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Of Gods and Witches by Julyzaa
Fandoms: Black Panther (Marvel Movies), Namor the Sub-Mariner (Comics)
30 Jan 2023
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In 1920s Mexico a bored witch named Eva decides to summon the Aztec God, Quetzalcoatl, only to summon K'uk'ulkan instead.
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- Part 1 of The Witch Queen of Talokan
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Sooner or later, you'll bare your teeth by dwellingondreams
Fandoms: Peaky Blinders (TV)
30 Jan 2023
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"Will you keep your fancy clothes on, for me? / Can you bear a little longer to wear that leash? / My love, I swear by the air I breathe: / Sooner or later, you'll bare your teeth." - Joanna Newsom, "Monkey & Bear".
He does not have to question if she recognizes him or not. For a few moments he thinks she is debating turning on her heel and fleeing into the crowd. Then he watches her face transform from an uncertain young woman of twenty four, to something resembling the tenacious, take-no-prisoners ambulance driver who saved his life. She squares her shoulders, marches forward, suitcase in hand. Crams her hat under her armpit to free a hand to outstretch to him.
“Mr. Shelby,” she says. Her gloves, he notes, are brand new, possibly the most expensive item on her, which isn’t saying much. Spotless white. His hands are clean, but he can’t help but feel he’s marring them all the same. “Thank you for the tickets. And the letter.”
“Mrs. Shelby,” he says, which a better-humored man might have managed to make sound like a playful joke. At best, it sounds like a judge pronouncing a prison sentence. A life term.
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A found family, a cold case, and a child's custody.
A shotgun wedding, a detention center, and the skeleton you married becoming your lawyer.
You've checkmarked all six as things you would've never expected to be involved with, and with how it goes, you're certain you'll have a seventh one to add to your list.
It's perplexing to remember it all began with you missing your stop after falling asleep during your train ride home.
And as more days pass, you can't decide whether that's a good thing or not.
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(Are You) The One That I’ve Been Waiting For? by MymbleHowl
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV)
29 Jan 2023
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Trust his brother to betroth him the only Trades Unionist Valyrīha in Westeros. To betroth him to someone who loathed everything they had clawed for themselves.
The noose hangs over Jon Snow like a shadow when Rhaenys Targaryen proposes an end to the feud between their families and an alibi to save him if he'll marry her wild little aunt, Dany. If only anything were that simple?
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“I’m a star, big guy. The next big thing.”
“I’ve heard that one before,” Dream snorted. “Besides, if you were a star, I think I’d know who you are. I know every person who was on set last week,” Dream retorted, shutting down the boy’s argument.
The man shrugged. “Maybe I slipped by you.”
“Nobody slips by me.”
“Ooh, you’re feisty. I like that.”
Dream thought he knew every face of every person at these parties, so you could imagine his surprise when his eyes fell on George.
or: DNF but make it 1920’s Hollywood!
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Brooklyn, 1927. The Golden Age of Boxing. Two years ago, light heavyweight champion Dean Winchester and heavyweight champion Castiel Novak had a secret affair. After a scandal tarnished Cas’ name and stripped him of his title, the two parted ways. Now, with a heavyweight tournament on the horizon, Dean aims to up his weight class so he can compete for the title. He finds unexpected competition when Cas comes out of retirement and returns to New York to fix his reputation. Upon their reunion, the two contenders learn that, outside of the ring, some bruises never really heal.
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my knuckles were bruised like violets by tsun4de
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
29 Jan 2023
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The picture of Mori himself, framed with silver patterns of flowers unknown to him (the picture frame itself seems quite old), stands on the dresser in the corner. It's strange to see his own, serious face and silhouette dressed in a clean, immaculate uniform. He seems way younger in the picture than he is right now, even though it was taken only a couple of years ago. Next to the frame, a stack of handwritten letters rests on the wooden surface; he sent all of them over those years, more or less frequently, whenever he had time to do so.
