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Following a massive trade, Gilbert has to temporarily rebuild his life in Denver, until the end of the season when his contract is up with the help of his new (old) teammates, Alfred and Matthew. Of course, nothing goes to plan when he goes to a concert one night and meets a man who looks at him like he's the whole world.
The Pruaus Hockey AU no one asked for
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"Eddie thinks about Pangea, the slow inevitable drift as tectonic plates shifted and new continents emerged. It’s absurd. People are not land masses. They don’t just drift apart like continents or icebergs in the ocean. There was nothing fateful in Eddie and Buck’s dissolve, nothing to do with destiny or the universe. It was simple manmade destruction. Did he stop picking up the phone? Or did Buck stop calling? It was Eddie who stopped responding to texts. There’s evidence, a whole damning record he can scroll through. Maybe if he were brave enough, he’d be able to work it out. Pick apart their conversations, find the cracks, identify the point where they started slipping away from each other. Eddie is not brave enough."
or the Diazes never move back to LA, Eddie lives his best gay life in El Paso, and Buck refuses to stop haunting the narrative
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Two weeks after Team Free Will saves the world a final time, Dean's not doing so hot. An encounter with the kind pawn shop owner in Lebanon leads him to take up playing the guitar again to cope with losing Cas, something he hasn't done since he was sixteen and living at Sonny's Boys' Home. This kicks off a series of events which includes Claire arriving at the bunker looking for answers on Cas's death and which ultimately leads to Dean finding himself in possession of Orpheus's original lyre. Armed with the power of music and love and with Claire hot on his heels, Dean sets off on an epic quest to save his beloved from the Empty's clutches, Hadestown-style. Can they defy the power of the narrative one final time, or will Dean succumb like Orpheus before him?
Featuring: copious amounts of Hadestown references, Chekhov's Wonderwall meme, Anaïs Mitchell as an actual Greek Muse, Dean's Teenage Bisexual Awakening, lesbian-ish cosmic entities, Sam as Hermes, Eileen being kind of a menace, Claire being a badass, and more!
Written for the 2026 DeanCas Reverse Bang.
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“My first concert was Hootie and the Blowfish,” Chim offers.
Buck guffaws. “Who and the who? That can’t be a real band name.”
“Uncultured swine,” Chimney retorts. “They were one of the best bands of the 90s, you plebeian.”
“You’re definitely messing with me,” Buck insists. There’s just no way that’s a real band.
“What was your first concert, Cap?” Hen pivots.
Bobby smiles at the question, and Buck gives up on making faces at Chimney and directs his attention toward his captain. Bobby’s face so rarely looks like that, and another piece of Cap lore is always compelling. “Bruce Springsteen in 1980, on The River tour. What a show,” he says wistfully.
Springsteen rings a bell for Buck. “Oh, I know him! I love Bruce Springsteen,” he agrees, and Hen and Chimney both raise an eyebrow at him. Okay, so maybe he’s exaggerating, but it’s worth it when Bobby grins at him. He’ll look it up later—he’s pretty sure he’s heard of him before.
“The kid does have some taste after all,” he teases, and Buck ducks his head, grinning.
or, a glimpse through buck’s life via springsteen songs. he finds the love of his life along the way.
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a minion walks out a bar by RuelleMonsters
Fandoms: Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice
31 Jan 2026
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Armand is staring through the doors leading out to the parking lot. His beloved is standing there.
He closes his eyes, if he concentrates he can almost pick out the smell of the smoke coming out of Daniel's lungs. If he concentrates hard enough he can feel the shiver that ripples along Daniel's body.
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Snapshot of toward the end of the Devil's Minion chase. A bit light hearted, just them being very into each other.
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Captive Moonlight Waiting For The Dawn by Moonbeamicecream10
Fandoms: Harry Potter - Fandom
21 Jan 2026
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The brown Ford appeared in front of Mr. Lupin’s house on Monday night.
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Sarah Miller is your best friend. At 22, just graduated college, you move in with the Joel, Sarah, and Ellie while you get on your feet. The Millers always treated you like family, so why, in the last year, have things between you and Tommy shifted?
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- 595
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it’s hard to be a saint in the city by SPACE_SUIT
Fandoms: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
12 Nov 2025
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charlie’s sister comes to philly and mac is entranced. do you think he’ll fall in love again?
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springsteen by colinbridgertons
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
02 Nov 2025
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"There aren't any artists that speak to you right now?" Colin asked, hands stuffed into the pockets of his jumper. He pulled at the headphones around his neck, the foam protection itching his skin.
"Hm," Penelope contemplated, a slight smile forming across her face. "Springsteen is pretty cool."
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colin makes penelope a mixtape
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(holding on) to live within our embrace by Fastclarkson
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
26 Oct 2025
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“Electric Nebraska,” she clarifies, waves a piece of kung pao with her chopsticks. “You know it’s real, right?”
