to play in their presence, it was odd considering both were measurable Springsteen fans or at least that’s what Kate thought as occasionally she traveled with them. She had learned about this rule after putting on a ‘banned Springsteen CD’ in the truck one day.
The Wranglers, minus Boone and Tyler, sat outside the RV while the two men went to a local motel, hoping for open rooms. Lily sat by, pulling hot dogs and marshmallows out of a cooler, while Dani built a fire, and Dexter quietly read a book.
“What’s, uh,” Kate nervously cleared her throat, “What’s with the Springsteen ban?” At her question Dexter huffed, Lily giggled, and Dani fully chuckled, her head shaking with laughter.
“I forget about that stupid ban sometimes,” Dani said, tossing a final log into the fire.
“That’s certainly a story.” Dexter shook his head, with a sigh.
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- Part 3 of I'm On Fire
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Most people assumed that Tyler and Boone met in high school, they’d be correct. However, people are wrong to think that they were immediately attached to the hip, they swung in and out of each other’s orbit, bumping into each other at tailgates and chatting lightly before going their separate ways. It’s not that they weren’t friends, they just tended to gravitate towards different groups. They occasionally ate lunch together or went to see a movie, but they rarely were around each other one-on-one. When they were 18, they truly became inseparable, brought together by a storm.
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- Part 1 of I'm On Fire
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[podfic] 'cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run by deepestbluesky
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Jan 2025
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Podfic of 'cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run by stellarpoint (pettifogger). Author's original summary:
Realization #1: Steve is wearing a costume. He’s dressed as Springsteen on the cover of Born In The U.S.A. The album cover is staring at Eddie from the stack of records by the speakers, and he flicks his eyes between the cover and Steve, almost laughing at how obvious the resemblance is.
Immediately after that, revelations two and three slam into him like an eighteen-wheeler.
#2: Bruce Springsteen is kind of hot.
#3: Steve Harrington is really hot.
A fourth and much louder thought echoes through Eddie’s brain: oh, shit.
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- Part 4 of the e street shuffle
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Buck has a plan. It might be his worst ever plan or his best ever plan, but either way, there will be karaoke. Hopefully there will also be making things up with Tommy.
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Down To The River [PODFIC] by Outrageous_Ring
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
21 Jul 2024
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Summary: Twenty-five years ago, Tony Crowley walked out of Azi’s life and broke both of their hearts. Since then, Azi has been living in suspended animation, working in the army/navy surplus booth he inherited from his dad and writing horror novels.
Now Tony is back from the city, flush with success and wanting to catch up with Azi. Should Azi risk his heart and try to reclaim what they’ve lost? Or is it too late to start over?
A Good Omens human AU inspired by Bruce Springsteen.
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Our Song by DarlingCera
Fandoms: Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022)
07 Jun 2024
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After Louis leaves the Dubai apartment to find Lestat, Armand and Daniel are left alone. Fearing the loneliness that would come from Danie and Louis leaving, Armand agrees to give Daniel back his memories.
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Twenty-five years ago, Tony Crowley walked out of Azi’s life and broke both of their hearts. Since then, Azi has been living in suspended animation, working in the army/navy surplus booth he inherited from his dad and writing horror novels.
Now Tony is back from the city, flush with success and wanting to catch up with Azi. Should Azi risk his heart and try to reclaim what they’ve lost? Or is it too late to start over?
A Good Omens human AU inspired by Bruce Springsteen.
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- Part 1 of Down to the River