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“What, you think I’d be compliant after a little bit of pain?"
“I can do it again, you know. This little thing still has a lot of juice.”
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Ed gets into an altercation with a Lieutenant Colonel on his way to Central Command.
Luckily, Breda and Havoc happen to be passing by and intervene before a bad situation gets so much worse.
Havoc and Mustang are on a warpath to flambé this guy.
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in-Between by balrock
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
18 Nov 2024
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“I have your toll right here,” Edward motioned to the gate behind him — his gate. It had taken him a long time to figure out what he could use instead of a Philosopher’s Stone, but he figured this would be equivalent.
Truth hummed, unimpressed, and said: “No.”
Ed stopped, breath frozen in his chest. “What do you mean, no.” His mind vacillated between disbelief and anger. “Isn’t this what you’re all about, making deals? This is equivalent! A lifetime of-“
“Deals, hmm?” Truth interrupted, amused. “Let’s make a deal then.” He stared, about to argue that’s what he’d been trying to do. Truth continued, its smile deranged without any eyes to balance it. “A wager, perhaps.”
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Ed has had enough. The days are long and the nights longer. He’s tired.
He just wants to see Alphonse restored.
He was too scared before, but now is the time to do what he always knew would bring his brother back.
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The First, The Last, and The Beginning by balrock
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
05 Mar 2020
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They could have had anything, he could have given them endless possibilities, had they sought Asha; but they didn’t. So he took their flesh and blood, gave them what they paid for but not what they wanted — souls, love, power — and thought them foolish.
The Seeker had long since passed into the Knowing, but Mithra longed to ask them where he wet wrong.
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- Part 1 of Immortality and Other Ways to Die
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In the Land of Gods and Monsters by balrock
Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types
03 Mar 2020
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Ishval — May 13th 1908
He had run as fast as he could, as far as he could, until he reached the edge of the desert. He could still hear the screaming ricocheting through his head and the roar of the inferno in the distance.
There were no faces, he hadn’t gotten close enough for that — he wasn’t sure if that made it better or worse.
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- Part 2 of Immortality and Other Ways to Die
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Immortality and Other Ways to Die by balrock
Fandom Fullmetal Alchemist - All Media Types, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
05 Mar 2020
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Keith and Lance support each other through season two-related insecurities, Lance brings Keith home to meet his family, and they end up married (maybe more than once).
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19 Jun 2026
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“Coran, what’s happening?” Lance didn’t like how Shiro's voice shook. Was something wrong with the wormhole?
“The integrity of the wormhole has been compromised,” Coran yelled. “We’re breaking down!”
Lance sucked in a breath, eyes wide. Compromised? Breaking down? “What does that mean?!” He asked into the comms.
“It means we have no control where we’re headed!”
Oh no. Oh no no no no no no no.
After narrowly escaping the Galra, a corrupted wormhole leaves Lance stranded on the other side of the galaxy. With no team, no lion, and no idea what to do, Lance must fight for survival and show the universe just who Lance McClain really is.Asterism (noun): a prominent pattern or group of stars, typically having a popular name but smaller than a constellation.
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09 Apr 2026
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Lance is suffering from toxic siltrite poisoning for which there's no cure. He can't keep it a secret forever. But he can try.
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04 May 2026
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It was just a simple mind-meld exercise. But something seems to happen in the middle and now Lance and Keith can feel each other's emotions. Lance realizes that Keith actually desperately wants to be open and vulnerable around people and Keith realizes that Lance just wants someone to notice him. They try to navigate their new reality.Series
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Agent Lance McClain by Kan13 for Shiranai Atsune
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender, Voltron - Fandom
12 May 2019
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another request by Shiranai Atsune!
What if Lance was a secret agent and already knew about aliens before voltron? What if he already knew about the galra and the threat they posed and why Earth never really was contacted by aliens before? How long would he be able to keep that secret?Series
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15 Apr 2026