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In the Lurch by Girl_chama
Fandoms: Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Marvel Avengers Movies Universe
25 Jul 2012
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Life is what it is. Hitching your wagon to bright stars does not guarantee ascension.
This is what happens after Thor leaves New Mexico, SHIELD absorbs Dr. Foster's work, and non-genius, undegraduate Darcy Lewis falls through the cracks.
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Donald has rules for his hookups. No relationships, no kissing, no getting attached. He has plans and a real future ahead of him, there was no room for another person. Especially if that person was five foot ten inches of puppy dog eyes and contagious laughter.
Jesse, the classic boy next door, wants to join the Trebles for less-than-innocent reasons. He has his sights set on the unattainable beat box and he won't stop until he gets him. He'll sacrifice his morals, his standards, but can't stand lying.
Hearts are broken, futures are ruined, but love finds its way in the end.
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Five years after the mystery, inc. gang disbanded on bad terms, a violent crime forces them to put the past behind them and work together to solve one last mystery. With tensions high, and a dangerous criminal after them, the gang must solve their hardest case ever.
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Realism as Aesthetic, Melodrama as Law: Examining Melodramatic and Realist Conventions in Supernatural by thisyearsgrrrrl
Fandoms: Supernatural
17 Dec 2013
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An examination of realist vs. melodramatic conventions present in Supernatural, and how the negative preconceptions of melodrama create anxiety around ideas of gendered genres.
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"Rukia, Renji, Inoue, Chad, everyone… this time, I promise, I’ll defeat Aizen before he destroys all your lives again."
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- Part 1 of The Butterfly Effect
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A procession of tired feet marched on through the water and through the gore. All that remained of that wretched, blood-soaked night were the fallen bodies left to fester in the coming storm.
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- Part 1 of Antebellum Underground
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Daehyun gives up and just lies on the practice room floor, pretending to catch his breath. The incandescent lights flicker in his vision and he closes his eyes and thinks about the lies he's already told and the lies he'll tell in the future and whether or not a person's soul can actually crush under the weight of so many failed expectations.
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Origin story of my feline Gangrel.
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To Go Home by PickleDillo
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
09 May 2020
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Maggie finds herself dropped into a pre-industrial world with creatures she's only ever heard of in fairy tales. She must deal with a new set of growing pains in her dwarven body, an intensely curious baby brother Bilbo Baggins, and how to deal with the age old question of "too old for a young body." Come live with Maggie in the Shire and follow along with the beginning before The Lonely Mountain.
[This work originally had other chapters, the comments prelude to those, I am re-writing the work starting from scratch. Lots of changes.]
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- Part 1 of Margaret James' Journey
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Drunk Flint, melancholic Eleanor and one stolen kiss.
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Harvey Smith, game designer/director of Dishonored, is dragged into his own game, into the Empire of Isles by no other than the Outsider himself. He gives him a rather simple riddle, with an aim to destroy the Abbey of the Everyman while Harvey knows nothing of his new powers, is completely alone and has no knowledge of how to start his new life. What will he do to survive?
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This is a realistic/sci-fi take on Power Rangers. This fan fiction will include sexual content so if you are underage or are offended in anyway on my altering of famous celebrities or my version of Power Rangers leave now.
Chapter One: Yellow Ranger!
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Dave Strider kept the same monotonous routine up for, well, as long as he could remember. Wake up, head to work, come home, repeat.
And it was eating him away.
Dave was on his last string of survival until salvation came in the form of a black-haired pair of glasses, with plenty of money from mom and dad.
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A sequel to Normal. Set in the timeline where god never let Anteiku raid happen. Kaneki's now working in the cafe again. Things seem to be returning to the peaceful norm, but Kaneki's growing feelings for his best friend are crippling his peace of mind all over again. Hide's new relationship with a certain student at Kamii isn't helping his emotional turmoil either.
set as a sort of sequel to normal
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He's gotten tanner. That's Kaneki's only thought before he throws himself at his best friend, tucking his smile against a freckled shoulder. He inhales, and smells ocean salt mixed with Hide's familiar scent.
alt: hide and kaneki make out for five hours
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The Enchantress, queen of the Fairy Realm, has decided that Harry Potter has earned a fairy godparent. Only she's a bit odd, lazy, and perverted. But she also has his best interests in mind. Harry doesn't know how to react to being able to wish for nearly anything he wants. Varix brings out his inner Slytherin which attracts some Slytherin attention!
Starts in the Chamber of Secrets, but drastically changes even with staying near the story line. Harry delving into his Slytherin side. :)
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these past few days - a johndave fanfiction by ectoEgbert for ectomagician/allen on tumblr (dork)
Fandoms: Homestuck
11 Nov 2015
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an open letter to every sunrise.
to every solitary star in the sky.
to all those sleepless nights.thank you for helping me find my way here.
(it's crazy how one person can spin your life in a circle and put it flat on it's back in a matter of months. i hope you enjoy this fic)
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This is Layla Parker. At least, that’s the name she gives to anyone she plans on knowing for more than a few days. She came to town expecting a routine vampire hunt but it quickly becomes apparent that nothing about this job is going to be routine. The Winchesters don’t know Layla or that she’s a hunter when they arrive to work the same case. An intense case fic with a whodunit, a comedy of errors, lots of fights and probably eventual romance. This is only the beginning.
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Birthday Sex by danfanciesphil (thejigsawtimess)
Fandoms: Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF)
09 Nov 2018
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The rules are pretty simple.
Whoever's birthday it is gets whatever they want, no questions asked.
A bi-annual sex treaty.
