#hfw fanfiction

[bakedcrossaintt]

might be crucified for saying this but i absolutely love soft/sweet Aloy in ships. Not because i think she can't take care of herself, obviously, but because she's had a fucking shitty ass life and deserves to have somebody take care of her for once. I hate it when people portray her as this non-stop badass girlboss who always stays snarky and cool because poor girl has been through so much, i just want her to rest and let herself be loved for once.

[ereloycentral]

Ereloy Week 2024

Ereloy Week 2024 will be held April 20 - April 26!

We decided to try something a bit different this year with the prompts, hoping to give plenty of flexibility while being specific enough to spark your imaginations.

Here’s how it will work: each day lists a word, a line of dialogue, and a setting. You can choose any of these prompts on their own OR you can give yourself an extra challenge and try to incorporate two or all three! We hope that this will make it easy to apply to many types of creation, whether it’s art, writing, photomode, or any other medium.

Day 1: Tactile/“Sometimes it scares me.”/Under colorful lights

Day 2: Recognition/“I can’t run from this anymore.”/The wilderness in winter

Day 3: Succumb/“What if we gave it a try?”/Surrounded by the sound of water

Day 4: Tranquility/“I feel like I can breathe again.”/A place that feels like home

Day 5: Satisfaction/“I love that about you.”/Somewhere entertaining to the Old Ones

Day 6: Chaos/“This is a terrible plan.”/A place where nobody had the brain cell

Day 7: Entwine/“You're not going alone!”/Amongst the trees (or free day, up to you!)

When you post your work, please make sure to tag it with #ereloyweek2024 so we can reblog it onto this blog!

If you have any questions, let us know!

[charger-lens]

Is it weird that I sometimes miss the Sacred Lands?

July '24 Kotaloy Mini-Bang

Natural wonders / World around them

Then you know where to find me. Meet me there.

And then?

You’ll see.

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"We call them Nightlights" by Fallen2theVirus

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While we wait, would you like to see the ‘Blue Sun’ too?

--- for @fallen2thevirus ---

[auntie-coagulant]

“Oh my god, honestly. ” Beta’s voice drifts down from above their heads, nasal, stuffy, and dripping irritation. “You three have all the collective emotional intelligence of a turnip.”

A thick, rattling cough has Kotallo narrowing his eyes at the grate covering the vent. 

“And I was raised by robots. ”

[the-stars-whisper]

Hi There!

I'm Anomalie, Anomalieblb on ao3, and I write stuff!

I'm 21, he/they, lesbian, and a simp for Caitlyn Kiramman. I write fan fiction for Horizon and Arcane, mostly Seyloy and Caitvi but I do branch out occasionally.

Check out my stuff, stick around if you like it, and shoot me an ask if you have fic requests or ideas!

Some of my works are NSFW and contain graphic sexual content. They are tagged accordingly. If you don't want so see that then read the tags. If you do want to see that, enjoy ;)

[marshal-huntress]

Here’s the Masterlist for 🌸 Spring in my Heart 2024 🌸 that ran from 29th to 31st of March with those Prompts :

- DAY 1 - ▷ Flower crown ▷ Alternative Prompt : “What are you staring at?”

- DAY 2 - ▷ Lingering glances ▷ Alternative Prompt : “I just want to lay here all day”

- DAY 3 - ▷ Waterfall ▷ Alternative Prompt : “I really missed this

📖 Fanfictions

“Foreign Tradition” || by @r4d14t3lov3 [rated Teen And Up - Oneshot]

“The flowers in my crown are like love from here to the sky” || by @iammythmaker [rated General - Oneshot]

“Love is like water” || by @iammythmaker [rated Mature - Oneshot]

“A Little Heaven” || by @grexigone [rated Teen And Up - Oneshot]

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🎨 Arts

“Flower Crown” || by @fantasy-girl974

“Flower Crown” || by @sigvos

“Flower Crown” || by @eclectus

“What are you staring at ?” || by @fantasy-girl974

“A Little Heaven” || by @grexigone

“I just want to lay here all day” || by @fantasy-girl974

“Waterfall” || by @fantasy-girl974

“Waterfall” || by @sigvos

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✨ Gifs

“Lingering glances” || by @charger-lens

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📷 Virtual Photographies / VP

“Lingering glances” || by @fummmblez

“Lingering glances” || by @bookmancer-legendarium

Thank you everyone for your wonderful contributions! The next "season event" will be for Summer, so see you all in the next one! 💙🧡

[petitwrites]

HORIZON, the musical: "RETURN TO MERIDIAN"—or a feeble attempt at fanfiction.

