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With the conclusion of the Final Days and despair defeated, Hades has decided to stay upon Etheirys alongside the Warrior of Light. Their threads of fate have intertwined to give them another chance at a life together, despite all the hardships they've lived through. But even with their souls bonded again and affections shared, the sins of their past won't ever disappear. They need only take one small step at a time to navigate this new journey together.
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- Part 5 of Soulbound
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24 Jul 2024
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An unwanted daughter, born from an elicit union between Archbishop Thordan VII and a no-named beauty from the brumes, falls into the hands of Garlean dignitaries and their emperor by chance. Through a twist of fate, the shine of the child's soul unmistakable to His Radiance's discerning eyes, she becomes a tribute to solidify a fleeting deal between nations. Elevated from a bastard child to the First Princess of Garlemald, akin to the emperor's daughter, Crow wir Galvus was thrusted into the cruel world of intrigue with only one companion whom she can trust — the brilliant but tacit young prince, Zenos yae Galvus.
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- Part 1 of Coerthan Traitor
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- English
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- 209,028
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- 80/80
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19 Jul 2024
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Senri Tia, Warrior of Light, is used to hiding his sensitivity, harsh temperament, and past trauma behind a goofy mask. When his best friend's rejection burns him, he joins the expedition into the Crystal Tower and meets a certain historian with red-cyan eyes, who quickly takes hold of his heart.
Meanwhile, before their world is shattered—Ares, who holds the Seat of Azem in the Convocation of Fourteen, on the day of his anniversary, sets off to look for his brother, Hades, in Elpis. Instead, he stumbles upon a cat-like creature wearing his face. Hearing of the fate awaiting his brother, he and his husband decide to do everything to change the miserable future of their so-called 'shards.'
The fated meeting, destined parting and reunion occur with the immortals' scheme in the background.
The past and the future collide, creating a new outcome.*
Explicit M/M content and HEAVY canon divergence. Massively Every Ancient LIVES theme.
Crystal Tower, Shadowbringers, Endwalker, and Dawntrail spoilers.Series
- Part 1 of Frost & Flame
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- English
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- 707,620
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- 141/?
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19 Jul 2024
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Eons ago, two bonded souls vowed to always find each other in whatever form they may take. A dozen millennia pass after their world is torn asunder, and the Warrior of Light meets Emet-Selch during her time on the First. Even as sworn enemies, she finds herself drawn to him with a connection that cannot be comprehended by anyone but the Ascian himself. They discover together that even when the soul is thinned to a fraction of what it once was, a love as profound as theirs would still try to transcend their tragic fate.
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- Part 1 of Soulbound
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19 Jul 2024
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Astarion's eyes flick to Tav. And for the first time this evening, his gaze rests. Tav's face shows nothing, carefully composed, unreadable even to Astarion's cunning. It makes his gaze linger. Voluntarily or involuntarily, Astarion isn't certain. He doesn't care. What he cares about is the aura that Tav radiates. He has seen it many times over the years, in Cazador himself as well as in his master's enemies and allies; that promise of power. It's delicious.
Astarion sees a way out of two centuries of servitude and humiliation under Cazador Szarr in Tav, a fellow victim of the mind flayers' abduction.
His next steps are instinctive. Manipulation is what he knows, what he's good at, what his master kept him around for.
The plan works—until Astarion realizes that Tav might be more than he bargained for.
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Or: Allies with benefits turns into a sizzling slow burn. Our protagonists get to know each other by sharing good but mostly bad memories, becoming friends, and eventually more.
As they do, the events of 1492 DR in and around Baldur's Gate unfold around them. Annoying companions, teasing banter, and trauma included.- Language:
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- 180,269
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- 23/?
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23 Dec 2023
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Astarion had told him once before, that he was holding back - afraid to lose control. He'd brushed it off as deflection back then, false bravado to mask vulnerability; now he sees the monster lurking behind pretty words and a prettier face, and wonders what it says about him that he wants to be caught.
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I managed to lock-in Astarion's romance prior to the Tiefling's Party, so the game gave me a fade-to-black during that moment. I decided to take matters into my own hands, and here we are.Bookmarked by gingerm
09 Oct 2023
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I'm a Barista Who Has Vowed to Destroy All Evil, But My Shift Manager is a Horrible Lich! by gLOVELESStago
Fandoms: Eberron, Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
20 Nov 2024
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Gaia Sotharr, Faithful Paladin of the Church of the Silver Flame, works diligently in a cafe called Halden's Carafe. Her vow to destroy all evils in this world is complicated by the fact that the other shift manager at the Carafe is Gath, a horrible lich and thorn in her side.
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18 Feb 2023
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The war has not gone well for anyone. The Alliance has three months left before collapse. The Horde is not much better off. With neither victory or death as options, Sylvanas proposes an alternative. A treaty, to ease tensions and open borders, with a political hostage to ensure that both sides stay in line. A marriage with many political implications and Sylvanas would only accept one person. Jaina Proudmoore.
And Jaina Proudmoore made for the perfect hostage. If the Alliance moves wrong, Jaina dies. The Horde attacks, and Jaina reduces Orgrimmar to a wisp of a memory in the minds of children.
Of course, no one expected Sylvanas and Jaina to be anything more than uneasy partners with each other, least of all Sylvanas and Jaina...
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20 Oct 2022
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the most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you by greatunironic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jul 2022
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Sixteen years after the world didn't end for the last time, Max Mayfield showed up on Steve’s doorstep and said, “You gonna walk me down the aisle in May or what?” Or, it’s 2002 and Steve Harrington attends a wedding, a funeral, and a birth.
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- English
- Words:
- 34,987
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Collections:
- 67
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- 4,269
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05 Aug 2022
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"Xie [...] had invented an entire pleasure-industry by combining superior visual aesthetics with impeccable personal attention. Drasha salons were by that time a feature of any even half-decent house of repose in every pleasure district in the British Isles, but once upon a time, when Xie debuted, there had been only one, and Xie had named it: the Icehouse."
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In a contemporary dystopia, Unity is peace--despite the fact unsanctioned information, illicit currency, and every sort of danger flows unchecked in the world's pleasure districts.John Watson, a weary hired gun, is assigned by the mysterious Mentor to investigate a subversive element lurking in the Icehouse, the world's most famous House of Repose. As accustomed as he is to dealing with the unexpected, John is nevertheless woefully unprepared to meet the gem of the Ice house, Xie, the world renowned "drashaskaya," the living work of art after which all other drashas are modeled.
In sumptuous suites, amid trailing puddles of silk and fervent whispers in the night, John soon learns that nothing is as it seems in the floating world of London's pleasure district.
*Modern-day dystopian/one-world government/espionage/geisha!lock AU
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- English
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- 207,079
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- 39/39
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Bookmarked by gingerm
04 Mar 2016
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At Montague Street when Sherlock was forced to sate his body’s needs, he was at least able to wander about the flat as much as he pleased.
At Baker Street, it was mini-bags in a mini-fridge and bedroom confinement.
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- English
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- 31,059
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- 4/4
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04 Mar 2016
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"You love this, being Sherlock Holmes."
He had once. When had it all gone so wrong?
Fully completed, not a WIP. Updates will post twice a week.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 203,286
- Chapters:
- 23/23
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- 6
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- 3,151
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Bookmarked by gingerm
01 Mar 2016