dubious coping mechanisms
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Autumn (Season 1) by girl_with_the_tarot_tattoos
Fandoms: Assassin's Creed, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
23 May 2016
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They call him Shaykh-al-Hashishim. He is their Elder, and upon his command all of the men of the mountain come out or go in ... they are believers of the word of their elder and everyone everywhere fears them, because they even kill kings.
—Benjamin of TudelaThe Assassin Order was founded in 1080 by Hassan-i Sabbah. Most scholars agree it was active from 1080-1275 before being officially eradicated by Mongol Empire. Except the scholars are wrong.
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- Part 1 of The Garden
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Winter (Season 2) by girl_with_the_tarot_tattoos
Fandoms: Assassin's Creed - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
10 Jul 2017
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At the hotel we had separate rooms, but in the middle of the night she came sobbing into mine, and we made it up very gently. You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go.
- Lolita, Vladimir NabokovThe Assassin Order was founded in 1080 by Hassan-i Sabbah. Most scholars agree it was active from 1080-1275 before being officially eradicated by Mongol Empire. Except the scholars are wrong.
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- Part 2 of The Garden
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a little pain (that i would rather do without) by orphan_account
Fandoms: 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed, Magic Kaito
21 Jun 2018
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sometimes, the masks have to come off. it gets suffocating.
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- Part 8 of EOXI UHX ECX
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When Aubrey gets anxious, she drives. It’s easier to lose herself in the winding of the road and the hum of her bike against her thighs and the wind in her hair that she should definitely have covered with a helmet but only sometimes does than it is to focus on what it is that makes her feel antsy.
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We'll Burn That Bridge When We Get To It by Awesome_Sauce432
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
26 Dec 2018
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Molly's alive and reunited with the Mighty Nein, mostly thanks to Shakäste, who'd raised him from the dead (and kept him from dying again). Some things have changed and some things are the same, but Molly is certain that things will be better now that they're all together again. They've gotten past death itself, surely there's nothing else the universe can throw at them.
Molly is wrong. Molly is so very, very wrong.
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- Part 2 of Molly Lives Y'all
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There are certain things Caleb finds hard to express, but somehow it’s easier as a cat.
1. Frumpkin – (Escape from Myself) The first time Caleb turns into a cat, he’s alone in his room. Well, almost alone.
2. Nott – (Pay Attention) Nott has been preoccupied lately. Human Caleb understands, but cats are selfish by nature.
3. Beau – (Love Bites) Loving Beauregard is painful, as usual.
4. Fjord – (Talk to Me in the Middle of the Night) Fjord wakes up to something tiny and sharp poking him in the eye.
5. Caduceus – (Coping Mechanism) Caduceus isn’t convinced this is entirely healthy, but it’s fine.
6. Jester – (When You Mourn) Caleb isn’t ordinarily equipped to offer physical comfort, but right now he is soft and small and warm, so it’s easier.
7. Essek – (Familiar) Essek has an unusual encounter one evening while out in the city.
8. Kiri & Luc - (Child's Play) The Nein decide Hupperdook is too dangerous for Kiri, so they bring her to Nicodranas. Luc and Kiri adjust, and Caleb helps. -
I Know, I Know, I'm Right Here, Darling by waterlilyvioletfog
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
17 Nov 2020
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He unfolded the letter carefully, a warm look on his face. But as he read, his face lost its color. His eyes grew wide and watery.
"Your Grace?" Jeyne asked tentatively. "Is something wrong?"
He turned to face her, his expression wild, but he seemed to be at a loss for words. She took the letter from him. She scanned through it, the war report meaningless to her. Then she found it. She gasped. "The princes?"
Robb choked on a sob- or maybe a scream- pressing a fist to his mouth. He shook his head frantically, staring at nothing. "No, no no no, Jeyne, don't say it, my lady." He buried his head in his hands, and began to weep.Robb receives the news of Bran and Rickon's "deaths". Jeyne is right there.
