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Cute as (S)hell - In a fictional 1920, music student Kit Webster applies for a job as a tutor with the wealthy Montgomery family. His duties seem straightforward: to raise and teach a single child. The family offers him a luxurious room with free meals, a very good salary, and seems otherwise eager for Kit to take the job. Kit can't see any catch at first glance. What could possibly go wrong?
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Promise Me by Seanyx17
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
19 Mar 2024
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Caitlyn never expected what she'd find out after coming to America once she graduated from oxford. She knew she was going to visit her family for a holiday before settling down and finding a job. She didn't expect to be thrown into work once she got there, or how hard living in prohibition would be, or meeting a woman at a jazz club she'd been invited to by her boss.
Plus, there was the fact that her parents kept a secret from her she isn't sure she was meant to unwrap. Then again she didn't know how they thought she wouldn't figure it out.
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“HA- that’s a creative one, you really got me there.” You laughed, covering your mouth with a hand. You saw his smile, everything about his expression seemed sincere. It made you pause.
“You wish to court me?” You whispered
“Marry you.” He corrected
You are a killer, heck you’re pretty brutal with your methods as well. BUT for fuck sakes some "Bayou Butcher" man keeps taking the people you want to lash your anger out on. It is the 1920s and the Great Depression is quite a downer. You bring news, hope, and entertainment to people as they read from your newspapers. As a newspaper proprietor, you had gain some attention in New Orleans. Many of your headlines speak of the infamous, "Bayou Butcher". Your competition. BUT oh well, business is business, why not help him make huge headlines for you. The more kills, the more money your company gets from the public. How exciting.
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The Music, the Mirror, and the Misery by theorangewitch
Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Fire Emblem Musou: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
18 Mar 2024
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Hubert von Vestra has a problem: he's attempting to secure a political alliance for the Empire via marriage, only to discover that many of Edelgard's romantic prospects believe her to be already married—to him. The easiest way to dispel these rumors is to get married himself, but Hubert has long known himself to be a homosexual.
The solution he arrives at is simple: enter into a fake marriage with the equally queer cabaret dancer Dorothea Arnault.
Dorothea, long seeking a way out of the poverty she was born into, agrees. However, the longer she's ingrained in palace life, the more wrapped up she finds herself in Edelgard and Hubert's political machinations, becoming drawn further and further into a world of secrets, spies, and intrigue.
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The More I Get to Know You (The More I Feel I Knew You) by hecatesthirdface
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
18 Mar 2024
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1927. The peak of the Roaring Twenties.
Wealthy stockbroker Stede Bonnet sets out to find adventure and renown as a bootlegger on the East Coast.
Things do not go as planned…
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The roaring twenties. A time where life is brushed with gold leaf to cover dirt.
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The Deer's Den by Radio_Deer
Fandoms: Hazbin Hotel (Web Series), The Borrowers Series - Mary Norton, 借りぐらしのアリエッティ | Karigurashi no Arietty | The Secret World of Arrietty (2010), The Borrowers - All Media Types
18 Mar 2024
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A stranded borrower named Roxie finds a strange smiling gentleman in a cabin along the Louisiana bayou - and gets more than she bargained for. In a thrilling tale of horror, deception, and unwavering hunger, Roxie finds herself at a crossroads with Louisiana's most famous radio host, Alastor; who threatens the very foundation of everything borrowers stand for. With Roxie's newfound friends in the mix, the borrowers and bartender of a New Orleans speakeasy must work together to save themselves and others from being served on a silver platter, once and for all.
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- Part 1 of The Deer's Den [AU]
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Husk owns the casino where Angel performs in drag. Sparks fly immediately between the two, and they begin a slow, soft romance.
However, Angel is also Anthony Angelo, youngest son to the most powerful crime family in the area, which Husk hates. And a suspicious man named Valentino has also taken an interest in Angel after seeing one of his shows.
Can Angel and Husk survive the forces pushing them apart?
(Mind the tags, but content should be no more extreme than canon)
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Your best friend Alastor confesses his love for you, you explain that you only see him as a friend.
He didn't like that.Title from: "feel you breathe (please)" by Ewy
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- Part 1 of Mage's Literature
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After being saved by Étoiles, Phil, and by extension Bolas, has an offer for him.
Part of a series can be read as a stand alone.
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- Part 2 of Under Quesadilla City
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The Murder of Sir Emory J. Amat by ChrisCalledMeSweetie for PatPrecieux
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
17 Mar 2024
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A Sherlock Holmes mystery, as recounted by Dr. John H. Watson.
