#Prison Toys (Voltron)

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VOLTRON FIC REC

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GALRA KEITH AND THE DADS OF MAMORA

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SHIRO 

We Who Are About To Die  T 5,024 

Every night he names himself. Shiro. And every day the crowd screams his name in a voice like blood. Champion 

Days Of Gladiator Love  M 3,589 

Turns out, there was a fair bit of merchandising involved with the Gladiator battles, especially with their more famous fighters. Apparently, this includes romance novels 

Play Your Part  T 2,549 SERIES 

It's the right decision to step into Matt's place in the gladiator arena. But when he defeats Myzax, and refuses to kill him, he sets a couple things in motion by mistake. One of these mistakes, is catching Emperor Zarkon's attention. 

Fractured  T 

What if Shiro’s time in captivity ended differently? What if he had been made into something other than just a gladiator? Two years after his initial capture alongside Dr. Holt and his son, Matt, Shiro returns. But, he doesn't return to Earth, and he’s not quite himself. Instead, he goes to Arus, acting as Zarkon’s inquisitor when four of the five Lions are activated. However, during a fight with the Paladins, Shiro receives a concussive blow to the head, which causes him to become amnesiac. Taking mercy on their enemy, the Paladins, along with Allura and Coran, take him in to nurse him back to health and try to get his memories back, as well as his will to fight. 

Allowed To Be  G 1,303 

He’s not Shiro, and they all know it. He is someone though, and he gets a say in that. 

Not Mine  T 462 SERIES 

Allura tries to communicate with Shiro, but he seems to have a lapse in memory... 

Prince Of Memory  T 20,169 

Shiro escaped the gladiator arenas. Hundreds of others didn't; hundreds of others perished. But Shiro's memories contain more than just patrol routes and battle techniques—and there may yet be a way to bring at least a few of those lost prisoners home, even after death. 

Shiro The Hero  NR 1,160 

What was wrong with him? It had been a simple performance! The crowd had loved him, cheered for him. So why did he feel like clawing his itching skin off? The stadium forced itself to the front of his mind. Brightly lit, full of noise and excitement. Not the first arena he had been popular in. His head gave a vicious pound. Hot tears leaked from his closed eyes, intermingling with the cold streams from the shower. The sobs were coming freely now. He was finally alone now. He didn't have to pretend to be fine anymore. He didn't have to act like he was okay with being displayed like a trophy. Like a toy. Like a slave. 

Slip The Surly Bonds  T 86,701 

Tasked with finding and teaching fifty students with the potential to reach his caliber as a pilot, Shiro instead finds one who has the potential to surpass him. But first, he's got to get the scrawny delinquent to shape up and fly right. 

Tried To Go To Heaven (But He Went The Other Way)  NR 3,320 

Human endurance is unmatched by any other creature on their planet. Shiro is no exception. OR In which Shiro loses an arm. 

Lion Soul  T 64,745 SERIES 

Allura is one of the leaders of a nomadic pride of werelions. Shiro is the lone human in the pride, always out of place, unable to be a part of the culture he was raised in. Whatever he feels for Allura is irrelevant. He's no match for her, no matter how much he wishes he were. The pride is considering going on the offensive against the Hunters - humans who stalk and kill weres - rather than continuing to flee and hide. And Shiro has to decide if the only home he's ever known is really home, and, if it's not, what should he do about that? What can he do? 

Consequences  G 1,185 

direct follow up to part of episode 5 from season 5. 

Over And Overture  M 14,531 SERIES 

Since Shiro returned, something has been... off about him. But he deals with it, just like he's dealt with everything else. Until the problems begin to build. 

Repetition In Practice  T 1,800 

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. The Blue Lion waits for her Paladin. 

LOTOR 

Adrenaline Rush  M 164,634 

Lotor is a pro stock biker, undefeated with his Sincline motorcycles. Allura is a rising star in the top fuel dragster circuit, taking up her father’s mantle after his fiery death during a race with quintessence-injected fuel. Allura knows racing can be lethal. But between competing against her father’s rival and once-friend, Zarkon, and dealing with his arrogant son Lotor, she barely has time to consider the types of danger she’s in. 

The Blackest Sheep  T 

With Lotor's comet ship destroyed and his crew dead and gone, Lotor's been captured by the Voltron crew, and is suffering through injuries compromising to his form. He's at the mercy of Allura and the others, and slowly, secrets that were once hidden under lock and key come spilling out about his history, and more importantly, things crawling under his skin. Can Allura truly trust someone who's been hiding behind a mask their whole life, or will Allura's trust be broken the moment she lets him past her particle barrier? Or, will Lotor prove to be the blackest sheep of them all? 

Quantum Entanglement  M  

Princess Allura of Altea didn’t die in VLD s8. Instead, in saving the multiverse, she became lost in it, crash-landing on an Earth different from the one she knows. She is found by the human Lotor Dalir, who mourns for a dead Allura Singh. But death is not so mysterious when one knows alchemy. And the realm of the dead, where both Allura Singh and Emperor Lotor reside, is not as far as it might seem. 

The Second Law  T 

Allura discovers Shiro was not the only person Haggar cloned for insidious purposes. After a strategic battle, she finds the real Lotor imprisoned and barely clinging to life inside a Galra command ship. His existence brings to light an even greater conspiracy than Team Voltron could have imagined possible. 

Rites Of Passage  M 20,110 

A story about Lotor's first captured Alliance ship. Told from his pov. Language warning, sex,violence and an unhealthy amount of the Crown Prince's famous ego. 

Do We Torture The Captives, Or Eat The Birthday Cake?  T 649 

A tribute to my favorite line from 80's Voltron, in which Lotor tortures the captives by eating the cake in front of them 

Perdu  M 40,652 

He did everything they'd asked of him. He had fought a war that had not been his to begin with because it was the right thing to do, because at the end of it all stood the promise of returning to his family. He was done. He wanted home. What he did not expect was for a man obviously just as lonely as him to join him on the journey. A man willing to listen, willing to understand. So many possible realities and so many ways that it could go wrong. Or maybe just right. 

Gone With The Fallen Leaves  M 51,577 

The longer Lotor stays with the team, the more Shiro begins to dream of what seems to be his past. It makes his life even more complicated. 

Temporary Accommodations   T 

Nothing lasts, is what he tells himself. Childhood, family, home, friends... all of it leaves or betrays you eventually. He doesn't see why Voltron would be any different, but it could be a safe haven for a while at least. 

KLANCE KEITHXLANCE 

Dirty Laundry 

Lance makes the mistake of telling his Mom he has a boyfriend coming home 

with him for Christmas. Keith makes the mistake of agreeing to be Lance’fake boyfriend' 

Where People Go To Die  M 48,805 SERIES 

Lotor mistakenly believes that Lance, acting as a spy for the Galra, has killed Keith, and invites him to return to the Empire with him. Team Voltron uses this to their advantage.    “You finally get to return to your real people, Blue Paladin. You no longer have to run around with those…scumbags? Is that a term they use on Earth to describe the lowest filth they can think of?”    Recognition seemed to dawn on the Blue Paladin’s face.    “Oh! Right—well, I’m…not quite finished with my mission,” the Paladin said, returning his bayard to his side. He bent down and yanked up the Red Paladin, “I, uh—have to get rid of him myself, you know? Make sure he’s really dead and all that. Put him somewhere where no one will find him and be able to revive him.” 

Shadow Of The Past   T  

When Lance is thrown through time, he finds himself one year in the future, in place of the Lance that should be here. He finds his team to be remarkably familiar, yet distinctly different. They have more scars, a better grip on the whole saving the universe thing, and over a year’s worth of teamwork to bind them together. But the weirdest part? Keith seems to be a lot more touchy with him. Not that he’s complaining… much. The team must try and work out how to reverse the two Lance’s places and restore them to their original timelines. But despite the fact that they’re still his friends, Lance can’t help but feel a little out of place among a team that’s been through so much with a Lance that just isn’t him. And it doesn’t help that the team is on edge around him, refusing to tell him anything for fear of influencing and changing the past. Things get even more complicated when they have to rely on the team in the past to complete the switch, leaving Lance to little more than sit, wait, and attempt to fill in his future self’s shoes. 

Ghost Of The Future   T 

When Lance is thrown through time, his future self from one year ahead is transported to the past in his place. This Lance is faster, stronger, and markedly more mature. Not only that, but he's distinctly more intuitive about his teammates and A LOT more touchy with Keith. The team must try and work out how to reverse the two Lance's places and restore them to their original timelines. Things only get more complicated when the Future Lance can't seem to remember where he was when the switch happened, and he refuses to reveal anything about his own time for fear of influencing the team's decisions. 

The Enemy Of My Enemy   EX 

When Lance wakes up after ten thousand years with only his Princess and her assistant having survived the destruction of their entire civilization, he's at a loss. Even his long time dream of being one of the Paladin's of Voltron, a high honour, doesn't bring him much comfort. And to make matters worse, the Red Paladin turns out to be an enemy, one of the very kind who destroyed his home, and his family. In order to form Voltron though, Lance will have to learn to accept and trust Keith as a member of their team. To make matters even worse though? Keith is also pretty damned cute. 

Language Barrier   T 1,818 

Lance isn't overly happily with his life right now, but he's thankful for the eye-candy he gets to share an elevator with every day. Too bad the gorgeous guy doesn't speak English... 

Language Barrier On A People Carrier  T 1,754 

Keith speaks English just fine, but he still likes speaking Korean when he can. When he leaves work and takes the elevator down from the seventh floor he liked to talk to Shiro about what's for dinner in his mother tongue. Because of this it seems he's never spoken an English word in front of the dance instructor from the sixth floor that rides the elevator with him every day, leading the other to believe that there was such thing as a private conversation in an elevator. 

Silver Tongued   M 14,848 

One way or another, His truth they will learn Although perhaps the message For them, incapable to discern 

Follow My Lead   M 117,792 

Becoming “hook-up buddies” with Lance Sanchez was just supposed to be a small, insignificant fraction of Keith’s life. But of course, things don’t work out that way at all. 

Antidote  EX 121,880 

Keith is stung by a bug that makes every moment he spends away from Lance physically excruciating. Lance just wants to help, but he knows that Keith doesn't like to be touched. 

Calling Me To Come Back   T 50,464 SERIES 

Keith is a witch who owns a shop where he breaks curses on both magical items and people under spells. Love spells, family curses passed down generations, cursed heirlooms lurking the attic -- he can handle them all. But one day a boy named Lance walks into his shop, and his curse is darker and more difficult to break than anything Keith has ever seen before: the curse is draining his magic, and without his magic, Lance will die. 

Shut Up And Dance With Me   M 249.827 

Lance and his friends have been regulars at the Altea Dance Studio for years. Not just for classes, but to hang out, practice, and spend time with good people who love dancing. Every year, they audition to be one of the few representing Altea at the regional dance competition. Lance always auditions solo, but this year he misses out on auditions and blows his chance to participate. And so does his self-proclaimed rival, Keith. Luckily, Shiro comes up with a brilliant plan: convince Lance and Keith to audition as a duo. With a little convincing, and a lot of effort, these two might just be able to pull it off and go to regionals... or they might crash and burn. 

I Think I Know Enough Of Hate  T  SERIES 

Some nights, Keith waits until he’s the last one in that section of the base, and he brings up the broadcast again, replays it over and over. He pauses it on Lance’s face and tries to look for the signs of how they grew older. He reaches out and his fingertips smudge the glass screen and he thinks they always did love you. You always knew how to make them love you. 

Altea Rising  T  

When Shiro and Matt disappear without a trace, Keith seeks out the help of Matt's sister, Pidge—who, like him, suspects that something paranormal is afoot. A trail of clues leads them to a ghost town called Altea, where they meet ghost hunters Hunk and Lance. The group soon discovers they are paladins—they have the ability to walk between the physical and spirit worlds. An evil spirit named Zarkon is planning to invade the human world... and the only way to stop him, and to save Shiro and Matt in time, is to form an immensely powerful being called Voltron. But in order to do that, they'll need to find all five ghost lions—each located in one of the most haunted locations in the world. 

A Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor   M 5,918 

Keith is a captain in the Royal Navy. Lance is the son of a merchant sailor. 

Reach Out For You (Break These Walls)   T 9,139 

Keith is trying to make himself smaller, to bury his head deeper in his knees, and Lance’s heart freezes in his chest. Anger dissipating like an exploded firework, Lance lets his hand fall limply to his side, mind blurring with static. When he tries to speak, nothing comes out but a choked noise, so he tries again. “Keith,” he breathes. “Keith I’m not going to hurt you.” 

Audience Of One  M 45,987 SERIES 

Lance gets captured by the Galra and sent to a prison ship. Keith, raised Galra, visits Lance's cell, driven by the unshakable curiosity about the new prisoner who looks like him. 

Other Reality, Same Love  NR 39,302 

After restoring all the realities, the remain paladins land in the incorrect reality, where alteans are the bad guys, there are mindless slaves, and some guys that look just like them that are part of a resistance against the alteans, so now they have to figure how to go back home and maybe help this reality to get free of the alteans. Or Keith have this massive crush on Lance, but he can't do anything about it (because Allura have just died) but he is stuck in this reality when he sees Leandro and Akira in love and happy, and can’t help want that. 

Love Interest   M 195,396 SERIES 

Lance is getting his big American debut on a new T.V series called Voltron. He's excited and nervous about how amazingly talented and famous his cast members are. But most importantly Lance is anticipating meeting his character -Leandro's- love interest in the show. Who happens to played by the be mega famous, mega hot Keith Kogane. But due to a misunderstanding during their first encounter, Lance now thinks Keith is the biggest jerk alive. Keith now has to try and fix it, for the sake of the show, and also for the sake of their on screen romance, which may start venture off screen as well. 

The Stars Are Shining Red And Blue  T 1,620 

Akira Kogane was known for five things in the Western Sector of the American Empire:-His eyes, a shining unnatural indigo that was no doubt the effect of layered mutations-His knife, sharp and with deadly accuracy, known to leave marks and often mistaken as a sword in some accounts of his escapades-His scar, running down his left cheek, story untold.-His hair, white as snow and obviously dyed, but iconic nonetheless. And his ruthless behavior, his inability to feel, to empathize, to understand when to stop. People feared him because he wasn’t afraid to cross boundaries, and that was just how he wanted it. 

Chase It Down   T 11,529 

The helmet was taken off in one smooth pull and Leandro’s retort dried up on his tongue. Akira’s helmet hid….a lot. Like the shock of snow white hair that was half up, half curled around his shoulders as long, choppy bangs fell gently over his forehead. They almost obscured the annoyance that reflected in eyes the color of dusk from a rooftop and thick eyebrows furrowed, contorting an unfairly symmetrical face into a grimace that only further accentuated his handsome-scratch that-beautiful features. Leandro’s eyes, raked over the long tan scar that started from the bottom of Akira’s left cheek and ended just below his eye, an unnatural marker of some past struggle that shocked Leandro with such a powerful wave of familiarity, he could feel his body start to sway. Swords clanging in dim hallways, lips pressed to healing skin, fingers brushing hair back, ocean salt and wildfire, red and blue-The last thing saw before falling forward was Akira’s gorgeously angry expression quickly shift into one of concern as he ran forward to catch Leandro’s collapsing form. 

Ride Or Die   NR 6,377 

“Let's get out of here while that dude’s still distracted with his stab wound, ” Akira grabbed Leandro’s arm hastily. 

“You stabbed him?” he asked, genuinely shocked that Akira managed to land a hit on him. Akira nodded as he dragged Leandro to the back exit as quickly as he could. 

Akira turned to face Leandro,“My motorcycle is parked in the alley next to the restaurant to the le--” 

“Hold up! Go back like, 3 steps. You have a motorbike?” Leandro interrupted. 

Akira raised an eyebrow, “Yeah, so?” 

He shrugged, “That’s hot.” 

Akira choked on air as blood rushed to his cheeks, “Okay, that's enough out of you, fugitive.” 

Navigator  G 37,712 

"Have you felt unsafe on campus? Threatened? Afraid to walk around campus? We will walk with you!" 

Trust The Love Experts: Relationship Advice From Keith Kogane  G 23,170  

Keith doesn’t consider himself a very romantic boy. He likes knives, the colour black and has never seen a rom-com in his life. But he’s going to need to be romantic because he’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Lance McClain and he has finally worked up the nerve to ask him out. But after a disastrous attempt that only left him more friend-zoned than ever before. He's frustrated, pining, and desperately wants to kiss Lance’s face off. He’s further from being Lance’s boyfriend than ever, but luckily, he’s about to get a little help from an unlikely source: an article from Cosmopolitan magazine called, 10 Steps to Seduce Your Man! 

Cinnamon Bagels And Peppermint Tea  G 4,452 SERIES 

Lance owns a cute marketplace bakery, and Shiro tries his damn best to make sure his delinquent brother knows about it. Alternative Title: Shiro is the ultimate wingman and Keith has a gay crisis 

Handsome Stranger You Have Made Him Wonder  T 32,875 

When Lance wakes up on a flying castle with no memories, a crew of familiar strangers and a million questions he's determined to rediscover what he lost So what happens when his mysterious rival Keith returns to the castle they all call home? And why is Keith not acting the way Lance expected? 

Speak For The Stars  T 49,349 

All Lance has ever wanted is to prove his worth. So, maybe it’s fitting that the Black Lion picked him right when Lotor betrayed them and Shiro’s clone went rogue. Right when the team was at its lowest and closest to failing. The desire for glory that Lance grew up with—that drove him to join the Garrison and pursue fighter class, that drove him into his one-sided rivalry with Keith, that drove him after Keith in the Sonoran Desert and into Blue’s cockpit and into space and into the war in the first place—it’s a relic of the past for him now. All he wants these days is to keep his friends alive and the Coalition afloat, and he tries his best, despite the pervasive fear that he isn’t the right person for this monumental task. Despite the growing certainty that Black picked the wrong guy. This fear will be put to the ultimate test when the mess that ensnares the team after the clone disaster turns out to be a labyrinth more winding than any of them were prepared for. Because Lance might just be the only person equipped to lead them through this maze and into the light. 

SHEITH SHIRO/KEITH 

The Mermaid Of Lake Altea  M 24,367 

The Mermaid of Lake Altea has been a story passed from camper to camper for almost ten years. It's the tale of a lonely young mermaid who gets rejected by her crush when they find out she has fins. When camp counselor Keith hears it, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth. While projecting his own loneliness on the mermaid, he also tries to uncover his handsome, co-counselor, Shiro. Keith has fallen hard and fast for him, but there's something mysterious about Shiro as well. What's his connection to the mermaid? Will Keith's quest for a mythical creature sabotage his quest to get with Shiro? 

The Uncertain Hour  M 268,839 

Keith trudged from the room, his steps heavier, but still barely audible. He was easily half the weight of any full-grown Galra, and only a little over half the height. He had a speed and agility that rivaled Kolivan's best, but nowhere near the reserves. Kolivan had learned to respect that ferocity, but it did make missions exhausting. Of all the orders he'd given, had Keith ever followed one to the letter? 

Old Wounds  T 3,731 

The team is having a conversation about scars and Lance decides to ask how Shiro how he got his scar. They were all expecting some wild tale of a vicious gladiator fight, or something heroic of the sort. They weren't expecting it to have been because of a muzzle. 

A Difference In Morality  T 1,995 

Shiro was the captain of the very first mission out to Kerberos, a science expedition that's doubling as a live training exercise for a promising year of cadets from the Garrison. When they're taken by the Galra, divided up to work as slaves or fight in the arena, he lets others be sacrificed first, as he watches and picks out exactly what weakness the gladiator there has. After all, he has to make a memorable first impression. 

Thrill Of The Night   M 1,560 

Drinking blood from arteries was always a messy and dangerous situation. The pressure would make the blood squirt, running not only to the vampire’s mouth, but also through the victim’s neck. So much blood that there was a great possibility of exsanguinating the victim. And yet, Shiro just couldn’t help himself. At least, not when he was feeding on Keith. 

Wisdom Cries  M 2,458 

Keith has been distant from Shiro ever since Shiro returned to the team a second time. The loneliness and unexplained coldness from the one who once supported him the most has left Shiro at the end of his rope. 

Don’t Say His Name  T 1,057 SERIES 

“How? When?” 

“I don’t know,” Keith says. His voice wobbles slightly, but he clears his throat in an attempt to hide it. It works, for the most part. “I just thought you didn’t feel right.” 

“Right,” Kuron mutters. He stares into his mug of steaming Altean tea, feeling incredibly nauseous as the sickly sweet scent wafts up to his nose. “Of course I didn’t.” 

Closing In On You  G 7,899 

Shiro wants coffee, Keith just wants to go home — they meet in the middle. 

Just A Kid I Once Knew  M 2,612 SERIES 

Keith still can't believe that Shiro is here, even if he's still unconscious. When they had told him that the Kerberos mission had failed he had thought he would have never seen Shiro again. He's so happy. Then Shiro wakes up and the first thing he says is "Yes, Master". 

Lay Your Weapons Down  M 

Following in the footsteps of the mother who raised him, Keith joins the Blade of Marmora as soon as he comes of age. But on his first mission, he is captured by the Galra, who decide to put his fighting spirit to use. Months after being taken from Kerberos, just as he is starting to earn the title 'Champion', Shiro is shocked to find himself facing down a boy who looks like he is human in the gladiator pits. 

Between The Shadow And The Soul  EX 161,623 SERIES 

The most terrifying things in the desert were the men. Of this, Keith had no doubt. Until Keith found him. 

Your Sharp And Glorious Thorn  T 38,300 

To end the war they inherited, Keith marries the King he lead an army against. 

Where The Light Doesn't Reach  M 229,972 SERIES 

Football Captain Takashi Shirogane always looked like he had a charmed life. A full ride scholarship to a top university, worshipping fans wherever he turned, never wanting for a single thing. Keith’s never needed to have anything to do with him. Keith has his own problems, his own friends, his art. They’re from two different worlds. But one day, Shiro doesn’t come home. One day, there’s blood all over the streets but no body. And it’s Keith, and only Keith, who can see Shiro, shirt splattered with blood, panicking through a hallway of people who ignore and pass right through him. It’s only Keith who can see his ghost. And it’s only Keith who can help him find who did it. 

MISC 

We Go Forward G 4,076

A visit to the Castle of Lions leaves Keith with a lot to think about regarding his place on the team. Or, his lack thereof.

Finding Home  G 34,969 SERIES 

Shiro is nowhere to be found, but the paladins aren't going to give up on finding him. Problem is, the galaxy is a big place to find one person. Shiro isn't sure exactly where he is, but he's determined to find his way back. But the road home is longer when one doesn't know where it is. 

Dear Little One  G 

The paladins hadn't been expecting to find the baby Allura hadn't been expecting their reaction to it 

The Prince  M 

10,000 years ago, Prince Lotor died and it changed the course of the universe. Now, the chance for him to return drives Emperor Zarkon and Druid Haggar to risk everything--even the Empire itself--to have their son back. 

Keeping The Secret  T 10,008 

Lance is trying his hardest to keep his identity a secret from his space family, which gets more difficult when devices can read your entire anatomy and people overhear conversations behind closed doors. 

Sweet Poison  G 

“The Blue Lion was hidden on my planet – Earth – and led us to the Castle of Lions,” Shiro explains. “Princess Allura was put into cryosleep by King Alfor – she showed us how to find our lions and form Voltron. We’ve been fighting Zarkon together for the past three years.” 

“Zarkon is dead.” 

It’s the third who speaks up, and Shiro freezes at their voice. It can’t be – and yet, as she steps in the light, it is. Allura stares coolly down at him, her eyes hard as ice chips. There is no warmth there, no fondness or love. She’s not his Allura, he knows instinctively 

When It Was Too Much But You Were Enough  T 4,493 

Keith just wants a break, but finds much more. He's probably going to die. Takashi Shirogane just wants Keith to have a home. The Holts haven't seen a human in years. Lance's life is in constant danger. Hunk's new friend is a little strange. 

Golden Madness  EX 

The war started with her death. The war started as a means of getting revenge for a beloved wife and mother. The war started because Altea killed one of their own for loving a Galra. After Shiro's disappearance in "Blackout," the shattered remains of the Voltron Paladins must come to terms with the fact that the former Paladins did exist, and it is their responsibility to deal with their repercussions. Some more so than others. In addition to that, the team struggles with adjusting to new roles and feelings of abandonment as a result of their leader's disappearance. But they're not the only ones. Prince Lotor, after being saved from the stomach a Weblum, has come home to see his beloved father is critical condition and their empire in shambles. He takes up his father's mantle and vows death to those who threaten of his people. Death in his dear mother's name. 

K31T4  T 38,669 

The Galra and Earth have teamed up to defeat an enemy which they call, Alteans. As a reward, Shiro and his team are rewarded with the first service Droid, K31T4. But something about this Droid seems off to the team and there are more lies than truths when it comes to the Galra Empire. 

The Empress's Tears  T 

The paladins end up in the Altean Empire reality again, but this time they've also gone back in time and Keith makes a big discovery. 

At The End Of The Road With You  EX 

Incident One started the zombie outbreak two years ago. Now most only survive thanks to organized groups like The Garrison. Lance, Pidge, and Hunk are members of the Echo Scouting and Scavenging Team. They find themselves out on the far outer regions when they come across a survivor from another team that they were lead to believe were killed. This discovery leads to a new horrifying truth and the team has to find another way to survive in this cruel undead world. 

Beacon  NR 

An emergency mission to answer a distress call wasn’t unusual. The urgency in Allura’s voice wasn’t necessarily unusual, either—she was very much of the mind that Voltron was obligated to answer every single distress call brought to their attention. Being the defender of the known universe came with a certain number of responsibilities, after all. But seeing the pinched, pale look on both Allura and Coran’s faces when they converged on the bridge was unusual. "The universe is vast even in terms of those planets still yet beyond the grips of the Galra. But…. the distress call came from the Terra Firma Quadrant.” Earth. 

The Price Of Victory  T SERIES 

As a Galran Prince, Commander and Druid Acolyte, in an Empire steeped in magic, violence, deception and betrayal, Lotor is conversely one of the most powerful yet powerless beings in the universe. The simple act of rescuing a single human slave has far-reaching consequences that shatter all preconceptions and restores hope. But when Lotor has finally achieved his wildest dreams and the universe is at peace, the pillar he has built his life around is cruelly snatched from his side. Now, in an unlikely alliance with the Red Paladin, the two seek to regain all they have lost. If anyone had ever told Matt Holt that he’d become not only an alien abductee, but a modern day Helen of Troy, that his face would one day launch a thousand ships, with an alien Prince leading the massive armada, he’d have asked to analyze whatever drugs they were using for his biochemistry thesis. But that was before he was made a slave, before the enigmatic Prince Lotor rescued him and became Emperor, before four of the Paladins of Voltron were betrayed and imprisoned, and Lotor and Keith came to save them. All Matt had wanted was to be reunited with his family, to finally go home, but now the Earth is threatened with annihilation because of it 

Stealing Our Own Place In The Sun  M 

Keith struggles to come to grips with being the Black Paladin, Shiro's acting weird, Lance's insecurities deepen as his heritage comes into question, Hunk finds it harder and harder to play peacemaker, Pidge carries on the search for her father and brother, and Allura's determined to see this whole saving the universe thing through. With allies who should be enemies and enemies who should be allies, and a path that's never completely clear, the Paladins learn to put their faith in each other if they're gonna do this right. 