The man gently touches the paper, reminiscing the conditions that assisted him when he was scribbling furiously, frustrated to describe everything in the small, thin piece of paper, desperate to get any kind of contact with her. The stains of ink, the messy handwriting that he was often teased about, the one that got even messier after he was forced to write as fast as he could. All parts of the letter carry a specific memory, causing a tingling sensation in his fingers, making him instantly withdraw his hand.
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Mori and Kouyou meet again, after four, cruel years of separation.
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formaldehyde (or, The Case of the Missing Lilly) by SupposedToBeWriting
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
29 Jan 2023
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Half of the King in Yellow gets ejected through a portal on a failed ritual. To return, he must perform a human sacrifice - harder than it first seems, as the entity struggles to adapt to the peculiar ways of mortals. In a stroke of luck, he finds the perfect sacrifice in the form of one drunken, surly ex-PI: Arthur Lester.
In the meanwhile, Arkham is in the swing of Prohibition and everyone knows how things work around here. A chance meeting and an abrupt kidnapping put John and Arthur on a case: one where secrets lurk behind every mask and blood flows thicker than gin.
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It's 1922 when Zelda and Hilda Spellman arrive in Paris. While her sister is there to become a proper lady, Zelda is determined to be accepted in the most exclusive ballet school in the city: l'etoile du matin. She's young, full of expectations and she's ready to follow her dream despite everything that seems to stand in her way: her brother, Madam Lilith, and - perhaps - even herself.
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Money, Power, Glory by Anonymous
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
29 Jan 2023
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Viserys “The Architect” Targaryen, Godfather of the Westerosi Mafia, declares his daughter Rhaenyra “Realm’s Delight” Targaryen will succeed him as capo dei capi: the boss of all bosses. What follows next is war as the Seven Families contest her reign, with Aemond Targaryen and Lucerys Velaryon at its center.
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Based in the early 1920s, Detective Alec Prescott finds himself in after hours jazz club. On the stage is Luke Keith Hawks, preforming for an audience for the first time in his life. They become fast friends but Alec starts to wonder of they can become something more. Luke's career as a pianist has yet to take off and it's a lot to worry about your job and love life at the same time. How does a guy confess to another guy without having to worry about being ridiculed for the rest of your life? It's the 1920s and New Orleans seems like the worst place to start.
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The Death of the Little Birds- به فارسی by FictionYizhan
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) RPF
28 Jan 2023
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هوایینگ همه چیزهایی را دارد که شیائو جان، کارآگاهی که پس از مجروحیت به مرخصی میرود، میتواند آرزو کند: هوای تازه، پرندگان، باغ گلدار با کلبه، زمان زیادی برای کشتن. اما اگر شهر کوچک پر زرق و برق و مردم اطرافش آنقدر که او فکر می کرد بی گناه نباشند چه؟ اگر به دلیل یک قتل غم انگیز نتواند از آواز پرندگان و زیبایی گل ها لذت ببرد چه؟
مهم نیست که چقدر سعی می کند از تحقیقات دور بماند، او را جذب می کند، او را نزدیک تر و نزدیک تر می کند، درست مانند برادرزاده بازرس محلی، وانگ ییبو. -
A Little Less Than Conventional by Sharpbutsoft (BuckysButt)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Jan 2023
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If Chrissy had to guess how the evening was going to play out, she can admit that laying in a bed with Robin Harrington knuckle-deep inside her isn’t the most unexpected outcome.
Or, Steve loses something inside Chrissy, Robin has to get it back out.
(Written because dodger-chan suggested this to me while we were talking about this 'verse and I couldn't help but write it)
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- Part 4 of A Bliss Like This (1920's AU)
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Per caso o per volontà, persone dalle vite più disparate si trovano invischiate in un mistero dalla soluzione violenta e oscura. Quanto lasciarsi coinvolgere nel proprio lavoro, nei propri pensieri e soprattutto nel proprio cuore? Elizabeth Colvin, una giornalista temeraria, cerca la verità in una New York fatta di luci abbaglianti e di ombre profondissime, dove ognuno è pronto a usarti e a buttarti via: una città di dei e di mostri.
