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Child, Captain, Son by mudthefrog
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
18 Oct 2025
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He didn’t want the strangers getting anywhere near him. He wanted his Mam, and he wanted to roll down the grassy hill with Linkle, and he wanted to sit in the worn rocking chair by the kitchen and try to sound out his Da’s books. But he knew he had no way of getting out of the trap by himself, and it hurt.
Or: Warriors gets de-aged just before he meets the Chain (in a rather unfortunate set of circumstances)
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Three days had come and gone, and Warriors had not slept.
A hazy fog had descended over his mind, his body. He knew it wasn’t good for him, doggedly pushing through as his stress levels ratcheted higher and higher. But it was well beyond his control now, and he was fighting a battle he didn’t know how to win.
He really didn’t like fighting battles he didn’t know how to win.
How could he calm the swirling paranoia when he had a job to do, brothers to watch over? How could he sleep when he didn’t know what would happen once his eyes slipped shut?
Or: Warriors is stressed, exhausted, and not sleeping. After reaching a breaking point, his brothers care for him.
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- Part 7 of LU One-shots
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Sun Goes Down by mudthefrog
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
21 Jun 2025
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Somehow, Link always thought that there was some sort of divine guarantee that he would be content after his adventure, like it was owed to him for his sacrifice. He understands why Midna made the decision she did, and he cannot resent her for it.
The idea that he has a right to happiness is a joke, but he never feels like laughing about it. He never feels like doing much of anything, these days.
Twilight joins the Chain last, but he’s mid depressive episode and not doing well.
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- Part 6 of LU One-shots
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Safe and Secured by mudthefrog
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
15 Jun 2025
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“Mask,” he breathes, “Sprite, it’s me. You have to calm down. We have to be quiet.”
He shouldn’t waste the words, shouldn’t risk it, but he can’t stop himself from whispering, “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. It’s okay.”
Link shoves a free end of his scarf into Mask’s fist like an apology. The deep royal blue is a signifier of a hero, of safety. Right now looking at it makes Link feel sick.
Or: Captain Link rescues a sick and exhausted Mask from capture ft Link’s scarf as a baby sling
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Shaky Ground by mudthefrog
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
04 Jun 2025
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Blood traced a sluggish path down Warriors’ cheek and then dripped onto his exposed neck. It was warm. He blinked - once, twice, then rapidly as he tried to clear his pounding head. He stared blearily at his surroundings, finally dredging up two pieces of information.
One - something was seriously wrong with him. And two - he had no idea where he was, how he got there, or how much time had elapsed.
Series
- Part 5 of LU One-shots
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LU One-shots by mudthefrog
Fandom: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
05 Oct 2025
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Loving Lavender by mudthefrog
Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
27 May 2021
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He ushers the chain out the door with a motion that’s only patient and slow because of practiced restraint, and then a Link, a word pours through the room and hits Warriors right between the shoulder blades, cold and breath-hitching like river water.
The flinch in his posture is miniscule, but he knows the two women behind him see it. He thinks maybe the chain does too.
“Alone,” the Queen calls.
Something lumpy pushes up his throat.
[...]
"Traitors?"
for Whumptober 2022, day 2; theme is nowhere to run
Bookmarked by mudthefrog
16 Oct 2025
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stitching up the loose threads of his soul by Queen_of_Moons67
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
26 Dec 2024
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After years of war picking up medical knowledge—how to stem bleeding, prevent sepsis, ease a passing—Link wants nothing more than to settle into Hyrule Castle as part of her hospital staff. Zelda is, perhaps, far more understanding of his desire than he deserves, and it’s going well until the day eight strangers bring a quest to his doorstep.
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07 Oct 2025
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Sky wasn’t sure what had happened. One moment, he was swinging the Master Sword towards a moblin and the next, he was face-planting in the dirt, pain exploding from the back of his head.
// Sky gets a concussion and the other boys take care of him.
Bookmarked by mudthefrog
25 Sep 2025
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In Which Sky Gets Banned From A Pub, Probably by qar
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
17 Oct 2023
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Deep, shuddering breath in, slow exhale out. There's blood leaking from his forehead from where Sky'd impacted the stone. Another shuddering breath. His stomach rolls. Exhale.
Murmuring around him, raised voices - he's in the bar. On the floor. He hadn't been on the floor a minute ago.
"…don't touch him, you'll make it worse."
"He just attacked that woman!"
"It's battlesickness. He's a soldier. It's a goddamn trauma response, so don't touch him."
Day 17: Touch Aversion (Sky & Warriors)
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Bookmarked by mudthefrog
05 Sep 2025
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The Vessel Grim and Daring by Ellenar_Ride
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
27 Jul 2023
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If there's one thing the heroes know, it's that there's never a guarantee of safety, especially on the other side of an opaque portal. But while they accounted for monsters, poor weather, and unstable terrain, no-one expected to find only water beneath their feet.
(Or: how they might have met Wind)
"Where's Time?"
The shout echoes over the water and lodges in his chest like a stone, threatening to pull him under. The water is greedy. He twists back to the group, counting heads as he goes: Wild, Four, Hyrule, Legend, Warriors, Sky. Six. Time is nowhere to be seen. Time, who had stepped onto all-but-bottomless water just like the rest of them and been pulled under. Time, who apparently hasn't resurfaced.
Time, who wears a full set of plate armor that weighs almost as much as Four does.
He has only a moment to meet Sky's horrified stare before something blurs between them too quick to see, vanishing beneath the water with barely a sound.
This story is fully written and will update on Thursdays.
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- Part 1 of How They Might Have Met
Bookmarked by mudthefrog
27 Aug 2025