Stay Of Execution  T 2,875 

When the Altean Empire rose to power, Empress Allura converted the Galran Royal Guard into her personal hit squad. The Altean Court treated them as little more than attack dogs, keeping them in line with threats of the hoktril. When there's an attack on the Empress's life, and the culprit gets away, Thace and Ulaz are sent after the rebel. In the process, their loyalties to the Altean Empire are tested. 

[pterodotyl]

I want more prison toys! It’s SO GOOD OMG IM SHOOKETH

Haha, thank you! I didn’t have any plans currently to write more, but if there’s enough interest in it I might consider it. It’d be fun to make something from keith’s POV, or maybe a prequel of some sort…

[pumpkins-s]

What if Loraine was still alive and went to Kerberos with Sam, Matt and Shiro? What if she's kicking galra ass and part of space pirate crew an year later??

(On AO3 as Prison Toys)

Pidge gets used to not talking about Kerberos.

Mostly. Somewhat. Little bit.

She has her moments, when it all gets to be too much, and she doesn’t think she can sit through another five minutes of talk about where Kerberos went wrong and what we can learn from it lectures in class without screaming. When she snaps and fights back with sharp words off a barbed tongue of barely controlled grief against Iverson or whichever asshole has opened his mouth on that particular day. But for the most part, she learns to keep her mouth shut.

For the one, it’s a necessary evil to put up with their excuses, their lies, in order to protect her identity. Katelyn Holt could throw a fit and threaten a Garrison officer for talking shit about her family, for leaving them to rot in the cold depths of space. Pidge Gunderson cannot.

Pidge Gunderson, for all intents and purposes, is just a single child from a nice, Midwestern family, with a private school education and an interest in radios—on paper, at least.

Still, what’s on paper is all Pidge has left anymore. She knew the consequences of her mission, and accepted them as a necessary sacrifice. All that she was is now obsolete, and she must become the illusion to the best of her ability.

Besides, it is…tiring, not to be believed all the time. The Garrison, her former friends, even her mother, none of them would listen. Why waste time now arguing with people who won’t ever understand, when it will be easier to prove them wrong.

Which she will, she’ll prove them all wrong. She will find the truth if it kills her.

She thinks about them a lot lately, especially now that she’s here, in the Garrison. Her family, her father and brother, are of course never far from her mind, but the others too—Shiro, who had been Matt’s friend so long he was practically family himself. And the woman, Pidge’d only met her a couple times, but she’d seemed nice enough. She remembers her mentioning having a little sibling around Pidge’s age, someone who looked up to her, someone to come back to.

None of them deserved—do deserve—to be abandoned like this.

She will bring them home, all of them. Bring Matt and her father back to herself and her mother, and the others to their own families.

As far as she knows, all Shiro’d really had was Keith, in terms of family or close friends outside of Matt or…whatever that was. Regardless, they’d been important to each other, and that’s about as far as she cares about it.

Pidge’d only seen Keith the once, after Kerberos. The same day she’d broken into the Garrison, and had been dumped in the waiting room of the commander’s office while Iverson called her mother to come pick her up, already working on her plan to get back in as she sat stewing. She’d stared at him from across the room in their respective plastic chairs, at the scowl on his face and the large, fresh bruise spreading across his cheek, and wondered just what had happened to the kid she used to know that followed Shiro around like he’d strung up the sun.

“What the hell happened to you?” she’d asked bluntly, and he’d snorted.

“McClain’s brother punched me.”

McClain. Lieutenant McClain, Shiro’s co-pilot. The one with the starry smile and the little sibling she’d been planning to take photos for in space.

“Why?”

Keith had shrugged, looking mildly uncomfortable and almost guilty, and her stomach had churned. “Some new report came out about the pilot error they think might have caused the crash, and I told McClain it must have been his stupid sister that was driving the damn thing when it happened, because Shiro would have never made mistakes like that.”

She’d tried to imagine what it would be like if the world was saying the crash was Matt’s fault, and shook her head. “That’s just cruel.”

“…I know,” he’d said, and she decided the undirected misery in his eyes made him look like the most pathetic creature alive. “But I just needed someone to blame. I don’t want it to be Shiro’s fault.”

“Do you really think they’re dead?”

“I don’t know,” Keith shook his head. “I’m not sure I want to know.”

From the next room over, through the window, she’d seen Iverson hang up the phone, and she’d stood, sneering. “If you refuse to go looking for answers just because you’re afraid of what you might find, you’re nothing more than a coward.”

It wasn’t until after Iverson had come back, and led her to the door, that she’d heard Keith whisper. “Yeah, probably.”

After that, he’d just been another non-believer no longer needed in her world.

She’d not heard anything about him until long after that, when she’d returned to the Garrison as Pidge, and realized the position in the fighter class her new teammate had just inherited had been Keith’s previous one. He’d been expelled, apparently. Some combo of telling his Garrison-assigned therapist to go fuck herself, threatening an officer, and breaking into the file room to look through the Kerberos records.

Well, at least he’d done something.

It didn’t matter either way, she’d decided. Keith wasn’t her problem. They’d never been particularly close to begin with, and she’d realized discarding her identity meant leaving all things, including former interpersonal relationships, behind. Katie may have been sort-of-friends with one Keith Kogane, but Pidge Gunderson was not. If they ever met again, they’d be nothing more than strangers.

Besides, she didn’t—doesn’t have time for friends, now. The mission is more important than anything else, no matter what that anything else may be.

Which is something she kind of wishes her new teammates would realize, because they really…really haven’t.

On some level, she understands the desire to try and get along with your teammates. Her father had always stressed that team cohesion is key to a mission’s ease and success, and so as far as that logic extends she can get why one might try to build a rapport with the people they’ll be stuck working with for at least the next year or two. But at some point, you have to be willing to accept when someone doesn’t want to be your buddy, and move on. A memo her beloved teammates have not gotten, apparently.

It’s mostly the engineer, Hunk. He talks in this loud, booming voice to try and fill up the empty spaces between the three of them, hands always fiddling with one another and eyes twitching nervously to the corners of each room as if looking for some inevitable danger. When he speaks to her, he always seems to instinctually look well above her head, as if expecting someone else to be walking with them as their third, before correcting himself and dipping his head to see her. Pidge doesn’t belong here, that much is obvious to her, but it doesn’t stop Hunk from clinging. Mostly to their other teammate, but to her as well, always ready to shuffle up to her side and follow her walking path one step too close behind. It’s infuriatingly like how her mother behaved towards Pidge after her father and brother went missing, as if she expected her to vanish at a moment’s notice, and it leaves her with a sick feeling in her stomach that only makes her hate it all the more.

Hunk’s not a bad person in the slightest, even given his annoying habits, but he’s too soft. Too warm and well meaning, and all the more likely to get cut on the barbed wire of her hate-riddled soul. He doesn’t deserve the mess Pidge is looking to make of the Garrison, and so she pushes him away at every opportunity. Running from kind, ramblings words and unsteady smiles, leaving him to care for his other self-proclaimed ward.

Said ward being their team’s pilot. Lance. Lance is—well, she doesn’t know quite what to make of him, honestly.

He’s all these mismatched, odd ends. Sewn together with rough twine that cuts the hands and salvaged thread of all colors that can’t quite keep him together.

Sometimes he’s loud and boisterous, posturing grandly and bouncing off the walls with all this excess energy and not a second thought. Other times he’s serious and methodical, all narrowed eyes and a sharp, steely focus that could cut with just a glance.

Mostly he’s just…quiet.

It’s his eyes that get her. They’re a dark blue that look as if they should sing of the ocean, of crashing waves and salt-kissed lips and birdsong. But, no matter whether he’s the enthusiastic force of the tides, the single-minded focus of the sniper, or the silent shadow at Hunk’s side, his eyes always just seem…dead. Like the life was sucked out of them an eternity ago and he just kept moving regardless.

Broken, she decides. He looks broken—in all the ways she might look, if she wasn’t wrapped up in layers of clever lies and anger-made chainmail to protect herself.

Lance tries, occasionally, to be nice to her. The first time they met, he was in one of those firecracker moods, vibrating with enthusiasm, until he turned to see her, and she got her first glimpse of those dead eyes. He’d frozen in place, completely silent—something she later learned was just a thing that happens with Lance— and Hunk had smoothly taken over introductions. Following that, he’d been almost overly friendly, but after the first couple times she made it clear his presence wasn’t wanted beyond when it was required, he mostly left her alone. Now he just watches her with shrewd, wary eyes she can’t quite puzzle out, and doesn’t bother her so long as she keeps up in simulations.

He’s got a kind of unwavering dedication to the program, to climbing the ranks as soon as possible, that Pidge just can’t understand. Maybe once upon a time she wanted to go to the Garrison out of genuine interest and a desire to further the world with her work, but after everything that’s happened, all she feels is disgust for this place. It’s built on a foundation of rigorous hierarchy and self-preservation that she can’t stand with a loathing that runs deep into her bones.

This is the place that sent four innocent people into space and then left them to die. The only reason she’s here is because she has to be; she’d never willingly follow their rules of her own volition.

And—okay, yes, most people don’t have the reasoning she does, but Lance is almost unnerving. He sits through every lecture about how they’re just not cutting it, each hurled insult about him being the replacement pilot, with the same polite smile fixed in place, those empty eyes always present.

If he knows genuine anger, he doesn’t seem to show it. To Pidge, who has coated herself in her own righteous fury as both sword and shield, he is an enigma. A glitch in the code that is the Garrison she should be able to understand and manipulate perfectly, free from the consequences of her old life and name.

Hunk isn’t much better, in all that unnamed, terrified grief she can’t quite make sense of, but at least she can get some genuine read on him when she looks at his face, on how he’s feeling and what he might be thinking.

She tells herself she doesn’t care, one way or another. So she has a couple weird teammates. She severed herself from everything else—from Keith, her friends, her school, to her own mother—so why should this be any different? Pidge can’t afford to get caught on the spikes of whatever the hell it is Lance and Hunk are dealing with.

All that matters is the mission. The high-range broadcast equipment she smuggled into her room under the guise of Pidge Gunderson’s documented high school radio interest, and the photo of Matt and herself tucked under her pillow.

All else is secondary. All else is meaningless.

Pidge only sees Lance snap the once—after she picks a fight with another cadet, a real fight.

She doesn’t mean to. Normally she knows better, she’s not Keith for God’s sake. She is usually controlled, keeping an iron-tight grip on the lid of her simmering pot of anger, but it is one of those days where she could not sleep without Matt’s imagined screams in her dreams. Where she stood silently between Hunk’s fidgeting and Lance’s blank stare through another of Iverson’s lectures, and felt the fury of a daughter without a father and a sister without a brother coil in her chest.

It’s one of those days where it’s all just too much, and when she hears some idiot from the cargo-level training class talking shit on his phone in the otherwise empty hallway about how stupid the Kerberos crew must have been to crash a Garrison ship, when the simulators built to match are so easy to fly, she just…breaks.

She’s on him before she can think, kicking and hitting everything she can reach and screaming until her voice runs raw and jagged. For a moment, Pidge feels like the storm, crashing down on those that would dare stand in the way of her pain, of her righteous vengeance in the face of what she’s lost.

And then Lance and Hunk yank her off and away from the boy.

Pidge comes back to herself in a rush, the shame boiling over—not at her actions, because that prick got what he deserved, but at her loss of control. Only then does she notice Hunk’s shaking hands where they grip her arm to keep her from attacking the boy again, the tight dig of Lance’s nails into her shoulder that she doubts is intentional but bites regardless. She looks up to them, and Hunk is ashen and trembling, as she might expect, but Lance…his eyes are narrowed at the cadet they just yanked her off of, and for the first time they look not dead but freezing with a kind of hate she never expected from someone like him.

Suddenly, she feels not so much like stormy water itself as she does the child dragged under by its currents.

Perhaps they’re both the two of them, herself and Lance, more broken than she gave them credit for.

They end up in the commander’s office, awaiting a disciplinary hearing, unsurprisingly, and Pidge finds herself sitting in the same chair Keith was, all those months ago. She figures it’s appropriate.

Despite Hunk and Lance being the ones to break up the fight—if it can even be called that—they all wind up in front of Iverson’s desk. They weave a lie of how the boy shoved Pidge first in perfect unison, not even hesitating, and she sits through the rant of one more incident, boys, one more incident and you’re out with her nails digging into her palm. She bites her tongue so hard she tastes blood to stop herself from screaming at him, and she decides to count that as a success.

Where’s my family, her heart whispers despite it all, where the fuck is my family you absolute bastard. She shoves it down where it cannot be heard as they’re escorted out of the office, and tries not to meet her teammates eyes once the door into the hall shuts behind them.

Lance turns on her instantly, those suddenly alive eyes cutting into her. “What the hell was that? Are you trying to drag us all down with you?”

She sneers on instinct, wanting nothing more than to go back to her room and just not think for a while, the sooner the better, even if it means being cruel. “It’s not like I asked you to get involved, fuck off.”

Pidge turns to leave, and Lance grabs her arm. She shakes it off with a scowl, wheeling around to face him again, and the hurricane descends on her. “You’re not the only one with something at stake here,” Lance snarls. “We’re a team, Pidge. You may not care about whether you ever graduate or not, but I do, and I’m frankly not in the mood to wait while they try to find us another communications officer because you’re trying to get your ass expelled! I need this to work, ok?”

“What would you know?!” she screams, and the blood in her mouth tastes like grief. “What the hell would you know about why I do the things I do?”

Lance straightens up, and the anger in his expression is gone, lost to a cold indifference that leaves her feeling tiny. “Not all of us have the luxury of time or circumstance to defend echoes that can’t hear,” he says. “You may be one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, but if you can’t be bothered to do a basic Google search on your own teammates, then you’re an idiot. What the hell do you even know about me?”

He’s right, Pidge has to admit, and she shrinks beneath his gaze. She’d never wanted anything to do with the two of them beyond what is necessary, and has studiously avoided trying to learn any of the details of who they are. She knows the names they’d given her, their speaking habits, and their grades in class, and that is the extent of it.

She hadn’t wanted the attachment, hadn’t wanted to care. The less of a life she has as Pidge Gunderson, the more of Katie Holt she can save within herself, even if she may never be able to reclaim it as her own.

Lance scowls, and turns. “C’mon Hunk, this is a waste of time.”

He makes it five steps, Hunk trailing unsurely behind him, casting glances back at Pidge all the while, before she breaks.

“They’re not dead!” she screeches, an echo of the question she’d asked Keith, and she doesn’t quite know why. “I know they’re not dead.”

Lance stops.

“You’re right,” he says, and Pidge’s world shatters.

No one has said this to her before, has acknowledged the lie as Pidge has known it for the better part of a year, and it takes her breath away.

“You’re right,” Lance repeats quietly. “They’re not dead. I’d know if they were, trust me. But—“ he glances over his shoulder at last, and those sea-storm eyes are filled with a kind of sympathetic understanding that makes Pidge want to claw her skin off. “You can’t get what’s missing back with scanners and radios. If you want to find a lost thing, you have to go looking for it yourself, and you can’t do that stuck on the ground.”

He disappears down the hall, dragging Hunk with him, and Pidge is left standing there, lost in her own head.

Later that night—much later, after curfew when the lights have been shut off—she powers up her laptop, and hacks the Garrison student records. It’s the work of five minutes, being so low down on the security priority list that she enters with full confidence of avoiding detection, and she pulls up the fighter-class simulation teams in order to sort by her own and find Lance’s file.

When she does, the realization that she’d never bothered to learn Lance’s last name, hadn’t even considered, hits her like a train, and her world rewrites itself as she stares down at the tiny letters glowing on her screen. Silently, she closes her laptop, and crawls into bed, trying to ignore the words swimming behind her eyelids.

Lance. Lance. Lance effing McClain.

Objectively, she knows that she needs to get some rest, that they have simulation testing tomorrow, and she cannot afford another fuck up—still she tosses, still she turns.

Across the room, illuminated by a sliver of light from the window, the poster of the Kerberos crew that she’d tacked up as a reminder of why she’s here is thrown into sharp relief. Moonlight dances across a picture of a young woman with blue eyes, a smile of stars, and the name below her.

Loraine McClain, co-pilot.

Sleep doesn’t come for a long time after, for neither Pidge Gunderson nor Katelyn Holt.

The next morning, dead eyes, nervous fingers, and barbed wire hatred go back to work, same as usual. They don’t talk about it, for better or for worse.

It is what it is, after all.

Everyone always wants something they can’t have back. That’s just the way of their world.

[guys-in-distress-database]

GID Masterlist

Link to Masterlist 2.0 (because the first one is too long): here

Anime

Adventures of the Little Mermaid

Akame ga Kill!

Akira

Arata the Legend

Attack on Titan (final season) (part 2)

Attack on Titan: No Regrets

Bakumatsu

Banana Fish

Be Boy Kidnappin’ Idol

Black Butler

Brave Story

Bungou Stray Dogs

Castle in the Sky

Chaika the Coffin Princess

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

Cuticle Detective Inaba

Death Note

Detective Conan

Deltora Quest

Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean

Fairy Tail

Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch

Fate/Stay Night

Fullmetal Alchemist 

Garo the Animation

Giant Gorg

Girly Air Force

Hanasakeru Seishonen

Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens

Hitori no Shita: The Outcast

Kamisama Dolls

Kekkaishi

Libra of Nil Admirari

Magical Girl Ore

Midori no Hibi

My Hero Academia

Nabari no Ou

Naruto (OVA)

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison

Natsume’s Book of Friends

One Piece

Persona 5: The Animation

Psychic Detective Yakumo

Rewrite

Rurouni Kenshin

Sands of Destruction

Seraph of the End: Battle of Nagoya

Spice and Wolf

Tales from Earthsea

The Ambition of Oda Nobuna

The Lost Village

The Royal Tutors

Tokyo Ghoul

Uninhabited Planet Survive

Valvrave the Liberator

Western Animation (television)

Arcane

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes

Batman the Animated Series

Ben 10

Ben 10: Alien Force

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Ben 10: Omniverse

Blood of Zeus

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Carmen Sandiego

Castlevania

Coke Lyoko

Descendants: Wicked World

Dreamworks Dragons

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Human Resources

Iron Man: Armored Adventures

Lego Ninjago

Martin Mystery

Masters of the Universe: Revelations

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Neo Yokio

Peter Pan and the Pirates

Phineas and Ferb

Robotboy

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Sissi the Young Empress

Spirou and Fantasio

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars: Rebels

Superman the Animated Series

Tales of the Jedi

Tangled the Series

The Amazing Spiez

The Bad Batch

The Dragon Prince

The Legend of Korra

The Legend of Vox Machina

The Legend of Zelda: The Animated Series

The New Batman Adventures

Totally Spies

Voltron: Legendary Defender

What If

W.I.T.C.H.

Young Justice

Western Animation (film)

101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure

Aladdin

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Asterix and the Secret of the Magic Potion

Astro Boy

Atlantis: Milo’s Return

Barbie: Mermaidia

Barbie and the Three Musketeers

Barbie as Rapunzel

Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper

Bartok the Magnificent

Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders

Batman: Under the Red Hood

Early Man

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 

Hotel Transylvania

How To Train Your Dragon 2

Joseph: King of Dreams

Lightyear

Lord of the Rings

Madagascar 3

Peter Pan (1988)

Pocahontas

Ratatouille 

Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs

Resident Evil Damnation

Return to Neverland

Rio 2

Scoob!

Shark Tale

Sleeping Beauty

Son of Batman

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run

Tangled

The Adventures of Tintin

The Black Cauldron

The Boxtrolls

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Incredibles

The Jetsons Movie

The Last Unicorn

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Rescuers Down Under

The Road to El Dorado

The Super Mario Bros Movie

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

Tintin and the Lake of Sharks

Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage

Totally Spies Movie

Toy Story 3

Treasure Planet

Wendell and Wild

Television (live action)

Agent Carter

Alex Rider

Alice in Borderland

Andor

Batman 66

Blossom

Breaking Bad

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Bulgasal: Immortal Souls

Cobra Kai

Cowboy Bebop

Criminal Minds

Duel

Game of Thrones

Hawkeye

Hostages

Hunters

Into the Badlands

La Brea

Legend of the Seeker

Looking For Alaska

Merlin

Moon Knight

My Himalayan Embrace

National Treasure: Edge of History

Once Upon a Time

Outlander

Pan

Peter Pan Live!

Ratched

Riverdale

Shadow and Bone

Sherlock

Squid Game

Star Trek Picard

Star Trek Voyager

Stranger Things season 4

Supernatural

The 100

The Boys

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

The Flash

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

The Shannara Chronicles

The Walking Dead

The Witcher

Titans

Toy Boy

Vincenzo

Films (live action)

A Recipe for Seduction

Air Force One

Aladdin

Aliens in the Attic

An American Werewolf in Paris

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Attack of the Clones

Attack on Titan Part 2

Avatar

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avengers Infinity War

Babes in Toyland

Batman Forever

Ben-Hur

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Bullet Train

Bumblebee

Chaos Walking

Charlie’s Angels

Charlie’s Angels (2000)

Cirque du Soleil: World’s Away

Con Air

Cruella

Deadpool 2

Descendants 2

Dune (1984)

Dune (2021)

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Edge of Tomorrow

Elysium

Enter the Dragon

Family Ties Vacation

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Fast Five

Game Night

Girls’ Night Out

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Hop

Inception

Indiana Jones

Inglourious Basterds

Iron Man 3

James Bond

John Carter

John Wick

John Wick Chapter 4

Jungle Cruise

Knock at the Cabin

Ladyhawke

Loki’s MCU Scenes

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Love and Monsters

Mad Max: Fury Road

Masters of the Universe

Muppet Treasure Island

Murder Party

Ninja Assassin

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Peter Pan (2003)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Pokemon Detective Pikachu

Poker Face

Power Rangers

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Ready Player One

Red Sparrow

Return of the Jedi

Reservoir Dogs

Saw IV

Scream

Scream 2

Scream 3

Scream 4

Scrooged

Snow White and the Huntsman

Solo

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Spider-Man 2

Teen Beach Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

The 24th Day

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Crimson Pirate

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Dark Knight

The Departed

The Expendables 2

The Fast and the Furious

The Green Knight

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Last Jedi

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Mask

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

The Mummy (1999)

The Old Guard

The Pacifier

The Prestige

The Princess Bride

The Ref

The Secrets We Keep

The Smurfs

The Young Country

Thor: Love and Thunder

Titanic

Titus

Unbroken

Willy’s Wonderland

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Stage Productions

Banana Fish

Literature

Arsene Lupin vs Countess Cagliostro

Crown of Midnight

Eragon

Inheritance

Dune

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Kidnapped

Looking for Alaska

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth

Ready Player One

Rebel Spring

Son of a Trickster

Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin

Tales of Magic

The Ask and the Answer

The Cruel Prince

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lost Hero

The Mark of Athena

The Fiery Cross

The Hardy Boys: While the Clock Ticked

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Comic Books

Asterix and Obelix

Attack on Titan

Avatar Comics

Batman: Slayride

Lux

Obi-Wan and Anakin

Ocarina of Time Manga

Oracle of Ages Manga

Star Wars: A Long Time Ago

Suske and Wiske

Tintin

Vox Machina Origins

Zed

Colouring Books

Throne of Glass

Music Videos

Agust D

Be Mine

Bloody Valentine

Centuries

Cheese

Crescent Rise

Criminal

Daechwita

Easier

Freeze

Going Crazy

Goodbye Mr A

Haegeum

How Deep is Your Love

Laura Palmer

Maverick

Miserable

Monster

Montero (Call Me By Your Name)

On

Other People

Press Your Number

Pretty Baby

Puma

Punishment

Red Lights

South of the Border

Stephen

Sweet but Pyscho

Tomboy

What Do You Mean

Venom

The Youngblood Chronicles

Zutter

Webseries

Critical Role

Dead by Daylight the Parody

Devil’s Candy

Helluva Boss

Stray Souls

Short Films

Indigo Ignited

Video Games

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Assassin’s Creed III

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

Attack on Titan 2

Batman: Arkham Knight

Bendy and the Ink Machine

Bendy and the Dark Revival

Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Danganronpa: V3 Killing Harmony

Dayz

Dead by Daylight

Dead Rising

Dead Space

Dishonored

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider

Dragon Quest XI

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Far Cry 3

Final Fantasy V

Final Fantasy VIII

Final Fantasy XV

Fire Emblem: Shadow Decoy

Fire Emblem: Three Houses DLC

For Honor

Genshin Impact

Ghost of Tsushima

Golden Axe: The Revenge of the Death Adder

Golden Sun

Horizon Zero Dawn

House of Ashes

Jedi Fallen Order

Jedi Survivor

Judgement

Kingdom Hearts 2

King’s Quest V

Layton Brothers: Mystery Room

Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate

Life is Strange 2

Man of Medan

Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga

Marvel’s Spider-Man

Metal Gear Solid 2

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

Middle Earth: Shadow of War

Mortal Kombat 11

Mystic Warriors

Nier Automata

Payday 2

Pokemon: Shadows of Almia

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

Red Dead Online

Red Dead Redemption

Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4 Remake

Resident Evil Village

River City Girls

Spider-Man Miles Morales

Star Wars: Rebellion

Super Princess Peach

Telltale’s The Walking Dead: Season 2

Terraria

The Devil in Me

The Joy of Creation: Story Mode

The Last Express

The Last Window: The Secret of Cape West

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

The Quarry

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Titanfall 2

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Until Dawn

Welcome to the Game

Yandere Simulator

[murder-senpai]

F A N F I C T I O N

Oh, hello there!! My name is Murder-senpai! I’m new here to tumblr sooooo don’t mind me being awkward n’ stuff. So this is gonna be like, what fandoms and characters I write for sOoooOoOo

AU’s and other stuff I’ll do: ABO, genderbend, hanahaki, soulmate, supernatural/power, soft yandere/ stockholm syndrome, coffee shop, modern, fantasy, baby/kid versions of characters, babysitter, neko, inu, kitsune, post apocalyptic, zombie, flower shop, book store, dragon, fairy tale, high school/college, mafia, pregnant, steampunk, merpeople, pirate, pirate/merperson, prison, reincarnation, famous, vampire, werewolf

There is more shit I’ll do but I can’t really think anymore so just request

(reader insert crap)