Chap 4 is out guys! Enjoy 🎵🏹

[Musical TW: emotions incoming. Proceed with caution]

Happy scrolling!!

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🇬🇧 >> 🎧 MUSIC-GUIDED version // 📖 TEXT-ONLY version 🇫🇷 >> Original French version over here: 🎧 LECTURE EN MUSIQUE // 📖 TEXTE SEUL

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Feel free to explore—and let me know what you think! 😉

[bi-loy]

Catch The Spark And Hope To Burn

Horizon | Aloy x Erend | E Rated | 3 k

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Every Oseram knows how to handle Blaze. It burns up, sudden and bright, decimating anything standing too close to it without giving a chance to blink before you’re done and turned to ash.

Taken by the fire, eaten alive.

It’s utterly, completely mercyless— And tonight, after the Eclipse, and the Zenith, and years by the other’s side, Aloy’s flame consumes him like that.

And Erend will gladly burn with her, then turn to ash.

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Read on Ao3

[stardustandash]

Cold But For Your Company

Whumptober Day 28: Alt Prompt - Shivering

Aloy was used to the odd silence of the nights in the base, and yet she lay awake. Maybe it was the fact it was so much colder in the base than she remembered. She wrapped her blankets and furs closer around herself, wishing she could start a fire in her room. GAIA tended to frown on open flame anywhere other than the kitchen. Something about the sprinkler system no longer being operational, whatever a sprinkler system was.

After receiving an injury courtesy of a pack of Bristlebacks near the base, Aloy finds herself feeling oddly cold and tired. Luckily for her, she now has friends who can look out for her when she does not, and a (maybe) sibling who's coming out of her shell.

Ao3 Link

The base was quiet in the middle of the night. There was always a low hum of electricity flowing around the structure, but there were no sounds of animals shuffling and machines walking in the distance, let alone the ususal sounds of Erend discovering music from the Old Ones or Zo and Varl discussing something new they’d found in the old data from Aloy’s focus. No occasional excited shouts from Alva or quiet rumble of Kotallo’s deep voice. There wasn’t even the now-familiar sounds of Beta shuffling around in the night when everyone else was asleep.

Aloy was used to the odd silence of the nights in the base, and yet she lay awake. Maybe it was the fact it was so much colder in the base than she remembered. She wrapped her blankets and furs closer around herself, wishing she could start a fire in her room. GAIA tended to frown on open flame anywhere other than the kitchen. Something about the sprinkler system no longer being operational, whatever a sprinkler system was.

She tried to curl tighter, but a flash of pain stopped her from bringing her knees up to her chest. Right. She’d had to take down a pack of Bristlebacks that spotted her on her way back to base and she’d made the stupid mistake of dodging straight into one she’d already taken down and earned a deep cut across the bottom of her ribs for it. She’d bandaged herself up after, but the wound still hurt.

With a sigh Aloy rolled onto her back and stretched out under the blankets. She just needed to sleep. In the morning she’d hurt less and maybe she’d be adjusted to the chill of the base. She wiggled on her sleeping mat, desperate to at least warm her toes. Eventually she pulled the blanket over her head and counted Chargers until she fell into a restless sleep.

The base was not warmer on waking. In fact, it felt even colder than the night before. Aloy wondered if there was such a thing to make the building warmer or colder without fire or open windows. It certainly felt like someone had exchanged the metal walls for ice. She shivered and tucked the blankets further around herself. She should be getting up and helping to work on their plan for catching HEPHAESTUS with the others. Maybe even get Beta out of the server room and involved with the planning.

The blankets were just too warm and cozy, and the air outside of them was too cold. Aloy shivered again and pulled the blankets tight around her. She let herself soak in the warmth for several minutes before dragging herself out of bed with a groan.

She hunted around in the chest in her room for some of her warmest clothing, piling on Banuk furs before stumbling out into the lounge. None of the others seemed to feel the same chill that ran through her. It also occurred to Aloy that she was the last one up. Even Erend was already in place at his favourite booth, tinkering with something on the readout from his focus.

