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i spy with my little eye

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by ARS0NNIE

And there they were- under the Statue that once held memories of the two of them, with all their emotions laid out in the open.

Words: 1081, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of Angstober 2023

Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: Diluc (Genshin Impact), Kaeya (Genshin Impact)

Relationships: Diluc & Kaeya (Genshin Impact)

Additional Tags: Ambiguous/Open Ending, Diluc and Kaeya are Not Siblings (Genshin Impact), Fights, Arguments, Alternate Universe - Pre-Canon, Happens when Diluc gets back, Betaed

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Truth Hurts

Notes: For the @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers October Minific Challenge. This is one of the prompts that I broke the word limit for because I just didn't like it smaller. I know the Truth scene has been covered dozens of times over but that where my little train of thought went so here we go.

Prompt 4 from the Angstober 2023 List:

"I want to believe you."

Summary: Luka was prepared for heartbreak, just not like this.

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Luka's heart ached. He wasn't sure what was going on with Marinette, but it was clear she was hiding something.

It was probably Adrien. His mind whispered the thought over and over. She had even called him Adrien on the phone. He had to admit it hurt.

But then, why did she keep agreeing to go out with him? She seemed to enjoy herself on their outings as far as Luka could tell. She had even wanted to kiss him.

Juleka appeared in his doorway and mumbled "We're ready." Before going back up to the stage. Luka sighed in defeat. Marinette said she'd make it to practice. Luka was sure she wouldn't be there.

He was right. Marinette came skittering across the deck after the band had already launched into the song. When she smiled at him, he couldn't find it in him to smile back. They needed to talk.

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The truth Luka…is the only thing I can't tell you.

He felt something shatter. He was pretty sure it was his heart. She…didn't trust him? She couldn't be honest with him? He had prepared himself for the hurt of being rejected for someone else. He hadn't prepared for rejection at such a fundamental level. Suddenly, his pain amplified.

"Shadow Moth?! No, Luka, please resist. I am so sorry!" He could hear the panic in Marinette's plea. She cared enough to be afraid for him.

"Why should you resist when she doesn't trust you?!"

"Marinette does trust me." Luka could hear the doubt in his words.

"I do! Of course I do!" Marinette pleaded with him.

I want to believe you…he couldn't get the words out. He knew he had lost this fight. Shadow Moth had preyed on his vulnerability.

Luka sank to his knees in defeat. "Run Marinette!" He could at least hope she would be gone and he wouldn't hurt her.

~★~

Luka closed himself in his room and cried.

Marinette didn't trust him enough to be honest with him. Shadow Moth had tried to force him to pry the secrets from Marinette by force. Apparently he had managed to reveal that Jagged Stone was his and Juleka's father.

His world felt like it was crumbling. If the day hadn't been bad enough, his brain was trying to hold onto some desperate hope that he was missing something. Marinette wanted to kiss him. She said she wasn't in love with Adrien. She said she couldn't tell him the truth.

"Marinette is on the bridge." Juleka looked pissed. He would have to deal with that too.

He walked up to meet Marinette, every step feeling heavy and slow. He didn't want to do this. The day had been hard enough already.

"I don't want to lie to you Luka…" Marinette sounded as broken as he felt. "I don't think I can…"

Luka hugged her to him. "Whenever you're ready, I'll be here."

He felt empty as he watched her leave. Why did he feel like he was missing something?

