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a heart as soft as that by dorkwithadeathwish_tm
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
20 May 2026
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It’s happening more and more often these days.
He’s been living with this curse as long as he can remember, the ache behind his eyes never falling below a certain point, a constant reminder of what will happen if he ever once allows himself to set down all it is he carries. He’s been furious, terrified, heartbroken; he’s let his hands grow so tainted that he hesitates to touch the world, let the black in his soul harm those closest to him, let it drive him to secrets and cruelties and forbidden spells in pursuit of a cure, of answers, of just one more day to try. Qifrey has ruined beautiful things and prevented new ones from being born, has rent himself into a shape that breaks through the world, has stolen each new moment of his life or paid for it in blood and memories. He has crafted a life of suffering and placed everything he cares about atop its precarious sill.
In the past month, Qifrey has had to fight back blooms and branches more times than in the entire year preceding it, and he has no idea why. -
When Blue Eyes Cry by Shmo
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
29 May 2026
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“We wouldn’t have to tell the girls, and it wouldn’t be all the time. We could limit it to this room, just as needed. Just… for us.” Olruggio meets his eye, letting the fire in his eyes melt into bashful tenderness. Qifrey sighs, taking a long pause to think.
“Not very watchful of you, hm?” Qifrey responds after a moment. Olruggio raises an eyebrow.
“Oh please,” Olly scoffs, gesturing to their home. “We’ve been grading each other’s homework for years. You know where my morals stand. I’m plenty watchful where it counts.”
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After the events of Silver Eve, Qifrey makes the difficult decision to tell Olruggio and the girls his secret. His apprentices come up with many ways to keep him on edge and alert. Olruggio, too- although using slightly less… conventional methods.
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the great tribulation by aloremrem for Ikira
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game)
17 Jun 2026
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When Grace gets seemingly teleported by means unknown into the SM-13 right as it was nearing The Light, both Simon and Grace have no idea what is happening. Grace knows he was supposed to be in his house on Erid, Simon knows this new guy cannot possibly be a hallucination, and Ava, upon hearing Grace ramble about theories for how he got there, knows that new guy is Smart. Could-Secure-Our-Survival Smart.
She orders Simon to bring Grace back to the surface, and thus begins Grace's ordeal in a starless universe. -
What Could Never Be a Crime by Ito (itonomen)
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
21 May 2026
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It's common for Witches to form pack bonds with their apprentices. Witch pups are so young when they typically join an atelier, and their journey to independence is long. Being away from one's birth pack for too long requires a surrogate pack before a pup's mental health begins to decline.
Coco knows this, but she still cannot help feeling torn between the longing to belong in Master Qifrey's pack with a yearning so strong it sets her teeth on edge, and fear of what this desire means for her bond with her mother, sleeping in stone for who knows how long.
She's so worried, in fact, that she can't see what she already has. Qifrey is more than happy to set her straight.ft Olruggio showing up late to the party and getting bullied by his daughters at 4am
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24 May 2026
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Starlight, Parabellum by theunbearablelightnessofbeeing
Fandoms: SPY x FAMILY (Manga), SPY x FAMILY (Anime)
14 Jun 2026
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Anya Forger has lived five lives. In every single one, Damian Desmond becomes Prime Minister, delivers a stirring yet ill-advised speech, and declares a war nobody asked for.
This life, Anya opts out. She ignores politics, eats pastries, and lets history ruin itself without her involvement. That ends when she saves Damian’s life, and he responds like any sensible future warlord would: by proposing immediately. Now she’s engaged to the man who’ll destroy the world, and worse, her plan to do nothing with her life has gone off the rails.
It’s all going surprisingly well, aside from the constant sense she’s being outmanoeuvred in a game nobody wants to admit they’re playing.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.