I will NOT do nsfw. This is a christian minecraft sever 

You CAN request multiple character/poly and platonic stuff

If your not specific, I will choose between headcanons or a fic/drabble

If you request angst, I will give it a fluffy ending unless requested otherwise

Please be specific in your request   ex: reader gender (fem, male, gender neutral)

Edit: I will now take character x character, character + character platonic stuff, aus (like, medevil bnha, or a story about friendship or enemies to friends or adoption, anything really), and stuff like that

Current hyperfixation (aka, what I will probably write better for/ do more): dream smp

Will probably put the scenario in a non specific arc

Fairy Tail:

Natsu

Gray

Loke/leo

Laxus

Sting

Rouge

Gajeel

Zeref

Jellal

Jackal

Lucy

Levy

Juvia

Guildarts

Freed

Erza

DBH:

Connor

Hank

Markus

Gavin

nines

ATLA:

Aang

Zuko

Sokka

Katara

Toph

mai

ty lee

azula

BNHA:

Izuku

Katsuki

Shouto

Denki

Eijiro

Tenya

Toshinori

Shouta

hizashi

fumikage

neito

mirio

takami

hitoshi

inasa

Enji

keigo

rumi

momo

mina

ochaco

dabi

shigaraki

overhaul

sir nighteye

kurogiri

toga

twice

Inuyasha:

Inuyahsa

kagome

naraku

miroku

koga

sesshomaru

sango

BNA:

michiru

shirou

nazuna

alan

marie

pinga

Sherlock:

Sherlock

john

moriarty

mycroft

greg

molly

Harry potter:

harry

ron

hermione

draco

cedric

Black Butler:

ciel

sebastian

bard

finny

ash

claude

alois

triplets

william

grell

ronald

undertaker

joker

dagger

agni

soma

pluto

beast

lizzy

mey-rin

ran-mao

edward

aleistar

vincent

real ciel (I refer to him as astre tho)

snake

charles grey

charles phipps

gregory

cheslock

joanne

maurice

herman

clayton

lawrance

mcmillan

edgar

blavat

seiglinde

MLB:

Marinette/ladybug

adrien/chat noir

gabriel/hawkmoth

nathaniel

marc

luka

alya

nino

felix

bridgette

chloe

TPN:

emma

ray

norman

don

gilda

leslie

Undertale:

sans

papyrus

frisk

toriel

chara

asriel

asgore

grillby

gaster

mettaton

blooky 

AU’s- underfell, mafiatale, mafiafell, underswap, swapfell

Beastars:

legoshi

haru

louis

juno

gouhin

melon

Gravity falls:

dipper

mable

ford

wendy

robbie

bill

AU-reverse falls, monster falls

SVTFOE:

star

marco

tom

toffee

Hazbin:

alastor

angle dust

charlie

husk

vaggie

lucifer

val

vox

Pokemon:

Gladion

ash

clemont

serena

james

jesse

zeraora

lucario

mewtwo

zacian

zamazenta

literally any pokemon but those are my fave(and human versions ofc either is fine)

guzma

kukui

alain

lysandre

bede

hop

leon

milo

allister

raihan

marnie

piers

ACNH:

tom nook

raymond

lobo 

kabuki

lolly

marshal

Isabelle

redd

fang

Avengers:

tony

steve

bucky

clint

natasha

dr. strange

thor 

loki

peter

Voltron:

lance

keith

shiro

hunk

lotor

pidge

Aggretsuko:

tadano

haida

hyoudou

The hobbit:

literally JUST smaug

MLP:

twilight

pinkie

apple jack

rainbow

fluttershy

rarity

discord

Maid sama:

takumi

misaki

shoichiro

the three idiots

aoi (totaly gives off a ciel/lizzy vibe don’t even lie)

sotaro

tora

kanade

kuga

koma

yujiro

shosei

Naruto:

naruto

sauske

kakashi

itachi

gaara

neji

shikamaru

kurama

kiba

OHSHC:

tamaki

haruhi

hikaru

karou

both twins

kyoya

hunny

mori

kasanoda

nekosawa

Cells at work:

white blood cell

red blood cell

killer t cell

Little witch academia:

atsuko

diana

sucy

lotte

amanda

andrew

louis

frank

Pucca:

pucca

garu

tobe

abyo

Glitter force:

emily/Miyuki

kelsey/Akane

lily/Yayoi

april/Nao

chole/Reika

ulric/wolfrun

rascal

Glitter force doki doki:

ira

maya/Mana

rachel/Rikka

clara/Alice

mackenzie/Makoto

TMNT(2012):

leonardo

raphael

michelangelo

donatello

splinter

april

ROTG:

aster bunnymund

north

pitch

sandy

jack

tooth

Soul eater:

death the kid

soul 

black star

maka

stein

Aot:

levi

eren

armin

mikasa

jean

erwin

IT(2017):

pennywise

richie

beverly

eddie 

stanley

ben

bill 

henry

patrick

victor

belch

bowers gang

losers club

kamisama kiss:

nanami

tomoe

mizkui

kurama

otohiku

mikage

jiro

The outsiders:

dallas

darry

ponyboy

johnny

two-bit

steve

soda

Diabolik lovers:

shu

reiji

ayato

laito

kanato

subaru

yui

karlheinz

kou

azuza

carla

ruki

richter

yuma

shin

Hamilton:

alex

john

king george

george washington

lafayette

hercules

philip

aaron

thomas

Venom(2018):

eddie/venom

Tokyo mew mew:

ichigo

zakuro

tart

pie

Kisshu

Fran bow

Fran

remor

itward

mr. midnight

Steven universe

steven

connie

pearl

amethyst

larz 

sadie

garnet

lapiz

peridot

spinel

Haven't you heard i'm sakamoto

sakamota

Shou

Gargantia on the verdurous planet

ledo

amy

Animaniacs

yakko

wakko

dot

Over the garden wall

wirt

beast

Sonic

sonic

tails

knuckles

amy

shadow

Snow white with the red hair

Shirayuki

zen

obi

The sacrificial princess and the king of beasts(manga)

Leonhart

Sariphi

Lanteveldt

Anubis/Sirius

Jormungand

Fenrir

Nir

Joz

Ilya

Beetlejuice(musical)

beetlejuice

lydia

Creepypasta

Jeff the killer

slenderman

offenderman

trenderman

splenderman

ticci toby

masky

hoodie

BEN drowned 

eyeless jack

laughing jack

homicidal liu

zalgo

clockwork

Jason the toymaker

puppeteer

Yu-gi-oh

Seto Kaiba

FNAF

Freddy

bonnie

chica

foxy

golden freddy

toy freddy

toy bonnie

toy chica

mangle (male and female ver pls specify)

marionette ^

springtrap

william afton/ purple guy

baby

funtime freddy

ennard

nightmare freddy

nightmare bonnie

nightmare chica

nightmare foxy

nightmare mangle

fredbear

nightmare fredbear

Cuphead

cuphead

mugman

devil

king dice

Bendy and the ink machine

bendy

boris

alice 

Duck tales

Scrooge (aged down tho)

webby

della

donald

louie

dewey

huey

launchpad

lena

Dream smp

everyone (all platonic. Will do reader stuff, but would prefer more character +character interactions, specifically, SBI. PLSSS give me sbi stuff, ill marry you)

[dragons-socks]

Baby Bumblebee chptr 4

////////Six Months Later\\\\\\\\\

Bee was walking home from school. Lennox and Ironhide were hunting down Decepticons in Europe, so he didn’t really have a ride today, which was fine. He didn’t mind not going back to the house when Lennox or Ironhide wasn’t there. It’s not that Bee didn’t like Sarah or Annabell, but they just didn’t really get each other. Annabell tried to poke at every nerve Bumblebee had, just testing his patience. And Sarah either babied him too much or acted as if he should already know how to do some complex human thing.

And then there was school. Apparently, Sarah was right about his name. Though Bee still didn’t understand how a girl in his class can be named ‘jasmine’ after a flower, but to be called after the insect that lets that flower grow and flourish… that’s taking it too weird? Not to mention no one in the institute knows morse code, and only a few, including his teacher know sign language. The school said they’d set him up with an interpreter. That has yet to be seen.

“Oh, hey, you’re Honey Bee, right?” Bumblebee jumped as a boy his physical age tapped him on the shoulder. Bee pulled out a small keyring of flash card that said common phrases to help him interact with people who couldn’t understand his other forms of communications. He tapped on the one with his actual name on it. “Oh, well I’m Raven.”

Bee made a saluting gesture; instead of his hand being horizontal and pushed in front of him, his palm was vertical and facing out while his hand moved away to the side of his temple. Then, Bee finger-spelt the boy’s name. Raven looked at his hands with wide eyes.

“Woah, you really can’t speak, can you?” Raven asked. Bee let out angry trills, glaring at the boy. He started to walk faster, getting away from the human. “No, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it like that!”

Bee chittered, turning around and raising an eyebrow. You have one chance.

“I just didn’t want to believe Harvey. He’s always making up things about other people. My mom says he’s a bully.” Raven rambled. Bee nodded in agreement. Harvey was a larger kid in his class who kept trying to pick fights and make fun of Bumblebee. Bee would hand the kid’s ass to him, but he was still an Autobots and harming humans was still a big ‘no’ in his books. “We should be friends. I see you like Voltron. My favorite is the red lion, but the yellow one is alright too.”

Bumblebee shrugged, not knowing what this ‘Voltron’ was, but decided not to try to confuse the other with too complex interactions. This is the most pleasant conversation he’s had since being forced to partake in the human learning institution.

Soon Raven had to split off to go to his own home, but made Bee promise to meet up tomorrow to walk to school. Bee felt lighter for some reason, almost like he wasn’t so alone. Annabell picked up on his good mood as soon as he entered the house. A toy sailed through the air and whacked him in the forehead.

“Hey, Bee.” She smiled.

“Annabell, stop throwing toys. Go sit in the corner.” Sarah gawked. This turned into a ten minute scream-cry feast in which Annabell was forced to spend time in the corner for longer than her original sentence. Bumblebee was already set up at the table by this point, pulling out his homework. “How was school, Bee?” The woman said as she signed the words.

‘Good, I meet a new friend. His name is Raven.’ Bee signed, his feet kicking in the open air under the table.

“Oh, that’s nice, what did you guys talk about?” Sarah leaned over the counter, ruffling Bee’s hair. He huffed and waved her hand away.

‘He kept talking about some lion-show called Voltage or something? Said I liked it too, but I don’t know why he would think that.’

“You mean Voltron? Your bookbag is designed to look like one of the characters on the show. He probably thought you got the bag because you liked the show, not because it was yellow and black.” She explained, lifting up the bag in question. On the back in vinyl letters did read ‘Voltron’. “We could watch it. So you know what your friend is talking about.”

Bee shrugged at this. He’s tried to watch human entertainment, but nothing really caught his interest. Well, he’s only really seen whatever the Witwicky’s watched, and that was just through their living room window as he was parked in their driveway. Recently, Annabell has been making him watch her shows, which were all about learning numbers, colors, and being nice. At least she has her numbers and colors down.

“Yeah, it can be our thing, when you’re done with your homework we can watch a few episodes.” Sarah nodded to herself.

Annabell was returned from her sentencing. She shuffled up to Bumblebee, holding out the wooden block that she had thrown at him earlier.

“M’sorry, Bee.” She toed at the ground and gave him large puppy dog eyes. Bee huffed and took the block from her. He’s learned pretty fast to accept her peace offerings or have her throw another tantrum.

‘Yeah, I’m sure you are.’ Bee signed back. Annabell jumped around to her mom.

“Mom, what did he say?” Sarah shook her head at the young autobot. “He said, ‘apology accepted’.”

It didn’t take long to finish the easy equations or sentence structures his teachers assigned for his class. As soon as he put his work back into his bag, Sarah ushered him onto the couch and turned on their television.

“Get comfortable, sweetie, the first episode is the longest.” Bee wrapped himself in the yellow blanket that he’s since claimed as his own. As the episode went on, Bee found himself drawing parallels of his own life and the autobots to those of these characters. He was so immersed into this stupid cartoon that he didn’t even notice that Lennox had arrived and sat down next to his wife. Not until the episode was paused.

‘HEY!’ Bumblebee turned to Sarah, jumping a little when Lennox was also there.

“Hey to you too, kid.” Lennox said, his voice thick and his face contorted into worry. Bumblebee sat up.

‘Is Ironhide okay?’ Bee signed, trying to twist out of his cocoon to get a better look outside for the mech.

“He’s fine, Bee. But I do have some bad news. The Decepticons found the base. The Autobots had to be relocated and for your safety, we might not be getting their new location.”

‘But what about Ironhide? He still needs Energon to function. How will I find them once we’ve figured out how to change me back?’ Bee asked.

“They don’t think there’s a cure for you, Bee. Optimus thought it best to cut ties. Don’t worry about Ironhide. We’re still going to get shipments of Energon for him.” Lennox pulled Bee into his chest. Bee didn’t have room to sign his frustrations, but he also didn’t have energy to fight off his prison of warm arms. Instead he let Lennox’s voice swirl around his own thoughts that wanted to drown him.

_______________

Bee slipped out of the house. The moon, street lamps, and his blinking shoe steps were his only light to navigate out of the neighborhood and try to find his way back to Optimus. The mech might not want him, but that was where he belonged, and he wasn’t going to take no for an answer.

It wasn’t the first time that he realized that walking was much more time consuming than driving. This was just another time that the notion ingrained itself into his head. This was the first time Bumblebee found himself walking for a long time after sunset. It seemed to take longer in the dark. It took so much longer to reach the school than it usually does.

Maybe it wasn’t the darkness of night that had Bumblebee shuffling his feet. Maybe it was the thought of seeing Optimus and the others after a month of not seeing them. Maybe it was the knowledge that this was in direct opposition of Optimus’s orders. This is the most rebellious he’s been in a long time. Bumblebee finds his feet stopping. He looks around and realizes he’s walked himself all the way just a house past Sam’s. The chill has already settled into his skin, but he’s just noticed his minutely shivers. His teeth are chattering, and he feels tired seeping into the very marrow of his human bones. His feet and legs ache. It must have been half the night gone by now.

A rumbling sound brings the rest of the world back into focus. Cars race towards him, screeching to a halt and boxing him in. At first he thinks its normal bad humans, until he recognizes the cars and notices the Decepticons’ insignias.

“I don’t get it.” Starscream’s voice is audible from his vehicular mode. “There is but a human child where the signal emits. No energon, no Autobots. Nothing.”

Bumblebee’s heart spikes. He backs away from Megatron’s right-hand. The other ‘Cons have switched back to their natural state. They leer down at Bumblebee. One even tries to grab at him. He rolls to the side, and books it for a crack in their formation. Breakdown snagged Bee’s leg, scooping him upside-down, before he could make it. Bee kept hissing and sputtering at the Cons, but they weren’t intimidated.

“It appears, Starscream, that the boy is the origin of the signal. Maybe Knockout’s weapon wasn’t as defective as we had first thought. This human child does have a striking resemblance to their mute scout.” Breakdown muses.

Bee lets out sharp whistles, hoping the sleeping humans around them will awaken, but its almost no use. His vision starts to blur as the Cons start moving away. He doesn’t know what to do. He starts pushing against the metal fist around his leg, but with each shove the only result is his palms getting hotter.

Bumblebee can feel in his gut that Breakdown is about to shift. He can hear the t-cog clicking its gears in the split second preparation of turning into the alt mode. Bee panics, pulling his arm as far back as he could and smacking hard onto Breakdown’s grip. Instead of being halted by the warm living metal, his hand pushed in with no resistance. A shot of blue energy cut a path from his hand to the open sky. Breakdown drops Bee on the ground in surprise. Bee is able to twist himself to land on his back rather than just his head. He ignores the searing pain of smacking into the asphalt and scrambles away from his capture. The other Cons make a quick double-back, but not before Bee is on his feet. His palms and fingers tingle from the heat, but are unharmed from the powerful blast-ray. Cons surround him. He pulls his arm back and lets out another blast, sweeping his arm in an arc and taking out a line of the enemies, and also some of the residential appliances.

“Bee?” It’s Sam’s voice as he scampers out of his house in a shirt and boxers. “Where’s Lennox? Why are you here?” Bee doesn’t answer. He can’t answer. He sidesteps a blast from the Cons. Its not enough, Bee is grabbed again. His arms are pinned to his side in Starscream’s hand.

“I’ve got him, retreat.” Starscream proclaimed, ignoring Bee’s chitters and Sam’s shouts. A ground bridge was opened a few feet away. Starscream watched his men walk into the portal before turning to Sam with a viscous grin. “Till the next time, Witwick-”

Bee was once again hitting the ground. His back is singing and his ears are ringing from the gunshot. His vision is blurry, but he can still make out Mikaela cocking back a rifle as Sam ran to him. Sam carefully moved Bee away from the Decepticon, who was clutching his shot-up hand. There was a moment where it looked like Starscream was going to exact revenge. Luckily the portal behind him started to close and if he wanted a ride back home he couldn’t fight the humans. Everyone sighed with relief until they looked down at Bee.

The worried shouts of his friends were cut short as Bee’s small body finally gave it quits and fell asleep.

[geeky-roleplayer]

My friend @ruinvevo wrote a Voltron fic.

She was having some problems with Tumblr and asked that I just post it onto my account, crediting her, of course.

So here it is! - Kay.

🌹🌹🌹

title: champion

fandom: voltron: legendary defender

word count: 3,421

notes: see bottom of page for that

song: champion - carrie underwood ft ludacris

two hands in the air, i will be the last one standing

i am a champion

Theodore Kai could recall almost anything you asked him about. Rather it be the first time he knew he loved his boyfriend Takashi Shirogane, or Shiro. Or maybe its the first time his hope was completely twisted out of his grip by the Galra, as they mercilessly attacked his sister and mother right infront of him, before taking him prisoner. He was no stranger to pain, no stranger to the battle scars that came from war, as most weren't now. Especially not anyone on the Atlas, the war ship from earth that was changing the world with the Paladins of Voltron on board. 

Even now, he recalled past memories. The quietness of the world was never able to echo louder then his thoughts, because he has been doing this ever since he was a child. Fighting, losing, winning. But this would be different. It had to be, the fate of everyone was depending on it. 

you'll be looking at me when its over. 

i live for the battle, im a soldier, yeah. 

Theo recalled back to the time he stood infront of the crowd, infront of the stage. Not even a mere month ago, before they were leaving. Everyone was cheering, screaming, urging the people on that stage to go and save lives like they have done countless times before. It was truly chilling, awe inspiring, and it reminded him just exactly what he had to lose. 

That day, he didn't want to stand on that stage. It wasn't his to stand on, not when he was no paladin. Nor was he a Garrison soldier. Looking over in this vision of the past, he could see his little sister at his side, chin high up in the air, proud to know that while they weren't standing up there, they were cheering for them as well. The scars of their past battles, almost losing Shiro twice, it never would truly leave Theodore. Not even as he glanced down to flex the muscles on his hand, pale pastel blue markings peeking out from underneath like a reminder of his pain. 

His attention was returning to Riley, and then he was looking up at the stage. Where Shiro stood, where the other paladins stood, the ones he considered family. And it reminded him of how he almost lost them. 

Im a fighter like rocky, Put you flat on your back like Ali,

Yeah im the greatest, im stronger, 

Paid my dues, cant lose, Imma own ya, ay

Theo could remember the screaming and echoing pain in his muscles that day. When they reclaimed earth so many months ago, and the lions were plummeting straight down back towards the blue and green planet, and the only thing you could see was the coloured streaks flying across the sky. 

It was likely the stress of that situation, that caused his marks to suddenly go into overdrive. And before he knew it, he was crying out in pain, unable to handle it. He could hear Shiro in his ear, in those comms that were built into his helmet, yelling at someone, or something. And then silence for a moment, before he was whispering words of encouragement, trying to soothe his pain though he was unable to get there, to see him. To help him. He couldn't lose his kids, not now. No, not after all that Theo had been through. 

And when he was flying straight for the ground, he was unsurprised. Unable to do anything, to fly, because his whole body was cramping, spasming, all of his muscles attacking him for simply existing and caring. 

and then it was quiet, except for the exploding noise of the engine blowing.

i've been working my whole life, and now its do or die. 

i am invincible, unbreakable, unstoppable, unshakeable.

they knock me down, i get up again. I am the champion

​​​​​

"Theo? Hello? Earth to Theo?"

Theodore was stirring from his little flash back of the past, as he found a hand waving infront of his face. It was his little sister, Riley Savannah, who was dressed and ready to impress even though they were heading into battle. A black suit version of what Griffin and the other MFE fighters wore. He could only offer a smile, and a murmur of apology for spacing out. 

"Are you alright?"

Theo was then nodding. 

"Yeah. Come on, lets go. The sooner we get home, the faster we can come back to Hunk's amazing cooking."

His words were followed up by a brighter smile of reassurance, though Riley clearly was still skeptical of him, given the way she furrowed her brows in confusion at the way he was acting. So spacy, so odd. 

Turning to the side before he began to climb into the back of Griffin's MFE who would be dropping him off, while Riley headed off towards Laith's, he saw Shiro standing in the door way. Watching to make sure he got in safely, and even now, Theo found his heart pounding at the sight of him. 

you're gonna know my name, you cant hurt me now, i cant feel the pain, i was made for this, yeah. 

yeah i was born to win, i am the champion. 

Adam was standing there, inbetween the pair. Looking down at his tablet, as he was the one to moniter this mission. He no longer payed any mind when people stared at him for the many scars upon his face, or really anything else. They no longer mattered, not when he had people to fight for, more information and stories to teach to those younger generations before he finally would retire from the mantle of teaching. Glancing up, he saw Theo standing there, unmoving, despite one hand on the step to get into the ship. 

Then he was following his gaze, towards the door way, where their captain leaned against it. One another watching each other, completely in love. 

While it bothered him, seeing it now, it no longer pained him as much as it used to. Shiro was happy, and that was all that mattered to him, though he still swore Theo was out to get him, threatening him in dark corners of the ship when it was only the pair. 

Not that it mattered now, of course. 

Theo was going off into battle. Risking himself just for the sake of the mission to finally create peace in the universe. 

"Can you two please stop staring so Theo can leave, before we get behind on schedule?" 

When they write my story, they are gonna say i did it for the glory, yeah. But dont think i did it for the fame, i did it for the love of the game, yeah. 

And this is my chance im taking, all those old records im breaking.

"Yeah yeah yeah, im going, Adam." 

Came the quiet rumble from Theo, before he had a sly smirk on his face, directed at his lover. Saluting casually, before he was stepping in and sitting down. Glass shutting over, as he began to prep himself. Griffin in the front was running last minute checks, as the rest of the crew began to vacate the hangar. 

Adam and Shiro included, who had a direct passage to the bridge, so that they could lead this battle. The Lions had left a few minutes prior, and now Riley and Theo had to do their part. 

Get in the Galra cruiser, get all the information they could, and get out of there. 

​​​​​​Without getting hurt, though missions like these, they never always go according to plan, do they? That was something Theo had began to expect, ever since he joined the Paladins all that long ago. As a Galra soldier, nothing more then a toy for the commander of that ship, a previous labor worker and prisoner. But had it not been for that moment, the others showing up, he wouldn't be here, so he could only count his blessings as they took off. 

All you people watching on the tv, go ahead and put your bets on me, ay. I've been waiting my whole life, to see my name in lights. I am invinsible, unshakable, unbreakable, unstoppable. They knock me down i get up again. I am the champion. 

"Comms check, Fighters." 

"Riley here! Comms are working in my helmet." 

"Theo checking in, blessing you all with my precious voice."

Theo could only scowl, when the pilot of this ship, Griffin, snorted in amusement at his words. Clearly there was disbelief there, when Theo's voice was precious. Maybe not to everyone, but certainly to Shiro, who only sighed in annoyance at the bright orange screen infront of him that showed the others. 

The comms would work like so. Adam would moniter them on his tablet, hearing them in his headset. And if it was extremely important, they would switch channels to communicate directly with the Atlas and its commander. 

"Please! Like anybody finds that voice nice." 

"Sounds just like your piloting skills. Dont kill me, please."

"Hell of a lot better then you, Kai." 

"Once we get back to the hangar, be prepared for me to kick your ass and make you eat your words, Griffin." 

Theodore could only laugh when he heard Shiro over the comms, sighing angrily, and even louder then previously. It sounded like Adam and him were arguing about something, though what he couldn't quite tell. It didn't seem to matter however, as it was time for him to be dropped off, along with Riley. 

"This is your stop."

"Riley, Theo. Make sure you come home safe." 

Shiro's words were not to be taken in vain, because they were said with every ounce of caring in his body he could muster because it was true. If Theo didn't come home safe, he didn't know what he would do. 

"We will." 

Came the chorus of reply from Theo and Riley both, before they were dropping in. 

You are going to know my name, you can't hurt me now, i cant feel the pain, i was made for this, yeah i was born to win. I am the champion.

When they dropped into that Galra cruiser, it didn't take long for them to infiltrate it, finding a weak spot on the outside. Riley was the one to speak out, to inform Adam of their progress update since they were no longer on the main channel connected to the Atlas Command room, or Bridge as it was commonly called. 

They had a few moments of peace, as Theo stepped out from the vents they had just crawled out of. 

"It is oddly quiet.. something is wrong." 

It turns out they weren't wrong about that, or atleast Theo wasn't, because moments later he was being shot at by dozens of Sentries. A quick cry escaped his mouth, as he pulled Riley back into the vent, hurrying her along. Taking many twists and turns that almost made him dizzy and sick. And almost lost, as well. But then they were dropping out only a few halls away from the command room's doors, and Theo let out a sigh of relief. 

And then it began again. 

Sentries, soldiers, coming up to shoot at them. He and Riley pressed themselves against the wall for a few moments, before they began to attack. Theo was pulling his twin axes out from his waist, just as Riley pulled her large sword from its sheith on her back. 

Turning to each other with a nod, before they attacked. 

Running forward with war cries and to their credit, they did manage to fight their way through until they reached the command room. But that was as far as their luck went, because Riley let out a sharp cry. Sword almost being dropped, as one of their bullets grazed her side. Energy burning away the suit that was left there, leaving exposed and burning flesh, bleeding and terrible pain. 

Theo was not happy in the slightest at this. And he took the others out, before noticing the command room doors shutting. 

And he barely managed to slide through with one last look at Riley, before he was leaving her alone in the dark hallway. 

Born champion, Luda. The C is for the courage i possess through the drama. H is for the hurt but its all for the honor. A is for my attitude, working through the patience, Money comes and goes, so M is for the motivation. Gotta stay consistent, the P is for the persevere. I is for the integrity, for the innovative career. The O is for optimistic, open and never shut. The N is necessary cause im never giving up.

When Theo reemerged with the information required to fully end this mission, he was staggering forward. Command doors opening, and he was left forward to walk towards his sister. Taking her sword to place it back in its holder on her back, before he was using his shoulders to support her weight. 