Trying to ignore the odd feeling of inadequacy that rolled over her, Aloy made for the small kitchen behind Zo and the stash of energizing tea she had brought from Plainsong. If there was one thing the Utaru knew, it was how to brew a good tea.

However, Aloy forgot just how observant Zo could be. She had barely started to boil water when Zo turned around and practically pinned her in the kitchen. Aloy sunk into her furs, using them as a ward between herself and the knowing look on Zo’s face.

“You’re shivering” said Zo.

“So?” said Aloy snappishly. “It’s cold in here.”

“Actually I was thinking it was kinda warm in here. Since we’ve been building so much it’s kinda warmed up the place a little,” called Erend from his booth.

Aloy frowned. It couldn’t be warmer than usual in here. It was icy cold. Couldn’t they feel it? She shivered again and couldn’t help wrapping her arms around herself to try and coax as much warmth out of her furs as possible.

“You do look a little pale,” said Varl. “You have been doing a lot to get everyone the materials that we need to tackle HEPHAESTUS, maybe you just need some more sleep.”

Aloy shot him a glare and he raised his hands in defence. There was a knowing look on his face that meant Aloy was probably wrong, but he wasn’t going to say anything more until he could rub it in her face. Once an older brother, always an older brother. She both loved and hated him for it.

Zo reached out and put a hand on her forehead. The action startled Aloy, freezing her in place as Zo frowned. The action was so casual on Zo’s part but it reminded Aloy of Rost, gently doing the same when she was young and winter was cold and lean. When Zo lifted her hand away Aloy remained frozen in place.

“You’re running a fever,” said Zo. “A high one at that.”

“So I have a fever, I can still do what I need to do for our plan to catch HEPHAESTUS.”

Behind Aloy the water began to boil. She turned away from Zo to busy herself with making tea. She could practically feel the exchanging of glances going on behind her, but chose to ignore it until she had her mug ready in front of her.

When Aloy turned back around the two of them were staring at her with matching expressions of determination. Instinctively she stepped back, bumping against the counter as she did. The knock jostled her wound, and Aloy couldn’t help but clap a hand over it. A wrong move, as she saw Zo’s eyes narrow in suspicion.

“Varl, Aloy and I need to have a chat in her room. Could you please make sure we aren’t disturbed?”

Varl grinned at her. “On it.”

“Erend, could you and Kotallo be on look out to make sure nobody with red hair leaves this base for the foreseeable future?”

“Uh, yeah, we could do that,” said Erend uncertainly. He glanced nervously between Aloy and Zo, as if sizing up the bigger threat.

“Thank you,” said Zo. “Now, Aloy, come with me.”

Without giving Aloy time to protest Zo looped her arm around Aloy’s and dragged her back to her room. At least Aloy managed to keep a hold of her tea and not spill it as she was tugged across the base.

Once the door closed behind them a stern look came over Zo. One that Aloy raised a defiant glare to. She didn’t need to be babied. She was perfectly alright to do something around the base. It wasn’t like they needed to watch for machines or Tenakth rebels in here.

“What did you even drag me in here for? It’s just a fever, I can work through it. We need all of us working to get HEPHAESTUS before the Zeniths,” said Aloy.

“Sure. You could. But then when it’s ready to go and you’re worse, what then?” asked Zo.

“Then I go to GEMINI anyway. I have to.”

Zo opened her mouth to argue further but there was a soft knock and both Aloy and Zo turned to see Beta standing in the doorway with a worn leather satchel in her arms.

“Varl said you’d need this,” said Beta quietly.

Beta looked like she’d rather be anywhere but here, walking into an argument between Zo and Aloy. Already pale, she was practically the same colour as the walls. Back near the kitchen Varl was watching with far to smug a look on his face.

“Come in,” said Zo before Aloy could chase Beta away. “I could use the help.”

Beta stepped into the room and the door shut behind her. She handed the bag off to Zo and scurried away to stand behind the barrier of the desk by the shelf with Elisabet’s globe necklace. Aloy almost snapped at her for getting so close to it, but she also didn’t want Beta to know about it. She selfishly wanted to keep that piece of Elisabet to herself.