It's the perfect answer to getting rid of all of that pent up angst, leftover desire and sexual frustration they feel for each other. And seriously, it'll be fine. There's no way anyone can be manipulated or end up with their feelings hurt or anything like that. Granted, friends-with-benefits has a bad rep, but how could this possibly go wrong?
They've got it all planned out.
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Set thousands of years later when Earth is finally dying. It'll take a lot more than just determination to keep living.
Then one day, a red ruby seems to be more than enough to get a ride to Jupiter.
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Frisk's daily life in Meteor city, where oil is currency and It's hard to get. Then a tiny miracle presents itself and Frisk has a chance at a better life. One away from oil and smelly junk.
Frisk meets family.
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"I mean, you’re–” He gestures at Cas, in his neat oxford shirt and nice pants. “–and I’m a high school dropout who tattoos for a living.”
Wherein Dean makes a hefty living as a tattoo artist who owns the space next to Gabriel's cafe. Sam attends the local university. When Gabe's cousin comes to live with him while starting grad school at Sam's university, Dean thinks for sure that all his negative karma's coming to bite him in the ass because Cas clearly has a thing for Sam. No one would ever choose him over Sam. That's just logic.
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“I’m gonna–” He lurches for the front door and nearly trips over himself, grabs the doorknob, then whips around to see Cas still staring at him. “Cas, I’m sorry, I really crossed a line and I’m–” He swallows nervously and grabs for the doorknob again. “I’m just gonna go and–”
“Dean.” Don’t you fucking open that door, says Cas’s face, stormy and righteous and bearing a really creepy resemblance to the angel from that stupid dream Dean can’t let go of.
“Look,” he starts, brain wildly trying to find some sort of reason or excuse, and then Cas is close again, crowding him against the side of the couch.
“The only reason you should apologize,” Cas says, low and quiet, “is if it was a mistake.” Dean blinks stupidly for a couple of seconds while he tries to put two and two together.
Four, shouts his brain, unhelpfully.
“What?”He reluctantly pulls back and shifts his weight, puts his hands in his pockets.
“Hey Cas?” Cas reaches forward and fixes the collar of his jacket. “Um... thanks.”
It’s utterly underwhelming and lame as fuck; he’s horrible at gratitude and Cas knows it, but judging by the way he hooks his fingers into Dean’s belt loops and pulls him in for another kiss (Dean can hear his breath catching when he teases at Cas’s lip with his teeth), Cas knows exactly what he’s trying to say.When they reach the parking lot, Dean ends up crowding Cas against the Impala, fucking desperate because he’d spent all that time so close to Cas and not doing this, kissing every gasp out of his mouth, curling his hands urgently into his clothes.
Cas pulls away and grins at him, sly and dark like he’s never grinned before, and Dean can’t help lurching forward and kissing him again before Cas gasps that they should really, really get home.
Dean beats Cas back to his own house and he’s leaning against the Impala as Cas pulls into the driveway, fully prepared to give him a nice ha ha, I beat you speech, but Cas slides out of his car with fucking business on his face and then Dean’s meeting him halfway, pressing their mouths together with an almost embarrassing level of need.Cas, in turn, learns about Dean’s body, about all of his little nicks and scars, finds the place on his left arm where the word ‘worthless’ is still visible under the black, if he squints; Cas kisses the scarred letters and tells Dean that he’s not, that he deserves to have been saved from Alastair. Dean thinks his heart’s going to burst.
"Playing hooky to come see me?" chuckles Dean, amused and enamored.
"Actually, I wanted to talk to you about something."
Cas’s tone turns serious and Dean sets down his rag with shaking hands.
Here it comes.
Of course this couldn't last. Of course things were too good to be true.
The second-long pause Cas leaves stretches out like years inside Dean's head as he replays their entire relationship – their entire friendship – and tries to figure out where he screwed up. He doesn’t know whether he’s going to vomit or just fucking stop breathing.
He decides he went wrong somewhere around the time he was born.
"I want a tattoo."It takes everything he has to will his hands not to shake when Cas sits down on the stool in front of him. The Enochian symbols are a stark, ghostly blue on his skin; Dean runs a gloved hand down Cas’s neck, across his shoulder.
“This is gonna hurt,” he whispers. “I’m sorry.”
Six words he says to every single client, every single time, since the day he left New Orleans. -
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Stiles slowly pulls in a mouthful of curly fries, dumbly focused on the task.
''It's weirdly homoerotic how you do this,'' muses Derek, eyeing him.
Stiles chokes and Derek's lips curl up into an almost smile. It's so easy to get the reaction he wants from Stiles.
''Yeah, it's disgusting, Stilinski,'' says Jackson, looking at the boy with distaste.
Derek turns to him, letting his eyebrows rise. ''And who asked you, Whittemore?''
Jackson glances at him, surprised. ''I've just agreed with y-''
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In which Derek finds his words and Stiles learns to growl.
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“Communication. You suck at it. We’re all kind of bad but you’re definitely the worst. I have a plan though! I’m going to teach you how to use your words!”
He was telling his betas how to kill the creature of the week when Stiles banged in shouting he knew how to kill the creature. He went quiet when he realized Derek already knew.
They went off to kill it. Derek didn’t bother telling Stiles to stay behind because:
Stiles never listens.
Stiles wasn’t in his pack and, therefore, not his responsibility.
Derek was done trying.
They fought and won. And after checking to make sure his betas were fine, he got in his car and drove off. He was unsurprised that Stiles followed him.
“Why didn’t you ask for my help researching? Or did you already know? Because I talked to Scott and that thing has been in the woods for a few weeks. You realize it took me, like, a day to figure it out? Two people died and we could’ve prevented it.”