She was tired, that much was evident by the way her weight pressed against him. In pain, losing blood. And it hurt him to see. The adrenaline of the situation was causing him to ignore the pain in his side, where you might not see it at first glance due to the black fabric, but he was heavily bleeding with a wound to his side. A sharp one at that, a cut due to a blade. Sticky from the blood in the suit, and he thought it felt terrible, but he ignored it. 

Instead switching his comm channels to the Atlas. Instead of Adam's little monitering chat.

"Wounded soldier, we need pick up now. Get your asses in gear and get over here." 

His tone left no room for argument, as he carried Riley to the hangar. When they got there, he was left to stare angrily at the sentries waiting for him and her, before gently setting her down. 

Whispering words of encouragement to stay awake. She just had too, he could not lose her. 

And then he was attacking, growing weaker by the moment. When the others arrived, he rushed over to Riley, before opening the hangar doors. Sucking both of them into space, where both MFE's were waiting to grab them, glass tops open. 

See, they ask me how i did it, i just did it from the heart. Crushing the competition, been doing it from the start. 

they say every champion is about their principles, Carrie!

When they arrived back at the Atlas, no one payed Theodore any mind, simply because they did not know he was hurt. Or how heavily he was actually bleeding, or anything. Instead, everyone flocked to his sister, who needed more medical attention then he did anyway. 

Taking a step out of the ship, to stand on the ground, it felt nice. When they rushed out, everyone in the hangar followed. Shiro was nowhere to be found, though that was expected, much like Adam still being gone. 

The Lions also required their attention, with their mission as well. 

And so, he was left to sway for a few moments, before he turned away from the hanger doors, and the ship he was leaning against unknowningly. Leaving behind a red bloody print. Glancing around the room, until he could stumble over to a pile of crates. 

Then he was dropping beside them, out of sight from the whole room where he could close his eyes and rest. Helmet abandoned off by the ship, though his orange phone was on him. 

That was ultimately how they found him. 

I am invinsible, unshakeable, unbreakable, unstoppable. They knock me down, i get up again. I am the champion. You're gonna know my name, You cant hurt me now, cant feel the pain. Yeah, i was made for this, i was born to win. I am the champion.

Theodore was far gone betime Shiro was able to leave the bridge. Having to stay for the lions, but assuming that Theo would join them not long after arriving, as he couldn't stay with his sisters for a few hours. And besides, once the lions would arrive, Lance would arrive like a hell storm and Theo would be set in his sights for letting his girlfriend get hurt.

Griffin had said he was in the hangar, before they took Riley away. That echoed in Shiro's mind, before he entered the hangar, glancing around. Most crew members were still away, doing their own things. 

And at first glance, he didn't notice the red bloody print upon the white and orange design of the MFE that belonged to Griffin. 

His phone was being pulled from his pocket, so that he could dial Theo's phone. 

And he froze when it began to ring, inside the hangar. He could only follow the sound, and it sounded so loud compared to anything else. Even his heart beating loudly in his ears, or the footsteps he was loudly making, or the slight buzzing from his arm. And it was like ice water was running through Shiro's veins, being chilled to the core as he made it around the corner to look into the pile of crates. 

And his heart broke. 

"Someone! Please, please get help! Anyone, please!"

Shiro was crying out loudly into the empty hangar, and it took a few moments for anyone to appear to see the commotion. Shiro lifting up his boyfriend, holding him close to his chest as he stumbled forward with him in his arms bridal style. Blood was soaking Shiro's outfit, and Theo looked deathly pale, and in a way he was. 

And Shiro never thought he would forget that sight, as someone took Theo from his arms. 

i'm the champion, yeah. Surpassed all the rivals, its all about who wants it the most. Fight for what we believe in, thats what champions are made of. 

When Theodore woke up the next day, his throat was dry. Scratchy, and he felt the pain in his side, along with a tightness there. Bandages wrapped up tightly, when he managed to lift his head far enough up to peak underneath the blanket. Weak, certainly. 

And when he glanced to his side, his heart broke because there sat his boyfriend, laying with his head down against the bed. Black circles already in his eyes, no doubt he stayed awake this whole time hoping Theo would pull through. Hand gripping Theo's, and he found himself smiling at that. 

And so, gently, he poked him. In the head, where all of his newly found grey hairs sat. 

Shiro was springing up a moment later, glancing around quickly in a panic, before Theodore caught his attention. He could only stare at him, in shock. Fear was in his eyes, terror. Happiness, sadness, so many mixed emotions, and he didn't know what to say or think. Only he could stare. When Theo made a motion for some water, only then did Shiro stir from his staring, getting up to hand him a glass before he was sitting back down. 

Tears were in his eyes, as he watched Theo take a drink. 

"How could you do that? Be so reckless? I almost lost you, Theo. I.. i dont know what i would have done without you."

Theo didn't know what to say at first, as he watched Shiro sob as he finally was able to release his emotions out from the whole event, because Theo was awake. His Theo. His lover, his boyfriend, his partner, his best friend. Space dad number two. 

And really, Theo didn't say anything. Instead pulling Shiro up with the little bit of strength he had, using his hand to pull Shiro's. Though he didn't fight it, so it was easier for him anyhow. Not aggravating the stitches on his side, wrapped in bandages. 

A kiss was placed on Shiro's lips, holding him there, hands coming up to be placed on his cheeks, to wipe away those tears that were breaking Theo's heart. 

When he pulled away, he pressed his forehead against Shiro's. 

"I am so sorry, my love. I have no intentions of going anywhere. I can't leave you with all those kids and recruits, now can i?" 

Shiro's only reply was a mix of a sob of terror, and a choking of laughter as he brought Theo in for another grateful kiss. 

I am the champion. okay yeah so here are the notes. 

originally this was just an idea, but then i thought of Theo sliding underneath a door, with Riley looking at him in terror and realized i needed to expsnd further on this. 

The champion song by Carrie Underwood has reminded me of all of the Paladins, and that is why i used it here. 

lmao despite knowing that none of them will see it, i do hope that josh keaton, bex taylor, kimberly brooks, steven yeun, jeremy shada, all of them know just what these characters mean to me. and what they inspire me to do. 

so yeah. 

hope you liked it. ~ @ruinvevo

[notdeadjack]

annual reclist 2019

yoo my favourite reads of 2019! 

20 Fandoms represented:

Haikyuu!!: 3 fics Boku no Hero Academia: 17 fics  The Umbrella Academy: 8 fics Resident Evil 6: 3 fics Harry Potter, assorted: 1 fic  Star Trek: 10 fics  Voltron: 8 fics Teen Wolf: 73 fics Marvel, assorted: 25 fics Naruto: 8 fics Star Wars: 4 fics Good Omens: 1 fic Merlin: 5 fics Borderlands: 1 fic Hannibal: 1 fic Avatar The Last Airbender: 1 fic Toy Story: 1 fic  South Park: 1 fic  Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 2 fics  /r/nosleep: 4 fics

total fics recced: 177

(if the cut doesn’t work, i am so sorry)

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Haikyuu!!

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15429966     big by shouyoto     1k, Hinata/Kageyama, size difference, 

Kageyama is big.

At first, Shouyou thinks it was annoying. At first, it had been a constant reminder, a buzz to his ears on how simply unfair the universe was since he aged a few months older than Kageyama, and yet, somehow- somehow, he's still the one who ends up with the shorter end of the stick. But much like their bond, this impression didn’t last long either.

...

Shouyou finds himself fawning over Kageyama's big build.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/4409042     Girl trouble by PhoenixGFawkes     37k, Hinata/Kageyama, rule 63, they’re lesbians harold, 

Kageyama is annoyed by the boys that approach her to ask her out (she’s not interested), to offer to carry her books for her (she can handle it) or give her flowers (what would she want them for?). Hinata says that she’d like it if a boy once did any of that stuff for her, but she’s a dumbass who doesn’t know what she’s talking about.

When that boy for Hinata shows up, though, Kageyama isn’t annoyed.

She’s furious.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15005018    Make You Say I Look Good by Esselle    5k, Hinata/Kageyama, crossdressing, 

'Kageyama balances a tray of scones, and little teacups and saucers, and a pretty teapot, as he walks across the room slowly and carefully. His attention is entirely focused upon the very breakable, spillable things he is holding. So much for his innate setter's skills at the task; he moves so slowly that Hinata isn't sure how he's managed to serve anyone since they started. He's sweating profusely, apparently from stress and intense concentration, little beads of perspiration running down the side of his face and arms. His shoulders are too wide and broad for the outfit, the bulk of his muscular arms straining against the ruffled sleeves.

"Oh, no," Hinata says.'

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In which the volleyball club decides to open up a maid cafe, and Hinata is forced to confront his feelings for a certain setter.

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Boku no Hero Academia

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17795849     I Can Make You Feel Good by dinosaurspice     4k, Kirishima/Bakugou, 

curious teens experiment 

- the whole series (as of mars at 20k words) is gold really

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11813826     Two Hour Vacation by ArgetCross    10k, Midoriya/Todoroki, pining, first time, past child abuse, 

“May I join you?” He asked, as if he didn’t expressly text Uraraka and Iida to hunt Midoriya down. Midoriya’s own phone had been off and Todoroki had silenced his own before coming. In a pinch, their friends knew where they were.

Even the life of a hero had to allow them this one night.

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Or on the day of his father's funeral, Todoroki Shouto loses his virginity.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13421988     Everything Except by Pouler (poulerslashes)    28k, Midoriya/Todoroki, sex pollen, 

"In retrospect, Midoriya probably should’ve realized the moment they were enveloped in a glittering pink cloud that something was about to go Very Wrong."

After an encounter with a unique villain threatens to change the nature of their partnership, Midoriya must find a way to get things back to normal between him and Todoroki. That is, if he's certain that getting 'back to normal' is what he really wants...

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15272805    your warmth is all i need by drifting_i     17k, Kirishima/Bakugou, AU, dragon!Kirishima, 

This is how it begins. Kirishima is running for his life.

His feet hit the earth hard and fast, he can’t feel it. They're on him now, he can smell them. Four to the left and six to his right. The sides of his arms grow red starting by the elbows. He curses silently. His throat burns.   

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17158511     winter doesn’t linger here by drifting_i     14k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining, bed sharing, 

“I don’t want you to leave,” Kirishima admits. “I mean, it’s break, man. For the first time in months we don’t have school breathing down our necks so we can finally hang out like we used to and I did miss you!”

“We saw each other last week,” Bakugou says, deflecting.

“Still.” Kirishima smiles sheepishly.  

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17531774    had to be (you) by bigstupidjellyfish     11k, Kirishima/Bakugou, light bondage, kink exploration, 

do you ever just discover you have a kink in the least appropriate situation  

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14331180    'Cause the Dark's Not Taking Prisoners Tonight by imatrisarahtops    52k, Kirishima/Bakugou, emotional h/c, bed sharing, mutual pining, slow burn,  

“Are those soba noodles?” Kirishima asked.

Again Bakugou’s only reply was a grunt. He offered no further explanation—not that Kirishima honestly expected one—as though making soba noodles from scratch at half past four in the morning wasn’t at all a bizarre occurrence and made complete and total sense. For a fleeting moment, Kirishima even wondered if maybe he was the odd one here. Besides, he’d already decided it was generally not in his best interest to question these types of things with Bakugou, especially when it was something essentially harmless.

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When Kirishima has a nightmare and is unable to fall back asleep, he accepts defeat and decides to study in the common area of the dorms. What he doesn't expect to find is Bakugou, also very much awake, and Kirishima can't help but think that maybe they're both having the same problems with sleeping. If he's worried, it's just because they're friends. (Right?)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12794481    the easy parts by chonideno    11k, Kirishima/Bakugou, h/c, scars, 

Kirishima made it out alive but his body is covered in wounds that won't heal without leaving marks behind. He hides them away from the sight of others, away from his own, and he hates every part of it. Bakugou watches him reduce his own character to a parody of what it used to be, and he can't stand it.

Or how Bakugou and Kirishima learn to deal with these scars, with themselves, with each other.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14947955    Glow by argentconflagration    1k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining, bed sharing, 

Kirishima is warm and somehow far softer than a person with that much muscle definition has any right to be. His breath is tickling Katsuki’s hair, which should be uncomfortable but isn’t, and Katsuki can smell his hair gel, which is cloying and chemical but too familiar to be irritating. Katsuki sighs softly as his body continues to relax. His eyelids droop. Before long he’ll be slipping off into the throes of sleep.

Kirishima reaches forward and takes his hand, and his stomach flips. He immediately forces himself to relax, though. If it meant something like that to Kirishima, he wouldn’t be doing it, would he?

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17338961    sunchaser by chonideno    35k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining, bed sharing, 

that feeling when you suddenly want to jump off a cliff for no reason but instead of a cliff it’s your best friend and instead of jumping it’s growing feelings out of nowhere

or how Bakugou has to try really hard not to throw everything to the wind, and Kirishima doesn't help

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17569586    Already Everything by roxashighwind    16k, Kirishima/Bakugou, body swap, deaf!Bakugou, 

He feels drunk and hungover at the same time, feels like he’s about an inch to the left of where he actually is and dizzy to boot. He tries to sit up and is filled with instant regret. He groans, and he can’t hear it though he feels the vibration of the sound in his chest and throat. He can’t hear anything. Why can’t he hear anything?

- Eijiro wakes up, but he's not himself.

A villain's body swapping quirk leads to admissions between friends, which leads to something more.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12676416    This Changes Nothing by vulcanhighblood    68k, Kirishima/Bakugou, a/b/o, slow burn, 

First heats, even ones triggered by a classmate's "prank" gone awry, aren't supposed to take your quirk away. Then again, omegas aren't supposed to be in hero training, either.

Katsuki does enjoy defying expectations, just... not like this.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17284061    dusk and dawn by bigstupidjellyfish   13k, Kirishima/Bakugou, sex pollen, biting, friends to lovers, 

sex pollen, again, yea    

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17094788     Against All Odds, Thriving by jettiebettie    12k, Kirishima/Bakugou, pining, 

“The naked adoration! The loving caress! Lively colors accenting warm eyes and an endearing smile!”

“... I'm gonna go take a nap.” Bakugo is halfway out of his chair when Shiozaki turns the screen and he stops dead in his tracks.

Kirishima's face stares back at him with a look that nearly knocks the air out of his lungs. The expression he's giving the camera is tender, his pretty eyes full of fondness and framed by loose red bangs, with a small amused smile on his lips. The hand Bakugo used to manhandle his head into position has no right looking that gentle; his hands were never meant for gentleness to begin with, but to see his holding Kirishima's cheek like that... To see the way Kirishima is looking at him-

Bakugo slams the laptop shut. - Class A and Class B must complete a joint art assignment, and it honestly may be too much for Bakugo. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16261352    you can get what you want or you can just get old by hyperlight    55k, Kirishima/Bakugou, 13 going on 30, angst, suicide attempt, minor character death, happy ending, 

Bakugou gets a preview of what his future might be and doesn't like what he sees. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11845740    Electrification of the Soul by cighail    8k, Sero/Kaminari, pining, 

So if he is a simple kid, then he will live by simple rules:

Make friends, make enemies; tease and be teased. Slip comedy into your words that garner the slightest bit of attention. Give and receive praise, criticism, advice, so long as it strays not too far from the norm. Become uniquely un-unique.

And ah- “Hanta, my dude, you’ve gotta check her out.”

Fall in love.

(In which Hanta is not as chill as he makes out to be)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14446512    Hero Class Civil Warfare by RogueDruid (Icarius51)    85k, gen, plotty plots, 

Heroes lead by Bakugo. Villains lead by Midoriya. Seven days prep time. Three days for Izuku Midoriya to show why they should be glad he's not a real villain.

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The Umbrella Academy 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17890052    Partners, Parents, or None of the Above by DarkFairytale    7k, gen, brotherly bonding, protectiveness, past drug abuse, 

Kenny's mom assuming that Diego and Klaus were A) a couple and B) Number 5's parents was both bemusing and amusing at the time. But that was because it was the only time it had ever happened. Now though? Now they just can't understand why these misunderstandings keep happening. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17846012    Let Him Cry by Achrya    3k, Ben/Klaus, incest, first time, tentacles, drugs, 

“Ben is crying again.”

“Yeah well. Dad says it's just growing pains.” -- Klaus decides to help his brother out.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17962079    the devil's jaws are far too weak by ictus     1k, Ben/Klaus, incest, drug withdrawal, h/c, 

Truthfully, it’s far from the strangest thing Ben’s ever done. When you grow up in a family as sick and twisted as the Hargreeves’, jerking off your brother in a motel closet while you’re waiting for hired guns to come back and finish the job is barely a blip on the radar, even if he is technically dead and Klaus shouldn’t be able to feel him at all. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17932085    Can Someone Tell Me (If It's Wrong) by merle_p    2k, Klaus/Ben/Diego, incest, emotional h/c, canon time travel, 

"Your favorite,” he adds, unnecessarily but correctly, because leave it to Klaus of all people to know what kind of candy he prefers. He is pretty sure not even Eudora ever had any clue just how much he liked the taste of the rainbow.   

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18005399    Six of Cups, Four of Swords by prodigy    9k, Ben/Klaus, incest, drugs, addiciton, withdrawal, prostitution, 

Ben Hargreeves tries to keep his brother--and himself--on the devastating road to getting well. It doesn't go in a straight line. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17860256    i scream, you scream by kyrilu    2k, vauge Ben/Klaus, introspection, 

One of Ben’s favorite childhood memories is eating ice cream with his family after they’d saved Paris from the rampaging Eiffel Tower.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17836067    Family Affairs by manic_intent    58k, Klaus/Ben/Diego, incest, time travel, post-canon, 

“This isn’t going to work,” Diego said, once everyone had stopped moaning on the grass and/or throwing up.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18307292    the year that wasn't by achilleees   21k, Diego/Klaus, time loop, incest, 

Diego turned to Five. “I’ve already, uh, lived today. This has already happened.”

Everyone went still.

“Ooh, that’s a mind-fuck,” said Klaus.

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Resident Evil 6

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/2367419    hold on (we're going home) by viii    8k, Piers/Chris, 

no summary given, first paragraph:  

It's raining in Vancouver on the last day of November. Piers has been gone for six weeks. It hasn't been the longest he's been gone, but it hasn't been the shortest either. He doesn't know how he's going to find Chris when he pulls out the rusty key that he doesn't use as often as he should and unlocks the door to Chris's apartment.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/6774688    Crossed Out by deansparkles    47k, Piers/Chris, time-travel (kind of), pining, 

Piers Nivans is ready to die. That doesn't mean the universe has to agree with him.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1031021    You, Me, and the Monster by AkumaStrife    5k, Piers/Chris, h/c, 

They pull Piers out of the ocean and patch him up as best they can, but some things will never be the same. Chris can't forgive himself and Piers doesn't trust himself, and between them is a chasm of things unspoken.

[Alternatively: Hospital Recovery fic in which Piers has to learn to live with the thing he's become.]

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Harry Potter

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/5025334    chalk this one up as a win by tamerofdarkstars     6k, Marcus Flint/Oliver Wood, soulmates, fluff, 

Oliver Wood wakes up in the Hospital Wing a week after his first Quidditch game ever with a head injury and his soulmate's thoughts wound around his left wrist.

Frankly, he's more concerned about missing the Quidditch game.

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Star Trek 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/856754    The Mark by thecadenceofherlastbreath    4k, Chekov/McCoy, soulmates, 

Prompt: AU where everything is the same, except everyone is born with a insignia, a mark that is unique to only two people in the world, that tells them who their soulmate is. Usually the two people are born on the same day, at the same time, but that doesn’t mean that aren’t circumstances where an age difference has happened.

Leonard McCoy was born without an insignia, only for one to appear on his 20th birthday. He always hated the idea that the one person he was supposed to be with being a child, and maybe that was why he married his high school sweetheart. And maybe, that was the fact their relationship fell apart six years later, and he made the choice to join Starfleet.

He had never really forgotten about his supposed soulmate, but it certainly wasn’t expected to be confronted with the seventeen year old Russian genius whose insignia, his insignia, their insignia, plastered so obviously on his neck…

I tweaked it just a little, but it's essentially that. Hope I didn't butcher the idea!

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11468154    Now the Sons Look For Their Fathers/ But Their Fathers Are All Gone by Straight_Outta_Hobbiton    30k, gen, kid fic,

Leonard is exhausted, and there is a crying kid in front of him with a bowl-cut and pointed ears.

Of course he picks him up.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1058476    infixion by Etharei    37k, Kirk/Spock, kidnapping, 

A mission of this duration has never been attempted. Just a few months in, the crew of the Enterprise are beginning to understand why – luckily, they are also, somehow, making it work. A series of events, both great and small; featuring cameos by unsuspecting planets, complicated interpersonal relationships, off-record shenanigans, and a surprising number of hostile life-forms.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15327285    Thy Soul, Alight In The Dark by Aerlalaith    51k, Kirk/Spock, AU, horror, mind control, possession, accidental bonding, 

When disgraced former Starfleet captain and current salvage runner James T. Kirk stumbles upon an abandoned Vulcan research vessel on the edge of Federation Space, he thinks he’s finally found some luck. The state of the ship and the fate of her original crew however, turn what was supposed to have been a standard day’s work into something quite a bit stranger. As Kirk and his crew debate if they can—or should—wake a sleeping survivor, it soon becomes clear that the nightmare is just beginning.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17246120    If Symptoms Persist by billiethepoet    7k, Kirk/Spock, pon farr, 

The aftereffects of pon farr do not go away as quickly as Spock would like everyone to believe. Jim can tell and he's ready and willing to help.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14913942    Mind Readers, Man! by dothedeux    12k, Kirk/Spock, Spock&Bones, 

After Spock is injured on a mission, he forms a mental link with Bones in order to survive. Afterwards, both men decide the link can come in handy at work, and that they should keep it in place. But as their friendship grows stronger, Jim struggles with his new feelings. It's basically a soap opera in space.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/996674    what legends are made of by Rosslyn    33k, Kirk/Spock, suspense, adventure, 

On a routine mission to a normal-looking planet, Kirk and Spock discover a strange cave. Seven handprints were carved into the wall — each moulded to a member of the senior bridge crew of the Enterprise. In order to investigate this anomaly, the entire crew beam down to the planet, and falls into a nightmare. -

Post-Mission Reviews attached under Enterprise Report 5-2261-7a:

"Is this a mission report, or the script of your blockbuster-wannabe holovid show, Kirk?" - Admiral Bennett "Suggestions to update Starfleet Official Course Material on relevant subjects, Captain" - First Officer Spock "Definitely too old for this shit" - Chief Medical Officer McCoy "I'm never beaming down without a bottle of Scotch again, mark my words" - Chief Engineer Scott "It was fun up until it happened to me" - Helmsman Sulu "Vodka cake deserved by all" - Navigator Chekov "Captain, should I put in a footnote explaining the farm animal reference?" - Communications Officer Uhura "That's it, privilege for PMRs closed. Kirk Out." - Captain Kirk

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11135340     out of obscurity into the dream by spectralPhobia    87k, Kirk/Spock, AU, adventure, 

Started as a Tangled AU fusion with Star Trek 2009, developed into its own thing. Spock has lived an entire life in seclusion, brought up by a Romulan to believe he was one too. Convinced his telepathy was a rare gift that must be protected at all costs, he was prohibited to touch anyone and leave the house. Jim Kirk comes across him accidentally after he was hired to steal a Vulcan artefact. Together, they start an adventure of finding a soulmate in each other and preventing another catastrophe from happening after the artefact turns out to be a part of an ancient psionic weapon.

Also known as “How I almost died three times in two days and found my soulmate”, an autobiography by J.T. Kirk.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1077361    a sequence that you never learned by annataylor    64k, Kirk/Spock, kid fic, fake marriage, 

"'Spock,' Jim breathes out, completely overwhelmed by the gesture—not quite believing that Spock knows him so well, that's he's already started researching, that he trusts Jim with a member of his own endangered species."

When Jim gets it in his head to adopt an eight year old Vulcan, Spock presents a logical solution to the issue of Jim's humanity: marriage to a Vulcan citizen.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/208971    Of Twin Stars and Other Eccentric Satellites by winterhill    30k, Kirk/Spock, 

A year into the mission, Spock and Jim have got on with things and are well on their way to that great destined friendship -- or maybe more. There’s spanner in the works, though, when a group of colonists exploring an unknown part of New Vulcan go missing, and the Enterprise crew is called in to help. The problem? The Vulcan High Council has insisted they take a guide — Spock’s wife, T’Pring.  

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Voltron 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14873321     Our Future Hearts by mizufallsfromkumo    4k, Lance/Shiro, time travel, established relationship, emotional h/c, 

“You know, you could warn a guy, if you’re going to drop out of nowhere.” The man said dramatically as he pulled his hand away.

It caused Shiro to look up from the note, in surprise, his brows pulling together. Because that wasn’t how it worked. There is nothing he can do in warning, he never knows where he’s going, and when he’ll end up.

“Not you you,” The man huffed with a roll of his blue eyes. Almost like he knew what Shiro was going to say. He gestured at Shiro lazily, before he grinned. “But, you know, older you can warn me. Scared me half to death, face planting in the grass like you did.”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16114160    Milkshakes by General_Button    6k, Lance/Shiro, male lactation, 

In order to ensure a fruitful alliance with a species of animal-like aliens called the Ankarine, Shiro takes one for the team and consumes a traditional dish that ends up having unforeseen consequences.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12593748    i need my monster by mettaverse    4k, Lance/Shiro, AU, injury, monster!Lance, h/c, 

“Are you okay?” asks a voice from under his bed.

Shiro stiffens. He holds his breath. Maybe it's the drugs-

“Hey,” says the voice. Then, a flicker in the peripherals of his vision is a- tail? Long and skinny, like it's out of an honest to god comic book, of all things. Like a devil's.“Are you okay?”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11343876    Hell and High Water by StarrBomb     39k, Lance/Shiro, AU, mermaids, 

All his life, he's known these three things.

The darkness.

Loneliness.

And fear.

But he soon comes to understand a much more different and harsher meaning behind these things. And somehow, he ends up finding something he never knew he needed.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11019165    Twelve Nights by WildWolf25    19k, Shiro/Pidge, AU, trans character, She’s The Man au

“Matt, I think I can safely say that this is the dumbest idea you’ve ever come up with, including the time you thought you could put marshmallows in your hot chocolate before microwaving it and it exploded.” Katie said flatly.

“Come on, Katie, please?” Matt clasped his hands together in front of him. “I will pay you in jars of peanut butter. A lifetime supply of cookies. A trophy that says ‘best sibling in the world’. Whatever you want.”

“It’s not going to work, Matt.” Katie sighed. “Everyone’s going to know I’m not you.”

“But that’s the thing, I don’t know anyone at that school yet.” Matt said. “No one knows me, so no one will know that you’re not me.”