“Now, take off that Banuk gear and show us what you’ve been hiding,” ordered Zo.

Aloy did so with as much distain as she could muster. She tossed the top in the direction of her chest, uncaring about the crumpled heap it landed in. Now only in her breatband, she immediately broke out in goosebumps up and down her torso and she shivered hard. She ignored the sharp inhale from Beta and frowned at Zo.

“Now what?”

“Take off that bandage. I think I know what’s going on here. And sit down.”

Aloy dropped into her mess of bedding and unwound the bandage from her side as Zo rooted around in her bag. The wound was puffy and red. Not a good sign, but still Aloy didn’t see the need for all the fuss. She left the pile of dirtied bandages on the floor away from the bedding. She’d boil them clean later, but for now she’d let Zo fuss.

When Zo came back over with her supplies, Aloy was mildly surprised to see Beta following like a duckling in her wake.

“As I thought, you are hurt and the sickness has set in,” said Zo as she lined up her supplies beside the bed.

“It’s just a little red. I’ll be fine in a day or two.”

“Yes. You will. As long as it gets the attention it deserves and the rest it needs,” said Zo. “Beta, pay attention. I’m sure the Zeniths have medical supplies that far surpass what the earth offers us, but as long as you are with us, you should have some knowledge of how to heal.”

With that Aloy turned her attention to her cooling tea as Zo began explaining the salve she was making. There was a lengthy explanation about the medicinal properties of honey, as well as the proper havesting and drying methods for salvebrush and ochrebloom. Once she was done with her explanations she put all the ingredients in a bowl and hummed as she mixed them into a paste. The song was lilting and wandering, but always returned to a short three note melody. Aloy liked it. Beta was staring at Zo with wide eyes.

“Do I have to sing to make it work?” asked Beta nervously.

“No,” said Zo with a smile. “But it helps. I mostly sing for the dead, but sometimes singing for the living can benefit them as well.”

With warm hands she spread the salve across Aloy’s wound. It was a quick, gentle thing, followed by fresh bandages. When Zo was done she bundled Aloy’s old bandages into her arms, ignoring the protests that Aloy could take care of it later. When Beta stood from her crouch Zo put a hand on her shoulder and forced her back down.

“I need you to keep an eye on Aloy and make sure she doesn’t move around too much. The two of you can discuss all the theory you like about HEPHAESTUS, as long as she doesn’t leave her bed.”

With that Zo packed her bag back up, tucked a blanket around Aloy’s shoulders, and marched out of the room. Aloy pulled the blanket around herself further, telling herself she was not snuggling into it.

Slowly Beta lowered from her crouch and tried to copy Aloy’s cross-legged position with middling results. The two of them stared at each other. They were in unfamiliar territory with each other out of Beta’s refuge of the server room. This was Aloy’s space, and until twenty minutes ago she’d never actually shared it with anyone. Pieces of her life were scattered around the room and she knew she had to share some of it with Beta, as Beta had shared pieces of herself with her. Cold and sick isn’t how she imagined sharing her life. She glanced at Beta where she sat full of nervous energy, and wondered where to begin.

[fantasy-girl974]

Creator: @grexigone /// Co-creator: @fantasy-girl974

➜ Status: ONGOING 𖧷 Pairing: Aloy x Kotallo (Horizon: Forbidden West) ıllı Rating: Mature ★ Series Summary: HFW x Pacific Rim AU | After the loss of her father and co-pilot, retired jaeger pilot Aloy is recruited by Hekarro to join his last stand in the battle against the kaiju invading the earth - but first, she must choose her new co-pilot. What began as a 'better option' than her miserable life building anti-kaiju wall soon grows into finding the home she thought she'd lost, and possibly something more from her unlikely friendship and partnership with the Tenakth chief's prodigy, Kotallo.

