misplaced expectations
wherein one character expects the worst, but instead receives kindness
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Three part short from the POV of Caleb, Fjord, and Molly.
Caleb is given to the Mighty Nein pack.
Edit: Now more than 3 parts!
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- Part 1 of War Dogs AU
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Chloe is pulled out of her cell and thrown at a stranger. Put aboard a privateer ship as a replacement for one of their dead members, she expects to be treated the same here as she was in prison--or possibly even worse.
What she gets is something else entirely.
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suck the rot right out of my bloodstream by FlowerCitti
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
31 Aug 2023
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Astarion moves his legs just slightly to press against Casmir’s broad shoulder, a teasing point of contact. The tiefling doesn’t shift away.
But his hands still haven’t moved to tend to Astarion’s wound. “Can I touch you?”
Astarion stares at them for a few moments, meeting that burning gaze, fanned by thick lashes. People don’t often ask him that—they just do. It didn’t matter whether he wanted them to or not, only that he was a pretty thing they wanted to get their hands on.
He shakes his head before he can fade away into bad memories, blinking several times. He smirks instead, slipping into flirtation easily, eyes lidded and something like revulsion at himself bubbling in his gut, “As much as you’d like, my dear.”
(Or, Astarion has had his consent revoked for over two centuries. Then he meets Casmir.)
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- Part 5 of “I feel safe with you.” (Astarion Fics)
- Part 1 of Ebony and Silver
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"Hm," Talamai curls a hand in her hair and wrenches her head upwards. The gesture is not painful enough to be cruel, it just cements her true place in this kingdom, in a body that no longer belongs to herself.
She is an assassin in the country of Iroc, and a traitor to her homeland Landvais.
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Would It Be Enough? by Choices_We_Make for DaisyBirb, flames_dance
Fandoms: Original Work
19 Mar 2022
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Shaky though it was, the sorceress had an escape plan - just not one that involved her sister turning herself in.
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Out of Shyness or Shame by sapphyshipseverything
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
22 Sep 2024
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Seeing no other alternatives before him, the witchers really are his best bet at surviving the winter at this point, as much as Jaskier wishes it wasn’t so.
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- Part 1 of Out of Shyness or Shame
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A Change in Protocol by 16woodsequ
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies), Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
18 Aug 2021
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What if...Hydra was worse than even Steve knew?
The Asset knows he should be grateful to his handlers. And he knows how he should show that gratitude. He just...never expected to have to do it for this handler.
A what if/AU of my The Alternate Handler story.
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The leader stepped forward, and the betas flanking him moved further out to the side to keep a clear line of fire on Max without impeding the alpha’s progress. The alpha’s nostrils flared and his advancing steps stuttered, pausing and then resuming twice as fast. Max felt a sick little swoop in his belly, grim satisfaction that his plan was working mixed with an awareness of what that would mean for him later. Guns down, gentlemen. Oscar protocol.
The betas lowered their rifles instantly, pointing them at the ground in front of Max instead of his chest. Max took a deeper breath in, his tension easing a bit as he moved past the part of the plan where he might just get shot dead before he had a chance to try to bargain. It had always been a risk; it had just seemed like a better death than slow starvation.
The alpha stepped closer, looking him over. He was a big man, but also quiet, light on his feet. Max tipped his chin up. It was a gesture of submission, and it showed that his neck was bare. No bonding bites, no competing claims. The added vulnerability made him tremble a little harder, but it was worth it for the way the alpha zeroed in on his throat.