(Matt needs everyone to think he's at school for a couple of weeks and convinces Katie to disguise herself as him, leading to an awkward crush on his roommate, Shiro, a very ambitious astronomy class competition, new friends, and maybe some bruised hearts if the truth gets out)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12102285    Kafka's Revenge by Bellybits    21k, Keith/Lance, xenobiology, mild body horror, trans character, 

Keith's been worried about what his Galra genes meant for him for a while. He's been expecting some horrific transmutation, to turn into some kind of monster despite the comforts of his peers.

But he wasn't a monster, and it isn't a catastrophic change. It was slow and gradual in the way most metamorphoses were.

He had thought that going through two puberties was bad- and now he was having a third one. Great.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17183669    Starbound by fenfyre (Jace)    3k, Lance/Shiro, pining, 

Lance expected nothing more but good company when Shiro showed up on the farm one day but old and new feelings soon catch up to them.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16873671    Good Luck Kiss by OverMyFreckledBody    1k, Lance/Shiro, accidental kissing, 

An accidental kiss leads to more... not so accidental ones.

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Teen Wolf

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/862347    Just Been Born by idyll    3k, gen, gender swap, trans!Derek, 

“The mage's spell seems to have changed your sex.”

Derek inhales raggedly, then slowly looks down at his chest—at his breasts.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/4012684     Cross a Canyon (with a broken limb) by theroguesgambit    18k, Stiles/Derek, fake relationship, pining, 

“You never graduated,” Stiles says, just to say it. To test it out in the open air. That's... huh.

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Stiles spends his senior year battling troll-gremlins, taking on an unexpected tutoring job, and definitely not falling for a certain sourwolf (even though everyone else seems to think he is).

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1828693    Pinch Me by Wolftraps (AlwaysBoth)    12k, Stiles/Derek(/Nogitsune), angst, possession, and then not, disassociation, identity issues, 

It doesn't work. When the nogitsune crumbles to ash, he's weakened, but he's right back in Stiles head with his damn riddles. And Stiles feels like he's not just losing control, but also losing himself.

But no one can lose their shadow.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/2118756    (Rode Hard) Put Away Wet by calrissian18    3k, Stiles/Derek, scent marking, 

As it turns out, the etiquette for joining a werewolf pack is a little bit more involved than saying, "Whatever, fine, I'm in." There's, like, stupid werewolf rules. Because someone put stupid werewolves in charge.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/577223    Highly Inappropriate by asocialfauxpas (fuzzytomato)    5k, Stiles/Derek, h/c, frottage, 

Derek was drugged and literally covered in blood and Stiles was about to crumple under the weight of guilt that came with being an impulsive idiot, but for some reason his dick wasn’t getting the message that this was by no means a sexy situation.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/644558     Flying Changes by otter     10k, Stiles/Derek, AU, horsies, 

Derek's a dressage rider with a reputation for frowning and making people cry. Stiles is an acrobatic stunt rider whose resume includes medieval-themed dinner shows and the actual circus. Derek's an Olympian, he doesn't need this shit. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/614271    Dog Days by flaming_muse     15k, Stiles/Derek, wolf!Derek, 

Stiles has always wanted a dog, so he should be happy when he finds himself suddenly in possession of one, right? Unfortunately, it’s more complicated than that. Or, the one where Derek is turned into a puppy.

pre-slash set after season 2, no spoilers for season 3

warnings for humor, all of season two, repercussions of canonical deaths, brief panic attacks, lots of adverbs, and Stiles hitting his head a few times

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/586648     Bingo by betp    23k, Stiles/Derek, sex pollen, 

Derek scowls.

Or, the one that was supposed to be every item on the Sterek bingo chart and ended up being a Derek manpain feels jamboree.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/798827    Switching Goals by betp    3k Stiles/Derek, rule 63, established relationship, 

“You’re kind of cute,” Lydia says, changing the subject, “in a sort of… lost baby squirrel in a pixie cut sort of way.”

“Great,” he says, fumbling ineptly with the clasp on the bra. “Th… thanks, Lydia, that’s… quite the endorsement. I’m vermin.”

Lydia and Erica peaceably watch him fuck around with the hooks for a full five minutes, this look on their faces like justice is finally being delivered. Stiles refuses to lose his temper with the thing in front of them, so he just doggedly keeps at it. Eventually, Lydia says, “We might have to invest in a frontal clasp for you.”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/665066     let me in lover, be kind by orphan_account    3k, Stiles/Derek, emotional smut, 

It's a cosmic balancing act.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17591744     (this isn’t exactly) where you’d want me by decideophobia    19k, Stiles/Derek, AU, pining, doctor!Derek, snark, 

“Do you even have any nice and soothing words in your repertoire?” Stiles asks, holding still while McBroody shines a light into his eyes. “Or is it only me who they let you loose on?”

“I actually just downloaded a new set of comforting phrases to use on patients this morning but I haven’t had a chance to listen to and internalize them yet. I do know how to say, Good news: you’re not dead, and We only need to take off one of your legs, though.”

OR, the one where Stiles keeps ending up in the ER and Derek almost gets brain damage from so much stupid.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13001157    Detect by twilight_shades    9k, Stiles/Derek, canon-AU, 

Derek is a fake psychic (that’s an accident). Stiles goes to work for him (that’s deliberate). Stiles is pretty good at figuring things out (that’s alarming). Derek is pretty slow at figuring himself out (that’s unsurprising).

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/946982    The Newlywed Game by Captain_Loki    19k, Stiles/Derek, fake dating, UST, 

Stiles is (still) single when the pack's getaway to the Caribbean comes by (oh misplaced optimism); lucky for him Derek is committed to being uncommitted and even after all these years is still powerless against Stiles' unique forms of persuasion.

Cue a romantic getaway for two: sun, sand, and sarcasm abound...and the two roped into competing in the Resort's version of the Newlywed game. Only it's completely obvious it's going to end in disaster. Probably homicide.

Most probably homicide.

Plot twist: It doesn't.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/581046     things that fly, but cannot land by growlery writes (growlery)    12k, Lydia/Stiles/Allison, AU, poly, 

If Allison has to explain to one more person that she is not dating her ex-boyfriend’s best friend (and really, she broke up with Scott so long ago that the ‘ex-boyfriend’ part has mostly dropped off that title) she is going to explode. Especially now that Stiles has a girlfriend of his own, a girlfriend Allison is definitely not attracted to. Or jealous of. Danny has no idea what he’s talking about, except for the fact that he actually kind of does.

(or, the one where Allison writes about werewolves, Stiles is her roommate and everyone is in love with Lydia.)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16485551     With Eyes, and Hands to Touch by red_crate    37k, Stiles/Derek, AU, teenage!Derek, accidental voyeurism, 

The summer before high school starts, and all Stiles wants to do is hang out with Scott and work on his plan to win over Lydia.

But then Scott's brother, Derek, becomes an accidental distraction.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16177544    Dangerous Curves & Divine Moves by TaraSoleil    30k, Stiles/Derek, rule 63, 

When Stiles wakes up as a girl, there's only one thing he can think to blame: the nogitsune. And that bastard didn't leave any instructions on how to turn him back to normal. Now Stiles is the only one freaking out, and Derek is being weird(er).

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17195975    Stupid Say What? by isthatbloodonhisshirt (wasterella)    8k, Stile/Derek, accidental relationship, 

Stiles shoved another bite into his mouth, glancing over at Boyd and Erica. Boyd was smiling down into his eggs benedict and Erica was grinning at Stiles.

He frowned in confusion, his chewing slowing. Tucking the food into one cheek, he asked, “What?”

“Nothing. It’s just nice. I like when the four of us come out together. Our little double dates,” she teased, stabbing her fork into a strawberry and putting it between her lips.

Stiles snorted at her comment, since this wasn’t a double date—he wished—but didn’t comment on it because he liked their outings, too. Even if he whined incessantly about it until he got there, it was always a good time.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16813009    Words Cannot Espresso How Much You Bean to Me by isthatbloodonhisshirt (wasterella)    68k, Stiles/Derek, AU, mates, puns,

“You’re late,” Derek informed him coldly, jaw clenched. He barely even moved his mouth to speak. This guy was seriously scary.

And because Stiles was suicidal, he said, “No, I’m Stiles.”

The look he got could’ve curdled milk. Stiles even noticed that Derek’s muscles were tensing, arms bulging even more and wowthis guy was scary and hot but mostly scary holy shit.

“You’re not funny,” Derek informed him coldly.

Stiles shrugged. “I think that’s a matter of opinion.”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17785586    Strike Me A Match by clotpolesonly    11k, Stiles/Derek, superhero!Stiles, pining, soulmates, 

Derek stared at the reporter on the campus lounge’s television screen, gleefully reporting on Ignition’s latest fight. Behind her floated a photograph of him mid-battle, zoomed in on where his bodysuit had been slashed open across his left shoulder blade. It was a little blurry, a little pixelated, but more than clear enough to get a good look at the black mark on the bare skin there.

“Oh shit,” came Erica’s delighted voice as she dropped down onto the couch beside Derek. “Let the circus begin!”

Derek’s his heart dropped; circus was right. He resisted the impulse to reach for the spot on his own shoulder blade that itched and burned. It wouldn’t do him any good. He could make all the calls, send in all the verifiably undoctored photos of identical marks, make all the noise and fuss he wanted. With the buzz and the confusion, it wouldn’t matter. No one would believe him.

True match-ups never made it through a circus like this.

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In which Derek discovers his soulmate is a superhero too far out of his reach to ever actually be with. But it doesn't feel right to flirt back at Stiles now either, no matter how much Derek wants to. Amazing or not, he's not Derek's soulmate.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18650299    What Fresh Twilight Bullshit Is This? by isthatbloodonhisshirt (wasterella)   196k, Stiles/Derek, soulmates, pining, 

“I am not Bella!” he insisted, shaking his fist angrily at Jackson, as if he’d been the one to suggest he was. “I am not Bella! I am, like, a Jacob, at least!”

Lydia made a noise of debate from his right and he whipped around to look at her.

“What?! What was that sound?!”

“You’re more of a Mike,” she insisted, shrugging neatly and flipping some curls over her shoulder.

“Wha—” Stiles had never been so offended in his life! “I am not! No way! I am a solid Jacob!”

“Mike,” she argued.

“Who’s Mike?” Scott asked.

“Shut up, Scott!” Stiles insisted, pointing a finger at him but still glaring at Lydia.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19008223     tasting heartbeats in skin tears by OverMyFreckledBody    5k, Stiles/Derek, 5+1, ust, licking, untimely boners, 

After a battle resulting in Stiles getting a cut on his face, he discovers that the werewolf healing can be transferred through the saliva. After that, he seems to be a magnet for getting hurt - more so than usual.

Derek is surprisingly helpful about it all. Now, only if Stiles could get through their licking sessions without embarrassing himself.

[Or, 5 Times Derek Healed Stiles with his Magic Werewolf Spit + the 1 Time He Left a Mark of his Own.]

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17936444     Care for Me, As I've Never Known by lavenderlotion    2k, pre-Peter/Stiles, 

“Why...why did you offer me the bite?” Stiles asked quietly, the cover of night and the hum of the Jeep’s engine giving him courage he wouldn’t usually have.

Peter hummed thoughtfully, taking a turn smoothly. “That is quite the question you’re asking. I’m not sure the answer is one you would be happy to hear.”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/9318200      Help Wanted (But Not Really) by reillyblack     26k, Stiles/Derek, AU, 

"Stiles, I'll clear up your confusion about the position. Derek here needs someone to live with him. He's a difficult person to live with, so I won't sugarcoat that. But his responsibilities at the company right now make it impossible for him to actually take care of himself and his home. That would be your job," Laura explained.

Both Stiles and Derek objected at the same time.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16555949     Child King by ShanaStoryteller    66k, light Stiles/Derek, AU, 

Stiles is born with red eyes.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17049731    No Mercy by Gia279    64k, Stiles/Derek, AU, 

The story of the Boy King was this: when he was sixteen, the Stilinski kingdom was at war with the Novak kingdom. King John was on the front lines with his soldiers when his teenage heir came to check in with him. The king was struck down in a nighttime attack, in front of the boy. The boy took up the king’s dropped sword, mounted his war steed, and slaughtered the enemy forces.

When the remaining soldiers surrendered, he cut them down with his father’s sword and returned home a boy king with a bloodstained reputation.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16919445     Let It Burn Fast by RurouniHime    32k, Stiles/Derek, sex magic, pining, 

“So.” Stiles rubs his thighs, snaps his fingers again restlessly and looks around. “Thoughts? Comments? Revisions you’d like to submit for consideration?”

Derek weighs it. “Stiles, are you asking me to have sex with you for the good of the pack?”

“I—yeah.” Stiles blinks a couple times, then smiles again. “Yeah, I guess I am. That is the thing that I am doing.”

(or, the one where Stiles proposes no-strings-attached sex for Magical Reasons and Derek somewhat unwisely agrees.)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18850138     Love Story by skoosiepants    3k, Stiles/Derek, 

"Huh." Derek looks less concerned than Stiles thinks this situation warrants, but his hands wander up to cup his face and his mouth opens up over his again and all the bones in Stiles's legs melt, so he has to, like, prop himself up against Derek's entire front.

Derek says, "Okay?" when he pulls back slightly and Stiles manages an eloquent, "Buh."

Or –

A spell made them do it. Sure, Stiles. That works.  

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17757842     Open Your Eyes, Don't Walk Blind by Ragga    14k, Derek/Stiles/Peter, pining, Sheriff & Cora brotp

The Sheriff of Beacon Hills could be called many things but willingly blind was not one of them. When the supernatural world was shoved before his eyes and he found his son right in the middle of it, there was no other choice for him but to follow in Stiles' footsteps. And he did, willingly; there was nothing in the world he wouldn't do for him.

He just wasn't expecting to find out the things he did while learning how to swim in the deep.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14869391     Once Upon a Dream by Ragga    19k, Peter/Stiles, dream walking, h/c, 

It was like the door was on fire.

Stiles stood there, staring. As the realization sunk in, he slowly reached for the doorknob. He grabbed it. It burned, as if blazing hot and freezing cold at the same time. He was stuck, fascinated, and then the door clicked-

-and he was blasted with rage and grief so powerful the next thing he saw was the ceiling of his room.

Who was that?

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19223467    There’s No Escape for the Potato Man by isthatbloodonhisshirt (wasterella)    53k, Stiles/Derek, AU, texting, 

“Who is this? Where’s Erica?”

“Wrong number, asshole!”

“Stop calling me an asshole,” the man on the other end snapped aggressively.

Stiles could understand. He’d be pretty aggressive too if he’d murdered someone and texted a wrong number to ask for help burying the body. This guy obviously failed How To Be a Serial Killer 101.

“What kind of idiot thinks I murdered someone?”

“The kind of idiot who got your text messages, you fucking dumbass!” he retorted hotly. “Maybe double check your contacts before sending a random stranger details on your nefarious plans to dispose of a freshly cut up body!”

“What?!” the guy on the other end demanded, crossed between horrendously confused and livid.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12849630    like black moonrise (his voice fell still) by OverMyFreckledBody    1k, Stiles/Derek, UST, oral kink, 

"Shut up," Derek rumbles, close, dangerously close.

"Or I'll make you."

-- He does.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12510356    kisses unclean like the words you say by Omorika (Zercalo)    19k, Stiles/Derek, psuedo-incest, 

There are less torturous things than to live under the same roof with Derek Hale (and his entire family) - it's just that Stiles can't think of any right now. 

.   https://archiveofourown.org/works/14682198    You’re an Understatement (you’re getting worse) by LadySlytherin     13k, Stiles/Derek, AU, neckz’n’throats, 

Erica’s goal in life was to be hired by Neckz’n’Throats. Not as a model, though she knew she was hot enough for that. No, she wanted to be behind the camera. And to do that, she needed two things. A glowing recommendation, and a portfolio that would grab their attention; that would make them take her seriously. For that, she needed the right models. Thankfully, she knew just who to ask. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/2124261     I’ll take hold of you by Lessandra    30k, Stiles/Derek, AU, touch kink, 

If Stiles could boil his life down to one moment, it would be this: his hand in Derek’s hand, radiating warmth as they sit together—on the edge of the forest, in Stiles’s living room, on the terrace of Derek’s house, wherever—and wait for the morning to come. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/998921    Stiles, why is Derek Hale passed out on our front porch? by marguerite_26, mothlights     4k, Stiles/Derek, bonding, h/c, 

Stiles doesn't hear the knock on his front door, but he figures there must have been one, because now his dad's calling out to him,

"Stiles, do you know why Derek Hale just passed out on our front porch?"

Stiles freezes, carton of milk half way to his mouth. He looks around the empty room, wondering if it has any answers. Derek Hale just passed out on his front porch -- sounds like one of the signs of the coming apocalypse.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17216009    Risky Business by skoosiepants     14k, Stiles/Derek, canon-AU, 

Stiles stumbles back when Derek takes a step toward him, but still says, "Tell me, did you offer Isaac, Erica and Boyd 'the bite,' too?" He's not proud of the air quotes he uses, but it's too late to rethink them now—Derek lunges at him with a growl and Stiles trips over his own feet and falls on his ass on the rocky ground. "What the fuck, Derek?"

"You don't know what you're talking about," Derek says. He crouches over Stiles, insanely thick thighs bracketing Stiles's raised knees. His eyes flash red.

Stiles sucks in a breath, heart beating high and terrified in his throat. He barely has enough breath to rasp, "What the fuck?" again.

There's a growl low in Derek's chest. He says, "You can tell Scott that if he shows up with you, the deal's off."

or -

An AU where Scott was never bit by Peter Hale, Derek actually manages to be a good alpha, and Stiles gets kidnapped a lot.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11268102    Blackbird by skoosiepants    25k, Stiles/Derek, canon-AU, 

Stiles groans and drops his face into his hands. “I’m seventeen, I can kind of use mountain ash and I can explode houses when I’m mad enough. How am I gonna win any kind of magic fight?”

“We’ll work on it,” Deaton says, as infuriatingly calm as ever. “The important thing to remember, Stiles, is that when everything else is chaos, you’re the port in the storm.”

Or-

Laura Hale never died, and Stiles is magic.

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https://archiveofourown.org/series/34660     Tell me what Pack Means series by afullrevolution     22k, Stiles/Derek, AU, space, cuddling, 

Fourteen days into a two year mission, Stiles finds out that his companion for the voyage is a werewolf. Stiles wants to know what it means.    

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/5822248    Tell me Where it Hurts by Gia279    45k, Stiles/Derek, AU, wolf!Derek, curses, 

Stiles learns to do magick and Derek is cursed to walk the woods on four legs and keep his silence. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17415641    Under the Wolf Moon (Formerly Erase/Rewind) by Pdxtrent    102k, Siles/Derek, canon-AU, fix-it, slow build, 

Laura Hale has disappeared. But from there, things go very very differently. Expect adults acting like adults, and actual communication and not terrible decision making.

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He packed a bag as quickly as he could and grabbed his passport just in case. He looked around the apartment, glanced at his sister’s closed bedroom door and then walked out.

An hour later he was at the airport.

Two hours after that he was in the air.

Seven hours after that he was touching down in San Francisco.

Another hour and he was getting into the rental car that would take him to literally the last place on earth he ever wanted to return: Beacon Hills, California.

Four hours later he stopped in Redding for food and gas. He hated Redding. He hated California. He hated every hour that took him closer to Beacon Hills and to the memories he couldn’t escape. He knew that, most of all, he hated himself. Death and disaster followed him like a shadow. First it was Paige, then his family, and now Laura was missing.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/3387539    I'll be right back (in 24 years) by AnaIsFangirling (Ana_K_Lee)    48k, Stiles/Derek, time travel, de-aged!Derek, slow build, fix-it, 

When Derek thought about time travel – and he did, a lot – this was not what he'd had in mind. He'd thought he would see his younger self, tell him to leave Paige alone and NEVER trust Kate Argent. He'd thought he’d get to come back once that was done and everything would be perfect. He never imagined having to relive his entire life.

comment: can i just.. highlight that “entire life”, is entirely literal and i am LIVING for it.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/579880    Derek Hale's Seduction Techniques by omelet    6k, Stiles/Derek, pining, 

It doesn't sit well with Stiles, the thing at the police station and with Erica. It niggles at him from the back of his mind, screaming PAY ATTENTION TO ME. Because Derek's apparently familiar enough with flirting to do it successfully, like it's something that comes naturally to him, but what kind of broody misanthropic guy flirts?

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https://archiveofourown.org/series/32393    Most Important Meal of the Day series by peroxidepest17     11k, Stiles/Derek, 

The one where Derek is like a box of Kix (or something).

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1045495    Unbroken by Piscaria    43k, Stiles/Derek, cancer, werewolf!Stiles, made them do it, bloodplay, mating bond, 

When Stiles starts getting sick, he assumes his appetite loss and lethargy stem from the darkness the Nemeton left in his heart. But soon enough, even he can’t deny that he’s showing the same symptoms his mom had. When he's forced to face the truth about his illness, Stiles finds himself making a choice he never thought he’d make.    

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13119609    Start Small, Like Oak Trees by SmallBirds    24k, Stiles/Derek, the sheriff is amazing, 

The months following Allison's death have passed Stiles by in a haze of monotony. He sleepwalks through days that seem to lose their color, an unwilling passenger in a body he no longer trusts. Eventually, he thinks, he'll just fade away. He isn't sure anyone would notice. Then, during a spur of the moment grocery run, he stumbles upon Derek Hale attempting to console a lost child, and for the first time in recent memory the world doesn't seem so awful. He's not sure what he'd been expecting when he eventually convinces Derek to move into the Stilinski's spare bedroom, but a newfound passion for weeding and topsoil certainly isn't it.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11748945    Scrubbing Bubbles by MargaretKire    46k, Stiles/Derek, AU, scent kink, 

Stiles thought it would be easy doing janitorial work for an office. At first, it really was. The job only took a few hours in the evenings and it helped pay for rent and college. Sure, Hale Industries took up an entire floor in one of the downtown financial buildings, but the place was new and easy to care for. He didn’t even have to spend much time cleaning the huge corner office, because the trash was nearly always empty and the office itself was spotless, like no one used it.

It was basically the perfect college job. At least, until the boss started staying late.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/4273428    Into The Open Air by Acherona, trulywicked    99k, Stiles/Derek, AU, kid fic, huamn alpha!Stiles, 

It was a little strange moving back to Beacon Hills. His daughter becoming enchanted with his odd and very attractive neighbor didn't really help matters.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13560651    What Goes Around by KouriArashi    71k, Stiles & Peter, Stiles/Derek, canon-AU, BAMF!Stiles, killer!Stiles, 

“Well,” Stiles says, “if they’re going to hunt werewolves, I’m going to hunt them.”

It’s a ridiculous statement from a ten-year-old, but he’s obviously one hundred percent sincere. For the first time since the fire, Peter feels life stir inside him, feels purpose. It’s kismet, clearly. He’ll never meet the child he would have had with Olivia. Instead he’s met this boy, this brilliant, determined, cynical child with a world of potential.

Peter kneels down in front of him so they’re at eye level. “How do you feel about doing that together?”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14716970    Truth and Consequences by KouriArashi    45k, Peter/Stiles, slow build, h/c

“The place you give the Bite has meaning," Derek says. "Biting someone on the side is to make them your beta. It makes them your subordinate, but it also invites them into the pack with the full protection of the alpha. Biting someone on the legs indicates that you’re turning them to an omega. And biting someone on the arm, particularly the wrist, turns someone as your equal. It’s a mating ritual.”

Stiles nearly chokes on a mouthful of granola. “A what?”  

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1070471    With or Without You by KouriArashi    62k, Stiles/Derek, AU, fake dating, UST, mating rituals, 

Derek thinks that the mating rituals are overly romanticized bullshit, but claiming a mate and defending them from challengers is something werewolves do, and his pack can't afford to appear weak after the fire. Especially not when Deucalion and his friends are in town for the rituals. Enter Stiles Stilinski, who offers to let Derek claim him so he won't be overrun at the ceremonies. Nothing goes as expected.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/485744    The Domestication of Canis Lupus by zoemathemata    3k, pre-Stiles/Derek, wolf!derek, 

The age old story of a boy and his dog werewolf. They play in the woods, they go for walks. They don’t talk about it. Ever.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/629986   til the earth dies with the sun by callunavulgari    11k, Stiles/Derek,female!Derek, mythology, 

“What are you doing to yourself, Derek?” — In which there is a retelling of season one, wolf pelts of selkie-esque origins, Derek fucking up, and Derek realizing that she can, in fact, forgive herself.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/532745     In quiet, a favor by Helenish    12k, Stiles/Derek, 

“You like happy endings, huh?” Stiles says, lying pressed in against his back, sliding his fingers along the edge of Derek’s chest, along his ribs and up his sternum. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/550685    this boy, half-destroyed by M_Leigh     25k, Stiles/Derek, derek hale and his infinite pain, 2pov, 

"Bodies – those are something you understand, mostly; you know immediately exactly how much smaller he is than the last time you saw him. Too skinny, too pale; his cheeks cave in a little too much, from his face. He’s a shadow of something: he looks like the dead walking. His hands are stuffed down in the pockets of his hoodie and he looks tentative but not afraid."

Derek Hale used to have a family. Now, he's got a teenage human more trouble than he's worth. Post-S2.

2nd pov done RIGHT

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/730880    Rattle This Ghost Town by whiskey_in_tea    20k, Stiles/Derek, pack dynamics, 

The Second Annual Totally Democratic Meeting of the Equals of the Beacon Hills Werewolf Pack does not go any better than the first one did.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11509980    Under the Songbird’s Wing by mia6363    87k, Peter/Stiles, AU, PTSD, captivity, trauma, touch starved, pack bonding, 

Captivity easily destroys the will of escape. It can break the fiercest of animal. It can strip the most regal man and woman down to nothing but animal needs.

Captivity can, if met with unwavering determination, shape a person into something unimaginable.

Stiles is sixteen when he's captured. Stiles's first thought is, "I won't die here."

dark af but deep and lovely and definitely one of the best fics i’ve ever read

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19274371    Bad Blood by DiscontentedWinter    62k, Stiles/Derek, Peter&Stiles, AU, hunter hunting!Stiles, murder,

Stiles Stilinski was taken from Beacon Hills when he was ten years old. Now, six years later, he’s a trained hunter, and he’s back to help the Argents finish the job they started.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/6798541    Wolfsbane by DiscontentedWinter    48k, Stiles/Derek, AU, torture, captivity, kate argent as a warning, 

Kate Argent has kept a little trophy of the Hale fire for all these years - Derek Hale. When Deputy Stiles Stilinski finds him, he doesn't just need to rescue Derek from the Argents. He needs to rescue Derek from his past.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19981762    hold on to me because i'm a little unsteady by starcanopus    6k, Stiles/Derek, AU, time travel, hale family, 

“Derek.” Stiles casts a slightly nervous glance around the cafeteria, eyes widening. He's a little surprised that Stiles knows his name.

