#two paths diverge

[introspectivememories]

i think what really sells me on brocedes is the fact that they still, to this day, live in the same building. isn't that crazy??? your ex best friend with whom you had a very public falling out with still lives in the same building as you. no one told them to stay there, they chose to do that!!! like nico, i understand. he's got a wife and kids. it'd probably be too much work to uproot them and move somewhere new. but lewis? every time i blink that man is at a new fashion show or fuckin hanging out with shakira. he does not have to live there!!! he does not have to live two floors away from his ex childhood best friend!! and like i know for a fact that there are other luxury condos or apartment or whatever in monaco!! he does not have to do this!!!

#like what is it about that apartment that makes you want to stay lewis??? what is it??? #is it the fact that he is still 2 floors away and if you close your eyes you can pretend like you are young again and nothing will hurt you #two ever? is it the fact that you cannot say his name but you can at least run into him on the lift? he is going to the pool trampoline wit #his two daughter and you are going to the racetrack. his kids chirp a 'hi mister hamilton!' at you. the title sits wrongly on your shoulder #it should've been 'uncle'. it is not and you two only have yourselves to blame. the lift opens and whatever bubble you four were in pops an #all of a sudden you are lewis hamilton 7x wdc chasing after his elusive eighth and he is nico rosberg wdc and girldad extraordinaire #whatever your paths were they diverged long ago. he is going to the pool trampoline with his 2 daughters and you are going to the racetrack #*wakes up dazedly* what the fuck was that??? cannot belive the spirit of brocedes possessed me like that #but like really lewis what is it??? is it enought to catch fleeting glimpses of him around the complex? is it enough to chat about the #weather on the lift? is it enough to send his kids a box of presents on christmas? what is it about this condo/apt that make you stay? #im sorry but it cannot be the amenities. i refuse to belive that. #brocedes #f1 #nico rosberg #lewis hamilton

[scramble-crossing]

I know Another Day isn't canon these are different versions of the characters etc etc but I still find it interesting that both Joshua and Minamimoto are generally kinder, more tolerant people in a world where Joshua has a place in the RG where he can go to be a normal kid for a little while and Sho has a non-destructive creative outlet and positive relationships with the people around him

#listen LISTEN. The AD!cast arent wildly different people. their situations have just changed #kariya is still laid back and work-adverse. uzuki is still tempermental. #megumi talks about how tin pin is a metaphore for society so hes. himself. #joshua outright states that AD is simply a divergent path. this is what they COULD HAVE BEEN had circumstances been different #so i find it really sad just how little these two needed to be so much more content #joshua needed a means of connection. even something as simple as writing a column in a magazine was enough #he wasnt isolated anymore. it was a stabilizing force in his life that prevented him from withdrawing and becoming disillusioned #with Shibuya and the people in it. Tin Pin let him be a normal kid for a while. #Sho needed a positive parental figure to keep him on the right path. someone who could find him a healthy outlet for his energy/creativity #In that way Ken Doi is the complete opposite to Hanekoma. he had his reasons but ultimately he was a deadly enabler #and Sho paid the price #AUGH #twewy #sho minamimoto #joshua kiryu

[freckleslikestars]

Never Again and All Things are sisters. To me. I don’t make the rules.

#two sides of the same coin #something about Scully hitting her brick wall on the cusp of life changing events #something about rebelling against Mulder #both having a path diverging into two roads kinda vibe #and in the end she does wind up choosing Mulder both times #I dunno

[kae-karo]

This is not much of a question, but a token of appreciation. Your writing makes my day, always. I found you through your ryurin works, they’re works I reread whenever I need a little kick of comfort, and to add on—

when I found your profile and saw your age… I was thrilled. As someone who’s just brinking onto 18, it’s terrifying to see ageism in fandom, people saying it’s ludicrous to like media after a certain age. But to see someone so adept in their craft with writing, and using it to their own enjoyment, sharing it with the world… it makes me so happy. I hope to be like you one day, I hope I can hone my skills in writing and art, and continue to love the fiction that keeps me alive no matter how old I may become. The world seems so bleak and so damp some days, I wonder when my clock of liking fic will run out— I have more than a fair handful of people who already call me childish for my hobbies. This is just a very long way of saying I look upto you. I look upto you so greatly and your work never fails to put my heart at ease, a small token that keeps me alive, the gentle thought of ‘if you die, you will never be able to read Kae_Karo’s works again’ (and that’s such a silly line of thinking! So unserious! But it really is true. Your work truly does keep me alive and breathing).

