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et tu? by swanswords for amandayetagain
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
04 Jul 2026
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"Ms. Foster. Do you remember anything of the ambush?"
The bar is so low it might as well be underground with the dwarves but Sophie supposes she should be grateful he hadn't just rifled through her head to find out—or if he had he has the dignity not to admit it.
"Nothing but the beginning. I thought it'd worked but we lost when the advantage when the conjurer—" Forkle twitches imperceptibly and if Sophie knew any better she'd say he flinched. "—knocked us around. Did we even know they had a conjurer?"
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this night is sparkling (don’t you let it go) by swanswords for honeyedbee
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
21 May 2026
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Someone else seems to have had the same idea as her, because there’s an figure already leaning against the railing, closer to the stairs leading into the alleyway and towards the dumpsters. He seems about her age, but in the dim light, Biana could be off by anywhere from three to thirty years. He doesn’t react, even as the door swings shut with an audible clunking noise that echoes through the alley.
Even still, Biana clears her throat. “Sorry. I don’t mean to…” she trails off, not quite sure what she is doing. “Could I sit out here for a minute? Or-”
“You’re good.” His response is short, and he doesn’t alter his gaze from where it seems to be fixed across the alleyway. It’s not exactly a warm welcome, but it’s permission at least, so Biana leans forward, ignoring the sting of the cold metal on her still warm skin.
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red horizons by swanswords
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
26 Mar 2026
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There were a lot of ways Sophie could describe Mars. It was surreal, to be there in the first place, something close to 100 million miles from Earth. Everything from the different gravity, to the perpetually dusky sky, to sunset or sunrise, when the horizon lit with an earth-like blue. It all felt like an elaborate dream. The planet was beautiful, even with its barren landscape, and it was breathtaking every time Sophie left the HAB and saw the horizon, endless red rocks for kilometers and kilometers in the distance.
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Almost a year after Jack wakes up in Montreal General Hospital, his throat impossibly dry and chest impossibly tight, the NHL sends Liam Provost, the last of the Montreal core to retire. Together, they’d won three cups in all, but after the third Bob had left, signing in Pittsburgh. Provost had been the only of the Habs to look Jack in the eyes at the funeral, to pull him into a bone crushing hug and shed a tear.
Truth be told, Jack barely remembers the game itself, the incident.
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Another minute passes and Caleb still hasn’t come out, and Kent regrets his inability to say no to the kid, because he should be getting ready for the charity dinner, getting his orders of who to schmooze with from Lisa, but instead he’s stuck here, bound by his word.
Caleb isn’t a kid anymore, not really, but despite it being his third year with the team, the final season of his ELC, he still would only be able to drink legally in America come January, so he was basically a child, especially in comparison to some of the aging pillars of the Aces’ locker room.
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keeper of the foxhole court by swanswords
Fandom Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
07 Aug 2025
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Marella Redek let her cigarette burn down to the filter without taking a drag. Or, an All For The Game AU of Keeper of the Lost Cities
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Sugar Snow and Peppermint Pathways by sunlight-and-storms (copperzinnias)
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
25 Dec 2020
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Unlike many baking shows out there, the Holiday Bake-Off isn’t elimination-based, which viewers claim makes it all the more interesting. Each competitor, however, is entirely on their own- which means that if the Vacker siblings do attend, they’ll be working against each other for the first time ever.
Dex rolls out the cookie dough again. "I hate them so much."
(Or: nearly everyone is a famous baker, Biana and Fitz are both a little bit in love, and Dex Dizznee does not, under any circumstances, want to interact with the Vackers.)
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17 Jul 2026
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liability (reprise) by toastedbagel for birdysnow
Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic
15 Jul 2026
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No one says no when the Edgar Allan Ravens come recruiting. Not even Laila Dermott, whose heart has always been just a little too big for her team. They're a means to an end, and she can put up with whatever they throw at her if it means being perfect.
Finding the dead body in the basement convinces her otherwise.
Facing a desperate, last-ditch transfer for her fifth and final year, Laila has to confront her past if she wants to stop surviving and start living.
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Or: The Sunshine Court, but the Trojans have an extra Raven transferring to the line, and all the weird, hard, beautiful feelings that entails.Bookmarked by swanswords
15 Jul 2026
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Candor by SemperAeternumQue
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
06 Jan 2023
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noun: candor
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions
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“It-“ under Bronte’s icy stare, Tiergan finds his usual lies slip away. “Fine, it’s not fine. What do you want me to say?”“Nothing in particular. I just wanted your honesty.”
Tiergan considers snapping at him and finds that he has no energy left to do so. He sighs. “It should be better now that Sophie’s better, shouldn’t it?”
“I regret to inform you that that is not how elven minds work.”
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Or, Bronte and Tiergan talk in the aftermath of Sophie's shattering and subsequent healing.(sequel to Ancillary)
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- Part 3 of Bronte&Tiergan
- Part 2 of Ancillary Verse
Bookmarked by swanswords
08 Jul 2026
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play dumb (but know exactly what we're doing) by cynthiacoven
Fandoms: Gallagher Girls Series - Ally Carter
02 Jan 2023
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Ever since Cammie left, Macey had been awake more often than not, each sound, each creak of the floorboard in their hallway sending a ray of hope through her that she’d come back. That she had found what she wanted and came back. That Cammie would walk through that door with that small smile and bright eyes and, even if it had been a whole summer, it would be like nothing changed.
She never did.
But Macey still lay in bed facing the door. (Facing away from the empty bed that plagued her.)
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03 Jul 2026
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They don’t hesitate when they’re getting started this time, and Alina is flying again, leaning most of the way out of her seat to pick up the smaller, faster competition planets. Aerin takes them first around the very outer track around the arena, gaining speed as she pilots the little ship around gentle turns. She’s clearly trying not to grin at the speed, the competition, the fun of the scrimmage. Alina wonders at it: how many people see this side of Aerin, open and unrestrained? She knows she would do anything to keep the twitch at the side of her mouth going.
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Aerin and Alina play on the Boston Lux team, sharing a two-seater ship: Aerin is their ace pilot, Alina their top scorer. After a crash, they learn again how to play the game.
Bookmarked by frankellover (swanswords)
21 Jun 2026