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Kent pushed his foot deeper on the accelerator and kept the needle steady on the miles.
The saltpan stretched before them, white and vicious. The distance shimmered mercury-sliver with heat, and beyond that the mountains loomed. There was a long way to go before night, and even then, there would be no rest till they came home.
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In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, winning the Winmuca rally is a matter of survival. Kent must team up with Tater, a handsome and unknown stranger, to have a chance at making it. -
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Her hands shook in her pockets. What she was doing was a bad idea. The wind turned, blowing in from the water, meeting her where she was. The was a croon carried on it - like whale song. Like a siren's call.
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In Boston harbor, the mermaid sings. Lardo has heard it in her dreams for months. On a summer's night, she follows it down to the water. -
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Jack should still be out on the water now, scrubbed alive with salt water and carving up the waves. Instead, he was on the sand, his wetsuit peeled down to his hips, a spare beginners board beside his own as he waited for his goddamn client that was goddamn late.
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Jack is a pro surfer hired to teach Eric Bittle (an upcoming Hollywood talent) to surf for The Breakers, Bittle's next feature film. They do not get off on the right foot. -
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Something in him gives way - a dam collapsing, a rubber band snapping - and now he can’t dream of anything else.
In the summer of 2013 as Vegas scours itself with the heat of the Nevada Desert, Kent finds himself loosing his mind. His nights fracture into dreams of Zimms; of hockey, of Jack, their bodies, and Zimms, I missed you. Zimms, you came back.
He falls asleep night after night and when he wakes, he wishes he hadn't. -
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Once, Kent crawled beneath Jack's sheets and whispered a midnight folktale of silver, blood, and crossroad demons.
Once, he found Jack on the floor of the bathroom and made a deal.That was then. This is now.
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The Aces joke that Kent sold his soul for preternatural hockey skills. They are more correct than they know.
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- Part 2 of I'll Crawl Home (To You)
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Every family has their piece of folklore and Kent's family had one about crossroad deals and the dead brought back to life.
When Kent finds Jack on the floor of a bathroom the night before the draft, it is too late to call an ambulance. But Kent has a pocket knife, a chant passed down in family lore, and voice to make deal with whatever answered his pleas.
Kent can live with the consequences of his decisions. The problem is, everyone around him must deal with the consequences too.A take on the Come Back Wrong trope.
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The 21st Century by Humbuggy
Fandom: Marvel Avengers Movies Universe, The Avengers (2012), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom
19 Jan 2015
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Ianto Jones had more secrets than most people knew.
One had to do with the fact that he worked for Torchwood, fought aliens and had a secret base under a water tower.
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The grey light of Spain carries their history with it, and it's gleaming through the cracks. // Two long cons, in thirteen conversations.
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Bookmarked by Humbuggy
10 Mar 2023
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So the film should’ve ended with them all together, we acknowledge this yes?
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Call It Magic by Meelah
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age II
27 Mar 2016
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Dorian wants to start a new life without his parents and Rilienus and moves to Kirkwall. He gets a job working at a bookstore and moves to a building in Lowtown where he gets to know his new neighbours.
However all is not how it seems.
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- Part 2 of Ghost Stories
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"Vampires dominate by biting, alpha wolves dominate by fucking. What the hell’s going on between the two of you, I don’t even have a clue."
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- Part 14 of Fast & Furious works
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Bookmarked by Humbuggy
18 Sep 2022
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So Bloody Bloody good. All of Astolat's fics are good, but this is fucking phenomenal.
Lifeline - astolat / fast and the furious
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A big, broad-shouldered man came through the door, the look of a long-haul trucker hanging around him like a ratty coat. He was wearing old oil-stained jeans and a frayed flannel shirt thrown over a white t-shirt, his scuffed boots peeling up at the toes with age.
He had the air of a man who’d reached the end of his rope. He had a battered wide-brimmed hat pulled low to cover his long, frazzled hair, half of which was scraped back into a loose tail. He had dark hair and dark skin and dark eyes that were framed by the deep-set bruises Arthur only ever saw on long-haulers and cattlemen, the marks of too many nights at the wheel or in the saddle, the normal rhythms of life stretched out and pulling at the seams.
The feller was handsome. Arthur noticed that as an afterthought, his breath catching in his chest. Under the bruises and the loose strands of hair, the feller was handsome. His eyes were bright and keen.
“Uh,” said Arthur, caught flat-footed by the unanticipated surge of attraction tightening his belly. “Hi.”
The feller looked Arthur dead in the eye. “I need all of the caramel sauce that you have,” he said.
(or, a coffee shop au. yeah. i know.)
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Bookmarked by Humbuggy
12 Sep 2022
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Lost Country - iridan /rdr2
THE Arthur/Charles modern au fic. Every chapter is perfection and it’s so so good.
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"Arthur had learned this dance over the past decade. It was much more delicate than the ugly tumble it took to start a fight. Finding out if someone was itching for violence was simple, the signs often plain and in the open. It was expected of men to have the urge sometimes, as if they had a build-in affinity towards bloodied knuckles and bruised skin.
But the other dance was more complicated. It worked through small gestures, lingering gazes, fleeting touches. It had taken Arthur years to learn the intricacies of it.
He had also learned the prize for any misstep."
A look at Arthur's life, 1877-1898.
Bookmarked by Humbuggy
28 Aug 2022
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So fucking good. The period typical homophobia label is warranted but so well crafted and heartaching. Anyway, good good charthur content and character driven introspective Arthur.
no law less than ourselves // CatRoofDance - rdr2