Derek knew. He felt like shit that he wasn’t better. But he’d done his best.
“Well? Derek? Are you even listening?”
Derek just looked at him, waiting for this to be done. He knows better than to try. The moment he figures out what to say, Stiles will rush in with another torrent of words while berating him for his lack of social skills.Derek, in a rare good mood, had let Stiles up into the loft. They were researching and it was fairly peaceful.
“Stiles. I’m sorry about the other day. It was my little brother’s birthday.”
“Did you just apologize? With words? Looks like old dogs really can learn new tricks,” Stiles said with a grin.
And Derek’s good mood died a swift and sudden death. He’d been trying and this is what he gets for it?
“Could you stop with the dog jokes?”
“Never! You need to lighten up. Stop brooding so much over your man-pain,” Stiles had that teasing half-grin.
“Jesus Christ! What the fuck is wrong with you?” Cora shouted.
Stiles startled because he hadn’t noticed her, “Wha–”
“Derek apologizes for being rude because it was our dead brother’s birthday and you make a shitty, insulting joke about it? Then you belittle our loss by teasing Derek about his ‘man-pain’? I don’t understand why Derek even gives you the time of day, given how much of a monumental asshole you are,” Cora is growling with glowing eyes, “How many times has Derek asked you to stop making dog jokes?”
“Uh, what? Lots?” Stiles said when he realized Cora wanted an actual answer.
“Do you know what the hunters were calling us when I was fleeing? Dogs. Animals. They were making dog jokes and laughing about it. You’re always telling Derek to ‘use his words’ but you never listen when he does? I totally get why Derek wants to wash his hands of this shitty town, if you’re the best of McCall’s garbage pack.”
And this? Is why Derek’s been so happy to have Cora back. It feels amazing to finally have someone on his side. Someone who’ll defend him. It feels like he has a real pack again.Several people in their vicinity were looking on in amusement. The juxtaposition of one of the least verbal werewolves in town with a human who never stops talking is endearing. Especially since Stiles was interacting with Derek’s non-verbal signals as if it was a dialogue.
Werewolves got a lot of information from their environment. Part of staying in control was filtering out what wasn’t important. People didn’t gossip when there weren’t really any secrets. No thrill or satisfaction in it. Most people could smell his pack affiliation, so they knew he was trustworthy. And, thus, most simply didn’t care who he was or what he was doing in their town. Anyone who did care asked outright like the woman.
Passive-aggressively talking shit about someone? Not okay. Walking up to them and saying that you thought they were garbage? Fine. Whatever.
It explained so much about Derek’s behaviour when they’d met. Not sugar coating anything. He’d written in his letter that he’d interacted with Stiles like a wolf. Stiles finally understood just how true that was. Made Stiles realize that he’d started earning Derek’s respect because he’d been willing to talk shit about Derek to his face, instead of muttering behind his back. For someone like Derek, who was so imposing and intense, he heard people talking shit about him all the time when he was around humans.
But rarely to his face.“Hey, Scott. Just wanted to let you know that we’re in town. Making sure the alpha knows there’s another pack around,” Stiles explained.
“Dude, you know you’re always welcome. Same with you guys,” Scott said with a nod to Cora and Derek, “We didn’t always get along but this is your home too. Wait, what pack? You mean Cora and Derek?”
“Well, yeah. Them and me.”
Scott’s eyes flashed red and he growled, “Stiles, you’re in my pack.”
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Unfinished Business by bone, Maygra
Fandom: Fast and the Furious Series, The Fast and the Furious, The Fast and the Furious (2001)
29 Jan 2019
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Everyone's got their version of what happened at the end of the first movie; this is mine.
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Because misfortune come in threes, Iwaizumi Hajime starts his Thursday having a screaming fight with Shittykawa, spends his lunch break listening to the UCI women's volleyball team gossiping about how Ushijima Wakatoshi had gone public about his longtime love affair with Oikawa Tooru, and closes out the day by drunkenly dropping his phone into a sewer grate.
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Pain has been a thing in Yoongi’s life for...a while. Not forever, but a long while now. The physical trainers know. The doctors know. The staff know. The PDs know. The members, his partners, they all know. On the days when he's done all that he can do and still his joints ache, he much prefers the company of his members to the doctor's offices and massage tables.
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Cost by Walutahanga
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
26 Nov 2014
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Even if Kili and Tauriel did manage to be together, it wouldn't be without cost.
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Jimin is a 30 year old man with a job office he doesn't like too much but in which he pours his all. Jungkook is the young cousin of his friend Seokjin who Jimin once used to baby sit.
Seokjin had re introduced them to each other hoping Jimin could be an example for the artist world wanderer 21 years old Jungkook.
Somehow things don't go as planned.
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idek how to properly tag this... it was just so realistic and honest and raw
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miles to go before i sleep by alby_mangroves, obsessivereader
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
15 Jun 2019
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Vietnam vet Bucky is just trying to get a hot meal, and maybe a job, in the small town of Hope, but the local law enforcement has other ideas. When their brutality triggers a flashback, Bucky snaps and escapes from their custody. Hunted, exhausted, injured, he finds shelter for the night next to a cabin in the middle of the woods. He means to be long gone before the cabin's occupant awakes. Things don't turn out quite the way he expected.
