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It starts with a nosebleed in fourth period Chem, and the peculiar, perfume-and-nicotine scent of Maddy Perez leaning over her.
Rue knows she should look away. She never does.
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21 Apr 2026
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Sixty-seven days clean, and Rue Bennett’s first real test is a graduation party she only agreed to because Lexi asked and nobody says no to Lexi.
She wasn’t expecting Maddy Perez.
She wasn’t expecting a lot of things — the way a drink spilled between them could turn into thirty minutes against a wall, or the way Maddy looks when she thinks nobody’s watching, or the specific feeling of standing next to someone who’s also in the middle of rebuilding something and not quite ready to name what they’re building.
This is a story about two girls who never really knew each other learning how to know themselves first. About recovery that isn’t linear and healing that doesn’t announce itself. About the slow, inconvenient, slightly terrifying thing that happens when someone sees you — actually sees you — right when you’re figuring out who you are.
It takes a while. It’s worth it.
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17 Apr 2026
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"You see me."
And somehow, that makes all the difference.
(Podfic version now available!)
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14 Mar 2026
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The Threads Of Fate Tangle And Twist by Misthios
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
07 Dec 2024
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“About that,” Vi says. “How’d you end up here? What did a girl like you do to get tossed into this two-star shithole?”
“Really? That’s how you ask? No subtlety in it?”
“Uh, yeah? I saved you from getting shanked in the shower, so fair’s fair. What’s your deal, topside?”
“Caitlyn,” she says. That isn’t right. That wasn’t the answer Vi was after. Names are easily given away but so seldomly remembered in Stillwater, but it echoes in Vi’s head. She almost doesn’t hear the actual answer. “And though I have no doubt a thousand people have given this answer before, I did nothing. I was doing my job, and then I was here. No trial. No sentencing. No crime to speak of.”
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Half a decade into Vi's stay in Stillwater, a topsider turns up, raving about being a Councillor's daughter.
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21 Sep 2025
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The flesh is split in two and patched with fire by koyuki_kazahana
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
10 Mar 2026
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She can’t escape the throne. Or the girl it was meant to devour. Alicent Hightower wears the regency like a crown of thorns. Confined by duty, something’s going to cleave. Maybe the realm. Maybe her heart. Maybe the line between them.
"One year,” Rhaenyra spits the words, “and if you linger a day beyond, Alicent, I will take the throne with fire.”
Or;
Viserys died earlier within the six-year time skip. Alicent successfully becomes queen regent. Rhaenyra arrives in King’s Landing. It changes everything.
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22 Apr 2025