Ruby_Casablanca
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“You could have let me die.” Rumi stepped a little closer, close enough to count the gold flecks in his dark, unreadable eyes. Not the familiar demonic gold, but something else. Like sunlight cast across the water, sparkling and bright and entirely human. “You didn’t have to save me, but you did.”
“My job would certainly be easier if I had.”
“Then why?”
Maybe she pushed too hard but she had to know. She was so close and she had to -
“You know why.”
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Or, the confrontation with Mira and Zoey winds up getting violent. Jinu saves Rumi's life and the two act on their undeniable feelings for each other while the world falls apart.
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Jayce had never wanted this. Not Viktor’s body limp against his chest, unable to voice if he was in pain, if he wanted this at all. Jayce had never wanted the damning knowledge of what Viktor’s blood tasted like, hot and slick down his throat. He forced himself to swallow, knowing each mouthful was another atrocity he couldn't take back.
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The vampire AU in which Jayce makes a very different decision to save Viktor's life.
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Edwin cannot see his reflection, but he knows he must look monstrous.
He must, because Charles cannot bear to look at him without flinching.
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AU where Charles manages to save the first Edwin he comes across in the dollhouse. The scars, however, remain.
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Every Monstrous Thing by Ruby_Casablanca
Fandoms: The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone (TV)
02 May 2023
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Alina Starkov knows what it is like to be hunted. She runs and runs until she can run no more, and when a violent attack costs her the man she loves, her grief carves a hole into the fabric of the world.Now:
The Sol Koroleva rules from her throne in Os Alta, cutting down Grisha enemies without trial or mercy. Aleksander does not care how Ravka's eternal queen runs things so long as it keeps him and his mother, Baghra, safe. But when a Fjerdan raid threatens everything he holds dear, he can no longer stick to the shadows.After:
The presence of a Shadow Summoner shakes Ravka to the core. Aleksander is swiftly removed from his quiet life and thrust into Alina's orbit at the Little Palace. At first, Aleksander thinks Alina is a monster, and Alina is all too eager to believe Aleksander wants to steal her power for himself. As time goes on, lines blur. Alina's head says she should be wary of the man who can snuff out the light, but her heart says something else entirely... -
A Different Kind of Burn by Ruby_Casablanca
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
05 Oct 2022
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While the guards took their stimulants and were careful not to dream, the rest of the household had to sleep. Servants and family, guests and partygoers all slept in the numerous suites, tucked under covers with heads cradled by goose-feather pillows. The deepest, calmest sleep only his ruby could provide collected into a thin trickle of dreaming - not strong enough to carry him home but strong enough to keep him hopeful. Strong enough for Morpheus to close his eyes and let his mind slip away in the current, if only for a little while…
There was only one mind he knew on this mortal plane, only one place he could end up, after all.
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Wherein Hob dreams of war, Morpheus dreams of an escape from his prison, and over the span of many years, they fall into dreams that blur the lines between friendship and something more.
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Dulce et decorum est by Moorishflower for maybemalapert (laconicisms)
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
05 Dec 2022
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"This one is a special case," Burgess says. "He is a war hero. Do you understand? You will be on your best behavior. You know what happens when you are not."
Two years into his imprisonment, and Dream of the Endless has not given Roderick Burgess what he wants. Yet if he cannot have back his son, then he will have whatever else Dream has to give, and sell it to the highest bidder: body, powers, and all.
Hob Gadling, newly back from the Western Front, has barely slept since 1889, and is desperate for any sort of relief, even that peddled by mad old men claiming to be warlocks.
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06 Apr 2026
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Two adults stand on the Bridge of Progress, each with the full intention to jump. The void calls to them, yet somehow through her bellows, they hear one another.
The pendulum swings, neither heed her call.
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Domestic Violence AU that started as a thread on twitter. At the end of his rope, Viktor prepares to leave this life, taking his newborn daughter with him. Jayce interrupts and becomes not only a man that Viktor can lean on, but a father figure to his daughter and eventually, the love of his life. A nontraditional omegaverse story that transverses abuse, mental illness, healing, and falling in love.Beta read by @Kotamadaa
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- Part 1 of Pendulum
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04 Aug 2025
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Coming Home (But Not to You) by queercatfan
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
24 Dec 2024
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When Viktor makes the reluctant decision to move back to Piltover after six years to be a professor at The Academy, he's forced to share an office with none other than his former lab partner Jayce Talis, the very man who caused him to leave Piltover in the first place.
(modern professors AU)
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- Part 1 of Coming Home (But Not to You)
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02 Feb 2025
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Friends make friends stuff all the time, and Jayce did break Viktor's cane. It'd be a nice thing to do. A cane, plus some cool tools, and Jayce will be able to know he's a good friend. He likes this plan.
(Or, Jayce makes a new cane for Viktor. He then makes some more stuff. It spirals from there very, very quickly.)
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28 Dec 2024
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Missing Chris is less of an emotion these days and more of a physical entity. He’s sure everyone can see that he’s slowly hollowing himself out, that he can’t do much of anything else.
But when Jee laughs at him trying to get his tongue to touch his nose, and Mara loops one of her arms through his to keep him from tossing the rest of his cup in the garbage, Eddie feels solid again.
Maybe he likes yellow birthday cake ice cream after all.
(or, gerrard messes with the team's schedules and eddie 'i just drove my son to flee the state' diaz is the only option to watch mara and jee-yun after school on tuesdays, which, shouldn't be a problem at all, right?)
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05 Oct 2024