Kaminari gives her a bemused look. “Is this one of those trick questions where I answer wrong regardless, you call me a dolt and then we pretend I don’t pout at you for too long afterwards?
Kyoka raises an eyebrow, fights the rising blush. “It doesn’t have to be.”
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- Part 94 of stars move slowly in the silvery night
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Nearly Perfect World by BRXBMR
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
10 Sep 2025
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At nineteen years old, Alex had been a kid who had turned his back on the life his parents mapped for him: Georgetown, then law school, then politics – just like his mother and father. Instead, he’d taken his guitar and the songs he couldn’t stop writing and told them, this is what I want. Then Bruce Springsteen pulled him on stage and launched his career as a world-famous singer/guitarist.
Now he was twenty-eight, the world-famous “ACD,” his face on billboards from Tokyo to Paris to New York. When he and Henry meet and fall in love, the spotlight and touring life became too much for Henry. So Henry leaves, ends the relationship and breaks both their hearts. When Alex steps back into the Jersey Shore bar where it all started for him, he's at a crossroads. Which spotlight will shine brighter: his career or his love for Henry?
EDIT: Now with Chapter 2 showing Henry's POV :)
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- Part 1 of ACD and the Boss
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Richie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by DumpsterBeagle
Fandoms: IT (Movies - Muschietti), IT - Stephen King
14 Aug 2025
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“Oh, he doesn’t have a shirt,” Eddie says, breathless.
“Or puh-pants,” Bill responds, matter of fact and amused.
Eddie glances down as Bill says that and his face goes bright red. He also purses his lips, maybe to keep himself from saying anything, maybe to keep himself from insulting Richie.
“Wuh-we wanted to make shuh-sure that you were okay,” Bill starts, “I mean, according to Eddie, you left pretty suddenly this muh-morning, and if you’re sick we thought you might need some dinner, or your huh-homework from today, or something.”
“I don’t need my homework,” Richie blows out a puff of smoke to his left, and continues, “And I’m not sick.”
Richie glances over at Eddie for a second. He’s still just… staring at Richie’s bare legs. Okay, so that’s something to think about later, maybe.
“Okay, so what’s wrong with yuh-you?” Bill sort of impatiently asks. “We’re huh-here to help you Richie.”
Richie hesitates for a second. “…It’s kinda hard to explain.”
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Richie gets stuck in a time loop the day after his eighteenth birthday.
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After the All Valley, Daniel LaRusso is trying to settle back in. Or just settle in- he hadn't done much of that in the first place.
And it doesn't help him settle in now that he's started receiving late-night phone calls from none other than Johnny freakin' Lawrence.
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To This Sunny Day by modernprometheusunbound for Irritableizzy
Fandoms: Insidious (Movies)
17 Jul 2025
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What it says on the tin--classes are out for summer. They've made it through the semester in one piece, though perhaps a little bit worse for wear; but, hey, everyone struggles during at least part of every semester. At least now they don't have to worry about getting thrown across the laundry room.
No, summer break poses a new adventure: the longest amount of time they've spent apart, with a three-hour time difference.
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- Part 6 of Ab Ovo, Ad Infinitum
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you've seen so many faces (that I've never seen before) by Fastclarkson
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
15 Jul 2025
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She scoffs at that, leans back into her beanbag, twirls the drumstick between her jacks. “You serious about that? You can’t just half-ass this, y’know, Kaminari.”
He grins at her. “What, you think I’m a slacker?”
She rolls her eyes. “I know you’re a slacker.”
Or, five times Kyoka waits for Denki's solo and one time she wants to duet.
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Joel has a Bruce Springsteen opinion
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Όλα τα υπόλοιπα ήταν πρόφαση, άλλωστε, μόνο το αεροπλάνο είχε σημασία. Η πτήση αυτή καθ’ αυτή. Οι τοίχοι του με τα μικρά παράθυρα και τις σφραγισμένες πόρτες. Οι αναταράξεις πάνω από τη Μάγχη. Οι σκέψεις. Και τα όνειρα – Το αεροπλάνο που σηκώνεται σιγά-σιγά στον αέρα, φτάνει μέχρι την κορυφή και ύστερα αρχίζει να χάνει ύψος. Πώς θα είχε το κουράγιο να συνεχίσει τη ζωή της αν δεν έμπαινε σε αυτό το αεροπλάνο, για να μπορέσει να κλείσει τα μάτια και να αντικρίσει τον πατέρα της, καθισμένο στη δική του θέση, δίπλα στο παράθυρο; Δεν της μίλησε όταν τον είδε. Μόνο κοιτάχτηκαν. Αλλά η Αγγέλα κατάλαβε – της ζητούσε να μη φοβάται.
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Η Αγγέλα ταξιδεύει στο Λονδίνο.[γράφτηκε στα πλαίσια του παρά πέντε sapphic week 2025. Μέρα 1η: Reunion]
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A story of fathers and sons.
Song fic to Bruce Springteen and the E Street Band's Independence Day