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Nightshade & Sakura by theaberrantwritergirl
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Reylo - Fandom
02 May 2020
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One is like Nightshade, one is like Sakura. Rey Jackson, ambassador for the English Resistance, never thought she'd attract the attention of Kylo Ren, ambassador for their competition. But one long night, a broken elevator, and a drunken encounter later in Japan, a mistake threatens to bind them together and change the course of their lives forever…
All at once a travel fic, love story, and an examination of a modern relationship, Nightshade & Sakura brings together two people who couldn’t be more stubborn or broken—a tale that ultimately asks, What do you do when keeping your family together means breaking it apart?
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yesterday's blues by Jazer
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
06 Sep 2020
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Kayama isn’t actually bad. She first introduces herself with a pretty speech about giving their all and striving to be the best, because Plus Ultra, and then she just jumps right into their faces about needing to beat the 1-A class, the hero course, because she has a bet running.
Inspiring, truly.
(In which Shinsou Hitoshi still wants to be a hero, even if that means cleaning up an old, cluttered gym, befriending that one quiet kid in his class, taking care of kids at his foster home and fighting insomnia on a daily basis.)
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Life of Stiles Stilinski, autistic werewolf.
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Stiles loves Scott. Stiles is loyal, but not blindly. He recognizes and accepts Scott’s faults.
Scott is a ball of sunshine but he’s never, ever been someone Stiles can lean on. He supports Scott, not the other way around.A common autism thing is a generally inability to interpret body language and social cues. Beyond Stiles’ babble, its the single biggest reason why people find him annoying.
Now, though? He can smell Derek’s worry. Derek’s face looks like it always does. His tone is the same too. Stiles normally interprets it as anger.
He can smell Derek’s worry. It’s a chemosignal and he can instinctively understand it. He wants to weep with relief.
Social cues are so confusing but not chemosignals.“What about Scott? Your loyalty is one of your best qualities. He’s not pack and after what he did, he never will be.”
This matters to Derek. More than ever, he needs loyal betas he can trust.
“I am loyal. But not blindly, not unconditionally. Scott hasn’t been here when I need him most. What he did to you? It crosses a line and I’ll never be able to trust someone capable of such cruelty. I don’t do half measures. He had my trust and loyalty, until he didn’t. It’ll be the same with you.”
A warning and a promise.Part of how he’s autistic is being alexithymic. He has feelings. But he rarely knows which ones. He doesn’t seem to feel them in the same way.
Being a wolf, he has new instincts. But anger is a human emotion, so why would being a wolf make him angrier?
Wonders if it’s their humanity that makes omega wolves go feral. If it’s the human parts that makes werewolves dangerous, not the wolf ones.
Wolves are predators. But they aren’t motivated by revenge, hate, or whatever else. They kill to survive, but so do humans.“You turned Stiles, nephew? Your first good decision as alpha!”
Stiles moves quickly and has Peter pinned to the floor, claws digging in his throat. Everyone freezes. Derek smiles.Peter knew Stiles would make a magnificent wolf. The way Stiles is pinning him, claws embedded on either side of his throat, means that Peter would tear his own throat out if he tried to dislodge him. Stiles being Derek’s beta ruins his plans. So does Derek’s unprecedented (but wise) move to consolidate power.
Derek walks up and asks, “Will you submit, uncle?”
He has no intention of formally submitting. He’d wanted to rely on the family bond to avoid being omega. His pause is a beat too long. Derek’s eyes flick to Stiles.
Peter’s throat is torn out again.“I don’t care about your relationship with Lydia but remember that she isn’t pack. Don’t share pack business. I’ll consider letting her join in the future, okay?”
Jackson is relieved, nods.
“Stiles, this is also the end of your crush on Lydia. Feel what you want, but keep it to yourself. Jackson is your packmate and you’ll step off his relationship.”
Stiles’ insides freeze a little. Lydia has been a dream for so long. But he nods. He’d obey.
“Yeah, it was seriously creepy,” Jackson softens his words by brushing his hand down Stiles’ arm.Autistic people have trouble interpreting social cues. This is literally the first time someone has told him that his behaviour towards Lydia was creepy. Jackson’s usual response was to be an aggressive asshole.
Being autistic doesn’t excuse his creepiness. But he wishes someone had told him. Movies and books made it seem like this kind of persistence was romantic and usually rewarded.
He owes Lydia an apology.
(Stiles is sort of purposefully ignoring the fact that his desire for Lydia had always been abstract, not quite real and maybe something of a performance.)“Derek, are mates a thing?”
“Yes.”
“And…???”
“Wolves can chose to mate, like humans chose to marry.”
“So it’s not some kind of mystical moon destiny?”
“Stop reading werewolf smut, Stiles.”
“Shut up! But explain.”“You always wanted to go to Columbia.”
“I did. Things change.”
“You’ll resent Derek if you change your dreams for him.”
"Dreams change, dad. I’ve changed. I’m a werewolf. And mated to the alpha. It would be irrational to resent Derek when I can adjust my dreams to include him. When I dream of the future, these days, he’s always there.”
“You can’t build your life around another person, son.”
“Isn’t that the point of relationships? Didn’t you do this with mom?”
“You’re only 18.”
“And I’m literally in a relationship only death can break.”They are having a lazy afternoon. Stiles enjoying being held by Derek. Feeling safe, warm, and content. Derek enjoying holding Stiles. Feeling connected, loved, and happy.
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Stiles knew how a lot of people saw his relationship with Derek. Derek was abrasive and rude. He looked like he was constantly irritated with Stiles and was forever telling him to shut up.
Stiles hated it but loved Derek more.
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Stiles knew how a lot of people saw his relationship with Derek. Derek was abrasive and rude. He looked like he was constantly irritated with Stiles and was forever telling him to shut up.
