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Ten years ago, Tony DiNozzo was forced to leave Philadelphia in a hurry when Mike Macaluso swore revenge on the undercover cop who was responsible for destroying his empire and putting the Mafia Don and his son behind bars. But when Tony surfaced again in Baltimore he had a secret, one that a decade later looks as if it's not going to stay buried for much longer and will change everything. When it does, some of the people in his life are going to find it hard to accept and adapt to, especially when he's no longer the same Anthony DiNozzo they were so accustomed to.
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- Part 2 of Partners
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More than anything else, David wants to believe he's not sick because that means he isn't crazy. It means he can fall in love and live happily ever after. But if he surrenders to that hope and he's wrong, then there's no coming back.
The Shadow King is victorious, but the battle for David Haller’s soul has only begun. David fails to escape Division 3's intervention and is forced into therapy. With his relationships ruined, his mind split, and his past a lie, death seems like the only choice left. But Farouk is pulling the strings to keep him alive. As David's friends and family work desperately to save him, David must reclaim his past and present to avoid losing his future to the monster who destroyed him.
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Abby and Cate’s faked gay cowboy photo of Tony was supposed to be a joke – a tit for tat reaction for DiNozzo discovering a wet T-shirt photo of a younger Caitlin Todd. But when the faked photo is accidentally transmitted to the whole of the DC office the consequences are catastrophic.
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When Yusuke meets up with Nakanohara, more than half a year after Madarame's arrest, his complicated feelings about his former mentor and the mother he never knew receive an unexpected answer.
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God Grant Me Serenity by JustSimpleThings for norules
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), The Witcher (TV)
24 Aug 2020
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Lambert is a barista at Kaer Morhen Café. He has no hopes, no aspirations; he just wants to work in peace.
Everything changes when an annoying, privileged little shit begins frequenting his shop...
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Or:I proudly present to you my take on a Jaskier/Lambert Coffee Shop AU!
Warnings: this story contains mentions of past childhood physical/emotional abuse and neglect, being in the care system, foster homes, suicidal thoughts and sexual abuse/assault happening to an underage character.
It also features a disabled character who has an incomplete spinal cord injury. I apologise if I use any disability-related terms incorrectly, please let me know in the comments if you notice any such mistakes and I'll be happy to correct them! -
The way "Fuck You" Pops from a Broken Boy's Mouth by ManukaHoney
Fandoms: Outer Banks (TV)
25 Sep 2020
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"It wasn’t that he didn’t like JJ; he was almost as fond of him as he was John B. He had this way of pulling you into the joke and making sure everyone was laughing, and he never let anyone get away with saying a bad word about his friends. Pope could respect that.
It wasn’t that he didn’t like JJ.
It was just that sometimes, it looked like JJ could get away with fucking anything." -
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No, no, no nonono.....
KEEP MOVING. You can't just give up, especially not when you're trapped on a hell-forsaken Earth by yourself! You have to keep pushing, no matter what. Nothing else matters anymore except staying alive.
After your residency at the UAC Mars Facility met a bitter end, you decided to travel back to Earth to try and live out a new life—until, all the demons arrived, that is. Now, your past has been left behind as you're forced to become a scavenger walking alone among a deserted Earth. Sure, you hear tales of the "Great Doom Slayer", but no one's ever truly seen him in action before. And, as far as you're concerned, he wouldn't save you anyway; no one even knows you're still alive. Or cares.
THIS WORK MENTIONS OF SELF-HARM, SUICIDE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, GORE, AND SEX.
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Ken Kaneki was lonely. His life was tainted with tragedy ever since he was little. With a father that died before he could remember and a mother that only neglected and abused him, the boy had no one to really depend on.However, after he discovered his late father’s book collection, he found a way to feel less lonely. Kaneki would spend hours sitting in a corner by the stuffed bookshelf in his father’s laboratory and get absorbed in the many stories that were written in the thick paper.
While books helped him cope with his loneliness, someone else also came into Kaneki’s life. Hideyoshi Nagachika -also known as Hide- could make Kaneki forget about everything (and everyone) that hurt him.That was until his beloved mother passed away and everything changed... After being forced to live with his horrid aunt and her family, Kaneki felt so hopeless, even the incarnation of the sun himself could no longer save him from suffocating pain and loneliness.
