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a call to motion by akosmia
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
02 Apr 2020
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She lingers on his doorway, her eyebrows raised, her lips curved in a sarcastic smile. "It always warms my heart to notice how happy you are to see me".
"Your presence is a balm to my very soul," he replies, just as flatly as before.
Rey scrunches her nose again, as if even the remote possibility of Ben being happy to see her was that much of an awful image, and Ben – well, he's not exactly offended by that because he doesn't care about Rey (he doesn't) but it doesn't really do wonders for his self-esteem either.
Which is why he ends up asking her, quite rudely, "What the hell are you doing here anyway?"
-- or: five times Rey initiated physical contact and one time Ben did, and how they went from enemies to lovers.
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23 Apr 2025
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“I can see your artistic voice starting to emerge.” He’s quiet for a while, considering. “But you’re still holding back, like with your landscape. I can feel your creativity, your enjoyment of the medium, but it’s missing something deeper.”
Osha’s heart rate picks up speed. The problem is that her most overwhelming emotions are all dangerous. “Maybe I just can’t go deeper.”
“Can’t? Or don’t want to?” Qimir turns from her painting, looking down at her. His dark eyes pierce into hers, full of understanding, perceiving her to a degree that leaves her aching. “What are you so afraid of?”
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College Sophomore Osha is perfectly content with her choice to pursue a Mechanical Engineering degree. But when she needs an elective to round out her coursework for the semester, Mae convinces her to join Intro to Studio Painting. There she encounters Professor Qimir Stranger, who turns her whole world upside down.
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- Part 1 of shades of you and me
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25 Sep 2024
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Breaking The Ice by AnneStirling
Fandoms: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
22 Nov 2025
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Wealthy lawyer Kylo Ren gets drunk and wrecks a client's car. He is promptly fired and sentenced by the court system to coach a local kid's hockey team for an entire season. Needless to say Rey Kanata, the current coach, is less than impressed with Kylo's attitude and outlook on life and so is the team. Kylo expects to hate the experience yet the kids, Rey, and the game he abandoned long ago break through the wall of ice around his heart.
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27 Jul 2024
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Jesper says it must be blackmail. Maybe murder. There’s no other way Kaz Brekker could already be holding a full professorship at the University of Ketterdam, no matter how many books he’s written. Inej, trapped by an adjunct’s contract which is the only thing standing between her and deportation, is willing to risk the obvious dangers of his company in exchange for the advantages, professional and otherwise. But when the department’s budget comes up suspiciously short, Inej’s job is on the line, and Kaz isn’t ready to let her go without a fight.
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20 Jun 2024
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In Another Life by Celia_and for Hooda, flyboybsolo
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
23 Apr 2024
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She’s stuffing the sheets and towels, freshly warm from the dryer, into her laundry bag when he says, “I can help you fold them. Only if you want.”
She looks over at him in a quiet, emotionless way that he thinks is appraisal, and nods.
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When they meet, it’s in a laundromat.
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24 Apr 2024