If they were some other couple, people would tease them for excessive PDA. Because Derek was always all over Stiles when they were in public. He made it very clear that Stiles was his and everyone else should keep their hands off. Instead of thinking it was cute, everyone worried about how possessive Derek was.
“But you’re basically saying that if I want a chance to be with you, I need to stop being involved in the supernatural. To stop protecting the people I care about.”
"No. Because this isn’t a negotiation. I already know that you can’t change. It’s why I said you’re too good for me. Because, yeah, I’m selfish. I want you to be mine. I want to come first. I want you choose life with me over protecting the pack. Over your dad.”“You’d be my first, last, everything. I’d die for you. I’d live for you. I’d always choose you. Do you understand? I’d let your dad die to save you. Or Scott. Or anyone else.”
Which, now that he thought about it, was an interesting phrase. Loyal to a fault. When he really thought about it, it didn’t sound like a good thing. To be so loyal that instead of a virtue, it becomes a character flaw. A fault. Is there such a thing as being too loyal? What would that look like?
Stiles wondered if he was the abnormal one. He seemed to care so much more deeply and intensely than everyone else. He knew this about himself. Which is why he’d always been fine with the fact that his dad and Scott didn’t reciprocate his intensity. He knew they loved him, even if it wasn’t to the same degree as he did them.
But… it sounded like Derek could love Stiles to the same degree. That he’d be just as intense and obsessive as Stiles. Derek could love Stiles in the way he’d always craved.
Stiles wanted that.Can’t stomach the thought of not being there in case he’s needed.
Turns out he isn’t, not for the fights. His research is still invaluable. And he notices the trend. Derek gets hurt less often. He finds out, though, that everyone else is getting hurt more. Apparently without Derek or Stiles to put themselves between the others and danger, they get hurt more. While Stiles is happy to see that his participation makes a difference, he’s kind of happy that he isn’t in a state of constant recovery. And very happy that Derek isn’t getting as badly hurt.Him moving out was a big deal. The first major sign of his changed priorities. Not living at home meant not taking care of his dad. Not making healthy meals. Not cleaning up around the house. Not doing all the many things Stiles did to make his dad’s life easier.
Because he was all about science, he even conducted a little expirement. He moved out without telling anyone. Not even Derek.
It took Derek less than 24hrs to notice and hunt him down.
It took his dad about a week. He’d made an irate call to Stiles to ask him why he wasn’t doing his chores.
It was coming on two months and Scott still hadn’t noticed.They’re discussing the latest threat and Scott tells Stiles that he needs to investigate some decrepit house. Might be the hideout. Or something. Stiles is supposed to go alone.
Stiles just says ‘no’. Agrees with Derek that he shouldn’t go. Not even with someone. He has no real problem going but not before someone else scouts it out. He isn’t willing, anymore, to step into unknown danger. As long as he’s a part of this, he’ll never really be ‘safe’ but he can be safer. More cautious. Let other people take the risks he never used to think twice about.
Scott is stunned. Leaves in a huff since he’s forced to cancel a date and check out the house himself. As expected, something happens. Scott gets into trouble and, for some bizarre reason, calls Stiles. Its the first time he’s called Stiles in months. Stiles answers and when he asks for help, Stiles calls Isaac and gets him to go instead.It takes less than an hour for Stiles to realize that the witch has been doing this as a distraction. Her real goal? Capture Derek.
He has been staying behind. Not throwing himself into danger but he can’t for this. Not when it’s Derek. Especially not when Scott isn’t listening and won’t prioritize Derek. Not even when Stiles tells him that it’s how they’ll find the witch and break all the curses.
It’s in that moment that Stiles really, really gets what Derek was saying. Derek needs someone to put him first because no one does. Derek is strong and a survivor, so everyone figures he’ll be fine. Or something. Stiles isn’t sure and doesn’t care.Stiles knows what people think. He just doesn’t care.
He made a choice. He’s never regretted it. And he’ll keep making that choice for the rest of his life. -
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Loving Derek is easy.
Bookmarked by Twowordsimpressed
28 May 2020
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Thing is…
People can tell that Derek is broken. Stiles morbidly thinks this is why people keep hurting him.
Derek looks tough. But predators can tell he’s vulnerable.
So people ask Stiles if it’s hard.
He’s not sure what to say.
Because loving Derek is easy. Heck. Even being in a relationship with him is easy.
Derek doesn’t expect anything. Makes no demands.
Worse:
He is always so grateful for any and all the things Stiles gives him.
Most especially for his love.
How couldn’t it be easy?
Derek is broken. He wouldn’t know a healthy relationship if it tore his throat out.
So he’s willing to do anything. Give anything.
Just to keep Stiles.
And that’s what’s hard about loving Derek.
Because Stiles has to be the best person he can be. Can’t be the abrasive asshole he sometimes is. Has to let go of petty feelings. Needs to shed his insecurities and doubts. Finally has to learn patience.
Smooth out all his sharp edges that can hurt Derek.
Because Derek will let Stiles hurt him. Would carve out his own heart if Stiles asked.
He has no defenses when it comes to Stiles. -
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Stiles runs away on a perfectly ordinary day.
He leaves a note for his father:
I want to live. Sorry.
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28 May 2020
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Stiles hasn’t been gone long enough for the smell of wolf and pack to fade.
It might never be long enough.
Werewolves are creatures of magic and myth.
They don’t have to follow the rules.
If one scent marks you, it’s almost impossible to erase.The first night in the group home, another kid tries to start something with him.
He hasn’t survived the last year for some punk to scare him.
Before he can do anything, another kid comes swooping in and shoves him away.
Stiles can see the flash of amber eyes as the kid tells the other to leave Stiles alone.It’s Jason who tells Mischief about scent marking.