Can you follow the clues to deduce whodunnit?
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Yoongi works at a speakeasy in New Orleans.
One day Kim Seokjin, the state's main alcohol distributor offers him a job to play for him at his bar. The only thing is, that Yoongi hates Seokjin's disregard for his music but needs the money anyway. He's convinced he can make Seokjin just as passionate about music as he is and make the man respect his craft. What he didn't expect, was the result of his attempt.
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That Waterloo Girl by DannyCreasy
Fandoms: Carol (2015), The Price of Salt - Patricia Highsmith
17 Mar 2024
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I liked Carol living with her 'Momma' in my LA story. Let's do that again, tossing a pistol ball of a Rindy and a wild-ass Abby Gerhard into the mix. But let's turn the story on its head. How about Sally, Alabama, in the Roaring Twenties? And I'm sure you can guess who That Waterloo Girl is.
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1920' au inspired by @sophithil art
Remus Lupin is a renowned speakeasy owner and crime boss known as "the Wolf"- as the name of his pub/bookshop.
the Black brothers are nourishous poker players; Regulus as the one who plays, and Sirius, who knows every move.
James is Remus' right-hand man, bartender and operative.
Marauders, a gang that along with Snatchers and Deatheaters are ruling in Brixham and are in continuous war against each other, come into a possession of something that someone more important wants. The war comes into a grand finale, but it's not the end- that would be too easy. No, there are demons to take care of, love to conquer and decision, what is near and dear to oneself. After all, everybody wants to rule the world.
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It’s the 1920s, a time of despair for many. You on the other hand? You’re a spoiled girl from a rich aristocratic family that’s vacationing in New Orleans after the passing of your late father. Your mom encourages you to go out and make friends, but who’s gonna befriend you in this dump?
It reeks of poverty and marcid people. All too much for your wealthy heart to handle, as if some resolution, your mother lets you know you’ll be going to a party strictly for “better off” people to possibly make friends, still, not happening.. but maybe going won’t be such a bad idea.
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Waiting tables at a popular Jazz establishment, Seonghwa passed for a regular flapper girl but the moment she laid eyes on Hongjoong, a Jazz singer who looked a bit too wealthy considering his recent debut in the scene, she realized she was not the only one with secrets.
Many stolen glances, a flirty conversation and the consecutive warm farewell later, she discovered the note that the charming singer left for her to find, containing a promise to see her again, but who was to say whether he's just a big flirt or a man of his word…
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Best of Times, Worst of Times by whichwitch79
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
16 Mar 2024
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Anthony Crowley and Aziraphale meet in 1918 on opposite sides of enemy lines. Crowley fights for the Germans, Aziraphale for the British. They both realize they don't actually want to fight in a war they both consider to be highly unnecessary, and join forces. Throughout the war, the two of themwind up cracking codes for the British, dabbling in some light espionage, and (of course), falling in love. The war ends, and things fall apart when a death in the family forces Aziraphale to consider his life, and unfortunately those considerations don't include Crowley. Ten years later, Crowley is a private detective in New York City--he's carved a life for himself here, and is doing a great (read: terrible) job of forgetting a certain wartime romance. He certainly wasn't expecting a certain angel to show up on his doorstep unannounced. Can our boys solve crime together like the good ol days, and heal ten years of pining?
tldr: ineffable husbands become unlikely allies during ww1, break up, and reunite in the roaring twenties
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Reader is a man in the 1920s. He's a bit of a petty criminal, and he's got a preference for men even if he can't really get them at this time (period). So what'll he do when a hot, male, skeleton talks him up in a bar and offers him a job he can't refuse. It's illegal, he'd be working under him, and it pays well.
This is too good to be true, but fuck it. Dreams don't come from nothing.
(I MIGHT NOT FINISH THIS, AND THE UPDATES MAY BE INCONSISTANT)
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Reader is a female detective in the 1920-1930s. Alastor is a snarky radio host by day and cannibalistic serial killer at night. Vox is your detective partner. Both of them want you for whatever reason.
Eventually smut. Love triangle. Slow burn.
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The Great Sterling Circus by Gaymerarchive
Fandoms: S&D Tier - Lighthouse Raiders (Web Series)
14 Mar 2024
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The only thing keeping him going on with this stupid act is pure spite and his craving for revenge. Oh how great it will be. The Sterling family will be devastated by their perfect family reputation, crumbling to the ground. Their own perfect eldest son, full of potential turn to a life making trinkets and living a disgraceful poor life.
“I will run their name through the mud.”
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Morgan starts a Circus.This is gonna be a long one