Music as Healing
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John Watson is not a man who is meant for silence. He combats it the best he can.
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An Account of the Occupation of Bajor by Seu Minjaral, The Bajorassian by ToasterBonanza
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek - Various Authors
27 Mar 2021
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Story 9 of "Piper at the Gates of Dawn"
Inspired by the revelation that Vudic did have children (and failed to mention it before because, at the time, he "didn't think it was important"), Minjaral writes a letter to his friend's parents. Contained therein are compositions he wrote in celebration of the children's lives, a description of his life during the Occupation, and how he received, among other things, the great scar on his face.
(Note: This is another character study, written in memoir-style. Again, tried to make sure the tags were clear and safe to say, in Star Trek anything to do with the Occupation is bad news. This is not required for the overall plot and if you would rather skip it, you won't lose much.)
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- Part 9 of Piper at The Gates of Dawn
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- English
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- 6,106
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Maybe I Would Like You Better... (If You Took Off Your Clothes) by infinitestarsintheskye
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Dec 2022
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Eddie comes home to find Chrissy listening to some new music. A plotless fluffy oneshot of domestic hellcheer, featuring Eddie being the most dramatic man alive, and Chrissy utterly delighting in it all.
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Second Chances Burn the Brightest: The rise and fall and rise again of Fall Out Girl by StregaLuna
Fandoms: Fall Out Boy
18 Dec 2024
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Fall Out Girl is dead. That's how this story begins. The band fizzled out for various reasons in the 2000s. Pat and Pete broke up - it was messy. Pete has a kid and is divorced, and so does Jo, but she isn't. Their music suddenly goes viral online, and everyone is asking what happened to Fall Out Girl. Now, they, with the help of their manager, are getting the band back together years later. It's told in interviews because I read Daisy Jones and the Six and liked the idea but didn't like the actual book. This story is about the power of female friendship, making amends, and confronting the awful sexism and other terrible isms so prevalent during the 2000s. It's also about rock music because I really love rock music.
This is based on real events. But not all of it, so read with discretion. Don't take most of this as things that really happened; some are, some are not, but there's a lot of female trauma (trademark) in here too. Because I gender-bent it for a reason, and women have to move through the world differently. I don't think I've ever written anything that wasn't an examination of myself in some way, so it's a bit of that too. Obviously no hate to any of the real people mentioned in this fic.
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The Triple Fool by AnnaFan for ElrondsScribe
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
11 Aug 2025
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The music school AU no-one knew they needed till now!
Éowyn Earl is the star horn player in her year, simultaneously wrestling with the demons of her past, struggling with her current crush on violinist Aragorn Walker, and wondering what to do about the hideous professor Wykeham King who is making everyone’s lives miserable. Meanwhile, in the background, gradually coming into focus, is a very talented pianist, one Faramir Hurin.
A journey through healing, redemption, friendship - and a bit of revenge. Plus a very slow burn relationship. And a love-letter to my favourite orchestral instrument.
Inspired by ElrondScribe's brilliant Silmarillion music school AU.
No resemblance to any actual musicians intended, considerable liberties with my representation of the RNCM. Indeterminate time-frame: a bit like the Manchester of my teens (and its often unfortunate social attitudes); in other respects more up-to-date. The Mancunian rain is entirely accurate, however, and I make no apology for that.
Complete with playlist and epic author's notes.
NB - rating increased to E. I will mark the chapters in question so you can skip those bits (if you want M).
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Dazai Osamu is tired of being associated with the title of a celebrity, the glamor, the appearances that one has to keep up, and the standards that she has to adhere to, as per her rich parents demands so she retreats to university life.
And meets Nakahara Chuuya, reputed singer of the Flags band in the institution.
Fem Soukoku University AU, and how they find solace and peace within each other.
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After Matt's death, Neil's world goes silent. Until it doesn't. Until he starts hearing music that no one else can, that reaches out and touches his heart. The mystical music is the only comfort he has in a world without his brother—and then he meets Sea, and he discovers where the music comes from.
Soulmate DU where you can hear music when your soulmate plays if they put their heart into it.
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After being retired for 14 years, Rockstar Lucifer Moringstar decides to come out of retirement with two of his bandmates to perform as an opener for his daughter Charlie's band, Hazbin on their world tour. When 35 year old Legendary songwriter Lucifer begins butting heads with 21-year-old Alastor, Charlie's lead guitarist and songwriter, all hell breaks loose. After a night of over drinking, clubbing and scandal, Alastor and Lucifer are left to fight through their new found love-hate relationship, and not ruin the last 8 weeks of the world tour.
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In the quiet aftermath of war, Harry offers Draco a place to stay. He watches Draco find solace in music--and slowly, Harry begins to understand what it means to truly belong. A story of intimacy, redemption, and the power of choosing someone.