He rolls his eyes and internally curses a certain sourwolf for being a grumpy asshole who never explains anything ever.
He knows it wasn’t Scott.
When he left, Scott had still been the worst werewolf, True Alpha or not.
No one else in the pack would’ve done it.
He thinks about being pushed into walls.
Derek always finding some reason to push into his space.He feels Derek at his back and Lydia gasps, “Derek? You came back too? With Stiles?”
“Lydia,” Derek rumbles out, his voice his soothing, “We came for the funeral. We’ll be gone once we settle the house.”
She turns to Mischief, “Do you have any idea what you leaving did to us? How could you? Actually, that applies to you too, Derek.”
Derek growls, “Neither of us owes you an explanation. Go away if this is all you came here to do. It does amuse me, though, that all of you keep asking why when Mischief already told you. Why would he stay if this is how you listened.”
Derek closes the door in Lydia’s face."I left a note for my dad when I ran away. It said ‘I want to live.’ I know no one back home understands why I had to leave. I didn’t have the words for it, back then. It was the truest thing I could write. That none of them would understand is part of why I needed to leave.”
"Thing is… no one pushed. I said I was fine and they believed me. I was tearing myself to pieces and burning myself out to help everyone. Every day I felt like I was suffocating from the weight of everyone’s expectations. From the need to help them, even as I lost myself. Maybe it would’ve been fine if someone had been helping me. No one was and I didn’t know how to ask.”
"The point is that I wanted to live. Not just be alive. I wanted to live for myself. Not spend my time tearing myself to shreds for other people. It wasn’t about whether they appreciated it. I know they did. The point was that I was terrified of what would happen if I kept giving and giving and giving until I was completely hollow. Until nothing could fill the void left behind. So I left.”
"Part of me thinks it was selfish and another part thinks it wasn’t. Is it bad to care more about living than hurting the people I love? Maybe. And maybe I’m a bad person because I don’t care. Especially not now. Not when I’m here, with you. Not when I can breathe and I’m living. I was living before you saw me in the street. But I feel alive every minute I’m with you. For every piece of myself that I give to you, I get a piece of you in return.”
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Not long after Scott got bitten, fell in love, became a lacrosse superstar, and gained popularity, Stiles called him the 'hot girl'.
It had been a joke.
It isn't funny anymore.
Bookmarked by Twowordsimpressed
28 May 2020
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He’s starting to feel loyal in the way that sidekicks are in comics. They support the hero but are often hapless and require saving. Looked from a certain perspective, they help the hero look more heroic by being weaker and incompetent. By being unfailingly loyal. Because only truly good people garner the devoted loyalty of a sidekick.
He also isn’t even remotely surprised when Derek shows up in his room to hideout. Stiles engages in some fun banter and there’s a moment when he’s looking at Derek’s lips and he can feel Derek doing the same. He isn’t sure if this is foreshadowing or just queer baiting for the fandom.
The angry striptease doesn’t make it clearer.
Stiles decides to go off script since it probably won’t matter anyway. He and Derek have their roles to play.“So, Derek. Tell me about yourself. There has to be more to you than a tragic backstory and anger.”
“What.”
“I know the narrative isn’t at the point where we can be friends or even allies, but there’s no reason why we can’t be buddies off-screen.”
“What are you talking about?” Derek actually looks confused.
“Look. I’m observant. And smart. It’s why I’m Scott’s sidekick. I’m smart enough to have realized that we’re just supporting characters in Scott’s story. It sucks but it is what it is. Right now, though, we have time until we’re needed to drive the plot forward. So why not put that stuff aside and just chill?”
Derek just looks at him for a long moment. He sighs, “Yeah, fine. Being angry all the time is exhausting. While I don’t normally read the dictionary, I do like reading…”As Derek tells Stiles to run and starts fighting his uncle, Stiles thinks that maybe Derek is the anti-hero after all. That he’ll serve as a foil for Scott.
It makes Stiles kind of sad. Because it means that regardless of how hard Derek tries, Scott will always surpass him. That even though Derek was born a wolf, Scott will end up being a special snowflake wolf and it’ll make Derek look bad. That Derek has to fail so that Scott’s success looks all the better.He wasn’t sure he believed the whole ‘killing the alpha who turned you will turn you human’ thing. But he was sure that Scott, as the hero of the story, can’t go around killing people. He might get away with it in the heat of battle, depending on how grimdark this story is but not in cold blood. Not while Peter is injured and lying helpless. Heroes don’t kill. And if they do, it isn’t like this.
“Do you understand what’s going to happen now? Stories with heroes often have morality lessons. Jackson getting the bite because he wants more power guarantees that something will go wrong there. He’ll need to be punished for hubris. You realize that all of this is a setup to make him a villain? Or, at least, an antagonist? And you’re totally going to get blamed for it too.”
Derek pauses, “Fuck. Whatever. Did you read that book I recommended? Because I read yours and I have a bone to pick.”“Okay, I have to say that this is our worst side adventure yet,” Stiles says as he struggles for breath.
“Stiles. Can you focus on not letting us drown and stop talking for once?”
“Calm down, sourwolf. We both know that Scott will save us at the last minute. I’m his best friend, I’ll only die if it’s needed to add drama and angst. We aren’t there yet and they’re more likely to kill off Allison. Sidekicks rarely become fodder for the hero’s tragic backstory. Although I have to say, I’m not liking the implications of him hanging up on me. It suggests that we’ll have some kind of dramatic falling out in the future.”
“Stiles!”What really sucks is finding out that Scott was working with Gerard. That he’d joined up with Derek to betray him. That he hadn’t included Stiles in any of that. It’s like a demotion.
