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He’d seen glimpses of her before, the real Rumi, the girl behind the idol and the blade. He’d seen bits and pieces of her in her choo-choo pants, in the girl who wasn’t weirded out by his dumb tiger and arrogant crow, in the insecurities slithering beneath the patterns, in the compassion she’d shown him again and again, in the desperate soul before him who, despite all he had done to her, had told him that he was more than the mistakes he’d made, somebody who’d seen him for all he really was and accepted him all the same. That had been all Rumi, he knew, and still this was the first time he felt he was seeing the whole of her. Half hunter. Half demon. Resilient. Iridescent.
Breathtaking.
The final battle through Jinu's eyes, and what comes next.
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cupid shot the arrow (and it hit me in the ass) by WriterInTheShadows
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
09 Feb 2024
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The stranger next to you is crying. The stranger next to you is crying a lot.
Although you suppose he must be doing his best to conceive his pitiful sobs, the fact that the train carriage is so full it resembles a can of tightly packed sardines is not really working in his favour. He isn’t necessarily being loud, per se; it’s just that the two of you are standing too close to each other, and so every time his chest heaves with excessively deep breaths, you feel it brush up and down against your arm.
It’s honestly pushing you a little bit further to the brink of insanity.
Or; when you get stood up on Valentine's Day, you think your night is done for; that is, until you meet a stranger who claims to be in your current predicament.
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through a rainbow lens (i see you) by WriterInTheShadows
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
14 Jul 2023
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As if Rody didn’t have enough on his plate (but, honestly, what was new about that), stupid Greenie kept nagging him and–
And suddenly there were guns pointed straight at him and Greenie became the least of his problems and Jesus Christ he did not want to die.
Everything became a blur after that, but there was something he remembered clearly: green. There was a lot of it as Greenie flew them through the air: an electric green, a green so dark it could have been black and then a green so bright it could have been white and–
Ah, yes, of course the arrows trying to kill them had to be green, too.
Or; Rody and Izuku's story told through the colours.
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the battles we fight (for the people we love) by WriterInTheShadows
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
17 Feb 2023
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All in all, you were taking the very particular hardships of dating a Pro Hero in stride.
You would never have guessed that meeting Izuku’s parents, something completely mundane and not at all out of the ordinary for a normal couple, would be what finally did it for you.
Or; it's finally time for you to meet your in-laws, and you may or may not be having a mental breakdown about it.
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When Katara can't abandon people who need her, she dons a new mantle to help in secret. Along the way, she finds a new, mysterious ally in the Blue Spirit and comes to understand that sometimes people wear more than one mask.
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01 Jul 2026
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An unforgiving snowstorm forces Zuko and Katara to work together to survive.
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29 Jun 2026
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Suki was the first to tell her, after Katara agreed to that Summit proposal to marry Zuko all those months ago, that marriage wasn’t merely friendship.
She likes Zuko. She’s always liked him. The issue, then, isn’t whether she likes him; but when she started to like him like this.
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27 Jun 2026
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Crossing Paths And Blowing Sand by ErsatzErmine
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
30 May 2025
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“We’re in the middle of the desert, waterbender. So you might have that barrel, but once it’s gone, what do you have?” Zuko moved forward, into her personal space. She was shorter than him, and he was using his height deliberately to glare down at her, but Katara didn’t back down. He could feel the sun soaking into him – his power was strongest while she was at her weakest, and for a moment he wished she would start something so that he could beat her in a fight. “I can make fire anywhere, and you might get one shot in, but then I am going to make you burn.”
The moment dragged out.
They were glaring.
Still glaring.
This was the point where the girl would usually be flying away on a bison and he’d be covered in perfume or something.
Something shifted in her expression, and Zuko started fully processing what he had just said, and how it could perhaps have been phrased a little—Her voice was completely flat. “Make. Me. Burn.” Her mouth tugged, started widening into a sly smile.
His stomach dropped. Oh no. “I meant it like—“
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A good tip about a mountain pass leads Zuko and Iroh to Misty Palms Oasis a week early, and they run straight into some old enemies.
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24 Jun 2026
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Without the demands of a century-long war, waterbenders use their gifts for art rather than combat. Katara and her family’s troupe of waterbending performers travel to the Fire Nation to exhibit for its lord. With a dance of moon-silvered water, Katara ensnares an admirer who offers gifts and unsigned notes.
As the troupe spends six weeks with the capital’s firebenders to craft an unforgettable tandem performance—a union of fire and water—Katara extends an invitation to meet the admirer. She is not expecting Fire Lord Zuko himself.
A hidden duet between them ignites kinship, passion, and then fierce devotion.
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16 Jun 2026