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Set in season 2 after Spike, Dru and Angelus have moved into the mansion. Drusilla, in a rare moment alone decides to look for the future, intentionally, in the cards, to see if Angelus' obsession with Buffy ends the same way it did for her, all those years ago. The cards leave out one key detail.
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- Part 1 of In A Handful of Dust
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Bright Horses by TheMoonlily
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings (Movies)
20 Dec 2024
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In bright summer, friends meet in green Ithilien and new bonds are forged. Neither the King of Rohan or the Lady of Dol Amroth were looking for one another. But fate won't be denied when kindred souls come together.
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Akaashi's dark mood strikes again and this time Tsukishima is the one to look after him.
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- Part 2 of Birdland
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Stuck in an empty white house surrounded by expanses of white in all directions, unsure who put him in the white hell or why, Cross feels like his sanity is on the edge of snapping, so when the chance for comfort and company shows itself, well he couldn’t afford to not latch onto it tooth and nail.
Trouble is, having a doll as your only company can make things get complicated.
Especially if you begin to forget that dolls aren't alive
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Spring (Season 3) by girl_with_the_tarot_tattoos
Fandoms: Assassin's Creed - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
15 Apr 2024
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In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.
- Henry RollinsThe Assassin Order was founded in 1080 by Hassan-i Sabbah. Most scholars agree it was active from 1080-1275 before being officially eradicated by Mongol Empire. Except the scholars are wrong.
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- Part 3 of The Garden
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Desperate Times, Desperate Measures by Emjen_Enla
Fandoms: Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo
26 Dec 2023
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Even though this job is important and a clear head is imperative, Kaz drinks a fair amount of whiskey before they leave for Club Cumulus, because as imperative as it that his head is clear, it’s even more imperative that his hands don’t shake.
Written for Whumptober Day 17 answering the prompt “Touch Aversion.”
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- Part 11 of Whumptober 2023
- Part 73 of Prompted Works
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it is just a house, not a home by inmylife
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
12 Jan 2024
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When Sansa had called him, he'd been on a smoke break. "Robb died," she'd told him, and Jon had walked out of Castle Black without telling anyone and got on the first flight home. He'd called his boss from the baggage claim and explained that he'd just be there until the funeral, to support his siblings. Then he found out that Robb had left him the restaurant.
Hulu's "The Bear", as done by the Stark siblings. A very rough sketch.
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Only the Few the Shadows Know by Paynes_Grey
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics)
01 Mar 2024
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Jason is antsy, high-strung, overwhelmed and understimulated. He needs something.
He just needed something. . -
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“Is this a game?” he challenges, when he can’t stand the silence anymore. “Where you toy with your prey before you eat it?”
The Cat King stops in his tracks, tilts his head and stares at him, yellow-eyed. “Who says you are prey?” he asks, as if there is actually a potentially different answer.
“Why else would I be here,” Monty retorts flatly.
“I’m giving you refuge,” the Cat King says lightly. “Isn’t that obvious?”
In the wake of the Dead Boy Detectives’ departure from Port Townsend, the Cat King and Monty are left to pick up the pieces.
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I couldn't bring myself to call, except to call it quits by FourSeasonsOfChange
Fandoms: Andromeda Six (Visual Novel)
27 Apr 2025
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Calderon managed to escape from the prison and leave Goldis behind. Unfortunately, only physically. His thoughts are still haunted, making sleep impossible.
Damon, temporary passenger on a spaceship, has a solution to offer. Where will it lead to?Series
- Part 3 of Gideon's Great, Awesome, Very Good Year
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< They died to save us, > Tobias said.
< Yes, > I responded shortly. < They died for Earth. To keep you from being discovered by the Yeerks. >
< They died to save you, too. >
I didn’t respond. I knew he was right, but the enormity of the fact was overwhelming. I didn’t deserve that kind of salvation. I didn’t want it.
(or, in which Ax grapples with the aftermath of the battle for Leera.)