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Zhou Zishu yanked his hand away before Wen Kexing could touch him. “I’m fine.”
Or: Zhou Zishu has a run in with a lust potion and Wen Kexing is conflicted, until he’s really, really, not.
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Here, in this moment by PhantomWriter
Fandoms: 山河令 | Word of Honor (TV 2021), 天涯客 | Faraway Wanderers - priest
24 Mar 2021
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Grand gestures of endearment, touches, and honeyed words in public are Wen Kexing's forte, though it doesn't mean Zhou Zishu doesn't have his moments.
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the devil’s after both of us by The_Dark_Elf
Fandoms: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
04 Oct 2026
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Shen Yuan died and transmigrated into the scum villain, and that was where the story was supposed to begin… only somehow during his transmigration the System bricked itself and swapped key roles, meaning that he is now also the protagonist. Now as a disciple of Qing Jing training under Luo Binghe Shen Yuan has to manage being half-heavenly demon (sealed), a (malfunctioning) System stalking him, and the general shitty writing of PIDW coming to fuck him over at every turn.
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Role Reversal AU where Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe trading places both solves problems and create countless new ones.
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There Is Something Wrong With Shen Qingqiu by JoyLess_NightSky
Fandoms: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
26 Jun 2026
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Shen Qingqiu is not gone at all.
He is very obviously still here, even if everyone is in agreement that something strange is going on with him. But he has the same habits, almost the same haughty attitude and he takes care of his peak. Something changed for him, and he doesn't tell anyone what it is.
Still, that's him. He is here and doesn't hurt anyone right now. So it's probably fine. Right?
Right. Best to just leave it alone. Shen Qingqiu hates when anyone tries to pry into his business, after all. And nobody wants to be the victim of an angry Shen Qingqiu.
Or:
Shen Jiu left his older twin brother Shen Yuan behind at the sect. Shen Yuan decides it would be fun not to tell people he's peak-sitting for his brother and instead pretend to be him. He knows his didi very well, so obviously nobody would be able to tell!
And while he's here, he might as well do some things to make his didi's job easier, right?
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- Part 1 of The Collection of Shen Twin AUs
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The first job after Lucy’s abrupt departure, Lockwood calls Holly Luce twice without thinking and bites his tongue hard enough to bleed. Holly’s unfailingly polite about it, because Holly’s unfailingly polite about everything, but he can’t miss the way she flinches, or the way George refuses to look at either of them. He can taste his embarrassment on the backs of his teeth, bitter and coppery where it mingles with the blood from his tongue.
It's just an adjustment period, he tells himself. Sure, there’s an empty space at his right shoulder all night where he keeps looking for Lucy entirely on instinct, one he hasn’t the first idea how to go about correcting, or even if he wants to—but it’s the first night. It’s to be expected. He thinks: It’ll get better.
But really, it just gets worse.
(or, the black winter fic in which lucy's absence haunts lockwood and the narrative both.)
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The dread of undying love by november_1
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud, Lockwood & Co. (TV)
03 Apr 2023
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Lucy had been keeping a close eye on Lockwood for days. Something was off, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it. Yet. He was quiet. And pale. Big dark circles under his eyes. She knew something was wrong, but he didn’t talk about it. Of course he didn’t.
Will Lucy and George find out what's going on and be able to help their friend before it's too late?
A Lockwood & Co whump story with lots of angst and pain but also friendship and some undeniable more-than-friends-tension between Lockwood and Lucy.
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felt love's searing sting by 0325aholic
Fandom Lockwood & Co. (TV), Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud
22 Oct 2023
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just a collection of my sadder oneshots.
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And I'll Be Holding On To You by alphabetsoup4u
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. (TV), Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud
03 Mar 2023
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Lockwood wants a hug.
And while he knows that he could ask Lucy, he could ask Holly, he could ask George, or even Quill who would awkwardly oblige him, he just can’t bring himself to do it. He’s trusted all of them with his life, and would do it again in a heartbeat, but this is different.
This makes him feel weak, like the child that he only got 6 years to be. It makes him feel silly, lingering on the edge of conversations, so close to asking, but his mouth refusing to open.
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In other words: dressmaking, high fashion, good spirits.
Anthony Lockwood, rising star in the international modeling community, knows there are certain standards that differentiate him from the mass majority. He has a goals, he has ambitions, and he's curated the perfect image.
If only he could stop thinking about that surly reporter from Fittes.
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Two Weddings, a Funeral, a Divorce, and Another Wedding by whytho
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud
09 May 2023
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Lockwood and Co. in the year following the Battle of Fittes House, through the many highs and lows of life.
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never really said that i love you, too (lucky, lucky you 'cause i'm fortune's fool) by areyouabadwolf2
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - All Media Types
26 Aug 2025
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Jinshi has always sparkled for others, but Maomao has never been mesmerized by it. It was just another thing she was immune to. Now here he was, not particularly sparkly, just obviously in love, and Maomao felt what she could only describe as being enraptured.
Maomao knew she needed to say thank you, but at this moment she did not trust her tongue with words. She was afraid something rather mushy would come to her if she tried to speak, and she wasn’t ready for that yet. Which felt silly to acknowledge - that she had married this man, but was struggling to love him.
