protohylaeus
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Iona, an adventurer from the eastern border of Aldaria, has had a rough time in the Capital. She's been stuck here as a fledgling Adventurer for two years. No party wants an inexperienced dagger-wielder to fight against increasingly dangerous monsters. But when an certain offer for free land comes across the request board, Iona is intrigued. Why was such an offer not taken up immediately? What's so weird about Mistria?
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The Art of (Not) Falling Apart by luna_celestialmoth
Fandoms: Stardew Valley (Video Game)
24 Mar 2026
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Sebastian cannot remember a time he didn't feel like this. He is stuck in a small town, barely holding on. Everyone thinks he is a loser, even Maru, his own sister.Then the new farmer arrives. She's Maru’s best friend, and absolutely off limits, obviously.
As Sebastian starts to let her in, it becomes less about being saved and more about being seen. About two people learning the difference between being broken and being human.
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29 Mar 2026
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After quitting Joja, my family declared my life choices a disaster and my move to Pelican Town an even bigger one. A ridiculous joke I never meant to take seriously snowballed into opening a tiny café in Zuzu City instead. One year later, Sebastian got a job and moved to Zuzu. He looked as exhausted by the city as I felt and joined my staff, reluctantly. And somehow, without meaning to, everything began to shift.
This is a slow burn about us, from a stranger, to employer and employee, to friends, to beyond. About the past that shaped us, the story pulled us together, and the bittersweet choices we made.
(Warning that 70% of story background in Zuzu and 30% in Pelican Town)
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25 Mar 2026
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Big-city programmer Sebastian is home for Winter Star, and Pelican Town has changed since he left. Abby is married. Sam’s band has an obnoxiously friendly new keyboardist. Maru is clearly keeping a big secret from their parents, not that he cares.
In an effort to avoid hanging out with a family he doesn't mesh with and a friend group he no longer feels secure in, he proposes an arrangement with Ava (local farmer, town hero, and overcommitted disaster): He'll help out on the farm to avoid his social commitments, and she'll get an extra hand with her overwhelming list of holiday tasks. Buckle up for a Hallmark-inspired Stardew fic, complete with accidental fake dating, holiday angst, and plenty of humor and fluff!
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06 Jun 2025