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if you need to, darling, lean your weight to me by rottenpomegranate
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
05 Jul 2025
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"This is where I live now, Keith. I can't just leave." He says, seriously.
"Why?"
"Why can't I just leave? Keith, I-"
"No, I mean, why is this where you live now?"
At this, Lance genuinely flatters. "What?"
"Why? Why did you get into the Garrison? To milk cows and plant flowers for the rest of your life?"
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Or: Two weeks in Lance's cottage on Earth are all he gets, before he's set to leave again. Keith smokes his cigarettes, drinks his wine, kisses him like he's been wishing to since he was eighteen, and pretends it doesn't kill him inside: that the saviour of the universe is so full of grief he's acting like he's content being a farmer.
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Lighthouse Bookshop had been there seemingly since time immemorial. Over forty years at that spot, sitting proud, a beacon at the heart of the community, and when the old owner decides to sell, it's the perfect vessel for Stede's odd restlessness.
And the building is connected to a famous cocktail bar run by a mad genius behind the stick.
One problem: Stede's still married.
ETA: Podfic available thanks to the inimitable KninjaKnitter at this link
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- Part 1 of sleeves touching sleeves
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Ed is an engineer aboard the Revenge, an interplanetary research vessel on a multi-year mission to study Jupiter's moon Europa. An accident requires that Ed awaken from cryostasis over six months early, and finds his only companion to be Stede, the ship's onboard AI. They develop an unconventional friendship, but is it possible to have more?
This is classic mutual pining with a sci-fi twist, inspired by all of my favorite stories about the nature of personhood.
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“You–” Ed was struggling to parse what Stede was saying. “You’re playing your version of this song for me, right now? Like, in real time?”“Yes, Edward, that’s correct,” said Stede softly.
Ed’s brain momentarily seized up. He supposed it made sense that Stede was capable of learning a set of rules to do something like arrange and play a piece of music. There was something unnerving about this song, though. It felt, well–it felt organic . Reactive. Almost collaborative in a way. Ed was lost in the push and pull of it, until the last notes softly petered out.
“So, what did you think?” asked Stede. It sounded nervous again. Why the hell would someone program an anxiety response into a bot?
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- Part 1 of Starry Eyes and Counting Down to Zero
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Waiting Game by Skylark
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters: Red & Green & Blue & Yellow | Pokemon Red Green Blue Yellow Versions
17 Jul 2010
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Red leaves, and Green can't make him stay.
For this prompt: "Red comes down from the mountain to accost Green for sex. Then tries to leave. I want Green to convince him to stay and Red to be totally dense about what is wrong with always being gone."
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Skinny Love n. used to describe a type of relationship between two people that are very in love with each other, or who have deep romanic unsaid feelings for each other; but are far to embarrassed to express their true feelings. The relationship is 'skinny' because they have yet to come out and explain how they feel.
Or the one where Keith and Lance fake date each other to make their respective crushes jealous while secretly pining for each other.