And it was not loving him - Maomao had deduced this now. It had almost nothing to do with Jinshi at all. Her constipation with regards to her own ability to love had nothing to do with her commitment to him, either. She cared for and admired him deeply, more than she had anyone else, except maybe Loumen. Maomao hopes someday she is able to admit that to him, but she is still accepting that it is even safe to admit to herself.
or, they say the first year of marriage is the hardest - this is Maomao's.
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- Part 2 of love in different fonts
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You are really here by ahaa
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu
19 Jul 2024
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Jinshi was sure that there was no better medicine than his apothecary in the world. Just knowing that she was with him calmed him down and made him believe that everything would be alright. He really needed her.
And eventually he realized that, from time to time, he needed to be there for her as well.Series
- Part 10 of Jinshi and Maomao Stories Collection
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You're Only Human, Master Jinshi by RoseDragonWitch
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime)
07 Jun 2026
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"For you, I will remove every obstacle that keeps us apart. One day. Just know that. I won't let what you fear come to pass. I swear it."
Jinshi was in serious trouble now. With the Emperor’s children continuing to grow sick and die, he’s not sure where to go from here. The doctors were at a complete loss, and it seems that the chains of his future tighten with each passing day. At least until a young apothecary girl with sharp blue eyes, a splattering of freckles, and was as blunt as a hammer comes into his life. Despite having everything handed to him on a silver platter, Jinshi had lived a lonely and dull life where he learned to hide his true face behind a façade he presents to the court… until he meets Maomao.
For the first time, someone sees past his mask to his true self and she fills his world with color. Jinshi's feelings for Maomao evolve from initial curiosity and amusement to deep affection and romantic interest until he realized he cannot live without her.
This is going to be a retelling of the Apothecary Diaries only they’re told from Jinshi's POV, based on both the anime and light novels. (Season 1-2 of the anime, Light Novels 1-4)
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- Part 1 of You're Only Human, Master Jinshi
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We pretend to be the heroes by leftkoko_at00
Fandoms: 葬送のフリーレン | Sousou no Frieren | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Manga), 葬送のフリーレン | Sousou no Frieren | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Anime)
22 Apr 2026
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An alternate universe where Frieren is the Demon King. [title from Villain by Stella Jang]
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“So, in the end, it was just you and me again.”
Frieren floated a little above the ground. The remains of her shattered staff lay a few paces away, but she was utterly unfazed by the blade pointed at her throat, the undercurrent of anger in every heaving breath of her opponent, the fire in his eyes, mingled with his tears.
“Himmel,” she said, “kill me.”
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our little house in the middle of the street by cigarettes_after_suicide
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
28 Aug 2026
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When Mo Xuanyu is (lovingly) pressured into going to a gay bar by his brother, he thinks it may be the worst night of his life. Until he quite literally runs head first into a very pretty man who seems intent on helping Xuanyu do his makeup.
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erudite by PenAndInkPrincess
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime)
23 Dec 2025
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“Maomao?” He presses, fingers closing over hers and lowering their joined hands to her lap, and she blinks in surprise at the use of her name. “What is it? What’s wrong?”
“Their technique is sloppy,” she answers honestly. “I feel strain on my heart. They should have targeted the nervous system instead.”
Master Jinshi stares at her like she’s spoken a foreign language he can’t even begin to try and understand. She tries to explain.
“Certain snake venoms cause coagulation of the blood, which could have been effective and made the blood unable to move through my veins, but if the end result is simply making my heart stop beating by targeting the muscles involv-”
“Maomao,” Master Jinshi says, very calmly, “I need you to stop speaking now.”
(an assassin tries to kill jinshi with a poisoned blade that gets maomao instead) (she is obviously much less concerned about this than everyone else)
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Stay with me! by ahaa
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime)
27 Apr 2024
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Dignified and calm were the steps of the young noble as he was carrying the injured girl who had saved his life just now. It was indeed the worst day in that young man’s life.
But not because he had almost been crushed to death.
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- Part 9 of Jinshi and Maomao Stories Collection
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I think this is one of the only straight couples I’ve ever read fics for but in my defense the fics are top tier.
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An Impossibly Deep Shade of Blue by stormwalkers
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud
15 May 2020
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Lucy, Lockwood, and a nightmare of the past.
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“You need to sleep,” he says.
Lucy says, almost without thinking, “I don’t want to.”
Because she doesn’t. Because sleeping means dreaming and Lockwood knows exactly what dreaming entails right now. And then there’s the cold, which still hasn’t retreated, even with the cape and the tea and Lockwood’s arm pressed in a warm line along her own while they drank it.
He doesn’t answer, just takes her by the hand and leads her from the kitchen, flicking off the lights as they go. And she lets him, because she’s tired and aching, and because it’s Lockwood doing it.
(or, recovering from walking in the land of the dead isn't easy, but lockwood and lucy are giving it their best shot.)
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A Love Song, Inevitably by DisneySorceress (RiaCarroll)
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud
29 Sep 2017
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SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS LITERALLY BELOW THIS LINE.
Can't say it enough: Spoilers for The Empty Grave."It couldn't be anything else," I said.
"No, exactly. Anyway, Luce . . . " Lockwood cleared his throat. "I was going to ask if you - "The end of Chapter 18, if we'd had just a little bit more time.