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Second-in-command

https://archiveofourown.org/works/50628571 by Sivan325, SivanShemesh (Sivan325) It was a pure chance that the alpha came alone in the first place, and McCall isn't the one to waste the only chance he got before Hale Pack came. No, he got what he needed right there. Flufftober Day 1 - "I've got you." Angstober Day 1 - Honorbound Full Moon Prompt #557: Do over Sterek weekly - Wonder Words: 566, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 60 of Full Moon challenge, Part 6 of Sterek Weekly Prompts Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Peter Hale, Jackson Whittemore, Derek Hale's Pack Members Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Aftermath of Violence, Hurt Derek Hale, BAMF Stiles Stilinski, Mates Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Light Angst, Fluff, Flufftober 2023, Angstober 2023, Tumblr: sterekweekly, Tumblr: Full Moon Ficlet Weekly Prompt Community (Teen Wolf), no beta we die like men read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/50628571

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Broken and Fixed

by Eye_Collective Bruce asks about lines on a teacup Day 5:"Dried and cracked" Words: 352, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 5 of Angstober 2023 Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson(mentioned), Tim Drake(mentioned), Jason Todd(mentioned), Damian Wayne(mentioned) Relationships: Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Good Parent Alfred Pennyworth, Alfred Pennyworth is the Best, Alfred Pennyworth-centric, Alfred Pennyworth is Bruce Wayne's Parent, Angstober 2023 via https://ift.tt/4MtXkRG

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Broken and Fixed

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/4MtXkRG by Eye_Collective Bruce asks about lines on a teacup Day 5:"Dried and cracked" Words: 352, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 5 of Angstober 2023 Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson(mentioned), Tim Drake(mentioned), Jason Todd(mentioned), Damian Wayne(mentioned) Relationships: Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Good Parent Alfred Pennyworth, Alfred Pennyworth is the Best, Alfred Pennyworth-centric, Alfred Pennyworth is Bruce Wayne's Parent, Angstober 2023 read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/4MtXkRG

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Here's chapter two of It's a tight squeeze, but I won't let go - my fill for day four of Angstober 2023: "I want to believe you."

Fic summary: It’s a weird feeling, being underwater like this. Everything sounds so… strange. Sound already acts differently underwater, moving much faster than through most air-compositions, and interacting differently with the ear. With the added barrier of transparisteel, the air inside the pod is both quiet and almost vibrating with the sounds of the water around it. It would almost be relaxing, if not for the falling debris around them and the very real possibility that they will never make it to the surface.

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Angstober 2023, Oct. 08 prompt: Dark Days

Elementary episode: 3x24

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Dark Days

Notes: For the @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers October Minific Challenge. I tried to hold myself to the word limit of 250 as a personal challenge to develop a couple skills.

Prompt 8 from the Angstober 2023 List:

Dark Days

Summary: It's been a rough few weeks. Marinette is not doing great. Sometimes, the burden feels too much.

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Marinette lay in the dark room, feeling numb. She was…depressed, hardly felt like an adequate description anymore.

It started with Miracle Queen. She was under so much pressure. She made one mindless mistake and it cost all of her allies' secret identities.

New York had been bad. For the first time, she wasn't able to fix damage in Paris because she was gone.

Things with Chat were tense.

After Truth, she knew she couldn't have a normal life. No matter how badly she wanted it, she couldn't have love. She couldn't have Luka.

She wasn't even allowed to grieve and process. Her friends were akumatized. Luka was hurt when she couldn't be around him.

So she plastered on the fake smile, went through the motions. Her own heart was breaking. Being next to him but not being able to be with him. Being around her friends but knowing she wasn't allowed the same experiences.

For one brief, selfish moment, she hoped he had seen something with Wishmaker. She thought…maybe if she didn't reveal the secret, it could be okay. But he said he hadn't and she felt guilty for even thinking it. She was being selfish.

So when Risk made her impulsive, of course she let down all of Paris. Shadow Moth - Monarch had taken everything.

Her phone started ringing and she watched as Luka's face flashed on her screen. She couldn't talk to him like this. She'd spill everything to him.

Ignoring the call, she rolled over and cried.

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Counting Down by @fergusandmarsali

"Ian said he wants to talk. After school." "About what?" "He did not say." And that was the problem, wasn't it? The words had been said in passing, a fleeting moment between the carefully orchestrated breakfast rush and ritual boarding of the school bus, and yet they were all Fergus could think about. - OR - Fergus struggles to navigate life at Lallybroch without Jamie and Claire. Modern Day AU.

