citrus_cola
Fandoms
Recent works
-
Tags
Summary
Reality might have been tearing itself in two. For endless loops, nothing had changed. In the span of two minutes, everything had. Chase managed, “What... who are you?”
Feeling dizzy, he slumped back onto the ground again, legs folding awkwardly beneath him.
Those moonstone eyes followed him the whole way down, and then the dark-haired stranger crouched to be back on eye level. “I’ll only ask this once, so it would be wise of you to answer completely and correctly,” he said sharply. “How did you get here, and where is your key?”
or, Nox stumbles across a boy who can't remember a life outside of being Cinderella. Both of them have things they are trying to escape from. This proves to be problematic.
-
Tags
Summary
A bitter laugh rose unbidden from Elaine’s throat, and she didn’t manage to swallow it down in time. “Sorry,” she said. “Those are some very heavy topics. Destiny. Fate.”
“It’s romantic, I think,” Kieron said, pushing up his glasses absentmindedly, a large grin on his face. “You’re born with your soul mark and your whole life you wait and then one day you just know.”
or, Elaine isn't aware soulmates are a thing until Kieron tells her. Sebastian, on the other hand, knows all too well he'll never meet his.
-
Tags
Summary
You’re pathetic, he thinks as he looks at himself in the school’s bathroom mirror. No wicked creation of his mind appears behind him in his reflection, but he is left to look at the eyebags, the scars, the eyepatch, and the bruises. You should just—
No. He won’t continue with that train of thought. Even if those types of thoughts linger, his mother told him not to hurt himself, and she is the only one he actually really interacts with these days anyways. She is his mother, and he should heed her word, even if sometimes her word results in sore ribs or violet bruises. Her love is painful, maybe, but that’s the cost of loving someone like him, and so he takes it all with open arms.
or, Sunny's life since the move has been... strange. His mother loves him the best she can. Or at least he thinks she does, until new conversations with his old friends may prove otherwise.
-
born of the bygone by citrus_cola for trashyinferno
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Dream SMP, Video Blogging RPF
03 Aug 2023
Tags
Summary
It’s almost pathetic how easily Tommy’s body curls into a ball, knees pressed tight to his chest. It’s like instinct. Like surrender.
Tommy came to college to escape his past, but part of it has resurfaced.
This is better than that, he tries to assure himself. This is nothing like bruises on his ribs, hands around his collar, or awful words spat at him.
Besides, he’s an adult now, isn’t he? He’s eighteen. He’s supposed to be all grown up.
So why does he feel so much like a child?
or, Tommy thought he could forget the things that happened to him in high school. In the middle of his terribly lonely freshman year at university, it all comes back to haunt him in the form of one history major with pink hair.
-
forward, backward, and homeward by citrus_cola
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF
30 May 2023
Tags
Summary
One step at a time, Tommy thought, if the universe allows it.
“Why did you leave?” Wilbur whispered, voice cracking.
Tommy flinched as if struck, and Wilbur’s hand lifted from his knee. Tommy barely noticed. Surely they had not thought he left them of his own volition. Surely they searched for him.
“I didn’t,” he hissed, rising to two feet. He gazed down at Wilbur, still kneeling. “I was taken.”---
or: Tommy is the universe's chosen favorite, but that's not exactly a good thing to be. Wrenched into time travel he never wished for, all he wants to do is be reunited with his family, and now that it's happened, he doesn't know if it's what he expected.
Recent bookmarks
-
it's lonely out in space by Likelightinglass
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
20 Mar 2026
Tags
Summary
Grace is touch starved.
Rocky can fix.
Series
- Part 1 of Platonic cuddling
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,161
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 1,127
- Kudos:
- 13,115
- Bookmarks:
- 1,839
- Hits:
- 69,664
Bookmarked by citrus_cola
30 Jun 2026
-
The Things That Weigh Us Down by Alexa_Piper for Astatia_Ghast
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
11 Jun 2026
Tags
Summary
“Grace like wings, question?”
“Yeah.” I extend the uninjured one, admiring the plumage. The movement still aches — my entire body does — but my wing unfurls with a rustle of soft, sleek feathers. Each feather is a gradient, starting blond near the base and fading into white along its length. “Wings are very good. When I woke up and saw them the first time I was a bit confused, but then very happy. It’s a sign that I’m here for the right reasons, even if space is scary.”
“Humans are strange,” he says. “Grow extra limbs because sacrifice. No make sense.”
“Yeah, I know. Now watch with me again to make sure I do this right.”
“I watch,” he agrees, and we settle down together as I press play again.OR
In which Grace wakes up with wings, which are a sign of great sacrifice and heroism. However, his slowly-returning memories begin to indicate otherwise...
Bookmarked by citrus_cola
13 Jun 2026
-
The Uneaten Crabs by astravere
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
12 Jun 2026
Tags
Summary
Ryland Grace has a plan. Take the teaching job, get back on his feet, figure out what comes next. One year, twenty-three eighth graders, and then back to real life.
The year does not go according to plan.
A Project Hail Mary prequel.
Series
- Part 2 of Before the Hail Mary
Bookmarked by citrus_cola
12 Jun 2026
-
Anything to Get Your Hands on Me by merlin_and_morgana
Fandoms: Carry On | Simon Snow Series - Rainbow Rowell
12 Jun 2025
Tags
Summary
Simon realizes that what he thinks is an urge to get into a fight with Baz is really an urge to have Baz touch him. He tries not to think much further than that as he gives into the urge.
Bookmarked by citrus_cola
05 May 2026
-
Boiling Point by merlin_and_morgana
Fandoms: Carry On | Simon Snow Series - Rainbow Rowell
27 Jul 2024
Tags
Summary
During Eighth year, the Mage only agrees to let Simon stay at Watford if, instead of going to classes, he focuses entirely on training and missions. By the time Baz shows up, it's really begun to take it's toll on Simon. The longer it goes on, and the more Baz and Penny learn about what exactly Simon's dealing with, the worse the situation gets.
Bookmarked by citrus_cola
05 May 2026