▶ Chapters Masterlist by @grexigone : [LINK] ▶ Companion fic: A New Purpose by @fantasy-girl974 [LINK]

Status: ONGOING

Chapter-1 /// Chapter-2 /// Chapter-3 /// Chapter-4 /// Chapter-5 /// Chapter-6

Status: ONGOING

Miracle Lines Logo /// Sunwing Alpha (Kotallo & Aloy) /// The Jaegers

Status: ONGOING

Aloy & Kotallo : pilots (chapter 10) /// Kotallo : RABBIT (chapter 10) /// Young Kotallo (companion fic) /// Aloy & Kotallo (chapter 12) /// Beta & Alva (chapter 13-14) /// Fashav (chapter 14)

Status: ONGOING

Chapter-8 /// Chapter-9 /// Chapter-12 /// Chapter-21

Art Masterlist last updated: 13/03/2024

[sparklewrites1]

Imagine the crows getting stuck in the world of horizon zero dawn/forbidden west (We’ll do hzd for now cause both games have two different maps.)

HEAR ME OUT HEAR ME OUT imagine Elisabet had tried something before project zero dawn, a project for interdimensional travel to save humanity and go to another dimension or reality essentially, but no matter how much she tried she just couldn’t get the machine right, so she goes on to create project zero dawn, which is successful.

ANYWAYSSS centuries later the machine (we’ll call it project HERMES for now i feel like Elisabet would’ve named it that.) starts up again and basically malfunctions and pulls the crows from their world into HZD (DON’T ask me to explain the science.)

Anyways the crows gain consciousness and are hella confused as to why they are in some lush ass forest. I feel like Jesper would be the first to speak up and be like “Where the hell are we?” and of course no one has an answer to that question. Kaz is gonna be the one asking questions like “What do you all remember before you lost consciousness?” to try and connect the dots n shit, he probably thinks they’ve been kidnapped and somehow dumped in a forest. Wylan is already up and about examining the foreign plants, berries, and flowers and whatnot.

Now I think Inej would be the first one to hear the metallic thumping coming from within the forest, then Wylan would hear it next, and the rest of the group would follow. “What the hell is that?” Nina would say, she’d also realize she can’t feel a heartbeat so whatever is coming at them isn’t human.

Just then a watcher leaps out of the bushes. Now imagine their surprise when a yellow light quickly washes over them as the watcher scans them. The light aka the watchers eye turns red and it jumps at them. I feel like it would jump at Wylan first cause he’s probably the closest to it seeing that he's messing around in the bushes n stuff. Anyways Jesper of course jumps into action with his guns and shoots at the machine, (The body not the eye yet) but to no avail. Matthias jumps onto the action next and tries to subdue the watcher and he’d be somewhat successful, by that I mean he's got it in some kind of headlock for about a minute or so. During that minute Jesper would make one more attempt to shoot at the watcher, but this time he’d aim straight for the eye. And finally after a short but stressful battle. The watcher would be down.

Now EVERYONES freaking out cause wtf was that???

“What in saints name was that?!” Jesper would shout, Inej would be helping Wylan while simultaneously freaking out. Nina would be checking on matthias, and Kaz would be by the machine's body, examining it. They don’t know what to call it, so Jesper would cleverly name it a ‘Metal Devil’ (HEHEHHE DO YOU GET THE CORRELATION?)

So now the group is tryna figure out what they should do and they pretty much decide to explore since there's literally nothing else to do.

Anyways they’re now trekking through a foreign land that they are completely unfamiliar with, Wylan is picking up plants and berries that he’d like to save for examining later. Inej is on high alert watching for more strange metal creatures. Nina is checking on Matthias, Jesper, and Wylan every once in a while for injuries and whatnot.

All is relatively okay until they hear the thumping again when they are nearing a clearing. But this time it's louder and the ground shakes with every thump.

Now they’re really freaked, because how big is the monstrosity coming towards them now?

That's when they hear a voice in the bushes. “Get down!” A red head whisper-yells “Now!” They hurry to the bushes, not wanting to meet the wrath of this new creature “Why are you out here with no weapons?!” The red headed woman yells. Kaz is the first to take notice of her strange attire and the triangular shaped piece of what he assumes is jewelry on her temple.

“We have weapons!” Jesper raises his guns to show them to her, she would only give them a confused look, being unfamiliar to that type of weapon. The red headed woman also takes notice of the knives being held in Inej’s hands, but that would be useless against the machine. Especially the one entering the clearing.

The entire group made sure to get lower into the bushes as the monstrosity made its way across the land.

“Thunderjaw…” The red head mutters.

“What?” Jesper would say.

“A Thunderjaw.”