Now available on AO3

Written for @angstober 2023: Anxiety

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where we were where we stood

where we were, where we stood https://ift.tt/Q5dDyCY by ARS0NNIE Hermione gets the closure she needed. Words: 726, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 8 of Angstober 2023 Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/M Characters: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Additional Tags: Light Angst, Post-Break Up, Closure, Past Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy via AO3 works tagged 'Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy' https://ift.tt/9lAXdM8 October 09, 2023 at 06:40PM

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Angstober 2023, Oct. 10 prompt: Can't Go Home

Elementary episode: 3x20

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Angstober 2023, Oct. 11 prompt: Beyond Recognition

(except to Sherlock)

Elementary episode: 4x04

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Angstober 2023, Oct. 13 prompt: From Childhood

"Did you collect these people's trading cards as a child?"

Elementary episode: 2x13

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Angstober 2023, Oct. 14 prompt: What You Swore to Destroy

Also fits Inktober 2023, Oct. 31 prompt: Fire

Elementary episode: 3x12

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Giving Up

Moving Forward Part One

Notes: For the @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers October Minific Challenge. I tried to hold myself to the word limit of 250 as a personal challenge to develop a couple skills.

Prompt 15 from the Angstober 2023 List:

Lessons learned in failure

I wasn't originally going to take it this way but this conversation ties in well with the prompt for tomorrow too so I'm going to connect these two. You can read Part 2 and Part 3 on here or on AO3.

Summary: Marinette has learned a lesson the hard way. Luka just wants to help support her during a hard time.

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Marinette sat on the bank of the Seine, eyes unfocused.

This time she had endangered all of Paris, maybe the whole world, as a result of an unhealthy crush. Her chest ached and her mind felt numb. She was tired of hurting people in her quest for romance.

Marinette crumpled into herself. She had learned her lesson this time. Marinette and Adrien could not be more than friends, when it was this destructive just to try.

"Too bad it only cost me all of the Miraculous" she thought bitterly. She rested her head on her knees and closed her eyes, willing her lungs to breathe.

"Do you want company or do you need to be alone?" Luka's familiar voice spoke quietly behind her.

Marinette's eyes pricked with tears at the sound of his voice, soft and kind. She didn't deserve kindness right now. She responded with a shrug without lifting her head.

"I'll leave you be if you want Marinette, but you look like you could use a friend." Luka encouraged her.

Marinette nodded silently. She liked Luka, he brought her peace. "I never deserved him." She thought. She had really liked him and wanted to make it work. But Ladybug interfered.

Luka sat beside her. "Do you want to talk about it?"

She lifted her eyes to his, tears streaming down her face. "I messed up." She whispered the words.

Luka pulled her into a tight hug and let her cry freely, shielding her as he watched for butterflies.

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Wake Up Call

Moving Forward: Part Two

Notes: For the @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers October Minific Challenge. I tried to hold myself to the word limit of 250 as a personal challenge to develop a couple skills.

Prompt 16 from the Angstober 2023 List:

Wake Up Call

I really didn't expect any of these minifics to become more than small one shots but then suddenly there were 3 days of prompts that tied together and now there's a mini arc in my minfics. You can read Part 1 and Part 3 on here or on AO3.

Summary: Luka comes to a realization of his own while he holds Marinette. Maybe this could have been avoided.

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As he held Marinette, letting her breakdown, Luka felt guilty.

He had gleaned enough from the news clips and Juleka's vague observations to put pieces together. Ladybug was acting fluttery around a new holder, the way Marinette acted around Adrien. But Luka knew Adrien was Chat Noir and if she thought Adrien was Flairmidable, she was tricked.

If Luka had just told Marinette the truth, that he knew their identities, maybe this wouldn't have happened . Why hadn't she called on him to fight Strikeback? He hated that he couldn't help. Had he somehow lost her trust?