Derek can feel his teammates’ gazes on him, can hear their confused whispers. He doesn’t care. There’s just…something about Stiles, and despite his parents’ warnings (“be careful of that Stilinski boy, son, he doesn’t feel right”), Derek wants to know more. He wants to know why Stiles is always alone and why, despite the sarcastic grin that seems permanently etched over his lips, he sometimes reeks of grief and rage.

“Can I sit here?”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1153006    Sleep Awhile by allyasavedtheday    7k, Stiles/Derek, bed sharing, fluff, 

Stiles and Derek decide to take part in some mutually beneficial naptime  

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/628714    The Mending That You Need by torakowalski    3k, Stiles/Derek, subdrop, aftercare, 

“He’s not my boyfriend, Stiles. He’s a man from a club. I couldn’t call him, if I wanted to.”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/824824    Wash Me Clean by tigerlady (shetiger)    37k, Stiles/Derek, first time, scent marking, watersports, ritualistic sex, 

Derek doesn't know what the alpha pack is planning, so all he can do is keep watch on everyone they might target. Stiles is so not on board with that plan. Somehow their clash of wills leads to a sexual relationship Derek knows he should put an end to—if he can just get himself to do so.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/673925    That's What Friends Are For by tigerlady (shetiger)     6k, Scott/Stiles, genderswap, first time, 

Somehow, Scott managed to wind up on the wrong end of a genderswapping spell.

Turns out, it's not a completely bad thing.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/558702    he pushed inside and made me new by tigerlady (shetiger)    11k, Lydia/Stiles, fuck buddies, 

"I love Jackson," she says as soon as she's close enough that she doesn't have to raise her voice.

"Okay?" Stiles glances left to right, like her meaning is crouched in the darkness somewhere. "I love Taco Tuesdays. Back to you."

They go back to school in the fall, and everyone acts like it's all okay. Like none of it ever happened. That's all right, because Lydia could have an Oscar someday. If she wanted one.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13580295   How We Got Here by Areiton    9k, Stiles/Derek, bed sharing, domestic fluff, didn’t know they were dating, 

Maybe if you fight the creatures of the night together like they did, if you bury enough friends and strangers and enemies, you don’t lose touch.

He thinks that’s why he and Derek are friends--because Derek understands his nightmares, understands the nights when he can’t talk, and the nights he can’t stand the dark.

OR: Against all odds and expectations, Stiles and Derek have become respectable adults ( WHY?) and friends.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/5030350    Unlucky Ace by MissAnnThropic    41k, Laura/OMC, Stiles/Derek, 

Laura Hale brings her boyfriend home to meet the family, and there is something absolutely terrifying about the Hales.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/7740541    Sanctuary by DiscontentedWinter    56k, Peter/Stiles, past torture, PTSD, scars, 

The Hale Wolf Sanctuary isn’t just for wolves.

It turns out it’s for Stilinskis as well.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16619414    Baby Daddy by DiscontentedWinter   55k, Stiles/Derek, canon-AU, 

Laura Hale decides it's time to expand her pack. And Stiles could really use the money. And Derek... well, that's when things get complicated.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/3195734    Home by TheTypewriterGirl    167k, Stiles/Derek, h/c, depression, 

January seventh. Seven days since the start of 2015, and seven days since his father’s death.

The bastard, he thinks bitterly. The past year Derek Hale had made it blatantly obvious that he hated his scrawny guts, taking every given opportunity to shove him up against a wall, growl threats in his ears and roll his eyes whenever he stepped into the room, muttering some snide comment about how spastic or idiotic he was.

So why did he fucking volunteer to take him in?

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/5943391    Whatever Works by KouriArashi    61k, Peter/Stiles, Stiles/Derek, soulmates, asexuality, aromantic, polyamory, 

The problem with having your soulmate's first words to you tattooed on your arm is knowing your whole life that you're fated to be with a jerk. It's enough to make Stiles want to date other people ... which is how he winds up dating his soulmate's nephew.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/4070788    Call My Name by KouriArashi    81k, Peter/Stiles, mystery, angst, mental health issues, mating bond, 

After moving to Beacon Hills, Stiles starts having recurring dreams of a man in some kind of prison, who needs his help. Things get so bad that he ends up in Eichen House, where he finds out that the man is real.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18388196    A Match Unmade in Beacon Hills by KouriArashi    47k, Stiles/Derek, AU, soulmates, pining, 

Derek met his soulmate Kate Argent when he was 15, and he's tried for years to understand why his soulmate is so cruel to him. Then he meets Stiles Stilinski, who has no soulmate mark, an extremely rare phenomenon. Stiles thinks that he's destined to be alone forever, but apparently fate has other plans...

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/2533796    Devil of Mercy by KouriArashi    82k, Peter/Stiles, AU, mystery, mating bond, sexual assault, prostitution, pack politics, 

Peter's heard people talk about what it felt like when they saw their mate for the first time, from those who actually believe in the mystical bullshit. Like a magnet, like gravity. Peter just feels... sharply curious.

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Marvel

all of the universes

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14826525     in cayenne and honey, in vinegar and lime by alby_mangroves, Nonymos   27k, M’Baku/Bucky, Steve/Bucky, enemies to lovers, 

M’Baku fought for T’Challa. But should he keep fighting for T’Challa’s vision? The king is professing change, such deep change, while the Jabari are supposed to be the guardians of tradition.

It’s a complex problem, which demands a cool head. So M’Baku could really do without an old love coming back to haunt him, an obnoxious royal teenager, and T’Challa’s secret one-armed guest.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16437236    taking everyone for a ride by Nonymos    49k, Venom/Eddie, Venom/Eddie/Dan/Anne, poly, all the kink, 

Things Eddie Brock flirts with on a regular basis: death, insanity, his ex, his ex’s new boyfriend, and also the alien symbiote that lives inside his body. Not bad for a loser with no game, really.

- Everything by Nonymos is pure gold, honestly.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12823671     despite the threatening sky and shuddering earth (they remained) by praximeter (Zimario)    71k, Steve/Bucky, body horror, drug withdrawal, angst, touch starved

“They really didn’t want the mask to come off.” Hill thumbed through the scans, and pulled out a film that she then handed over to Sam, face mostly expressionless but for the flat line of her pursed lips.

Sam accepted the film and held it up to the light, angling so both he and Steve could see it, squinting at the outline of the Winter Soldier’s skull, and the blips of unnatural white that showed up, God, in his brain, not to mention about half his teeth, plus the mask, with its thin protrusions—

“Those are pins,” Steve realized. He looked over at Hill. “The mask—it’s nailed to his face.”

Hill’s face was as unmoved as ever. “Like I said. They really didn’t want it coming off.”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/8615512    Side bitch out of your league by rohkeutta    2k, Steve/Bucky, AU, wrong number, 

“I tried to call Sam,” Captain America says, bewildered. He’s sprinting like Usain Bolt and doesn’t sound even a little out of breath. Fucker. “Who’re you?”

“Someone who’s watching you live on TV,” Bucky tells him as the tiny patriotic figure on the screen takes the turns like he instructed. Bucky should probably be a lot more freaked out about this, but honestly? After a tour in the Middle East and six years as a nurse in New York, even this isn’t enough to ruffle him. One sees a lot of shit in the ER. “Also, you better hang up now, that thing is behind the next bend.”

“Uh, okay,” Captain America says. “Thanks?”

“Whatever,” Bucky says, disconnects the call and turns the TV off to get ready for his shift.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1583054    Come To Morning by orphan_account    4k, Steve/Bucky, 

He figured it was natural, kind of—well, not natural, but he and Steve spent a lot of time together, and Steve didn’t get so much attention from girls, which was a crying shame because he was a good guy and a girl could do a lot worse. But it meant maybe Steve got a bit confused, because sometimes he would look at Bucky with this look. This bright, astonished look, like he was seeing something so good he couldn’t quite believe it was real. It made Bucky squirm inside, a little.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/2628242    Kiss Me Hello by kehinki    5k, Steve/Bucky, fluff, 

Bucky and Steve take to kissing each other hello, goodbye, goodnight. It's all very platonic until it isn't.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/3765634    Painted in Indigo by nekare    11k, Steve/Bucky, pining, 

“You should be careful of that one,” Mr. Hendrickson says, with a nod to Bucky outside the window. “It ain’t right. Looking at you all the time as he does. The way he should be looking at girls.”

Steve laughs, because damn, but what a ridiculous idea.

Or, five times Steve caught Bucky looking at him, and the one time he looked first.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/2365754    all different names for the same thing by becausemagnets    11k, Steve/Bucky, asexual character, 

"Doesn’t mean that much, you know. Plenty of guys go down to the docks every once in a while, get themselves taken care of. Their shoes shined.” He sneered at Steve, but Steve wasn’t looking at him, lost in something he’d probably never tell Bucky about. “Some of ‘em got wives and kids and everything. Sail all the way around the world to get it in Brooklyn. I’m, uh, I’m pretty good at it. Shining shoes, I mean. At least as good as a dame you’d pay for, probably. It wouldn’t mean anything if we-- did that. I mean, I could be the punk, that’s not a--”

“Bucky, shut up.”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/3520175    hold me until we crumble by queenklu    22k, Steve/Bucky, 

“Sam told me you were watching Antiques Roadshow,” Natasha says, shaking out her hair. “I assumed it was a national emergency.”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/2537363    Silent thunder, as of a thousand wings by kaasknot    83k, Steve/Bucky, AU, angel!Bucky, pining, angst, 

A theologian once said that angels are constructs of love and holy rage, and chained to obedience through both. Or maybe a theologian hadn't said that. Maybe it was the Bright One himself, or just Uriel being grumpy.

But Bucky knows that he loves Steve, and he loves his taskmaster of a boss even as he gripes about him over beers after work, and he loves the dames with their red, red lips and smooth, soft curves (and he loves the guys, loves their strength and the tall, proud lines of them), and he loves old Mrs. Greene even when her rheumatism acts up and she turns mean as a wet cat. But he loves Steve most of all, and if Bucky is shackled to mindless obedience because of it, he calls it a good trade, because Steven Grant Rogers is the best person he knows. When it comes down to it, he figures his desire only adds a new dimension to a love that was already there, glowing hot enough to burn.

He was sent to Earth in a cage of mortal flesh to watch over Steve, and Bucky can do no less than love him with all his heart.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1871955    Out of the Dead Land by orphan_account    62k, Steve/Bucky, identity issues, h/c, 

Someone is building machines that look and act like people.

Meanwhile, the Winter Soldier tries to be Bucky Barnes.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1920351    Try jumping by brokentoy    1k, Steve/Bucky, frottage, 

His legs tighten their hold and Steve grunts, pushes his head back until it thumps against the floor and Bucky looks up, takes advantage of the moment and fists his hand into Steve’s hair, right at the nape of his neck.

‘’Say uncle,’’ he says.

‘’Nope’’, Steve answers.

He pulls his hand a little, ‘’Come on.’’ Steve’s head arches with it.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1560899    Jonathan to his David by Vera (Vera_DragonMuse)    9k, Steve/Bucky, codependency, small dick,

Before, Bucky loved Steve's size. After, he falls in love with the whole package.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1825195    The Unlikely Summoner by Kryptaria    4k, Steve/Bucky, AU, demon!Bucky, 

The fallen angel Buchuel has been summoned to the mortal world many times. Its powers have toppled kingdoms and destroyed armies. It thought it had seen it all... until a lonely young man from Brooklyn, seeking a good luck charm, accidentally summons Buchuel.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1181292    Targets And Taking by Salmon_Pink    Peter/Flash Thompson, bullying, 

He's left his bruises on Parker, but Parker's left a mark somewhere under Flash's skin.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11211306   The Man in the Mask by thelonebamf    21k, Wade/Peter, AU,

When Wade is unceremoniously dropped off into the custody of one Dr. Parker, he assumes the man has only the worst possible intentions for one of the world's last remaining mutants. But it turns out, the universe still holds plenty of surprises for them both.   

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12292941   From the Mouths of Babes by CAPSING    6k, Wade/Peter, age difference, internalized victim blaming, 

“There’s a guy who’s been flirting with me.” “Mhmm,” Ned turns to Peter, swallowing his bite. “Is he hot?”

(Or: Deadpool starts hitting on Spider-Man, unaware he’s a minor; ignorance turns up not to bring any bliss to either of them.)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16667122    The Devil All The Time by LeafyGreenQueen773    6k, Wade/Peter, AU, crush, catholic guilt, 

AU: Peter doesn't have powers, but Wade does. Peter Parker was raised Catholic by his parents, and Uncle Ben took up the gauntlet of taking Peter to mass every Sunday. Now that Ben is gone, Peter feels guilty all the time. His emerging sexuality doesn't help.

Excerpt: Peter slipped a hand under the waistband of his pajama pants; he was already hard, and sensitive. The moment he wrapped his hand around himself, he felt a bead of moisture drip out of him. “Oh God,” he murmured into the darkness. Guilt surged into his chest. With a groan, Peter pulled his hand out of his pants and grabbed onto the sheet instead. He turned onto his side and forced himself to close his eyes.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/18242423    Arachnid meets Mercenary (and is happier for it) by landunderwave   11k, Wade/Peter, emotional h/c, first time, loneliness, 

Spiderman is strong, fast, self-confident, sassy. Peter Parker is awkward, nerdy, socially graceless, and visibly not-human. They are both so very lonely. Enter stage left, one Merc with a Mouth, aka Deadpool, aka Wade Winston Wilson, booty-seeker extraordinaire. Also secretly lonely. Will they overcome their hangups and fall in love? Definitely, it's written in the tags.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/17647748    A Study of Stairways by sparkstarthetrashcan    14k, Wade/Peter, AU, ghost fic, 

Wade Wilson is a bad student. Poor grades, no attention span and not a soul to help him. Even if he tries to study he’s always distracted by his phone or a supernaturally attractive boy who showed up out of nowhere, whispering answers in his ear.

Peter, almost got into Harvard, Parker spends his time tutoring students. He’s smart enough and he’s got nothing else to do, so he might as well. But Wade’s different. He doesn’t seem to want Peter for his brain like everyone else, Wade cares about him.

Problem is, Peter isn’t normal. He’s a ghost.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/12664023    Weaver of Silk and Dreams by a_stands_for    73k, Wade/Peter, Peter/Johnny Storm, AU, mutant!Peter, age difference, slow burn, pining, 

Ben Parker sighed as he looked up into The Thing's eyes, so expressively human in spite of the rest of his rocky appearance.

“My fifteen-year-old nephew--who's practically my own little boy!--” he choked out with a tight voice, “h-he can't pass for human anymore. He's scared, and he's isolated, and he just needs someone else to talk to! Someone who can understand. Please."

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Some alternate realities are unrecognizable, and some are indistinguishable. This one lies somewhere in between.

Peter Parker's life was derailed when he mutated into a strange human/spider hybrid, and he knows that's not the way things went down for him in other realities. Still, he's determined to forge a new path and make the best of it. Sometimes "the friends we made along the way" really is the greatest treasure anyone could ask for.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/561716    We Might Be Radioactive by Croik    48k, Bruce/Peter, age difference, 

Peter misses his chance at saving the world alongside the Avengers, but he's not out. When he scales Stark Tower hoping to meet Tony (and possibly secure a seat on the team) he instead meets Bruce, who has taken up a temporary residence while he continues his Hulk research. The two bond over science-y things, but between Bruce's dry spell, Peter's teen hormones, and the secret identities they're still coming to grips with themselves, it doesn't take long for things to get complicated.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/6578101    Calenture by Florentium    12k, Steve/Bucky, first time, body dysphoria, gender roles, 

A heatwave has had Steve and Bucky cooped up in the tenement for the past couple of days and Steve is starting to wear out.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/2599046    there's nothing left of you by notallbees    22k, Steve/Buck, pining, body dysphoria, emotional h/c, 

Bucky’s having a hard time reconciling Captain America with the friend he left behind in Brooklyn. It’s bad enough that every time he closes his eyes he sees the inside of a torture chamber. Now, every time he opens them again, he sees a stranger with Steve Rogers’ eyes and smile. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/7907179    Strays by snarklyboojum    33k, Steve/Bucky, semi-accidental voyeurism, weaponized music, surveillance, 

After finding himself alone for the first time in decades, the Winter Soldier learns how to be a person again. Mostly through caring for an orphaned kitten, countless rounds of YouTube roulette, and stalking Captain America.

Or: Bucky Barnes, accidental millennial.

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Naruto 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/11500380    I'm falling for your eyes (but they don't know me yet) by blackkat   1k, Shisui/Naruto, gender fluid character, 

Shisui is done. Gone. That’s it for him, he’s toast.

(Or, Shisui is in love. Naruto is mostly oblivious. Everyone else is entirely convinced that Shisui is a creeper.)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/7726795   How To Survive The Weirdest Experience Of Your Life by IncompleteSentanc (Erava)    40k, Obito/Kakashi, everybody lives nobody dies, post time travel fix-it, PTSD, 

Obito has lived through the single weirdest experience of his life. Not many could say that they'd gotten crushed by a boulder, had half their body replaced by creepy alien flesh, was promptly held captive for a year by a supposed-to-be-dead Madara Uchiha, was saved by a randomly raiding pack of supervillains, then promptly killed by them, fixed up again, then dumped in a forest, and finally, FINALLY, returned home again.

Yeah.

His life has gotten pretty weird. But he's home, he has his family, and he has hope that someday soon he'll be able to say he didn't just survive the experience - but that he also come out of it pretty okay.

(Sequel to How To Save The World)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14084685    kintsukuroi by tomorrowsrain    26k, Obito/Kakashi, AU, 

In which Kakashi and Obito survive the Kyuubi attack, get exiled from Konoha, learn how to survive, and still manage to become legends along the way.

(The bratty genin are unexpected, though.)

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/10220633    Sakutaro by NikkiGrand    9k, Sakura/Sakura, rule 63, self-cest, 

When Haruno Sakutaro said that he'd date the hell out of himself, he wasn't being literal.

But they say that man makes plans and God laughs, and ain't that the truth?

Somehow finding himself in an alternate dimension where he's a girl, Sakutaro finds himself venturing into unknown, salaciously ridiculous territory...for science.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/14826039    three is a crowd by exarite    3k, Sakura/Neji/Shikamaru, voyeurism, exhibitionism, poly, 

There's no real time and place to pinpoint how exactly the three of them began, and so all they have is this: moments in time, steps in place for the three of them to fall together.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/876332    Forbidden by enodia    2k, Sakura/Shikamaru, infidelity, secret relationship, 

Sometimes what you see is what you get. Sometimes not. Sometimes only a select few know what really goes on behind the scenes. Sakura and Shikamaru are both aware of this and they prefer to keep some secrets to themselves. 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/13544241    J'accuse! by TipsyRaconteur    38k, Sakura/Kakashi, 

In which Kakashi and Sakura make a series of escalating accusations.

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Glaring at him, she said accusingly, “You like me.”

His eyes widened, and a short, disbelieving laugh escaped his lips. “What, are you twelve?”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/15123857    An Experiment by mummapaintstheblues    140k, Sakura/Kakashi, slow burn, 

Surely even the Hokage is able to indulge in the occasional mope in the privacy of his own office.. A project to get these ninja some much needed therapy brings two of them together in a unique way. It might just be enough to pull them out of the loneliness, and Kakashi is determined she won't end up like him. A long winded slow burn in which Kakashi makes questionable decisions to end his Hokagedom and Sakura continues to be awesome.

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Star Wars 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/21798157    Binary Stars by Pawprinter    2k, Finn/Poe, 

There is nothing like an approaching battle and looming death to make one come clean about their hidden feelings. Minutes before he is set to take off, Poe has one thing on his mind.

He needs to find Finn.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/6056386    Sehnsuch by tjiokra (scatteredmoonlight)    27k, Finn/Poe, canon-AU, conditioning, memory loss, PTSD, 

Phasma issues to the FN unit refurbished datapads plundered from a demolished Resistance base, which have been refilled with First Order propaganda. Naturally, FN-2187’s datapad malfunctions and resets to its original settings. Before FN-2187 can properly panic over this, a message is sent to him by a Resistance fighter under the code name Black Leader. It’s one simple word: “Status?”

FN-2187 wakes up to the orders of committing coldblooded murder and falls asleep to the despair of the dead. He’s one step away from messing up and getting reconditioned. When Black Leader asks how he’s doing, even if the question isn’t intended for him, FN-2187 can’t help himself.

He replies, “Alive.”

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/7423957    A Thicket of New Veins by gloss    5k, Finn/Poe, first time, PTSD, accidental stimulation, 

"I'm okay." Poe grabs Finn's shoulder and tugs him closer. "Promise you won't laugh?"

"Yeah, of course, I won't." Finn nods and hope it looks reassuring. "You know, other than that one defection, I'm a pretty reliable person."

"Yeah," Poe says, and maybe it's just because they're leaning so close like they're about to share their deepest secrets, but Finn hears Poe's *breath* every bit as much as his words. "You really are. Um." Unexpected reunion, post-battle stress, and accidental stimulation=desperately needed first time.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/5609887    to the sky without wings by leupagus    81k, Poe/Luke, 

Poe dreams of a blue-green tree.

this is a very, very good read.

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Good Omens

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19386730    Spoonful by Demorra (thebibliosphere)    2k, Aziraphale/Crowley, 

“Nanny?”

Crowley’s head jerked up as he twisted round awkwardly in his chair to find a familiar face staring at him through the crowd, the time-altered features torn somewhere between consternation and twitching on the verge of a grin. He stared.

“Warlock?” Crowley he demanded, reaching for his glasses and only just managing to resist the urge to pull them off, “Warlock?”

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Merlin

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/638875     The One Where Arthur Sells Tongue Cuz Being Rich is Hard Life by derryere    5k, Merlin/Arthur, AU, pining, 

Arthur sells make-out lessons at a boarding school.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/10991331    Heart Lines by PeaceHeather    47k, Merlin/Arthur, soulmates, asexuality, 

Everyone is born with a heart line, a pigmented mark running from the heart down the left arm to the palm, which turns color when the person comes of age, telling them when it is time to seek their soulmate. Red indicates a romantic love, while blue is for platonic "heart-friends", as the minstrels called it.

Uther had always told Arthur to ignore his heart line, that it wouldn't matter who his soulmate was; princes did not marry for love, after all. If was lucky, he'd be able to keep her as a mistress, so long as he did not get any children with her. Uther hated magic and would have urged Arthur to ignore the heart line anyway, if he could.

Arthur wasn't sure his soulmate was really a woman despite Uther's assumptions. But Arthur's heart line hadn't even come into its full color yet, which meant he hadn't come of age in the eyes of the gods, despite being named crown prince by Uther. So it really didn't matter: whoever his soulmate was, he wasn't yet ready to meet them.

Then one day his heart line comes in, and it's neither red nor blue.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/19835569     Show Me by tehfanglyfish     10k, Merlin/Arthur, telepathic bond, accidental voyeurism, mutual masturbation, 

An attack from a vindictive sorcerer leaves Arthur able to hear Merlin's thoughts and share his dreams, revealing secrets Merlin would rather keep hidden.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/3218075    Fathom Me Out by supercalvin   21k, Merlin/Arthur, 

After ten years, Arthur thinks he has Merlin all figured out. But as he watches Merlin, he finds out that he has more questions than answers. The longer he thinks about it, the more uneasy he feels. So he pushes it aside. Except, he can no longer ignore the questions he has about Merlin.

Not your everyday reveal!fic.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/245495    The Promise Within by MK_Yujji    49k, Merlin/Arthur, 

“This is not as destiny intended, young warlock. You are meant to be the magical side of this coin, not the young Pendragon. I can no longer clearly see what path destiny will follow.”

An ancient ceremony alters the course of destiny and everyone must face choices that no one expected. As Uther’s hatred of magic clashes with his love for his son, Arthur sees everything in a different light.

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Borderlands

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/5784007   up into the silence, the green by bellpickle    78k, Handsome Jack/Rhys, AU, 

Rhys thought he was ready for anything when he arrived on Helios as a newly minted Hyperion worker bee. Until the CEO was murdered on his very first day.

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"Hey there, kiddos! Handsome Jack here. I’m sure you’ve all heard the good news by now, or at least waved at it as it floated by the windows. If you look real closely at Mr Tassiter’s frostbitten face, you can see the tear streaks from when he cried like a pansy bitch in his final moments. Good times!”

“Anyway, just wanted to tell you all how honored I am to know that you dirty ingrates are already making attempts on my life. I’m expecting at least one more before the day’s end, so don’t disappoint me. I’ll be waiting."

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The story of how Rhys fell in love with the most hated man in six galaxies.

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Hannibal 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/10505733    The Fault in My Code by LiaS0 90k, Will/Hannibal, AU, soulmates, manipulation, gaslighting, murder, 

Soulmate AU: Soulmates find their other half when they look into their eyes. After the next time they sleep, they wake with one eye the color of their intended.

Will Graham avoids eyes. He's never wanted a soulmate, never wanted to be told by the universe who he was supposed to feel a connection to. He already struggles enough with connections, thank you very much. As a psychiatrist, he works with soulmates who have lost their other half through various means, part of a social system that regards the journey to your soulmate as the most important thing a person can do. Coerced by Jack Crawford to consult on a case where the assailant is targeting soulmates, Will finds himself turning to the notorious Dr. Lecter to gain insight on how he's choosing the soulmates to target.

Things go horribly awry when he looks into Hannibal's eyes, though. The next morning, he wakes up with one eye blue, the other maroon. He's never wanted a soulmate, least of all one behind bars for murdering dozens of people and eating them. Hannibal thinks it's delightful -it's been dreadfully boring since he was locked up.

Romance, thriller, mayhem, mystery, soulmate au with a realistic twist, and a grumpy Will Graham

absolutely fascinating take on the trope

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/4592961    challenging by orphan_account    5k, Sokka/Zuko, sparring, 

Sokka knew Fire Nation customs were weird, especially the customs surrounding royalty, but it seemed impossible for something like treating your sparring partner to be so outrageously out of Zuko's comfort zone. For Sokka, it was common sense, even if he'd grown up sparring with cloth bundles instead of real people. It was just the right thing to do. Maybe this wasn't even a Fire Nation thing, maybe it was a Zuko thing. After all, it was only recently that he'd even decided to join Team Avatar and hitch his hopes with the good guys. This might just be one of the many things that former villains had to learn – like smiling, or laughing in a way that didn't sound sharp and bladed. But looking at Zuko now, still staring at him, he had a good idea it was the former.

