13 Bookmarks by Karanoia
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Months after the Blue Leola case, Connor and Gavin attempt to navigate their new roles as Officers, not Detectives. But a new, darker case becomes impossible to ignore.
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- Part 2 of Too Bad You Can't Leave Yourself
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14 Feb 2026
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Reed let out a laugh. “So that was genuine, back there? You’re stuck doing everything I say?”
Connor slowly shut his eyes.
"No, this will be good for you! It'll be character building," Reed laughed, "Not a word of this to the old man."
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Gavin Reed is partnered up with Hank and Connor on a case, much to the disgust of all three of them. However, something changes and Connor finds himself compelled to obey everything Reed tells him to do. With Reed finally getting his petty revenge on Connor for merely existing, Connor tries to make Hank aware of the nightmare he's stuck in.Series
- Part 1 of Too Bad You Can't Leave Yourself
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- English
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- 174,196
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- 20/20
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- 1,367
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Bookmarked by Karanoia
10 Feb 2026
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Rome is even more the majestic city Arthur imagined centuries ago, as he’d listened to his tutors’ lessons. Imperial antiquity breathes from every stone, somehow made even more grandiose in comparison to the modern buildings among them.
Unlike their trip to London five months ago, Merlin is comfortable amid the modern chaos. Despite cars speeding past on too-narrow stone roads, and tourists clogging pavements beneath towering monuments, Merlin shows no signs of distress.
Arthur, to his own surprise, is at ease as well. Not bad for a man born fifteen centuries ago, he thinks, more than once. It’s an immodest thought, one more befitting the king he was, or perhaps still is, depending upon your point of view.
He knows he should let go of such arrogant old habits. But on this one topic, he thinks he’s entitled.
It isn’t many people, after all, who could handle being murdered as a king only to emerge from a lake fifteen centuries later, to discover a land he no longer knows. To say nothing of having to prevent a predestined apocalypse days later. Or deal with being in a relationship with Merlin, who he's apparently been in love with since the first day they met.
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- Part 3 of We Begin Again
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- English
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- 12,500
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 225
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- 3,259
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Bookmarked by Karanoia
14 Dec 2025
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In a land of myth, and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy.
His name...Merlin.
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A complete rewrite of BBC’s Merlin
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- English
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- 955,983
- Chapters:
- 50/50
- Collections:
- 6
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- 3,190
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- 11,652
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Bookmarked by Karanoia
19 Nov 2025
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Author Notes:
- This is the final installment of the We Begin Again series. Yes it will have the wedding. :)
- I'm posting this as a WIP (apologies) with no posting schedule so brace yourselves.
- If you don't vibe with WIPs, please hit "Mark for Later" and "Subscribe" for completion notifications.----
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Now that Merlin and Arthur have dealt with Arthur’s return from the dead, and with their mutual love for one another, and also with that mild inconvenience of having to save the Northern Hemisphere from an ancient magical foe, they're finally able to live their lives like any two normal people in love.All they want is to forget the past, to have a long indulgent holiday road-tripping around the world seeing the sights together as a newly engaged couple, and to get married in Avalon the coming summer on the Solstice.
Surely, that’s not too much to ask. I mean, things always went totally to plan for them before, right?
Story contains: Banter, humor, misadventure, old friends and new friends, canon-level peril, fluff and feels, a happily ever after at the end, and love. Lots and lots of love.
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- Part 5 of We Begin Again
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13 Nov 2025
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And like the cycle of the year, we begin again by katherynefromphilly
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
27 Nov 2016
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Set after the Merlin Series 5 Finale "Diamond of the Day".
Canon Compliant. In Character. Arthur Pendragon Returns.
Cover art by Lao-Pendragon------
For many long years Merlin waited.
For the other part of his soul, for the other half of his life. He was born to serve Arthur. So that meant he was also born to wait. Even if it took a thousand years. Even if the wait seemed never to end.
Until one day, suddenly, it did.
When Arthur stumbles from the Lake of Avalon 1,500 years after his death, he finds a world unlike the one he knew. Faced with the loss of everyone he loved, and the threat of impending prophecy, Arthur must learn what it means to be not just a king, but the Once and Future King. Merlin does all he can to guide him, even as he struggles to hide his love for his king, and his fear of losing him again.
Story includes sass, banter, horseplay, & True Love.