"I messed up too." Luka murmured softly into her hair as he held her. "I'm so sorry."

"Why are you apologizing? You've been nothing but supportive." Marinette sniffled.

Luka tensed. He had been supportive, but maybe that was part of the problem. He had blindly supported her pursuit of Adrien because they had some kind of love square going on, and he genuinely thought Adrien would make her happy.

Sitting here now, knowing how they interacted in and out of their masks, knowing how much heartache she had suffered, knowing there were so many hurt feelings on both sides, he wasn't sure he made the right call. He felt a little sick.

"I think we need to talk." Luka sighed and swallowed when she looked up at him. "Just…please don't hate me."

"I could never hate you." Marinette said quickly. "Luka, what's going on?"

Luka's voice trembled. "I haven't been completely honest with you."

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𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝

pairing(s); jake sully x fem!navi!reader, neytiri tskaha mo'at'ite x fem!navi!reader

summary; it was a mistake they didn’t mean for it to happen at least not without you —angstober day; 20—

word count; 650+

warning(s); angst, death of an animal, and language

A/n:—GIFs; @helicarrier— I can’t believe its already the 20th

“Ma Y/n! Yawne wait” Neytiri called out to you as you climbed down from the spirit tree your tail that was once filled with with a passionate sway now lies limp behind you the grass and leaves crunching after you tears blurring your doe eyes with a frown etched deep on your face your feet carrying you somewhere they the weren’t

Somewhere you could be free

Before you know it there’s a restraint on your thin deep blue cauda and you turned to face Jake his five fingered hand wrapped around its end your hand inches way above his at the base and a hiss resting against your lips the sky walker put his hands up in surrender taking a small steps to approach you like a wild animal deep in the forest

“I trusted you, I trusted you!” Sniffling erupted your speech now and both of them fought the urge to look away from your hurt features ears falling flat against the temples of their navy skin warm tears running down Neytiris face

“Trust us now” Jake pleaded his voice calm and settled while yours was scratchy and rubbed raw shaking your head in denial turning down the deal without giving it a thought because you truly didn’t need to

“I should not put my faith into a occupied pair… who are mated before Eywa” You whispered and the na’vi whimpered at the cold words tumbling out your mouth as you turn your back to face the trees accepting their embrace a slight wind rustling through the branches and when you went to move forward you heard movement from behind

“Do not follow me, I hope you can respect that much” You murmured before walking deep off into the forest before Jake holds Neytiri in his lanky, slim, hold her tears falling off her face and onto his bare chest broken promises to get you back to them promises he knew he might not have been able to keep

It was a heart of the moment situation even though it shouldn’t have been especially after restless nights of studying for you to be together… for you to all be bonded together and you were close the na’vis cursed at themselves because god you were close, so goddamn close

But they had formed their own kuru and it was a done deal

The two were heading back to the village a slow drag in their steps when they heard a scream, your scream. You were one of the best warriors in the village and usually called out with a chur and whistle for battle this time it was a scream that shook the leaves and echoed off the face of the forest Neytiri was faster than Jake moving through the forest with ease and determination while the sky walker set a decent pace behind her and it felt like forever until the came to a stop your back was still faced towards them your shoulders hunched and your bow lying beside you

The pair took careful steps to you and Jake finally saw your irkran lied out against the floor it’s eyes wide and open yet lifeless as you sobbed hand rubbing over its snout a hand over her stomach and Neytitri dropped next you an arm draping over your shoulder frowning heaving at the sight while you screamed in agony

“She waited too many breeding cycles to have the calf, the clan was so happy for her” You sniffled rubbing a hand over her plump stomach and Jake finally settled on his knees next to you putting his forehead against yours and it was soothing for a while until you finally shot up flinging their limbs off you

“What is this great mother, WHAT IS THIS!?” Your screaming was your most sacred possession Ewya granted you the gift herself

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Oh my gosh a cliffhanger 🙀