this is not the world we had in mind (but we've got time);
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we've been chasing our demons down an empty road; by esquitor
Fandoms: 나 혼자만 레벨업 - 추공 | Solo Leveling | Only I Level Up - Chu-Gong, 나 혼자만 레벨업 | Solo Leveling (Webcomic)
19 Jun 2021
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liu zhigang comes out of the kamish raid with 4 more friends than he entered it with. he's also several times richer, missing one of his soulmates, saddled with a survivor's guilt and ptsd he never signed up nor asked for, and stuck with what he hopes is just a temporary infatuation on thomas andre of all people.
that's fine. he'll just... ignore it. what's he going to do with a long-distance relationship with another national ranked hunter on the other side of the globe, anyway?
(thomas andre is not ignoring it.)
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((lzg/thomas andre endgame get-together fic... one of them is dense and In Denial
canon divergent soulmate 'au' with heavy worldbuilding around (hunter) soulmates as a concept, as well as multiple soulmates. mostly covers liu zhigang's POV and his shenanigans around thomas goddamn andre up to about 4 years before canon time.))
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we've been fighting our demons just to stay afloat; by esquitor
Fandoms: 나 혼자만 레벨업 - 추공 | Solo Leveling | Only I Level Up - Chu-Gong, 나 혼자만 레벨업 | Solo Leveling (Webcomic)
26 Oct 2024
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the kamish raid is the start of many things.
it is the first s-rank gate to appear in the world. it is the most difficult s-rank gate to appear in the years that follow.
it is the first gate at which hundreds of elite hunters die facing down. it is the first time this many hunters lose their lives and their soulmates in one place, at one time.
it is the first time thomas andre finds others who do not go down easily.
it is the first time he thinks about love again since becoming a hunter.
(he doesn't fall in love. that happens later. that happened years ago.)
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((lzg/ta endgame. :) you know. very self indulgent.
canon divergent soulmate 'au' with heavy worldbuilding around (hunter) soulmates as a concept, as well as multiple soulmates. sequel to chasing demons! sort of. parallel fic. reading chasing demons is a little required.))
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beaten by a broken dream; by esquitor
Fandoms: 나 혼자만 레벨업 - 추공 | Solo Leveling | Only I Level Up - Chu-Gong, 나 혼자만 레벨업 | Solo Leveling (Webcomic)
17 Aug 2021
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Thomas has come to enjoy the prospect of ownership, of having things he can call his own. Growing up, he and his mother had a fair little (they had enough). As an adult himself, he gained quite a bit... and then lost it.
Then he gained more. Awakening. Strength. Money. Status.
He lost two soulmates in one go in the Kamish raid and he learned what losing was like once again. He vows not to let it happen anymore. He'll keep what's his, and he'll keep it safe.
This includes what he wants.
This includes Liu Zhigang.
(sl week day 1 prompt: possessive)
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i can feel your longing heart; by esquitor
Fandoms: 나 혼자만 레벨업 - 추공 | Solo Leveling | Only I Level Up - Chu-Gong, 나 혼자만 레벨업 | Solo Leveling (Webcomic)
17 Aug 2021
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If not for the fact that he sometimes leans in a little close, sometimes comes in for a kiss, one would find it hard to believe they were dating.
("false," laura tells him once. "anyone with working eyes can see how you look at him."
"a deaf man would hear it when you talk, boss," chris reid chips in.
sheri delivers the finishing blow. "you practically radiate 'i love liu zhigang', thomas.")
This is only the case in public, though.
In bed, Zhigang can't seem to get enough of him.
(sl week day 2 prompt: touch-starved. sort of.)
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skylines (remind us of a different time); by esquitor
Fandoms: 나 혼자만 레벨업 | Solo Leveling (Webcomic), 나 혼자만 레벨업 - 추공 | Solo Leveling | Only I Level Up - Chu-Gong
18 Aug 2021
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"I still think Thomas Andre would've been a better option," says Baek Yoon-ho. "We have enough firepower. We need a tank. Proper one."
He and Min Byung-gu send their silent respects to the A-Rank tanks who had accompanied them in the first two raid attempts and.. did not survive. Those that did are still in recovery. The Association has managed to bring in a few more for this raid, and they all know how it's going to turn out.
Or they did. Until they heard that Thomas Andre was supposed to be here... and then found Liu Zhigang instead.
Baek Yoon-ho imagines they're a bit conflicted right now in how to feel. He also knows they'll get over any mild hero-worship they might have for Liu Zhigang as soon as they meet him. Most people do.
Lim Tae-gyu is not one of those people.
(sl week day 3 prompt: canon divergence au)
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stuck on answers we can't find; by esquitor
Fandoms: 나 혼자만 레벨업 - 추공 | Solo Leveling | Only I Level Up - Chu-Gong, 나 혼자만 레벨업 | Solo Leveling (Webcomic)
21 Aug 2021
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...they are considered to be the strongest hunters in the world and reign like kings in their home countries, exerting tremendous influence over human society and doing whatever they please.
they are kings on their thrones. they sit upon the corpses that got them there.
(sl week day 4 prompt: shadows)
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when we were full of life; by esquitor
Fandoms: 나 혼자만 레벨업 | Solo Leveling (Webcomic), 나 혼자만 레벨업 - 추공 | Solo Leveling | Only I Level Up - Chu-Gong
16 Jun 2022
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the goliath pulls himself out of the rubble first and shakes his head. he looks around, reaches over, and starts dragging the other figure up.
"there you are. c'mon, liu, up you get-"
he stops.
"liu?"
there is a wound in liu zhigang's side, visible only as a glimmer of light from healing magic being transferred through his soul mark.
thomas andre looks over his shoulder, tense. he stands by liu zhigang's form and waits, glancing back and forth between the man and the dragon outside.
"liu. hey. don't die on me now. who else is going to kill that dragon? gonna make the tank and mages do your work for you? you're the fucking fighter, man. get up."
(sl week day 5 prompt: memories)
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where forever dies; by esquitor
Fandoms: 나 혼자만 레벨업 - 추공 | Solo Leveling | Only I Level Up - Chu-Gong
31 Aug 2024
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(are we not all children of the same light?)
(and light is not light if it does not cast a shadow.)
(his shadow bleeds. it bleeds and it buries itself in the ground, in the cosmos and the chaos and the fabric of the world. we are all light. we are all shadow.)
(he is dying.)
((an ashborn character study. maybe antares too. not ragnarok compliant.))
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