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- Part 1 of We Begin Again
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 207,580
- Chapters:
- 39/39
- Comments:
- 6,163
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- 38,949
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- 9,156
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Bookmarked by Karanoia
30 Oct 2025
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5 Times Gavin Wanted and 1 Time He Let Himself Have by adamliketheant
Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)
27 Jun 2025
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Gavin Reed didn't want a partner, especially not *Connor*. Plastic prick came in, tried to take his job, kicked off a revolution, and left Gavin out cold on the floor of the evidence room.
But that was six months ago. And six months, apparently, is a long fucking time.
Long enough for prejudices to crack. Long enough to catch feelings he had no idea what to do with.
Gavin spent his whole life learning that hope gets you nowhere. That nothing good sticks. People leave- or worse, they got tired of him and stayed just long enough to make it hurt. So he stopped wanting things entirely.
Until Connor, relentless, patient, and stupidly kind, started looking at him like he was worth something. Like he was worth sticking around for.
And maybe Gavin wanted to believe it.
Five times he held himself back... and one time he didn't.
(Plus a bonus smutty chapter at the end because I know how frustrating it can be to read 5 chapters of pining and only get the 1 of The Good Shit, lmao).
Bookmarked by Karanoia
30 Sep 2025
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Detective Richard Nines Kent returns to the red ice task force after a month of absence only to find his undercover operation has gone sour. He had been assigned 5 units of GV200- the newest android especially built for infiltration purposes- but after dire circumstances, he finds himself with only one left. The remaining unit is his last opportunity to dismantle the biggest ring of dealers in Detroit … but it's also a total asshole with a bad temper like no other android he had ever met.
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How I switched every character and still managed to keep it canon-compliant throughout the whole game story, adding the presence of Nines and Gavin.This is now a series!
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- Part 1 of XVIII
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 173,141
- Chapters:
- 21/21
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- 136
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- 429
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- 72
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- 12,015
Bookmarked by Karanoia
24 Feb 2020
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Gavin Reed, a mess of a human being, just wants to be left to his self destructive tendencies. RK900, an android designed by the most brilliant minds in the world to be the perfect machine, is desperate to grasp the full range of emotional freedom now afforded to him. The two will need to find an equilibrium before their incompatible personalities—and an eccentric serial killer with a dangerous piece of tech—swallow them whole.
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- Part 1 of Charon
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 154,435
- Chapters:
- 20/20
- Comments:
- 1,166
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- 2,550
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- 504
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- 66,368
Bookmarked by Karanoia
05 Feb 2020
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After the CyberLife store raid, Chris was left traumatized by the event of having a gun pointed at his head and was ordered to take some time off. Gavin -- currently without a partner -- temporarily received a new one... a surprisingly snarky RK900 that was to go for a test drive.
"Take your time, not in the fast lane
I understand, that you've been broken
Too many times, but I'll be waiting
To mend your wounds, from all you've taken..."- 'With You,' Marin Hoxha ft. Chris Linton ♪
With edits (by me:) CH1 | CH7 | CH13 | CH14 | CH16 | CH17 | CH18 | CH19 | CH20
The WEBCOMIC adaption of this work:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/33008737/chapters/81929995Series
- Part 1 of Alive
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 135,000
- Chapters:
- 20/20
- Comments:
- 790
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- 1,821
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- 274
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- 49,113
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31 Jan 2020
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09 Apr 2019
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Four years after the events of the Infinity Killer murders, RK900 and Gavin have hit a roadblock in their relationship. RK900 thinks he’s found a solution where he can have his cake and it too, but even the best laid plans are no match for shoddy communication skills, or a thief who deals in the impossible.
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- Part 2 of Charon
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18 Mar 2019
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Looking at statistics only, Gavin Reed and Nines made an excellent team: without a single case unsolved since they've started working together three months ago, everything appeared great. But it only scratched the very surface of their relationship.
Looking at their dynamics, it became obvious how much room for growth both still had: getting along with the robocop Gavin was crushing on while feeling unable to stop the asshole-front constantly proved to be a serious issue. And Nines acting as the punching bag of said asshole didn't help. Turned out that expressing emotions properly was pretty damn difficult.
- Language:
- English
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- 136,687
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- 22/22
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- 1
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- 709
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Bookmarked by Karanoia
05 Feb 2019