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“Hope wait,” she said tugging at the older girl's hand, pulling her to a stop when she saw an area with a horse. She walked to the training yard. Her grip on Hopes' hand loosening with each step.
She stepped into the area not noticing her hand dropped from Home when she notice two men talking. “Excuse me,” she said loudly. "Could you help us?” The older man stepped closer to them and the younger moved deeper into the stables toward the horse. “We looking for a Water lane.”
“Watery Lane.” Hope corrected, she stood behind Anna and held the top of Anna’s arm. Anna knew this move, she had been doing it for ages, in the off chance something happened Hope would pull Anna behind her and take any blow herself.
“Why are you looking for there?” he asked, caution in his voice.
Hope stepped from behind her and took her hand, tightly. “Were looking for her mother.”
“And who are you?” he said directly to Anna.
“Anna Gray.”Hope Bishop (OC) saves Anna Gray from going to Australia, taking her home. This changes the lives of many people in the Shelby family, not just Polly's. But Tommy's too.
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- Part 1 of Bringing her Home universe.
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Soon after the voices begin is when Alastor takes his first life. He'd only meant to do it once for his mother's sake, but when the whispers begin again the urge to kill becomes an unstoppable itch he fights to keep from scratching. He had a good thing going afterall, with a job at the radio shop and a peaceful home life that he'd never had as a child... but when an attempted robbery ends with a body in the street the itch only grows further.
This itch marks the start of a violent and bloody chapter in New Orleans' history, as well as the rise of it's most brutal and elusive serial killer.
An unexpected ally from the past helps to pave this bloody road, inadvertently becoming a stepping stone in Alastor's climb to the top as New Orleans' most popular radio host. Quickly the bodies begin to pile up, sending the city into a state of terror that only serves as building blocks for the foundation of his success. Broadcasting the details of his carnage open doors, quickly allowing him to walk straight into the midst of the city's elite. He's at the top of the world...
Until an unexpected murder that he didn't commit sends him spiraling.
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Harry is the rich son of an uptight duke and duchess. The only problem is that he’s gay, and when a ridiculously handsome valet comes to work for them, he can’t keep his eyes off him. Oh, and they hate each other, so that’s another thing. Soon enough Harry is forced into a tour of England with the prince, and gets up to far more trouble than he had expected. Cue arguments turned to snogging, and a lot of avoiding the subject.
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The one where Harry and Louis live in the 1920’s and Louis is Harry’s valet, but they hate each other.
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Adventures in Housekeeping by dodger_chan for Sharpbutsoft (BuckysButt)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Jan 2023
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Working for the Harringtons comes with some unique challenges, but Claudia Henderson can handle them.
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Inspired by this post on tumblr by babyboyargyle and this artwork bymilf-harrington
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- Part 3 of A Bliss Like This (1920's AU)
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Set in 1920s America, a vampire from a cult-like coven is sent to look after her incompetent Sire. Through a series of events set in motion far before she arrived, she forms a complicated sort of relationship with her Sire's former favorite, a capable and headstrong thrall (humans in service to vampires). A story of vampires, mobsters, ghosts, witches, cults, and mysteries. Oh, and *lots* of kink, poly, and queer relationships. Adding tags as they appear in the story, so keep an eye out for new ones!
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It's the Roaring Twenties and Stede Bonnet was a wealthy land owner from New Zealand. He was as rich as could be and lived a comfortable life. But comfortable does not mean happy.
Stuck in a loveless marriage with the need to get away, Stede decided to move to the land of the free to get into the bootlegging business and opened a Speakeasy. It was a rocky start, but he eventually got the hang of it and it was going great. That is until the notorious Mafia boss, Blackbeard, learned about him and gained an interest in who he was.
At first the interest came from the story of a fancy man selling illegal alcohol, but then it grew after news came out that the same fancy man had some blood on his hands.
Then it became something more when it turned out the man was actually horrible at his job.