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Xia Fei drapes himself over the table. “Some guy wanted me to model his clothes. Said he’d pay a whole lot. This was supposed to be our meeting spot, but I got no idea where he’s at. I ran all the way here, too!”
He feels a weight on the back of his head, and he cranes his face up to see that it’s Vein’s hand.
“There, there. Poor you. I wonder what happened to that guy.”
Xia Fei squints his eyes in suspicion.
“Vein. Blink twice if you’ve committed murder.”
“Er—”
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before the ashes in my wake by karotone
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 Nov 2025
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“Fire Lord Zuko,” the guard says, gasping for breath between words. Zuko nods twice. “We’ve gotten reports that our food storage in the woods — the large one — was burned by disputants. Nearby guards had asked to call for you immediately.”
Zuko sways. Of course something like this would happen as soon as he tries to take a break. The guard notices his hesitation and speaks again.
“We think the attacker might be Princess Azula, My Lord.”
Zuko sighs.
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Or, Azula and Zuko meet again, and Azula tries to be a little better.Series
- Part 1 of burn and heal
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you may bury my body by movequickly
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
23 Jul 2023
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"Demonizing Yuji won't make him any easier to kill."
Shoko does not walk around a point; she barrels towards it and leaves Satoru to pick up its pieces. But not for this. Satoru’s hands are red enough already, let him leave this where it lies.
His voice gives, cracking in two when he finally gathers the strength to whisper, “It might.”
“It didn't with Suguru.” Mentioning Suguru is taboo, like fucking in the pews of a church before marriage, semen running down the bride’s legs before she’s made a wife.
“He was different,” he tries.
Shoko turns around, pinning him under brown eyes that have no give. “Why? Because his choices were his own and he still picked the wrong ones?” She leans back against the counter. “Or because you were in love with him?”
Satoru imagined an eternity for them stretched out like the horizon. He never saw the end until it greeted him with a hole in its chest and at least curse me a little at the end on its lips.
“The love is different,” Shoko says, “but the pain will be the same.”
In all the worst ways, Yuji is just like Suguru.
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20 Aug 2026
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On the first day of their stay at the Olympic village, Bokuto Koutarou opens up his athletic trainer’s duffel bag. The last thing he expects to find is a jewellery box.
Without thinking, he reaches out, pries the box out of its hiding place, and opens it:
There is a ring inside.
Alternatively titled: the Japanese Volleyball team tries to figure out who Iwaizumi is going to propose to
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20 Aug 2026
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here we are in heaven by themoonisdead
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
31 Mar 2022
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He gets it, at first. Their timing is pretty bad—with his near-genocidal breakdown and their subsequent adoption of four kids, it was perhaps not the best time to start a romantic entanglement. And, sure, Suguru can see the valid point that making their present relationship into something more romantic probably won't take much change, but it’s about the weight of it all. Probably.
It would be irresponsible to not at least let the children settle before trying to deal with themselves. He’s… proud that Satoru has the foresight and maturity to be patient right now. It isn't like they're in a bad place now. They’re in a good place! It’s just the same one. The same one as before the kinda-sorta confession. From a month ago.
or: some snapshots as, somehow, the suffering continues (until it doesn't)
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saga of suffering on the sidelines by themoonisdead
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
09 Apr 2022
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“Every time I witness their unnecessary angst,” Nanako starts.
Mimiko makes a fist. “I wanna burn the whole world to the ground.”
“End of the world vibes might make them confess. Again.”
“Maybe then it’ll stick,” Tsumiki agrees with her brother.
(a companion piece to the first two parts)
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20 Aug 2026
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love that won’t die by themoonisdead
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
24 Dec 2022
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Tsumiki calls her younger siblings like usual for their weekly videochat, and they go through their usual greetings up until Mimiko starts to tease Megumi about their fathers’ shenanigans. When he should be full of complaints, their brother instead becomes rather grave.
“I don’t want to alarm anyone but,” he announces, “I think they broke up.”
Something shatters in the background of the twins’ screen. “What the fuck.” They both crowd their shared screen. “Explain yourself, Otouto. Now.”
or: gojou has an idea, getou is unconvinced, and the children are not amused
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