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    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. Unless, of course, it's only a half-connection.

    Will Graham's world didn't fundamentally change when his therapist, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, was found guilty on several counts of murder and cannibalism. A minor set-back, but Will was a resilient person. He continued with his education and graduated top of his class with a major in psychology and a minor in soulmate studies. He dated. Sometimes. Not often. He earned his doctorate and continued on with his residency under Dr. Bloom.

    He was then kindly, and in the most polite manner possible, kidnapped by a cult of Hannibal-worshiping followers.

    Placed before their newly freed leader, Will struggles to understand their motives, although when he looks into the eyes of his old therapist, he realizes something rather unsettling:

    One eye blue, the other maroon.

    Too bad Will's eyes didn't change. Hannibal intends on fixing that, though.

    Hannibal meets The Following with a twist. Thriller, angst, romance, mystery, and a whole-heartedly indignant Will Graham.

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    05 Jul 2026

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    In the aftermath of a traumatic incident that led him to drop out of university, Jayce Talis packs up everything he knows and moves to a small mountain town in the middle of nowhere to open a flower shop, eager for a fresh start on life.

    What he doesn't expect, however, is for fate to send him careening back into the orbit of a familiar face from childhood: Viktor, a remarkable up-and-coming artist who not only works at the adjacent tattoo parlor, but lives directly next door.

    But Viktor has ghosts of his own. Walls he'd rather remain hidden behind for the sake of those around him. Neither of them intended for the other to get close.

    But love is funny like that.

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    A Jayvik Tattoo Artist / Florist AU

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    06 Jan 2026

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    Viktor never escapes the Undercity. He never finds his way to Piltover's Academy. He never takes a job with Heimerdinger and dreams of bigger things. Instead, after ten years as Singed's apprentice, he finds two lost children on the worst night of their lives and gives them a home. In many ways, this changes everything. In others, it changes nothing at all.

    “No. You’re going to do something much worse than killing Silco,” Viktor tells Benzo’s ward. “He wants you dead. Out of his path, as he continues to forge forward. Instead, you’re going to survive.”
    Viktor offers the boy his hand. “We are obstacles. All three of us. We’ll take care of each other."

    I’ll keep him alive. I’ll keep them both alive, he offers Benzo’s ghost. Vander’s, too. A meager attempt at atonement, perhaps, but it's the last thing he has left to give.

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    02 Aug 2025

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    “So, run it by me one more time.”

    Vi paced the length of the room with her chin pinched firmly between her fingers. She had been tracing a wide oval on the floor, her boots clanking heavily with every step. They had been over the plan several times already, Viktor lamented soundlessly, but he understood her nerves. Ekko, who was busy spinning himself in one of Viktor’s office chairs, slowed to a stop with an exaggerated groan, dragging the toe of his shoes along Viktor’s floor. “Vi, how many more times are you gonna make us—”

    “Until it’s perfect, Ekko.” Vi interrupted brusquely. “Everyone needs to be on the same page about what they’re doing, where they’re supposed to be, and what we’re after. We’re not gonna get another shot at this for months if we fail.”

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    OR: The kids from Zaun have a plan—find whatever Jayce Talis has been working on and steal it. The Progress Day Gala is the perfect opportunity to do so. The only issue? Viktor has to attend to "present" his research to Heimerdinger. He should be in and out quickly—just long enough to get Vi into place and dip. If all goes smoothly, he'll never have to interact with Jayce Talis at all. Simple, right?

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    20 Jul 2025

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    After a stress filled day and accidentally saying some shit he didn’t mean while arguing with his husband, Katsuki is thrust into an Alternate Universe where he gets EXACTLY what he asked for. The only way back is to somehow charm Eijirou– who knows nothing of him, their kids, or their life together– into falling in love with him all over again, or he’ll never see his world and his family ever again.

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    19 Jul 2025