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now you feel so alive by ShiftyBells

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase I - Various Authors, Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase III - Various Authors
02 Oct 2025
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Bells fingers gently threaded through his hair, caressing them like Burryaga was one of Bell's beloved hounds. Perhaps he was, in the eyes of some.

Burryaga hitched Bells legs over his shoulder, pressing a tender kiss to the soft flesh, eyes slipping half closed as he peered up at Bell through his lashes.

“May I?”

Bell, beautiful, precious Bell. He smiled, like Burryaga was asking for a kiss and not to drain Bell of the very ichor that kept him alive.

Bell smiled, tender and private, his cheeks flushed and lips still slick with spit.

“Go on, take what you need.”

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though your eyes will need some time to adjust (to the overwhelming light surrounding us) by ShiftyBells

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
22 Sep 2025
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In which the Clone Wars do not end with betrayal, death and a burning temple that was home to thousands. It's not a perfect ending, wounds still seeping with blood, with distrust and regret. But it's better.
In this galaxy, things could be fixed.
Shaak smiled, petting the grass invitingly. “We are quite alright Ahsoka. Thank you for joining us today. I know you probably would rather spend your time with those your own age, rather than two old Masters’ like us.” Her voice was light and joking, washing over them like the strum of a harp.

Clearly, Shaak’s joke had eased Ahsoka’s discomfort, her shoulders slumping into a more eased position.

“I wouldn’t dream of being anywhere else.” She replied, her voice surprisingly tender and quiet. Like the young girl couldn’t quite fathom that they were Infront of her.

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we could become, two into one by ShiftyBells

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase III - Various Authors
08 Jul 2025
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After a year of separation, Burryaga doesn't hesitate to re-acquaint himself with Bell.

The low murmur of conversation leaked through the door, Senators and party goers wandering the halls as the gala continued, but Burryaga didn’t focus on any of that. Didn’t focus on the chatter, the sound of constant footsteps that passed by their room. Not when he had a much better thing to focus on, just below him.

It was dark, the curtains drawn on their balcony blocking out the moon's rays. But Burryaga could just make Bell out below him.

And by the Light what a sight he made.

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Honey, Look at Me by ShiftyBells for JediCouncilMaster

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase I - Various Authors, Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase III - Various Authors
03 Jul 2025
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Plo had been in love with dark eyes and a gentle laugh for four months. Coincidentally, Shaak has been in love with a gentle touch and masked eyes for four months.
Somehow, neither realise that these are directly related.

Plo hummed quietly, still tapping to the beat of the softly falling rain outside. “You sound like you're speaking from experience.”
Bell smiled softly, tender and his free hand came up to fiddle with that gold chain that always hung from his neck, a simple yet elegant emerald pendant hanging from it.
“Something like that. If Shaak is the woman we both know, the one you've fallen head over heels for, then you have nothing to fear by simply asking her.”
Plo shuddered, heart swelling in his chest. He knew Bell was speaking the truth but- Shaak was his perfect other half in every way, he didn't want to rush and ruin it all.
“Plo.”
Plo looked up, and Bell smiled gently at him, his eyes swimming with reassurance.
“Go for it. You won't regret it.”

In which Bell Zettifar is long suffering in his choices of trying to matchmake two idiots in love.

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- Part 2 of Porter's Parlour
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your face, lit by starlight by ShiftyBells for jadegoldcat

Fandoms: Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase I - Various Authors, Star Wars - All Media Types
18 Apr 2025
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Bell’s eyes were beckoning, grip steady as he urged Loden forward. His body ached from being immobile for so long, but he couldn’t stop. Loden let himself fall from the slab, let himself fall into Bell’s grip. Bell only briefly stumbled, arms wrapping around his bony frame so securely Loden’s entire being burned.
Bell, sweet Bell, took his weight without complaint, shuffling them until his arm was wrapped around his shoulder.
Bell grinned at him, so achingly young and Loden couldn’t help but find comfort in it.
“Let’s get you home.”
Loden smiled back, allowing a tiny amount of hope to bloom further. They stepped forward, step by agonising step.
Only for the lights to cut to black for the briefest moment, alarms blaring so loud they shook Loden’s very core, oppressive as flashing red lights faded in and out of existence. Bell cursed, and a cold shiver ran down Loden’s spine. That blinking light.
Marchion had been watching.
And who knew what he was planning.

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Disown before being disowned by Hilimi

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
21 Sep 2025
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Qui-Gon wanted a new Padawan, did not he? Fine, two could play that game. Obi-Wan wanted a new Master.

One who would make him a Jedi Knight before he turned thirty, preferably.

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11 Oct 2025
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to be loved by LiterallyThePresident

Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
01 Oct 2025
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He was perfect. He was perfect, and Verso was weak and low and unworthy to even look upon him. To lay his pitiful eyes on Gustave was akin to casting dirt on the statue of David, but for some unfathomable reason, this divine creature had deigned to grace Verso with his attention, his love. Verso couldn’t understand it, but he was determined to properly honor the precious gift he’d been given, devoting himself to Gustave with a Dionysian mania that bordered on delirium.

And oh, how richly rewarded he was.

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05 Oct 2025
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TAPS by BlueMountainFairy

Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
22 Aug 2025
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Taps is a bugle call used by the Army and the Navy to signal lights out and at funerals. There are no official lyrics for Taps, but many verses have been written for the tune.
Buck has not been having a good time. He's had three near-death experiences in less than a year, his found family has turned out not to need him as much as he needed them, and he's just come from a funeral, and he can't drink away the feelings with everyone else because of the blood thinners. To make matters worse, while picking up some last-minute supplies for the celebration of life, he runs into the 118.
He does not have the mental fortitude to deal with them.
Good thing his partner, Sarah "Buzzkill" Vaughn, has his back.

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30 Sep 2025
Public Bookmark 41
Encore by thevalesofanduin

Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
08 Oct 2025
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Maelle looks at the mirror shards scattered across the floor, a disarray of sharp and jagged pieces that can never be put back together again. "I know you’re not him..." she admits in a shaky whisper. Her tear-filled eyes find Verso, the blues and greys of paint starting to unravel the edges of them, mocking him. "But you deserve to be happy,” she says. We deserve to be happy, she means.
“I deserve to be myself,” Verso says, and it sounds like a plea more than anything else. The skin around his left eye aches, as if it’s waiting for his scar’s return.
Maelle sighs before she sweeps her hand through the air, calling for her rapier. It appears in a flutter of gold petals, glimmering in the dim light of the bathroom. Her eyes are cast in shadow and her disappointed smile is somewhat crooked. "Alright. Let's try again."
or: Maelle wants a happy end for everyone she cares about, and she will keep trying until even Verso gets it right.

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30 Sep 2025
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The Long Track Home by Renlukun

Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
05 Oct 2025
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After Maelle takes over the canvas, Verso struggles to find meaning in the new Lumière. At least, until Gustave offers him to participate in a project together. Slowly, Verso starts to see the man he left to die in a different light, as he also struggles with the guilt of knowing that he's slowly falling in love with him.

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30 Sep 2025