It means that Scott is on the cusp of a level up. He’s acting and working independently now, shedding his need for a sidekick. The narrative is building steam towards a breakthrough for Scott’s character."Deaton said something about the replacement sacrifice leaving a darkness around our hearts. You know what that is? It’s fucking foreshadowing. Three of us participated in that ritual. Whatever fucked up shit is going to happen won’t happen to Scott. So it’s me or Allison. Allison’s already had her time on the dark side. That leaves me. Either something bad will happen to me or I’ll do something terrible. Or both.”
"So, yeah. I’m leaving with you.”
“I don’t want to be a supporting character anymore. Don’t want to be at the mercy of someone else’s narrative and choices. I’m making my own choices from now on and I’m choosing you.”
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Stiles finds his Pride and sets himself free.
(Featuring a certain sourwolf...)
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- Part 5 of Sterek Bingo 2020
Bookmarked by Twowordsimpressed
28 May 2020
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He would never, ever forget the cutting agony of his dad denying his sexuality based on fashion. Stiles, for a while, tried to attribute their growing distance to the lies he had to tell about the supernatural. In reality, he’d been pulling away since that comment.
No, he didn’t care if his dad thought it was another lie to cover his ass. Not even if he’d taken advantage of the situation to actually come out. Using the truth to distract his dad.
He hadn’t known how to tell his dad. Had been afraid. He saw an opportunity and took it.Stiles was partially responsible for the disbelief, he knew. All these years of loudly declaring his love for Lydia. She’d been an easy cover. There’d been no chance that anything would come of it.
Now they were sort of… friends? War buddies?It didn’t help when Stiles had realized that Derek was trying just as desperately not to drown as the rest of them. Sometimes literally.
The pool had been another turning point.
It was when Stiles had realized that the true Derek could be seen in his actions, not in his words. His words had said “I don’t trust you” but his actions said “I’ll protect you”. His actions had been saying that from the beginning. They’d also been saying, “I need you” and “Please help”.None of that mattered though. The energy of the parade and crowd was invigorating. He felt free and light. Like he could breathe and just be himself.
That for one shining moment he was amongst people like him and that he belonged.
He hadn’t felt like he belonged anywhere in a really long time.It was – and who else, really? – Derek Hale.
This sent a thrum of arousal and excitement shooting down his spine. Because Derek was wearing dark eyeliner. It made his brown/green starburst eyes pop even more. His stubble had levelled up to a beard. His hair was styled but looked soft and touchable.
Stiles didn’t know what to do or say. Because Derek Hale was at Pride wearing eyeliner and holding Stiles’ hips.When the parade was over and Stiles could finally turn to face Derek he nearly choked.
The eyeliner had been bad enough. Derek was wearing neon blue booty shorts and a neon pink sleeveless v-neck crop top.
The crop-top was a little loose but still clung to his pecs. It had the word ‘BUTCH’ stretched across his chest. Derek had apparently stopped manscaping and his chest hair practically begged for fingers to scratch through it. The shifting of his top gave tantalizing peeks of his abs.
Those booty shorts… Derek’s package looked substantive. But it was his thighs that really got Stiles’ heart racing. Thick, muscular, and hairy. He also had an amazing ass.
Stiles was speechless.“Okay. Okay. I’m sorry. I’m trying to adjust. Give me a little time,” his dad pleas.
Stiles looks at his dad for a long moment. “No.”
His dad is stunned. “No? You won’t give me time to adjust?”
“No. I won’t. You lost your chance to be the good, supportive dad when you threw gay stereotypes in my face. Whatever chance you had to recover died with the garbage you just tried to put on me. You shouldn’t need to ‘adjust’ to loving me as I am. All that should’ve mattered is that I’m your son and you love me. Something you still haven’t said. So, no, you don’t get time.”
“Now, hold on. Fine. You won’t forgive or forget this mistake. I’m still your father. And you went off without asking and had sex. Who was this guy? How old was he? Because you’re still underage,” his dad’s voice is stern with authority again.
“I’m not telling you anything about my sex life. It’s none of your business.”
“As your dad and the sheriff, it’s my business if it was statutory rape.”
“It’s really not.”being brave is new to me. it’s easier doing this if i don’t have to look in your eyes. also you seem to talk more this way.
You’ve always been brave. I’m trying. For you.i can’t believe that i actually like that you’re kind of a snarky asshole. i might not have ever said it but i like that you always tell the truth, no matter how harsh. like maybe you could soften your delivery but i don’t think i’ve ever worried that you’d lie to me. maybe you don’t share everything. but you don’t lie. even when it’d make things easier for you.
I also can’t believe you like that. Most people only want the face and body. Not the personality.i can see that. okay. so… how do you want to do this? boyfriends? just dating?
Ideally, mates. But we can do it the human way for now. Boyfriends is fine.
the way you say ‘mates’ seems important. but cool. i have a boyfriend! um, how open do you want to be? i’d prefer not hiding. not even from my dad.
The betas will know because you smell like mine. Mates are important. It’s more than marriage. More permanent, anyway. And whatever you’re comfortable with. I’d proudly stand with you in public. -
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Stiles and Derek heal and move on together.
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- Part 2 of Unforgiven
Bookmarked by Twowordsimpressed
28 May 2020
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Stiles knocks every single time he goes to Derek’s. He always asks if he can spend the night.
He never barges in anymore. Never assumes.
‘No’ has become a sacred word to him. Boundaries too.
After screaming ‘no’ and ‘stop’ in his head for weeks, he’ll never, ever not ask before he takes and not listen when the answer is ‘no’.