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- Part 1 of The Weight of Wanting
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On cold days the overthinking was even more. Even more for Vernon.
“Someday… Someday I will be so famous that people will cry about every single letter I put on my lyrics”. Vernon said, taking his boyfriend’s hand to kiss the back of it. “But every single letter in my lyrics will be dedicated to you”.
Seungkwan giggled, he looked at his boyfriend with a soft smile and Vernon felt like he wanted to give the world to him.
“And I will be a millionaire”. Vernon continues. “I will give you the life you deserve, the life I always dream to give to you”.
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Life hasn't been easy for Hansol and Seungkwan. How they would knew?
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Draco doesn’t know how to be soft. Not with himself, not with anyone else. But Harry Potter keeps offering himself up without demand or expectation, like softness is something he’s always known how to survive.
Set in the quiet aftermath of war, this is the story of how Draco learns to want. To trust. To stay.
A study in breath, in warmth, in the terrifying beauty of being seen—and letting yourself be held anyway.
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- Part 2 of The Weight of Wanting
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Kristin Anderson is used to going unnoticed. She’s Blaine’s little sister, a quiet sophomore who blends into the back row of the choir room and keeps her head down at home. But this year, the silence is heavier than ever, and it’s getting harder to carry alone.
As pressure builds, friendships spark in unexpected places, and Kristin starts writing a song that might finally let her speak. A Glee AU set during Season 4, Beneath the Chords follows one girl’s journey to survive, heal, and find her voice in a world that never asked her to speak.
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- Part 1 of Glee: Beyond the Spotlight
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John estaba en la cama, con la manta hasta el cuello. Ya tenía diez años, casi once, y le gustaba pensar que los truenos no lo asustaban… pero esa noche era diferente. Fue entonces cuando escuchó el suave chirrido de la puerta frente a la suya.
Lucero estaba ahí, de pie, con su pijama de franela, abrazando con fuerza a su osito.
—¿Puedo…? —dijo con voz temblorosa—. ¿Dormir contigo?John no dijo nada. Solo asintió con la cabeza y se hizo a un lado en la cama. Lucero cruzó el cuarto en puntillas y se metió bajo las cobijas sin soltar a Teddy. John notaba cómo el cuerpo de Lucero temblaba apenas, como una hoja bajo la lluvia.
Entonces, sin pensar demasiado, le ofreció la mano por debajo de la manta. Ella la tomó con fuerza.
—Una vez, pensé que si cantaba lo suficientemente fuerte, los truenos se irían. No funcionó. Pero me hizo sentir mejor.
—¿Puedes… cantar ahora? —susurró ella.Cuando Mimi entró a la habitación de John con una pila de ropa limpia, se detuvo en seco. Allí, bajo las mantas desordenadas, estaban su sobrino y Lucero, profundamente dormidos, el osito Teddy a medio caer entre ambos.
¿Quién nunca ha imaginado ser amig@ de los Beatles cuando eran niños?
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They said it was a miracle they survived.
But no one talks about what comes after miracles.
When he woke up, his world was smaller. Two bodies broken in different ways. One heart that remembers. One mind, that doesn’t. -
Manifestation doesn't discriminate, babe. by Shadowstays93
Fandoms: Black Veil Brides (Band), Bring Me The Horizon (Band), Bad Omens (Band), Andy Biersack - Fandom, Andy Black - Fandom, Oliver Sykes - Fandom, Noah Sebastian - Fandom
12 Jul 2025
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Morena was just trying to survive another shitty day when she dug up a magical lamp and accidentally trapped herself in a gothic beach castle with the three musicians who once saved her life with their songs. Oli turns it into a game, Noah finds quiet company, and Andy wants nothing more than to escape — or so he says.
Wishes come with consequences, gods are bored, and Morena is about to find out that loving your idols is one thing… but living with them might just break her open in ways she never expected.
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Something Like Home by evasmlp
Fandoms: Daisy Jones & The Six (TV), Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid
30 Jul 2025
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Julia Dunne is fourteen, lost in the noise of high school and the silence of a father who's never around. Music becomes her safe place so when she asks Eddie Roundtree for guitar lessons, it starts as something casual. Just chords, just Wednesdays.
But as Julia finds her voice, Eddie starts finding something else: a quiet closeness with Camilla he never let himself imagine.- Language:
- English
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- 2,139
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- 1/1
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Phuwin grew up thinking love meant pain. Then he met Pond—gentle, patient, steady. What starts as quiet companionship turns into something deeper, something healing. For the first time, Phuwin learns how to be loved without breaking.
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In which rapper Rhaenyra Targaryen is forced to go on a 2 month trip with rapper Alicent Hightower because of their friends, no one knowing that they're ex fiancés.