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Toy Story 

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/617850    Under the Table and Dreaming by hollycomb     103k, Andy/Sid, 

Andy met Sid when he was four years old, and while some things change, a lot of things stay the same. 

this fic is an amazing read  

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South Park

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/2460731    Never Change by hollycomb    115k, Stan/Kyle, murder mystery, closeted character, 

Thirteen years after his high school girlfriend's pregnancy upended his life, Stan is still in South Park, working with his partner Bebe as a local cop. They're in the process of investigating a series of possibly connected murders when FBI agent Kyle Broflovski returns to town and informs his old friend Stan that this is his investigation now.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/16691212    Little Runaway by scarecrow_horses    42k Xander/Spike, domestic, off-screen prostitution, 

An alternate ending to the 'Glory' problem from season 5. Dawn comes up with the perfect solution, and Spike reluctantly agrees. Now they just need a 'rational, mature, adult' to make the idea palatable to Buffy. Enter Xander.....

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/1076429    Ritual, With Oil by dustandroses    2k, Xander/Spike, painting on skin, magical ritual, voyeurism, 

This was what Xander got for volunteering. He needed to stop doing that.

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/r/NoSleep

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https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/8oueb7/i_work_security_at_disney_world_well_i_mean_i_did/    I work security at Disney World... well, I mean I did. by u/disneysecurity    

I work in security at Disney World, the happiest place on Earth. Typically, I wouldn’t say where I work as obviously there are some pretty strict rules about things employees can put online, but I just don’t think I can tell this properly without that context. And, honestly, I think this may be it for me anyway with this job. I just can’t see myself working here any longer now. 

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https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3iex1h/im_a_search_and_rescue_officer_for_the_us_forest/   I'm a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell by u/searchandrescuewoods 

I wasn't sure where else to post these stories, so I figured I'd share them here. I've been an SAR officer for a few years now, and along the way I've seen some things that I think you guys will be interested in. 

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https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/9z3cm6/so_yeah_i_dont_do_drugs_anymore/    So, Yeah... I Don't Do Drugs Anymore. by u/TheJesseClark 

I mean, I was never a heavy addict, or anything. Never did heroin, or meth. Tried crack cocaine once. That was… yeah. But I was only sober for eight months between that and when Eddie, an old buddy of mine, introduced me to something called K3. Against my better judgement, I took him up on the offer.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/9418eh/i_saw_something_on_the_evening_news_that_i_cant/    I saw something on the evening news that I can't explain by u/OQS

My work friends and I were out at our favourite pub last night. Not a really fancy place but, you know, cheap beer and close enough to home that I don't have to drive. The night started out normally enough, the four of us crammed into a small table off in the corner, mostly talking shop and shitting on our boss. Being this was the middle of the week there weren't too many other people around, maybe around eight or nine others in the whole place. Everybody just kinda keeping to themselves, sorta people you'd expect to see in a pub on a Wednesday.

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Not enough? check out my notdead recs tag for previous editions containing another 1586+ fic recs (jfc) in various fandoms

[rangoatemybabynsfw]

Klance captured by Lotor, tied to chairs facing eachother, each filled with a vibrator. Lotor turns Lance's on and tells him it'll turn off when he cums - but when Lance's gets turned off, Keith's will get turned on, and vice versa. Each tries to hold off as long as possible to save the other from humiliation, but their job isn't made easy as Lotor teases his new toys. Not to mention the other paladin trying to coax them to orgasm with words so they can take on the burden and protect the other.

Oooo! Non-con sexual torture with lots of humiliation! :D I love it!

(But I’m going to put it under a cut because a lot of people aren’t into Non-Con/Dub-Con)

He’s never seen Lance like this before. Though to be fair, he doubts Lance wanted anyone see him like this. Stripped of his clothes and strapped into a chair, unable to move even an inch. Sitting in front of Keith who is restrained similarly. As if getting captured wasn’t humiliating enough, Lotor decided it would be fun to torture his ‘guests’.

Keith wishes he’d just gone with the usual types of torture–he can take a hit or two without issue. In fact, he’d almost prefer being tazed to what he has to look forward to. Lance squirms as much as he’s able and bites his bottom lip as his cheeks get redder and redder with each passing second.

The low hum of the vibrator pressed into his ass fills the otherwise silent room. Keith tries to give him as much privacy as he’s able by not looking directly at him or his hard and dripping cock. Not that it matters. Lance’s eyes are pinched shut in absolute shame so he wouldn’t know who was looking at him anyway.

“Look at our lovely defender of the universe,” Lotor tsks and forces Keith’s face to turn and look at Lance. “He’s working so hard. You should thank him. Over ten minutes now just to keep you from suffering the same fate.”

Keith swallows as he looks Lance over. Body shivering and weak noises exhaling out of him. Admittedly, he always thought Lance was the weakest willed among them but from how long he’s lasted in this he’s ready to amend that assumption. Lance can do anything he puts his mind to, even withstand sexual torture to protect his teammates until rescue arrives.

That should be Keith’s job. He’s supposed to be protecting his team–not the other way around. Lance shouldn’t have to do this.

“Lance, it’s…it’s okay. Lance, you can–”

“Sh-Shut up, K-Keith,” Lance huffs. “I c-can’t focus if…you’re t-talking.”

“Did you see that great leader?” Lotor whispers to Keith, claws grazing his chin. “He almost lost control. Wonder why?”

Keith tries to jerk his head away but he can’t go far. His neck is latched to the back of the chair, just like Lance’s is. He can avert his gaze to avoid looking at Lance but…he doesn’t want to. He keeps coming back to Lance’s twitching cock and the little trail of precome dripping from it. Lance is starting to whimper as he clenches his jaw. It must be painful, holding back like this. He should take a break.

So Keith tries again.

“Lance,” he says softly. “Just…let go. I can take it on for a bit.”

“N-No, I g-got this,” Lance shakes his head. “And s-stop…talking to me.”

“You’ve done enough, Lance–”

“S-Stop, Keith,” Lance gasps. “I c-can’t…I can’t do this if…you k-keep…s-saying my name.”

Keith blinks with an idea. If that’s true then–

“Lance,” Keith says, trying to get his attention but he bites his lip with a whimper and shakes his head. “Lance.”

“K-Keith, I’m…b-begging you. Sh-Shut up or I’ll–”

“Lance,” Keith says and Lance’s body goes rigid. “Lance, please just do it. Let me help you.”

“Oh, hah…oh fuck…K-Keith!” he moans and come spurts out of his cock as he comes. “Oh god…Keith…”

Finally, Lance can take a break. He’s more than earned it.

“How sweet,” Lotor purrs. “Your turn then,” he says just as the vibrator in Keith’s ass starts up.

Keith holds out for a while. Teeth clenched together and eyes pinched shut just like Lance had done. But he can still hear Lance breathing heavy. At one point he opens his eyes just a slit to look at Lance. He’s flushed and sweating, eyes hazed and–cock hard as he watches Keith.

“Hmmm thinking about starting up some recording devices,” Lotor muses as he watches. “This is too wonderful not to share with the entire Galra empire…I’ll return shortly. Have fun you two.”

The second he’s gone, Lance opens his mouth.

“Finish before he gets back,” Lance tells him. “I’ll…I’ll take over while he’s recording.”

“Why?” Keith breathes out.

“You’re the leader of Voltron–no one needs to see you falling apart on screen,” Lance says. “I’ll…I’ll do it. No one cares about me.”

“Th-That’s not…true,” Keith says through gritted teeth.

“It is,” Lance combats. “So…come already. I can’t protect anyone but…I can protect your dignity a little.”

Keith wishes Lance would stop looking at him. That he’d do him the courtesy of closing his eyes or averting his gaze to the ceiling. Being watched like this…is making it hard to maintain control.

“L-Look away,” Keith gasps out.

“So you can finish?”

“N-No. I mean, yeah,” Keith tries to trick him. “I don’t…want you to see.”

Lance looks away and for a moment Keith feels a little calmer. Thank god. Without those blue eyes on him, he thinks he could last for quite a while longer. But Lance catches on when he doesn’t come in the next few minutes. He turns back with an annoyed frown.

“Keith, you said–”

“I know what I said!” Keith barks out and swallows the spit in his mouth. “I…I can do this.”

“Keith–”

“Wh-Why did hearing me talk get you off?” Keith asks and the room goes silent with the exception of the vibrator still going. “You…you called out my name too,” he adds when Lance doesn’t answer him.

“Because you wouldn’t shut up,” Lance lies.

“N-No…that’s not…how you said my name,” Keith shakes his head. “I said t-turn away,” he reminds Lance but those eyes stay trained on him. “Lance please I-I need you t-to…look s-somewhere else.”

“Or you’ll what? You’ll come?” Lance asks. He didn’t think Keith’s face could get redder. “You…you get off on it…on someone watching you.”

“N-No…” Keith shakes his head and pinches his eyes shut again as he takes a ragged breath. “N-Not just someone…it’s…it’s because it’s you.”

Lance blinks in shock at that reveal but doesn’t stop staring at a panting Keith. Keith who squirms and writhes in his chair trying to free himself. Keith, who’s eyes fall on Lance with…longing and lust and everything in between. The thick cock between his legs drips down his shaft and Lance’s eyes follow it intently.

Then a look comes over Lance, like he’s made a decision.

“Come,” Lance says while resolutely staring at his cock. “I want to see it.”

Oh no. Lance figured exactly what to do and say to get his stone walls to crumble. Eyes firmly on him as his pleasure mounts. He won’t be able to protect Lance from this sexual humiliation if he keeps this up.

“L-Lance, s-stop,” Keith groans. “Don’t–”

“I want to see that thick cock of yours come. Want to look at you as your body shakes,” Lance says and Keith’s will weakens. “If I was free…I’d get on my knees and suck you off…looking up at you the whole time.”

“F-Fuck…Lance!” Keith rasps, so close to snapping.

“Come on, Keith. Come,” Lance says, his eyes raking down Keith’s body. “For me.”

The last thread breaks and Keith comes with a cry. Thick dribbles of sticky come pour out into a puddle on the chair between his spread legs. He breathes raggedly, interspersed with weak groans. When his eyes open the vibrations inside him stop and suddenly start again inside Lance.

Now that they know what gets them both off, they try in earnest to get the other to come to keep the other from having to suffer. Lotor records their humiliation with a dark laugh. Excited to share it with the world once one or both of them begs him to stop. To let them go.

They come over and over again under each other’s watchful gaze and coaxing words.

(And because I like a happy ending) They get rescued before the footage can go public. It’s humiliating to have their friends enter the room and see them like this but at least the universe didn’t have to see. After all is said and done, both of them can’t stop thinking about the other. Eventually, they breach the subject of…trying it again. Without being held prisoner. Just the two of them.

And they both agree heartily.

[angels17324]

The Violet Paladin (Keith x Reader) Ch. 4

Word Count: 1902 Update Schedule: Every Monday [Masterlist] [prev]

The next morning after the attack I woke up really early. I decided I had nothing better to do at the moment so I got dressed and grabbed my drawing supplies and walked down to my lions' hangar. It didn't take long to get there and I sat against one of the walls and started to sketch my lion. It was very peaceful... Until an alarm started blaring. I jumped dropping my supplies before running up to the control room. Though it didn't take long to realize that it was all just a test when I joined the others to see nothing had happened.

"I guess this isn't an actual attack," Shiro looked at the two Alteans in front of us. I was kind of irritated that they faked an attack.

"And it's a good thing it wasn't because it took you too long," She reprimanded us. I looked around and noticed we were missing someone. "Where is Lance?" She asked.

The door opened and we all turned to see Lance walk in. "good morning everybody, what's going on?" He asked.

"Coran and I have been up for hours trying to fix the castle we had to test the alarms and we decided to test you as well, guess which ones failed," She was really angry at us, but I mean we've haven't been doing this for very long, so of course we're not good at this yet. Hunk tried to explain that we've been through a lot in a short time, and it wasn't really helping.

"You must understand the stakes of our mission," Allura pulled up another one of those maps and most of the dots turned red, while only a few remained blue where the blue was, she explained was earth and an attack there was inevitable.

"The Princess is right we should go to our lions and start training," Shiro ordered.

"But wait, I need to talk to those prisoners we freed from the Galra," Pidge interjected.

"Negative number six. I have you ranked by height, okay?" Coran explained, "They won't wake up until tomorrow."

"That's right. Now get to your lions." Allura told us. Everyone quickly changed and we all went to the different elevators that lead to our lions. I walked in and sat down before quickly flying out to meet the others we were all there except Hunk…

"Should someone fly in to check on him?" I asked.

"I'm here guys!" Hunk said flying out.

"Alright let's start by flying in formation," Shiro said. Everyone flew off and after about a minute of nothing happening everyone was disappointed. "Let's sit down and think about this,"

"Maybe we should build Voltron from the ground up," Keith suggested. "What do you mean?"

"I mean let's try literally building Voltron, like stacking on top of each other,"

"Like a cheerleader Pyramid?" Lance asked sarcastically.

"I don't hear you coming up with any ideas Lance," I commented I could almost hear his pout and Keith's smirk.

"It's worth a try," Shiro said. We all landed and stacked on top of each other, somehow Hunk managed to get himself on top.

"Hunk, what are you doing?" Shiro asked.

"What do you mean?" He acted innocent.

"You're supposed to be the leg. Over there,"

"What? No, I thought I was the head," He tried to reason.

"You yelled, 'I'm a leg!'" Lance complained.

"Yeah, well I was yelling a lot of things,"

"Shiro's the head," Keith said sternly.

"If we're going to try this we have to do it right Hunk," I told him. We tried again and still, nothing happened.

Shiro sighed, "Let's take a break."

"Sorry to interrupt," Allura's face appeared on a screen. "But I may be able to help. Yesterday you were able to form Voltron until you were in the heat of battle right?" Everyone agreed. "Perfect," She smiled "Because I need to run a diagnostic test on all of the castle defenses. This should help." She almost seemed too happy. The barrier around the castle appeared and started firing lasers at us.

"Forget this I'm heading back to the castle!" Lance shouted attempting to run away. Everyone was telling her to stop but she didn't listen and left soon after. We were out there for a while dodging the lasers until the finally stopped everyone flew in and went to the common area.

I sat upside down on the couch between Keith and Pidge with my legs kicked over the top. Everyone was relaxing before Allura and Coran walked in talking about the castle before she noticed everyone.

"You did it! You formed Voltron!" She was proud.

"No. the shooting stopped and the particle barrier shut down, so we just flew in," Keith looked at her.

"What?" Allura seemed pissed.

"What are you guys doing in here? We aren't taking a break," Shiro scolded us. "You need to train,"

"We have. When are we going back to Earth?" Hunk asked.

"There won't be an Earth if we don't defeat Zarkon," Shiro said.

"Yeah, how?" Lance asked, "We can't even form Voltron."

"Well, I'm not surprised the original paladins fought in hundreds of battles. Side-by-side, similar to a pack of Yalmors linked at the ears," Coran said.

"That doesn't describe us at all," Lance flopped down.

"In the last attack, your survival instincts forced you to work as a team. That will only get you so far, however. You need to become a real team. Try working out on the training deck,"

The six of us were on the training deck and needless to say, it didn't go well at all, nor did the training in the lions. So Coran brought us back to the training deck with these weird head things, everyone was sat in a circle facing each other. Coran told us what to do. I immediately thought of my family and how much I missed them. Everyone except Pidge was able to form their lions.

"Pidge stop thinking about your girlfriend!" Keith yelled.

"I wasn't! Hunk was rooting around in my head!" She defended.

"Clear your heads!" Coran told us. Everyone tried to focus again, this time we formed Voltron but not for long.

"Pidge!" Lance said.

"I'm done with this!" She yelled throwing off the headgear. "I don't want everyone grubbing around in my head!"

"We're finally starting to get the hang of this." Shiro looked at her.

"I'm just... I'm tired okay," She said sadly.

"Let's take a break," Coran brought everyone drinks before Allura came in yelling at everyone. She was really starting to piss me off today. Nonetheless, everyone got up and got ready to fight the gladiator.

Hunk was the first to get attacked, and he fired his cannon, before getting knocked out. Pidge attempted to attack before also getting taken out. Lance and Keith both went to attack before it knocked them into each other. Shiro was about to attack but stopped. I aimed and shot at it trying to avoid the others. As soon as Keith turn around to check on Shiro, both of them got knocked into me taking all three of us out.

"That gladiator was set at a level fit for an Altean child! You're nowhere near working as a team!" She scolded us.

"Okay paladins! I've made a big batch of focus food," We all sat at the table again I got sat between Keith and Pidge.

"Smells great Coran. Thanks," Shiro said just as everyone was about to dig in all our arms were pulled together.

"What the heck Coran," I glared at him. Coran and Allura were both really starting to get on my nerves.

"I saw a lot of great individual performances today, but you're still struggling to work as a team. So welcome to the final bonding exercise of the day," Everyone was slightly pulling on the cuffs but we were all stuck.

"Coran, I want you to think about what you're doing," Hunk warned. 

"You get to feed each other like a pack of Yalmors!" He said excitedly. Everyone kind of glared at each other, and as we tried you were all failing miserably.

"Do Earthlings ever stop complaining?" Allura glared at you all.

"Can't you just give us a break?" Shiro said.

"Yeah, we're not some prisoners for you to toy with, like..." Keith started.

"Like a bunch of toy prisoners!" Lance said.

"Yes! Thank you, Lance!"

"You do not yell at the Princess." Coran joined the fight.

"Oh, the princess of what?" Pidge yelled before getting smacked in the face with food goo. I grabbed a plate of food with Pidge tried to throw some back at Allura before everyone got hit by Coran.

"Oh, it's on now," Hunk said. Suddenly I realized what was going on, they were giving us a common enemy, you all began to attack working as a team and soon after everyone was covered in the green goo. I turned to look at Pidge and Keith and started laughing because of how silly we all must have looked.

"Enough!" Allura yelled and got our attention. "Do you see what you're doing? You're finally working together as one!"

"Yeah, she's right." Keith looked at Lance.

"I actually don't hate you right now."

"Everyone thinking what I'm thinking?" Hunk asked.

"Let's form Voltron!"

"Uh... Actually, desert but yeah that too." We all tried to move before you fell still being cuffed together. After we all cleaned up we ran to your lions. This time we were able to successfully form Voltron.

After I went back to the common room where everyone was just sitting around. "I'm so excited I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight," Lance said.

"Not me as soon as my head hits the pillow I'll be lights out,"

"You know I realized something when we were in Voltron we're like brothers man." Hunk pulled Keith and Lance into a hug. "You know except for (Y/n) who I guess would be our sister."

I rolled my eyes at the comment. "Hunk's right though we're like a family now." Everyone started to leave the room.

"You coming to Pidge and (Y/n)?" Shiro asked.

"In a minute," Pidge said. I turned to the younger girl.

"I know you miss them, and I promise you we will find them," I told her hugging her.

"Please don't tell the others but I want to leave to find them on my own," Pidge confided in me.

"I won't tell them, but I want you to think about it, please, we can find them together you don't need to be alone," I told her.

"I'm just scared,"

"We all are, up until just a few days ago we didn't know what happened and come to find out that aliens both exist and there's a hostile group trying to take over the whole universe. Enough of this though we should head to sleep," I walked to our rooms with her before saying goodnight.

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VLD3x02 – “Red Paladin”

3x02 – “Red Paladin”

Sunrise over a shattered town on Puig. A ship of a design not yet seen on the show suddenly shows up over the town. (The episode unrealistically shows no one reacting to the ship until it’s literally right over the town.) The townsman yells that they’re under attack, so either the Puigians are still on edge because of the recent conflict and ousting of the Galra from the planet, or they’ve seen hostile ships that look like this one while we viewers haven’t. Cut to inside: It’s Lotor’s generals, who literally jump out of the ship and land easily. Acxa gives orders – find the leader, take prisoners, and kill none one – to the other three, so she must be the one in charge of the group. The Puigians try to fight them off, but they’re no match. Narti can see through her cat. Zethrid wrestles with a large beast of burden. Ezor gets to the leader before he can call for help.

They all, Lotor included, converge on the location of the leader. As much as they have a gentler hand compared to what is normal for Galra, Lotor and his generals are still highly aggressive and domineering. Just because they’re not as bad as most Galra doesn’t mean they’re not still a bunch of bullies. The Puigian leader speaks more bravely and defiantly than his personality last episode would have suggested. Lotor rejects the idea that it’s possible for the Puigians to be free because Voltron isn’t there to continuously defend them. So, it’s not like Lotor doesn’t think the Galra should enslave people, he just wants to be less brutal in the process.

“Join us, and you’ll never need Voltron again,” Lotor says. Since no one but the Galra are a threat, the only reason they need Voltron in the first place is because of Lotor and the other Galra. Again, Lotor and the generals are bullies.

Team Voltron is still trying to figure out what to do about Voltron without Shiro. Pidge brings up that Allura made her big pilot-Lion pairing proclamation back in 1x02 “From Days of Long Ago.” Allura says she can’t do the same thing now that she did then. She says back then she “immediately recognized the special qualities in each of [them].” That’s a big handwave since getting to know someone takes time; she’s saying then she didn’t need time, but now she does?

Coran brings up that Keith has piloted the Black Lion before, once to save Shiro. Of course, that seems to me more that that was to save Shiro, not because Keith had a bond with or met the preferred qualities of the Black Lion. Of course, Lance is instantly jealous. Pidge instantly identifies Keith as being “The Loner.” Maybe he’s not a loner, maybe he just doesn’t like being around people who are so instantly dismissive of him as Pidge is being here. Honestly, if Pidge spoke about me the way she is of Keith here, I wouldn’t want to be around her.

Lance says he doesn’t want Keith to lead him, and Keith reacts strongly, saying, “I don’t want to be the leader, that’s just what Shiro wanted.” Most seem to respect the idea that Shiro wanted Keith to replace him, but Lance is obnoxious and rejects it. “I never heard Shiro say that, and how convenient that you’re bringing it up now that Shiro is gone,” Lance says. As if Lance would be privy to everyone else’s private conversations. Lance’s behavior might be a little more understandable if this show ever explained where this supposed rivalry between him and Keith came from. As it is, the rivalry seems like nothing but a bullet point in a list of supposed characteristics, not something actually derived from a conceived history between the two characters. Without any underlying cause to explain the rivalry, it’s impossible to see any validity to Lance’s behavior here beyond him just being mean.

Keith tells Lance if he wants to be leader so badly, go for it. It’s clear that Keith doesn’t want the position. I wouldn’t want to lead these people either if I were Keith.

Now Hunk jumps in, saying that since he “called the head from the very beginning,” he should be leader. Pidge says because she’s the one who discovered the transmission that led them to Voltron in the first place, she should be leader. (She’s not being accurate though; that transmission only led them to Shiro. They found Blue as a bit of a team effort, though that effort started with Keith long before Pidge was involved.) The behavior of Lance, Hunk, and Pidge in this scene demonstrates once again that none of them are actually upset that Shiro’s gone. They’re arguing like children over toys. One might would think that having spent the past extended period of time fighting in a war, they would have matured at least somewhat, but no.

Coran interrupts them to say that the Lions get a say in this. Allura concurs, saying that they all have to “present themselves to the Lions.” Coran is shocked Allura would present herself, but Allura says if she expects others to fight in battle, she has to be willing to fight just as they would. It’s a fair point. In a way, it’s parallel to Lotor’s unwillingness to stand back and send others to fight for him that was mentioned last episode.

They each sit in Black. She doesn’t respond to Allura, to Pidge, or to Hunk. Coran confronts Hunk over how little time he waited for a response, and Hunk answers that he doesn’t want to leave Yellow. Thankfully, the show does have Coran call Hunk out on how in the previous scene he had said he wanted to be the head. Hunk says he wanted to do that with the Yellow Lion. Of all the people to say/think such a thing: The engineer of the group demonstrates that despite working with Voltron as long as he has, he still has no mind about how it works. It’s really hard to not use the word stupid to describe these characters’ behavior. Black doesn’t respond to Lance either.

Finally, Keith accedes to Allura’s request and tries. As he sits in Black, he talks as if to Shiro, and Black responds. “Please, no,” Keith quietly begs as Black’s systems come online. It’s heartbreaking to see Keith like this. Keith still rejects the idea of being the team leader. Lance (until they choose to write him obnoxiously again) is now okay with the idea of Keith as leader, saying Black has chosen Keith. This shift in Lance’s behavior is such a severe turn in his character that it doesn’t feel realistic or earned. I would need to see Lance wrestling with himself over this to buy this change.

They then think about who’ll replace Keith in the Red Lion. And here’s part of the problem with this storyline. It’s one thing to say Black needs a new pilot, even to say that Black has chosen Keith as that pilot, but Keith is bonded to Red. Keith is significantly bonded to Red. We’ve seen Red come from across great distance to rescue Keith multiple times in the first two seasons of the show. But now, here, there’s no problem with Keith just walking away from Red. His bond with Red simply ceases to exist.

Allura tries with Red. It would make so much sense for her to pilot Red, as she says, “to follow in [Alfor’s] footsteps.” For that matter, it would have made sense for her to have piloted Black too. Of the remaining people on this ship, she is already a leader. But Red does not respond to her. She begs Red, ending up crying, saying that others are risking their lives. She doesn’t seem to recognize all the times so far in this story that she’s risked her life. I really don’t like the idea that she doesn’t understand she hasn’t been as sheltered from the fight as she seems to think she has.

Lotor’s having a meeting with his generals. The details, such as they are, of the intelligence they have on Voltron hits a few of my buttons. The maps they display look like they’re of solar systems. Axca meanwhile uses the word “quadrants” to describe the areas that she’s reporting on. I really don’t like how easily shows use the word “quadrant” while seemingly ignoring that by nature of the word itself, it only reduces an area into four parts. Since this show is dealing with an area on the scale of the whole universe (I still often think this show would have fit better if it took place only in one galaxy), a “quadrant” is an astoundingly huge area. So, a report on appearances in a “quadrant” doesn’t effectively narrow down anything. Lotor notices from the information that the Black Lion hasn’t made any appearances lately.

Back to the Paladins. “A new Paladin? Where would we even start looking?” Pidge asks. Everyone was willing to shuffle around if it meant they would get Black, but now that it’s an issue of someone to be with Red, only Allura’s checking to see if Red would accept her? Oh, and why hasn’t Coran been a part of this, shouldn’t he be a potential Paladin too? Ultimately, this whole plot is unnatural. It’s written to give an excuse to put characters where the EPs want them, not because it is the natural outcome of what these characters would do.

Lance suggests a mermaid Paladin; please, let’s not revisit that terrible episode. As they start suddenly remembering that the people in this room aren’t the entire population of the universe, they start shouting out the names of alien species they’ve met in the show. Spontaneously, a communication from the leader of the Puig pops up on a nearby display screen. The way communications to the Castle Ship just spontaneously start without anyone on the Castle’s side of the communication having to effectively answer the phone is so strange to me.

