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Joker wouldn’t be thinking about Akechi at all. Akira can’t seem to stop, despite the fact that Akechi has betrayed him so fundamentally that thinking about it for too long is enough to give him a panic attack. One way or another, Metaverse or no, Akechi’s going to shoot him in the head, for fuck’s sake. Akira should be furious. Akira should be terrified.
Akira is just desperately sad.
Akira and Akechi, 24 hours before and after the events of 11/19.
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A Solitude of Space by subtextsleuth
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII, Stardew Valley (Video Game)
28 Oct 2021
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He’s always believed he knew what he was capable of, but it had only been in terms of the chaos he could incite and the pain he could inflict. He had molded himself to that belief. A dog to be kept on a leash, a monster to be chained, an aberration to be studied. He’d never considered that he was capable of anything else, because he was already capable of far too much.
Sephiroth, with one more chance at life, settles into life as a farmer. Then, Cloud shows up.
Do not need any prior knowledge of Stardew Valley to read.
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Want To Go For Java Sometime? by subtextsleuth
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
27 Nov 2020
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“Look, Lan Zhan told me, and I paraphrase, ‘to have fun with it’.”
“Uh-huh,” Nie Huaisang says with perfect skepticism, befitting someone who had been friends with Wei Ying for the last ten-odd years. “What did he actually say?”
“‘I trust your judgment,’” Wei Ying says.
“Tragic,” Nie Huaisang says, shaking his head.
Lan Zhan hires Wei Ying to build a website, but fails to email Wei Ying any designs. Wei Ying decides to have a little fun with it and gets in over his head.
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Who Sits Weeping on My Grave, And Will Not Let Me Sleep by subtextsleuth
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
27 Oct 2020
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His fingers begin their bleeding early tonight, so he allows himself one more full refrain. He will sleep outside, beside Wei Ying tonight under the glow of the moon. Wei Ying, he calls. Are you Wei Ying?
And then, it comes.
When Lan Wangji comes out of seclusion, he tries to find Wei Ying's body and lay him to rest. He finds something else instead.
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Each That We Lose Takes Part of Us by subtextsleuth
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
05 Sep 2020
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“Wake up,” he says to his body, alarm making him itch. There’s no response. He says it louder, and then yells it, trying to drift forward. He can’t move. He’s curled over his own body, staring down at it, without being able to do anything.
From inside Burial Mounds, Wei Ying’s mind reaches out to those he’s left behind.
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Yours and Mine by blueleviathan
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga), とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Anime)
28 Sep 2026
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After a wayward experiment singes a good portion of his facial hair, Olruggio is forced to shave. He doesn’t understand why everyone around him is subsequently out of their minds. Or why it triggers old memories to resurface.
Olruggio takes a sabbatical after Qifrey’s [botanical problem] is removed.
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- Part 1 of One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
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21 Oct 2026
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To Lay in It's Wake by ValseVertigo
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
02 Apr 2026
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“Are you alright?” Olruggio asks, beating Qifrey to the chase of asking silly questions. “I figured you might be feeling a bit disoriented.”
“I’m alright,” Qifrey catches the lie immediately after it slips out, the light smile accompanying it. He bites his cheek, there was no need for it really. “A bit disoriented, yes, you’re right about that, but I’ll be alright I’m… happy to be back.” He’s finished with a truth at least, that has to be progress.
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Qifrey is finally free to live his life with no more secrets, and no more lies, to indulge in the comfort he's craved for so long. But it could never be that easy.
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20 Oct 2026
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Inter Tempora by Windlace
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
13 Oct 2026
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He doesn't understand why Qifrey accepts Olly's hands on his body in moments like these when he’s uncomfortable, or in pain, but can not bear to define what it is that brings him there in the first place.
Perhaps he doesn't want to, and Olly should accept what fractions he's allowed.
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18 Oct 2026
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for a moment i forget by monsterloot
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
15 Oct 2026
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Fairness is a value that Qifrey has come to understand—has pretty much understood from the moment he woke up buried alive—will never apply to him. It’s something that no one will get all of the time, but he will never even come close to grasping. It shouldn’t be so surprising when it happens. Something about this instance feels particularly silly to him, though.
Unfair is being judged for his unforgivable sin of having his eye plucked from his socket and left with weaker vision for the rest of his life. Unfair is roots growing underneath his skin because two whole people deign to love him. Unfair is a spell to his best friend’s head and a smile that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Unfair, put plainly, is life and death. A dance should not be so easily tossed into the same category.
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16 Oct 2026
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show me where you go to say your prayers by capriciti
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
07 Oct 2026
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“I never paid you back,” Qifrey gasps out with the first sharp throb of his pulse. An odd pleasure, he squirms beneath Olruggio’s mouth as stubble prickles against his collarbone. “For the dance lessons. I owe you something.” Tugging at Olruggio’s belt, his hands twitch as teeth scrape against bone.
Somehow Olruggio understands the assignment without Qifrey ever explaining it to him. For a moment he’s annoyed; of course Olruggio would be an over-achiever at sex.
After the wedding, Qifrey returns to Olruggio’s inn.
[A continuation, but can be read as a standalone.]
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- Part 2 of wedding favors
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07 Oct 2026