Turns out that this is the secret to unlocking Derek’s friendship.
The moment Stiles stops gleefully stomping over Derek’s boundaries. The moment he stops pushing at them just to see what happens…
This is the moment a true friendship begins to build between them.
Derek’s had too many people in his life who didn’t listen when he’s said ‘no’.
Stiles understands Derek in a way Derek would never wish on anyone.Everyone is sort of… moving past what happened. But things aren’t the same. Could never really be the same. They still talk to him. But something is missing. Stiles isn’t sure, though, whether or not the disconnect he feels is because he’s depressed or because it’s real. Could be that the others are depressed and likewise feeling disconnected.
Isaac leaving with Chris Argent doesn’t help. No one blames him. But… there are so many gaps in the pack where all the people they’ve lost should be. None of them quite know how to fit themselves back together again.
It doesn’t help that this might be the biggest lull between crises they’ve had since it all started. Almost none of them were friends before and they’ve never had time to really build relationships outside of ‘we need to band together or we’ll die’ situations.So it’s all awkward and stilted.
Except with him and Derek. That’s been easy. So much easier than Stiles ever thought anything between him and Derek could be.
It helps that Derek doesn’t try to use threats and intimidation to get his way with Stiles anymore. And that Stiles isn’t an antagonistic shit who pokes and pushes at Derek’s boundaries.
In the rare moments Stiles let himself daydream what a relationship with Derek would be like (beyond the potentially mind blowing sex), he always thought that it would be… explosive. Not bad or abusive, but lots of squabbling or bickering and probably more than a few fights.
Instead it’s quiet. And so very, very peaceful. Comfort and succour in a way he never could’ve imagined. They don’t fight. They don’t bicker. There’s some gentle teasing. But mostly it’s quiet affection.“How will the whole mate thing go with college?” Stiles asks.
“I’ll just follow you wherever you go,” Derek replies easily.
“Just like that?”It turns out, after all, that no one in the pack had noticed that he and Derek were together. Because when he shows up at school wearing a gold band, it causes something of an uproar.
“Dude, is that a wedding ring?” Scott asks at lunch. Everyone’s eyes are glued to Stiles’ finger as he lifts his sandwich to his mouth.
“Yeah? Derek and I got married yesterday,” Stiles mumbles through his mouthful. His mind is elsewhere, thinking about Derek. He does notice the gasps and sudden quiet around him. He glances around and sees a lot of shocked faces.
“You got married. To Derek. And didn’t invite me?” says Lydia.
“What? Are you with Derek?” Scott asks.
“That’s so cute!” is Kira’s contribution.
“How is this a surprise? I’ve practically been living with Derek for months now. I moved in officially last week on my birthday. We’re mates for fuck’s sake,” as Stiles speaks he truly understands just how… distant the pack really has been. No one’s fault, exactly, since they’ve had a lot to deal with. But… he hadn’t expected total shock. At least not from the werewolves, who should be able to smell Derek all over him.It breaks something in him. He’d clung to his dad so hard after his mom had died, not wanting to lose the one parent he still had. It’s why he nagged him so much about his diet. Why’d lied to his dad for so long to keep him out of the supernatural stuff.
He’d made so many excuses for his dad over the years.
But Stiles was done. And he’ll never forgive his dad. Tells him as much on the day he graduates. Especially after his dad says he’s proud. Stiles pretty much raised himself after his mom died. His dad doesn’t get to feel proud for something he didn’t really contribute to. -
for a father's blood, for a mother's love by atutsie, somnicordia (hihazuki)
Fandoms: Persona 5
08 Oct 2017
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But still, he treads through this unknown territory of family carefully, toes tipped for every step he took. (Because it terrifies him, how smoothly this arrangement has been so far. There it was tingling at the tips of his fingers, the impending doom that he fears might happen as soon as the comfort settles in his system. Because at end of the day, he knows that beneath this display of domesticity, there lies his ugly past, his unforgivable sins. It’s not supposed to be like this, it doesn’t make any sense, I don’t deserve any of this.)
—in which two can play the game. but it begs the question: what is real, and what is fiction?
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- Part 1 of a thousand incarnations
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Bookmarked by Goldcnn
19 May 2020
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A post-canon fic series heavy on introspection. The first fic focuses on Akechi and Futaba, while the second part of the series expand to explore the other PTs.
In this fic, Akechi and Futaba are biologically related, and it goes about as well as you would expect — this is post-canon after all, so angst ahead!! With Akira there, they manage to get to the point of somewhat working things out but it all kind of goes to shit — saying any more would be spoiling, so I’ll leave it at that. In the second part of the series, the other PTs are made aware of Akechi being back as well — again, it goes about as well as you would expect.
In my opinion, the first part of the story is worth the read, definitely. It introduces a couple of unique ideas and really gets you to invested in what’s going to happen to Akechi and Futaba. The author is great at writing, and there’s definitely an added depth of reality in the way the characters are portrayed.
The second part of the series is good too, but since it’s unfinished (and it left off at a HORRIBLE place, ngl), it’s hard for me to recommend it. Like it’s great, don’t get me wrong. Seeing the other PTs thoughts on the matter is interesting, but since things are left unresolved, it is a bit of an unfulfilling experience.
So, all in all! I highly recommend the first part, and somewhat recommend the second (if you’re okay with the unfinished aspect.) Oh! And it’s not an M/M fic, there is some Akira/Akechi, but it’s more platonic than romantic — the second part of the series never got to that point. So, it’s actually a fic I’d recommend to those that are not all that interested in M/M.