Turns out the Puigian leader wasn’t exactly calling for help himself, he was being mentally controlled by Narti. Like Ezor’s invisibility, this is a significant ability. It’s one thing for Narti to be able to see through her cat, but how is she able to mentally control people? We haven’t seen other Galra with psychic skills like this, so is this supposed to be some ability she has through her non-Galra side? Unless I’m not remembering others, Narti also joins Antok in being the only two Galra shown to have tails. I’m not a fan of how loosely this show plays with the concept of species. It’s become such a trope in space-based science fiction at this point, but different species from different planets would not be able to produce offspring. If Narti can control people like this, I’m surprised that she’s been allowed to exist given how tightly Zarkon and Haggar have kept the reigns of power. I would think they would have worried she could turn her mind control ability on them. Mostly, it’s just this show never actually thinking through the logistics of the situation.

Voltron, now without a Red Paladin, goes to help Puig. Keith, now in Black, is still thinking of Shiro. Blue won’t let Lance board her. Why? Why in the world would Blue suddenly reject Lance? Again, this whole episode is about contorting the characters to fit a desired outcome, not following the characters to what would be a natural outcome for them. The EPs decreed that Lance replace Keith as the Red Paladin, so they have to get him out of Blue. But Lance is supposed to be bonded to Blue. And rather than taking the time to dissolve the bond between Lance and Blue, they just have Blue shut him out so that he has to go to Red. This story is so disrespectful of everything the show has done in the past two seasons.

We get to see what Puig looks like from space in this episode. Once again, this show visually designs a planet that is not a planet. Puig looks like the left-over core from an apple that’s been eaten. It’s absolutely ridiculous.

Lotor starts speaking. Why the show puts an echo on his voice, as if he’s speaking through an amplification system to be heard over a distance when he’s on a ship in space, I don’t know. More of the show not actually caring that they’re telling a story set in space, I guess. Lotor attacks Black, Green, and Yellow.

I actually feel bad for Lance when he says to Blue, “Do you hate me now?” Lance’s wanting to fly Black would not invalidate the bond he had with Blue though. Ugh, the show then writes Lance to flirt with Blue.

I like that Keith has difficulty piloting Black, that the controls of Black don’t respond for him the way the controls of Red do. It would take time to adjust. This is probably the most realistic thing to happen in this episode.

“Not only am I not meant to be the leader, I guess now I’m not even meant to be a Paladin,” Lance says. This does touch on what came up in 2x10 “Escape from Beta Traz” about Lance’s significant insecurities. This is an important aspect of his character, so I’m glad to see it return. It doesn’t explain why his bond with Blue is suddenly nonexistent. And these insecurities are instantly set aside, unaddressed, because Red roars for Lance. Why Red is interested in Lance now, especially in this moment in which Lance is feeling sad makes no sense. Red is supposed to be notably aggressive. Of all the moments in this episode in which Red would bond with Lance, right now when Lance is at his lowest is not when it would happen.

I do like that Lance thinks Red might would be roaring for Allura. Given how he has treated Allura in the past, it’s nice that he has a moment that is kind, genuine, and shows him capable of seeing Allura as being a person and not just as a target of his flirtations.

Allura, however, says that because Red is the right-hand of Voltron, and Lance accepted Keith as the new leader, that that’s why Red wants Lance now. Of course, everyone has accepted Keith as the new leader, so that doesn’t explain why Red wants Lance and not someone else. Again, this all feels so forced.

Lance jumps in Red and heads out. Allura’s walking away from Blue, and Blue lowers her shields and lightly growls to get Allura’s attention.

Lotor orders the attack to specifically target the Black Lion; he can apparently tell that Keith’s not adept at flying Black yet. Hunk and Pidge ask Keith what to do. Keith says attack the ship. Pidge responds, “Can you be more specific? We need an actual plan.” I really don’t like the voice acting on Pidge for this line; she is severely condescending.

Lance and Red show up and destroy dozens of fighters in mere seconds. The attack capacity for the Lions fluctuates so wildly on this show. One minute, a Lion can be overwhelmed by having to deal with three fighters, the next, a Lion blows up several dozens in one blast. It’s so inconsistent.

The Castle Ship finally shows up to the battle. Even with the trouble they’ve had with the Lions, I don’t know why the Castle Ship is only now arriving to the battle. Its prior absence is contrived.

“Wow, we really are kind of a mess! We need to get organized. Keith, what should we do?” Pidge says. Her voice is still condescending.

Blue, piloted by Allura, enters the battle. There is no explanation as to why Blue is apparently now bonded to Allura. It really is that there was just an empty spot in the team that the show wedged her into.

After the battle, Lance talks to Blue. There’s still no explanation as to why his bond to Blue is severed. Even if Red was interested in Lance, that doesn’t explain why Lance and Blue’s bond would be gone. Lance sounds genuinely sad about not piloting Blue. It ends up feeling more like Lance is being forced into Red, not that he naturally fits there either through personality or development of the plot.

Allura’s Paladin armor is pink, which she says is a color worn to honor fallen warriors. She says she’s wearing it to honor Shiro, but that would make this the first time the show’s shown her to care about him being gone. Of course, she’s in pink because that’s what she wore in the 80s version of Voltron. Girls = pink; we get it. Lance hands over the blue bayard.

Keith leaves in Black. Somehow during the battle, he put a tracker on Lotor’s ship. He didn’t bother telling anyone that he had done so until now as he’s in pursuit of Lotor’s ship. The episode ends with him proclaiming that if everyone wants him to lead, that this is how he’s doing it. You’ve got to be kidding me. I get that Keith might not have the social skills of being a leader, but he’s not tactically illiterate. If he was going to have the team mount an attack against Lotor, he would not just fly off by himself.

This episode was exhausting to get through. It took longer to process than most episodes. The Paladin switch is uninspired and unnatural. None of what happens in this episode feels like the logical outcome of events. I can buy Keith in Black for a while. The show did set up last season the idea of Keith replacing Shiro. But I don’t buy that Black is actually interested in Keith. I can only see Keith as temporarily in Black as a way of Black trying to continue the fight. We later learn that Black right now has Shiro’s soul in her psychic space, which demonstrates Black is unwilling to actually move on from Shiro dying. Any acceptance Keith has from Black is temporary, per the structure of the story of Shiro’s death and eventual return.

But Red taking Lance makes no sense. The severance of the bond between Lance and Blue is insulting to what the show has done with them in the past two seasons. Allura in Blue makes no sense, with there being no bond between them whatsoever. Ultimately, this whole plot feels like it’s being forced.

[ao3feed-voltronlegendarydefender]

Inspection (Omovember Day 1)

read it on the AO3 at Inspection (Omovember Day 1)

by omospacecat

Druid Arvek wasn't involved with interrogating prisoners, not exactly. More that his job was initial inspection and processing, particularly for species they didn't encounter very often. Like this human strapped onto his table.

OR

One of Haggar's druids inspects a captive Keith. Finding the boy needs to relieve his bladder, Arvek decides to toy with him a little.

Words: 2110, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Omovember 2019

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Original Character

Additional Tags: Omorashi, Desperation, Accidental wetting, Implied/Referenced Torture, omovember, Male Desperation, pee desperation, Bladder Control, I didn't mean for this one to get so dark lol

read it on the AO3 at Inspection (Omovember Day 1)

[pumpkins-s]

How different do you think the first scenes of first episode would be in Prison Talks au??

“…So is this the part where you demand we sneak out and hit the town or something?”

“No, don’t be stupid,” Lance shrugs on his jacket, blank-faced, and Hunk shoots him a scathing look. “Pidge has been sneaking out at night. I’m going to check what they’re doing, and then make them go back to bed.”

“Wow, you’ve really become the nagging mom, haven’t you?” Hunk chuckles, and Lance just blinks dully. He pulls the door open, disappearing out into the hall, and Hunk chases after. “Hey, wait up!”

In another life, if things were like they used to be, he’d be the one chastising Lance about not breaking house rules. He’d be the one reluctantly begged into mischief as Lance and Loraine grabbed at his hands and pulled him along, giggling all the while as they snuck into the ship depot to borrow a hoverjet, and Hunk would whisper in a scandalized voice Loraine, you’re an officer, should you really be encouraging this?

He catches up to Lance as they round the corner, and shoots his best friend—someone he’s known intimately and thoroughly since childhood, and yet someone he feels he’ll never quite fully understand—a hopeful side-eye. “How about we just grab Pidge and go to the movies or something? They’ve got that new horror movie on you know I very much do not want to see. You could take videos of me screaming and send them to Igraine? You could write a scathing review of it for Mavis! You know they’d both like that!”

Hunk is aware his statement directly contradicts itself. That he is suggesting something he never would have willingly participated in a few months ago. He doesn’t much care anymore, honestly. Whatever it takes to restore some semblance of normalcy to their lives.

Lance twitches, and Hunk can tell he wants to, desperately and deeply, underneath the armor where he is still soft and silly and Lance. After a moment, he shakes his head, eyes skittering away, and Hunk sighs.

“Igraine’s…too busy for junk like that. And that won’t help Mavis get better. They understand. If—When I bring Loraine home, then everything will be better.”

“…Yeah,” Hunk mumbles. “Sure.”

In another life, Hunk thinks, things would be different.

But they’re not, and so long as Loraine is lost, so is Lance to him, too.

[legendary-defender-of-fandoms]

So . . . Can we talk about Allura’s racism?

I was rewatching Avatar the Last Airbender to see if it still holds up as an amazing piece of animation (spoiler alert, it does), and I got to the episode “Return to Omashu.”

For those who don’t know or remember, Aang & the crew travelled to Omashu so Aang could learn Earthbending from his old friend King Bumi, but when they got to the city they found the Fire Nation had conquered it. They were able to evacuate all of the Earth Kingdom civilians, but during the evacuation they accidentally kidnapped the governor’s infant son Tom Tom (long story).

That night, everyone was just kind of chilling & trying to figure out what to do with this random Fire Nation baby. Now, keep in mind, the Fire Nation has been conquering the world for the past 100 years. They wiped out Aang’s people, murdered Sokka and Katara’s mother, and might have killed Aang’s last human friend from his own time. But our team never suggests harming Tom Tom. Sokka scolded him for trying to suck on his battle club, calling him a “bad Fire Nation baby,” but a) babies shouldn’t play with weapons, and b) they didn’t know Tom Tom’s name. Katara swatted Sokka for scolding Tom Tom, then started cuddling Tom Tom & gushing over how cute he is. An Omashu general had kind of a jaded view on Tom Tom, saying he would grow up to be drafted in the Fire Nation’s armed forces, but Katara didn’t care. All she saw was a cute little baby.

This interaction, and all of Team Avatar fighting to keep Tom Tom safe during a botched prisoner exchange for King Bumi and Aang later sneaking Tom Tom back to his parents, led me to thinking about how Team Voltron would respond to finding a lost/abandoned Galra baby during one of their adventures.

Hunk & Lance would probably whip out some impressive baby care skills, after helping to take care of their younger cousins/nieces & nephews. Might even see some “friendly” debate over how to take care of the Galra baby; which way to lay the baby down for a nap, where to pat the baby to properly burp it, corn starch vs baby powder, etc.

Pidge wouldn’t know what to make of the Galra baby. She might observe from a distance, then get involved when the baby starts to play with an Altean block toy. If she can connect intellectually with the baby (teaching basic shapes, playing Peek-a-Boo, maybe doing some “dancing filanges”), she’ll be wrapped around that baby’s finger & a total mess when the baby is eventually returned to its family.

Shiro, as resident Space Dad, would be the Baby Whisperer. Sure, he’ll try to insist that nobody get attached to the Galra baby since they’ll have to return it to the Galra eventually. But he can soothe the baby’s crying better than the “baby experts,” holds the record for the least time spent getting the baby put down for a nap, and will quash the Garrison Trio fighting over names for the baby by providing his own baby name (like Adam or Ulaz).

Coran might try to “interrogate” the Galra baby (using unimaginable torture techniques like tickling the baby’s feet with a feather), but he’ll also provide the Team with valuable information about caring for the baby & may pull out some old Altean baby products (toys, a crib, a high chair, etc.) for the baby’s use.

Keith would be fascinated by the Galra baby. He’d instantly connect with the little guy; abandoned by his family, all alone in the world. He would wonder if this sweet little baby is proof that not all Galra are inherently evil. And he’ll be the first to throw himself between the baby & any perceived threat. He might even volunteer to infiltrate a Galra colony to return the baby to its rightful parents (his half-Galra heritage & Marmorra training allowing him to get in & out without provoking a full-on Voltron fight).

But Allura? How would she react? Would she sing Altean lullabies to the Galra baby? Would she insist they dump it on the nearest Galra-inhabited planet and be on their way? Would she just stand back & glare at everyone else as they fussed over the baby, infuriated that her team is showing so much care for a Galra when the Galra probably slaughtered millions of Altean babies?

[thebeardedsoliloquy]

She-Ra: Thoughts and speculations

A little context, I’ve been a fan of Masters of the Universe for a long time, I watched the 2002 show when I was a little kid, but I have no idea whether or not that holds up or not. My recent interaction with the franchise has been the Classics Universe, where they tried to build a cohesive universe out of all the disparate entries in the franchise. But that mostly consists of toy bios, and thus lacks emotional stakes or connection.

So let me say that the new She-Ra show is everything I’ve ever wanted from MOTU. They managed to take all the whacked-out eighties toyline stuff and forge it into a compelling and human story with engaging characters. They even manage to make the almost universally stupid character names sound natural. The show also nailed MOTU’s weird mix of sci-fi and fantasy without boiling the plot down to “Magic good, technology bad” and created a unique and interesting aesthetic.

I can’t say enough good things about the show, go watch it. It’s getting compared to Voltron a lot, which I think is a tad disingenuous. Outside of sharing the keywords: Animation/Netflix/Dreamworks, She-Ra has a very different tone and aesthetic. I thought it was a lot closer to Steven Universe, though She-Ra doesn’t yet reach the heights of depth and drama, it has the same kind of sincerity and positivity that makes that show so fun to watch.

Now, let’s talk about things I would like to see in the next season, spoilers for season one:

More Ensemble Focus: While this whole Princess team was featured heavily in the marketing, the majority of the show is focused on the trio of Adora, Glimmer, and Bow, with about half of the other princesses getting a single episode of focus. This is especially noticeable for Netossa and Spinnerella, as they are established as being on team Rebellion from the very start. I called pretty early on that the full Princess team wouldn’t be assembled until the end, so I hope that now the team is assembled, future seasons will spread the focus around and develop the secondary characters more. The prison break episode showed just how fun it is to watch these characters bounce off one another, so I hope we get lots more of that in the future.

Entrapta: I think everyone with prior knowledge of the franchise knew that Entrapta was going to join the bad guys, but the way it was ultimately handled was very interesting, all the good guys think she’s dead, and she (with some manipulation from the bad guys) thinks the good guys have abandoned her. That’s gonna lead to some juicy character drama and I can’t wait to see it unfold, especially when you account for her you know, almost killing the planet.

Fleshing out the Horde: The antagonists were one of the strongest elements of the season one, Catra is a great example of the sympathetic, Zuko-type villain, but was more legitimately menacing than Zuko. Hordak also has a great presence, but I like how he has a largely inactive role in the conflict, at least for now. At the end of the season Catra becomes second-in-command of the Horde, so I wouldn’t be surprised if part of the next season’s conflict comes from Catra having to deal with other Horde leaders trying to undermine her. I would also like to see more secondary villains, Scorpia and Entrapta are great, but them yucking it up while Catra tries to be serious could get old. The show already kind of wasted one of the OG Horde characters, Grizzlor, but there is still a colorful cast of characters to pick from. The Horde employs some straight-up freaks, and I would love to see this show’s take on characters like Leech, Mantenna, or Modulok (google image ‘em).

Backstory: Okay, so I know that it is unlikely for He-Man elements to pop up in She-Ra, I believe there’s some sort of legal difficulties. But they still use the Grayskull phrase, and “Eternia“ is used as a password by the First Ones. We also see brief flashes of what are presumably Adora’s memories which could indicate her origin in Eternia.

The most interesting connection is when Light Hope tells Adora that the previous She-Ra, Mara, shifted Etheria to the dimension of Despondos, which is kind of like the Phantom Zone from DC comics. More importantly, in the Classics continuity, it’s where King Grayskull, ancestor of She-Ra and He-Man and the first guy to wield the magic sword, yeeted Hordak and the Horde after fighting them on Eternia. After Grayskull died, the sword was reforged into two swords, one entrusted to the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, the other entrusted to Light Hope on Etheria. Now, the Horde putzed around in Despondos for like a thousand years, before finding and invading Etheria. But Hordak still had ways to contact Eternia, and became the evil tutor of Keldor, He-Man/She-Ra’s uncle and the dude who would eventually become Skeletor. Hordak got Keldor to try and kidnap his brother’s twin children, for prophecy reasons, but he was only able to get one, Adora, and sent her to Etheria, to be raised by the Horde. Now I don’t expect most of this backstory to make it in, but who knows.

It is also unlikely for any kind of He-man spinoff to spawn from this show, I wouls love to someone to put as much love and care into He-man as this show, but He-Man has a very different vibe, and frankly, a less interesting setup. But I could see those elements popping up in She-Ra in a limited fashion, who knows? She-Ra is dope and I can’t wait to see where things go.

[asianmc-aj]

The Red Paladin

@keithmonth Prompt 14: The Red Paladin

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Allura watched the new Paladins enter the bridge late, having mixed feelings about them. She was saddened that the previous Paladins are no longer around, but these new Paladins still have hope in becoming like them, even possibly surpassing them.

 While it seems that they are well acquainted, they struggle in working as a team. Of course, the new Black and Red Paladins work quite well together, but it’s most likely due to their close relationship. (Just like Zarkon and Alfor, her fear whispers.)

 It makes her curious as to how the two became close, having heard the current Blue Paladin’s stories about the Red Paladin. Most of the tales make the Red Paladin (Keith, her mind supplies) sound arrogant and cold.

 Yet, she’s seen how he interacts with Shiro. He didn’t appear to be arrogant or cold, maybe a little quiet and aloof but that isn’t bad.

 Then again, when he is with Lance, they tend to argue a lot. She’s curious as to how that began, who was the first to argue with the other and why?

 It’s a good thing she could use the team bonding sessions to examine these new Paladins more closely, specifically her father’s successor.

 The first training she has them go through is trying to form Voltron. It was the most important lesson they needed to cover, as it would be the best form to fight in when dealing with Zarkon.

 It did not end up as she expected. She watched their failed attempts of trying to form Voltron and it amused her when Keith suggested stacking the lions in a pyramid shape. While her memory of the times when their predecessors would form Voltron was few, she never remembered them trying it that way.

 A smile appeared on her face, as an idea popped up in her head. She decides to inform the team, “Sorry to interrupt, but I may be able to help. Yesterday, we weren’t able to form Voltron until you were in the heat of battle.”

 She listens to their agreement, noting that while Keith agrees, his comment sounds more reluctant.

 “Perfect.” She smiled, as she informed them of trying to form Voltron by testing the Castle defenses against them. It would also allow her to see how well they could fly in their Lions.

 The moment it started attacking them, she notes how it was the red lion that was the first to react and run away. (Quick reflexes just like father, possibly even better, her mind purrs.)

 “Allura, what are you doing?!”

 She takes a bit of pleasure in hearing his struggle and couldn’t help but smile more. “Running a diagnostic test on the Castle defenses and inspiring you!” She replied, cheerfully.

 Deciding to take it a step further, she decides to cheer them on, “I believe in you, Paladins! Let fear be your guide! Form Voltron!”

 She has to push these new Paladins to become better than their predecessors so that Zarkon will once and for all be defeated.

 She’s amused with Lance’s retreat, knowing that he won’t be able to enter. At Hunk’s words, she decided to increase the castle defenses so that they could understand that there was no mercy when dealing with Zarkon.

 Once she turns on the auto-lock on engage, she begins to leave, but she glances back to see how the red lion is doing. While it wasn’t surprising that it was able to dodge the blasts quickly, she was surprised with how well Keith piloted the lion.

 It was like their bond was already close and it made her feel a bit envious. It was her father’s lion, it should’ve been her right, but instead, she chose someone else. (At least he isn’t Galra, she thinks.)

 She cannot deny; however, that maybe Keith is the best suited for the red lion. It seems their instincts matched with how he has yet to be hit by a beam. She begins to wonder why his instincts were more refined than the others. She understands that Shiro had to fight in the Empire’s Arena for about a deca-phoeb, but Keith?

 She remembers seeing a blade he carries but didn’t think anything of it. Now, however, maybe she should look into that.

 No, she thinks as she shakes her head. She shouldn’t, they barely know each other and it would be too invasive of her. She will wait for him to tell her himself.

 Nodding to herself, she continues on to her destination, wanting to speak with Coran about the Castle’s systems.

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When she and Coran walk into the lounge, she notices the Paladins resting on the couches. She sees how they’re tired, but decides to ignore it because maybe they’ve finally formed Voltron.

 “You did it! You formed Voltron!” She exclaimed, hope brimming inside her.

 It was Keith, who answered first, “No. The shooting stopped and the particle barrier shut down, so we just flew in.”

 She could hear the exhaustion in his voice and could see the same from the other members, but she couldn’t help but feel irritated. These Paladins, the ones who are a symbol of hope for the Universe are unable to form Voltron.

 It makes her feel as if they aren’t trying hard enough and it angers her. (You’re mourning. You have the right, the Red Paladin has been replaced and your home destroyed, her feelings whisper to her.)

 Finally returning back to the conversation, she’s glad that Shiro agrees with her and finds truth in Coran’s words. These Paladins may not be like the previous ones but the Lions chose them and that had to mean something.

 As they left the room to head towards the training room, she peeks at Keith. She wonders how well he will do and if his instincts aren’t just when he pilots but when he fights as well.

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Having been unable to join them, she had hoped by the time that she got there that they would be able to form Voltron. However, she found them sitting on the floor drinking from the water pouches.

 “What are you doing lying around? You’re supposed to be training!”

 Coran was the one to answer her, she could see the slight guilty expression he wears. “Just resting a bit. You know, you can’t push too hard.”

 “What do you mean, ‘can’t push too hard’?” Annoyance filling her. Here they are, once again resting like the last time she came upon them. “Get up, you lazy lumps! It’s time you faced the Gladiator!”

 With this, she would be able to assess how well they are able to survive without using their lions. Of course, she will be taking it easy on them since they are still working on their teamwork.

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Disappointment seems to be a permanent fixture on her as she saw how the Paladins were quickly defeated by the Gladiator.

 While she was correct on Keith’s instincts being more refined than the others, he wasn’t even close to what her father was capable of. While he did well with blocking Hunk’s lasers, he was unable to sneak up behind the Gladiator to attack. However, she can see that he would make a fine protector when he blocked the Gladiator’s attack from hitting Shiro. (Not good enough, her mind purrs.)

 She quickly got down from the observation deck, upset that they didn’t even show any type of teamwork. “That combat simulation was set at a level fit for an Altean child!” She chided, placing her hands on her hips. “You’re not even close to working as a team, let alone ready to face Zarkon!”

 She continues to look at them with dissatisfaction. She knows she’s being tough on them, but they need to face reality sooner than later. Most of all, she doesn’t want to see them fall and become nothing but a memory. (Fall just like Altea, her heart sings)

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Sharing dinner with the Paladins wasn’t pleasant, but she had expected it. She had seen how uncoordinated they were, both in and out of combat. It seems that even something as simple as feeding each other is something they struggle in doing as well.

 “Do Earthlings ever stop complaining?” She growls out, annoyed at their squabbling.

 “Can’t you just give us a break? Everyone’s been working really hard today.” Shiro countered, trying to make the Princess see reason.

 Immediately following after him, Keith began to retaliate, “Yeah! We’re not some prisoners for you to toy with, like… like…”

 “Like a bunch of toy prisoners!” Lance interjected, raising his left fist upward.

 “Yes! Thank you, Lance,” Keith finished, his tone was a bit harsh and awkward.

 Coran quickly comes to her defense, “You do not yell at the Princess!”

 Rather than the others, it was Pidge who decided to join the fray. “Oh, the Princess of what? We’re the only ones out here and she’s no princess of ours!”

 While Allura was hurt by those words, she could see that their plan was working. So, without much prompting, she slung the goo at Pidge.

 And just as she expected, Keith was the first to attack in defense of the other Paladins, just like he did to protect Shiro during the simulation.

 “Go loose, Pidge!” he roars, as he grabbed the bowl of goo and threw it at her. However, thankfully Coran was able to block it and used the ladle to throw the goo at all of them.

 Not even a tick and the fight was on. The more they threw the goo back, the more the Paladins began to work together naturally. Defending and attacking together with their combined handcuffed-hands, it wasn’t long before they were in sync with each other.

 By the time they were done, it felt like many vargas passed but in reality, it was only about a varga.

 Allura fell down on one of the chairs, feeling exhausted. She hadn’t expected to have used this much energy but it was nice. Seeing them laugh at one another and finally getting along, it proved that there is still hope.

 “Enough! Do you see what you’re doing?!” She screeches aggressively, catching their attention. Slowly she looks up and a bright smile starts to form on her face, as she continues, “You’re finally working together as one!”

 She watches as they look at one another and for once agree with each other. The energized spirit they share as they cheer when Shiro enthusiastically suggests for them to form Voltron also energizes her.

 A small giggle escape her lips, as she watches them fall simultaneously when they try to leave at the same time. Yes, she thinks. While they still have a long way to go, she believes that they can make it with the proper guidance.

 Her eyes drift to the red paladin, watching him try to help Pidge up but is struggling due to his other hand being handcuffed to Lance’s. A tender look appears on her face. (Yes, he may not be father, but he has proven worthy to be the Red Paladin, her heart warms.)

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Proudness emits from her as she watches the lions fly in sync before slowly coming together to merge as Voltron.

 This was the hope her father wanted to create, to bring peace and safety to the Universe.

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Later, when everyone goes to bed, she goes to the hangars to speak to each lion. She made the red lion her last stop, wanting to have a bit more time.

 Finally, she stands in front of her. It's silent for a few ticks before she finally decides to speak. “There are many questions that have passed through my mind ever since you chose your new Paladin.”

 She pauses, feeling the red lion’s presence in the back of her mind. At this current moment, she is more than grateful for the links she has with them.

 “My father once piloted you and your bond was unbreakable to him. Now…” she trails off, remembering the times she saw her father interact with the lion. “Now, you have a new Paladin. Truthfully, I was reluctant in letting them pilot any of you, but they are the only hope we have in stopping Zarkon.”

 Her right-hand goes up to lay upon her chest where her heart was. “It is hard watching the ones you love to be replaced, especially when I was never able to say goodbye.” Her hand squeezes into a fist, remembering the pain she felt after finding out the destruction of Altea and the death of her Father.

 She took a deep breath, before looking up at the Red Lion. Determination shining in her eyes. “Observing him today, I can see why you chose him. He may not be my Father, but he IS your Paladin and I will have to accept that.”

 A bittersweet smile appeared on her face, having finally come to accept the new Red Paladin. “He will become great one day. They all will.”