TRIGGER WARNINGS for themes such as self-harm, child abuse, suicidal thoughts/attempts, mentioned rape/non-con, implied/referenced eating disorder (bulimia) and severe depression.Series
- Part 1 of : the tragedy trilogy
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Imposter in the Looking Glass by SageNebula
Fandoms: Subarashiki Kono Sekai | The World Ends With You (Video Games), Neo: The World Ends With You
22 Aug 2021
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Shortly after joining the Wicked Twisters, Neku takes a moment to reflect and breathe—or, at least, try to. But after three years locked in a void, it's more than a little difficult to reconcile who he was with who he is, and who everyone expects him to be.
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Embracing the past can bring with it more than one bedfellow...
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Tal is reminded that, on any journey, it’s often the people one encounters and the conversations one has that are the most memorable.
Besides there isn’t much else to do but talk in the less than pleasing confines of the other Earth’s ultra security site for errant people with powers.
While Tal’s preference would be to get over the rough ground quickly, it seems every one else has other plans.
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- Part 3 of Emigrants & Immigrants
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Notwithstanding the grass not being greener, Tal-Rho continues his exploration of the not-quite-familiar places and people on the Inverse World.
The more he looks, the more he comprehends that this world remains entangled in the well-being of those he most values on the other Earth.
Confronted by his own deficiencies in local knowledge, not to mention a lack of experience as any kind of hero, he persists.
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- Part 4 of Emigrants & Immigrants
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Ah Bermuda…
One would think that sun, sea snorkelling, sailing etc. would be enough to occupy Tal-Rho and the Lane-Kent’s family holiday time at his private island home.
Given, however, the presence of more than one Kryptonian, a globally renowned journalist, a general and other assorted heros in the party, nephew Jonathan Kent’s ideal of a completely social media postable ‘normal people vacation’ isn’t likely to be sustained.
And that’s even before the (in)famous Triangle, interdimensional complications, and unresolved family history are added to the fray.
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- Part 6 of Emigrants & Immigrants
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In a new place, Claude is haunted by ghosts of his past, and an inescapable feeling.
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Eret is five when his parents first leave him and Niki alone for the whole day. They leave early in the morning, taking just enough time out of their day to wake up Eret and Niki before they disappear.
On what you consider normal, and accepting that it may not be.
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- Part 3 of Playground AU
- Part 10 of Author's faves
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when you are born in a burning house, you think the whole world is on fire (but it's not) by astrovagant
Fandoms: Moon Knight (TV 2022)
02 Jun 2023
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Steven is reminded of something from their childhood, leaving Marc to pick up the pieces. Luckily, Layla is there for the fog.
(An autistic DID system written by an autistic DID system. That's really important for us to emphasize! Love them so much!)
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Space is Just a Starry Sky by blue_spectacles
Fandoms: Superman & Lois (TV 2021), Doctor Who (2005)
17 Jul 2023
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After being disappointed with what he finds on the Inverse world, Tal Rho is adrift in space. He expects to die, but instead he makes some unexpected friends.
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lonely gods and lost horizons by blue_spectacles
Fandoms: Superman & Lois (TV 2021), Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (1963)
05 Jul 2025
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Tal-Rho finds himself drawn back to the place where he was held and tortured by the British military as a child. The Doctor offers him a potential path forward and a chance at redemption, but will Tal take it? Can he learn to let go of his hatred of humanity? And will Superman accept that he’s genuinely trying?
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Eternal Return by Fandomme
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars: Rebels, The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett (TV), Andor (TV)
25 Feb 2025
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“Come back,” she pleads, and he goes pale, and the med-droid gives her something else so she can finally sleep. But after her friends leave she feels a single fingertip, blessedly warm, like on the island. When it traces down her hand she feels like she’s returned to her native gravity — her heart remembers its ideal rhythm. The sensation is so soothing her eyelids feel even heavier, and she can’t open them.
“You’re driving me crazy, here,” Ben whispers.
Or: How all the technology used to keep Snoke and Palpatine alive might be turned toward a better purpose.
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My Straight Best Friends Hate my Boyfriend by orphan_account
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
26 Nov 2023
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Set directly after the war, Harry seeks comfort and healing from unexpected, albeit complicated places. And it stumps his two best friends.