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forget what we're told (before we get too old), show me a garden that's bursting into life by zmorak
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
16 Mar 2026
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There's a house at the edge of Lake Avalon. It's a small thing, more a shed than a proper building, but a there's a certain charm to it, a homeliness associated only with places which love as much as they are loved.
There's an old man living inside the house at the edge of Lake Avalon. He's been living there for as long as anyone in the nearby town can remember, or maybe even longer than that.
There is a garden attached to the house at the edge of Lake Avalon. It's a beautiful garden, lush and full of life, decorated with every colour of the rainbow, and then some.
It's a miracle—or maybe it's magic.
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When he’s six, he gets a book about music on his birthday. He’s not too good at reading, but it’s so rare for him to get anything he treasures it anyway, and desperately tries to improve his skills. When his father is out, he asks his mum to read to him, and then he attempts to follow after her. There is a chapter on key instruments in it which he’s re-read so many times he knows it by heart now.
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A panoramic view on the life of one Charles Rowland, as told by the keys of a piano.
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Do you wish that you loved me? (Take it easy on my heart) by zmorak
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud, Lockwood & Co. (TV)
05 Oct 2025
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He suddenly gets this intense feeling of hating everything about himself — he feels like a caricature, a broken glass reflection of everyone who's ever loved him. He blinks, and between one moment and next the bathroom mirror cracks, a spiderweb of tiny fractures breaking the silver surface and the skin on his knuckles. His reflection takes on its true form — a twisted, crude portrait of a broken boy — as blood drips into the sink.
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Lockwood is haunted by his reflection. Lucy is taking none of it. -
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There’s something about a sunrise. He’s never been good with words, so he’s struggling to put a finger on it, but he knows it’s there. Maybe it’s the rarity of it – he can’t remember the last time he was up before the sun, so the few times he saw it rise were few and far between. Or maybe it’s the fragility of it which isn’t there once sunset comes, the soft surprise of when the rays first appear, chasing away the night.
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In which Charles's earring gets lost at the beach.
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So, I'll sing Hallelujah
You were an angel in the shape of my mum
When I fell down, you'd be there holding me up
Spread your wings as you go
And when God takes you back
He'll say, "Hallelujah, you're home"___________________________________
He looks at the empty couch while the office clock tick-tacks in sync with his phantom heart, and he fails to understand the emptiness. It reminds him of the time he lost his mum at the shops when he was little, sobbing until a kind old lady helped him find her again. For some reason, the woman flashes in his mind in perfect clarity, despite it being decades since he saw her that day. Her face is so vivid he wonders if she’s some sort of guardian angel, reappearing to guide him back to his mum again.
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Collection of works detailing life and accomplishments of Lance Corporal Edwin Nicholas Payne (1900-1989)
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"Win Conditions" Sandbox by iamthececimonster
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
06 May 2026
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Bookmarked by zmorak
15 Aug 2026
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win conditions by Vee (Vera_DragonMuse)
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
26 Aug 2026
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15 Aug 2026
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Change Your Win Conditions by Vee (Vera_DragonMuse)
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
05 Feb 2026
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Sometimes life came at you with a clenched fist and Ilya had never figured out how to duck.
So here he was, twenty-eight years old, single, dealing with the fallout from injuries given to him by the game he loved, and the second youngest assistant coach in the league to one of the worst teams. Stability was hard to come by, but he was managing.
Then along came Shane Hollander to knock him on his ass, one more time.
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- Part 1 of win conditions
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12 Aug 2026
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they called off the circus by etmuse
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
16 Aug 2026
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On March 12, 2020, the MLH season is cancelled.
The world shuts down a few days later.
Shane and Ilya have all the time in the world to spend together, until the the league's plans interfere.
Forced to lurch between extremes, their relationship may never be quite the same again.
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10 Aug 2026
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Hope You're Not Waiting For Me to Wait For You by Latigra
Fandom Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
30 Aug 2026
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AU where one of Shane’s rookies comes out early on in his career. Organized in chronological order.
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22 Jun 2026