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with each and every interaction (it's too late for me) by steamingcupoftea
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XIV
08 Aug 2026
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He was already dying; doing so by her sword would be a blessing, really, compared to the alternative.
But if he was honest, he didn't even need the mirror to see her anymore. His Warrior of Light and Darkness lived behind his eyelids every time he closed them. He saw the long planes of her pale throat, the sharpness in her dark eyes, the way they flashed momentarily at any sign of a challenge – things that most wouldn't notice if they hadn't been staring at her, watching her constantly for weeks. Watching as she slayed sin eaters with a single blow, not even minding as the white plaster of their blood sprayed across her face while strong muscles flexed with ease. Watching as those same muscles relaxed under the spray of water as she bathed, vulnerable in a way no one on this star was allowed to see. Watching as sleep finally took her, her body relaxing while her face still twisted and contorted with a pain and a longing he knew not of. A pain he wished to know of, one he wished he could take away.
But that was not what the fates had in mind for him. The Exarch had no right to her heart, the mix of blooms and rot in his lungs told him as much.
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- Part 4 of wolgraha week 2026
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G'raha could still see the vision of the Warrior of Light's hand in his own – fingers bent at wrong angles and sticky and warm with blood, but trying so hard to use G'raha as a grounding force.
And G'raha couldn't help the way his mind flashed through memories – the two of them walking hand in hand through the Crystarium, of him leading his partner by the hand showing him the streets of Sharlayan, of the Exarch gripping his hand tight one last time and pressing a kiss to scarred knuckles before letting go.
This was far from the first time he gripped his partner's hand like like a lifeline, even if for just a moment. He knew what it was like to want to keep holding on, to never want to let go. Letting go felt like accepting death itself, so the Exarch had pushed through pain of a different kind to just hold on for a moment longer, to seek comfort out of the Warrior for another breath before he let go so the crystal could take hold. His own final moments of pure white hot agony before the numbness took over and his very being was snuffed out.
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- Part 3 of wolgraha week 2026
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G'raha Tia sunk to the ground tiredly at the base of the Tower and looked out at what they called a city. The remnants of Mor Dhona pushed closer to the lake, scrap and wreckage turned into makeshift shacks and homes pressed up between the Tower and the Keeper of the Lake. It didn't feel like much of a city at all, but G'raha knew better than to speak those words aloud. Nothing in this world was how he remembered it to be, nothing looked as he may have expected it to look. And so, since he'd been woken up into this world and told of the death and destruction of the land he once knew, he kept his mouth shut and did not dare speak most things aloud. The whole landscape had changed with the Calamity and the Black Rose nearly two centuries ago.
Two centuries.
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- Part 2 of wolgraha week 2026
- Part 4 of the sun, the stars, and the night sky
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Finally his plans had worked, finally he had done what he'd set out to do a hundred years ago when he first arrived from the Source. Finally the Warrior of Light, the First's new Warrior of Darkness, stood in the flesh on the First and finally the Exarch felt like maybe things would go according to his plan.
But it wasn't only that – it wasn't only that he knew finally there would be a chance to save the home that he'd built here and save the Source in turn. The Exarch knew there was something else gnawing at him, burning a hole deep down in his crystallized heart. The young man he'd once been was awakened by seeing the Warrior again and there was no putting him back to sleep.
And so, shameful as it was, the Exarch let himself watch.
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- Part 1 of wolgraha week 2026
- Part 6 of the sun, the stars, and the night sky
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“Mm, we should get to bed soon,” He yawned, but made no move to get up, keeping his head firmly against Martin’s chest.
He had stopped paying attention to the film Martin had put on ages ago, just content to sit there quietly and steal glances up at his partner whenever something eventful happened on screen. He loved seeing how genuine Martin reacted to everything that happened to the characters, even through his exhaustion.
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A small slice of life drabble taking place after the events of 'invisible string'.
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- Part 3 of invisible string universe
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The canon love story of Celestaux falling for Foulques and then G'raha coming into the picture and the three of them loving each other! This won't include any AUs for the three of them.
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from: [email protected]
to: [email protected]
subject: Re: what the heck spell checkCoach Lasso,
I can assure you that my transfer has nothing to do with your club's relegation, nor is there anything that Richmond has done in error. Rather, I have spoken with my editors and we’ve agreed that this is the most appropriate course of action.
I wish you all the best in the season.
-Trent Crimm
+44 3032 723956
[email protected]
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Northcliffe House
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23 Jan 2022
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Good Names are Forever by Alexis_Tenshi
Fandoms: GoldenEye (1995), James Bond (Craig Movies), James Bond (Movies)
21 Jul 2020
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James Bond was a code name. He'd been using it long enough that he'd begun to think of himself by the name. But he wasn't particularly attached to it. So when Q demanded to not use the name outside of work, as a condition of them dating, he agreed easily.
Just why Q had issued that requirement sparked his curiosity. But it would take time, and plenty of stubbornness, to find the answer. It would also reveal other surprising revelations regarding the Quartermaster's history.
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18 Jan 2022
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he will have power the dark lord knows not by dirgewithoutmusic
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
30 Dec 2015
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It was Mrs. Figg who suspected first.
She noticed many things, sitting on her side of her fence with her cats chasing butterflies and nuzzling her ankles, Mundungus and the other watchers dropping by for tea now and then.
Mrs. Figg noticed that Petunia was a nosy bit of work with insecurities hanging from her every harsh angle. She noticed when Dudley learned the word MINE-- the whole neighborhood noticed that one. She noticed that Vernon glared at owls.
She noticed that when Petunia gave Harry a truly horrendous haircut one year, it grew back in at a normal rate. Harry was uneven and weird-looking for ages, hiding under beanies when he could.
When Mrs. Figg had Harry over for carefully miserable afternoons of babysitting, she noticed nothing moved that shouldn't. He didn't accidentally make flowers out of fallen leaves, or levitate anything during tantrums, or turn toys funny colors.
Mrs. Figg called up her mother, interrupting the wizarding bridge game she was winning against the nursing home staff, and asked her how she had known, decades back, that her youngest daughter was a squib.
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- Part 6 of boy with a scar
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09 Sep 2021
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there and back again: to the biscuit factory by comradewinchester
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
24 Mar 2021
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Extended scenes from a journey to the biscuit factory
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24 Mar 2021
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Sweater Weather by lumosinlove
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Sweater Weather - Lumosinlove
13 May 2021
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Remus works for the Gryffindor Lions as a physical trainer, and has been half in love with Sirius Black, the Lions' heartthrob captain, for a while now, but he never expected Sirius to return the feelings. Read if you like cute nicknames, slow burn, and pining. Yep. That's it.
There's some nice OC's of mine in here, too, please don't take them, thanks!
(If you want to see more of this universe, check out 12 Days of Ficmas 2020 in my listed works. These characters also appear (in a very situations) in my work Relic Keel, along with some new OCs)
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- Part 1 of Sweater Weather & Vaincre
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19 Nov 2020