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• Sparks And Ash by Many_Fandom_Fox

  Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  04 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Councillor Bronte & Fintan Pyren
  • Councillor Bronte/Fintan Pyren
  • Councillor Bronte & Councillor Oralie (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
  • Fintan Pyren
  • Councillor Bronte (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
  • Sophie Foster (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
  • Councillor Oralie (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • fintan has adhd
  • neither of them are good at showing emotion
  • Black cat/Golden retriever
  • Bronte is bad at feelings
  • gay chaos
  • could be read as one shots but there's a storyline
  • No Smut
  • well like theres sex scenes
  • but its not graphic or anything
  • because your author here is
  • ✨asexual✨
  • fintan is shorter here
  • he has longer hair tho
  • Bronte ain't bald in this
  • because I refuse to picture him with a buzz cut
  • i love old man yaoi
  • oralie is just a menace
  • like no girl I'm not harboring a criminal
  • what are you on?
  • Very little actual plot
  • significantly more character developement
  • sort of dubious consent when it comes to physical touch
  • but bronte actually likes it
  • he's just too alpha to admit it
  • mentions of Sophie and team valiant
  • Unsure when this is set
  • Canon Divergence
  • fintan is a little shit
  • he's also quite affectionate tho
  • Bronte is pretending to hate it
  • I'm going to cry for a week when book 10 comes out
  • second chapter has S/H
  • should have mentioned that
  • but yeah fintan did it in his sleep
  • so yeah there is self-inflicted injury and it'll probably come up again

  Summary

  Bronte was quite content with how things were. Sophie Foster and her friends could take care of any major issues, and he could be left alone. But thoughts of an old friendship linger, and he isn't the only one reminiscing.

  Fintan is cold and world-weary, and when he breaks out of his prison, there's only one place for him to go. The Lost Cities hates him, even the Neverseen abandoned him. His only option is to call on an old pal.

  Chaos, fluff, and mighty gay activities ensue.

  Update 3rd Nov 2025: I have discontinued this fic for now! Please check out my other, Ocean Eyes! I'm not fully happy with my writing here, and I was running out of plot ideas. Still feel free to read though! Just keep in mind that I might not finish it, I'm sorry :(

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  8,353

  Chapters:

  12/?

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  Kudos:

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