“Is that what you call it?” Inej asks. Aloy nods, taking out her bow and arrow and getting in position to shoot.

She shoots. And the arrow lands on the side of the Thunderjaw, but that's not it, a blast emits from the arrow, tearing off a few parts of the machine and exposing the heart. The machine is now unfortunately on high alert.

“You,” She turns to Jesper. “Do those shoot?”

“Of course.” He would say.

“You see that glowing core? Shoot it- Wait, you a good shot?”

“The best.” He’d cockily reply. Jesper aims his gun toward the machine but before he pulls the trigger she says something.

“You might wanna shoot twice.” The redhead says. “Those things don’t go down too easily.”

“Alright…” Jesper had both of his guns raised, and BOOM he shoots it straight in the core with two bullets and its body goes crashing down. “Doesn’t go down easy you say?” Jesper brags as he stands up from the bush but is quickly shushed and pulled back down.

The redhead is already sprinting across the field in the direction of the thunderjaw. That's when he notices that it's still “breathing”.

The redhead is on top of the Thunderjaw within seconds and plunging her spear into the core, making sure to twist it as well for extra measure. Now it's surely dead. She turns towards the group and gestures for them to come over. And they do so, but cautiously.

“Relax, the coast is clear.” She says as she taps the jewelry on her temple. “So, who are you guys?”

“Jesper Fahey, at your service.” He winks.

“Nina Zenik.”

“Wylan.”

Inej, Kaz, and Matthias stay silent.

“I see your friends aren’t the talkative type. I’m Aloy.”

“No surname?” Kaz finally speaks.

“Uh. No. Not really.” She replies. “Where are you guys from? Meridian? Your accents sound a bit different from most Carja if so.”

“Carja?’ Inej would query, giving Aloy a curious look.

“You’re not Carja?” confusion strikes Aloy, “Oseram?”

“Is she speaking Kerch?” Jesper would confusedly ask his friends.

“Kerch?” Aloy would say, not familiar with the word.

“Kerch. As in Ketterdam.” Jesper would say.

“Ketter…dam? Is that somewhere in the west?” Aloy would ask.

“West of what?” Jesper would ask.

“The east…?" Aloy would respond confusedly.

(THATS ALL I HAVE FOR NOW LEMME KNOW IF YOU WANT MORE IK THIS IS NOT A COMMON CROSSOVER IDEA BUT GOODNESS I LOVE ITTTT)

[bakedcrossaintt]

what if i wrote a niloy knifeplay fanfic where he's a total submissive masochist. what then huh

[lordpetit]

HORIZON, the musical: "RETURN TO MERIDIAN"—or a feeble attempt at fanfiction.

Quick update! Chap 4 is now available in French 🥐🍷

Don't blow your Blaze tho, English translation will drop next week—still polishing a few shards here and there.

Stay tuned!! 🎵🏹

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🇫🇷 >> Original French version over here: 🎧 LECTURE EN MUSIQUE // 📖 TEXTE SEUL

🇬🇧 >> English translation over there: 🎧 MUSIC-GUIDED // 📖 TEXT-ONLY

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Feel free to explore, and let me know what you think!

[xxxhellfireravenxxx]

I could not get the tavern scene out of my head from I_heart_thunderjaws fantastic AO3 fic 'Whiteout', this is just before he knocks his cup over. A sweet moment before chaos, if you will! 😆

[mehoymalloy]

Mutually Assured Destruction

An Aloy/Tilda fic, and an alternative take on the kiss scene from Prometheus Bound.

[marshal-huntress]

Here’s the Masterlist for the Kotaloy Prompt of January that ran from 15th to 31st of January with those Prompts:

▷ New beginnings ▷ Alternative Prompt : "You don’t have to do this alone”

Thank you everyone for your wonderful contributions. See you all in the next event! 💙🧡

📖 Fanfictions

“Coming Back to You” || by @grexigone [rated Mature - Oneshot]

“Dreyri á Snær” || by @grexigone [rated Teen And Up Audiences - Oneshot]

“Winter's Gift” || by @r4d14t3lov3 [rated Mature - Oneshot] -----------------

🎨 Arts

“New Beginnings” || by @fantasy-girl974

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✨ Gifs

“You don't have to do this alone.” || by @charger-lens