Thank you, thank you for writing, thank you for sharing, thank you for.. everything. You will never know me, but I will always know you through the work you’ve written.

hey anon dear i am. so unbelievably touched by this, i can't even begin to say how much it means to me that you feel this way

first and foremost, thank you more than i can put into words, it's beyond all i could ever hope for that my stories are a bright spot for you, something to look forward to when you need it. beyond that, though, it is unbelievably humbling and an honor to be someone that you look up to. and i will also add that there is nothing at all silly about having something that helps you when you feel that you need a reason to keep going through darker times!!

i could probably take this as an opportunity to go on some ramble about how star trek housewives created modern fandom or how the concept of fanworks has been around for ages (dante's self-insert virgil fanboy story?? shakespeare's historical rpf??) or any number of other comments regarding the fact that there is (or should be) no age limit on fandom, but honestly...that's beside the point, in my opinion

the truth and the thing that i hope sticks with you as you get older is that you deserve, always, by virtue of being here in this world, to pursue the things that bring you joy. today, tomorrow, and fifty years from now

and if that's fanworks or just hanging out in fandoms, all the more power to you!!! enjoy what you enjoy - and know that there is no age limit, there's no ticking time bomb to signal the end of your enjoyment once you hit 18 or 21 or 25 or whatever the current 'too old' age is these days

i'm speculating a bit as to this phenomenon of perceiving fandom as childish, but i think a lot of younger people, esp on that cusp of 18/early 20s, feel a need to be seen as a True Adult - they've reached the age of freedom from parents/guardians and crave the autonomy and respect they've been promised. i suspect that some people believe that continuing to pursue or enjoy anything that they enjoyed prior to this Magical Age would somehow signal that they aren't truly worthy of that respect or autonomy that 'adulthood' promises. which is so fundamentally untrue, but it's a hard lesson to learn (and i think some folks never really do). i think often of these quotes by c. s. lewis on childhood/childishness:

Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. (x)

When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. (x)

it's hard to be brave and push back against the idea that finding joy in fiction (in fandom, in 'childish things') is something you'll eventually outgrow, especially when the people around you have bought into it, but i promise that so long as you continue to find joy there, you will find others that understand and share your excitement. there is no expiration date waiting for you, and i'm genuinely thrilled that i can be an example of that for you!!

for you or anyone who doesn't know, i've had a professional office job since i graduated from college eight years ago and i have been heavily invested in fandom and writing fic for about seven of those eight years. i didn't even start getting into the very fringes of fandom until i was in college, and it wasn't til after i graduated that i got invested enough in something to try my hand at writing (prior to this point, i had been told it was a 'miracle that i passed my english classes' bc of my lack of writing skills, and thus the idea of writing as a hobby wasn't even something i had considered)

fandom (and fic) have done more for me in discovering aspects of my identity (mental health, sexuality, gender, passions and skills) than any other facet of my life, not to mention the fact that both fandom and fic have led me to the most important friends and loved ones i have today, including my gf of five years

all of which to say - pursue your joy (in fandom and anywhere else) and it will bring you to wonderful places and wonderful people. the only ones worthy of the term 'childish' are those that seek so desperately to avoid the things that bring them joy. i may not know your name, but i do know that this message will stay with me for a very long time (and i'll probably be deep in fandom for all of it)

again, thank you more than i can put into words, it means the entire world to me that my writing has meant so much to you <3

#ask #anon #puddle on the floor #anon i will literally be printing this out to stick on my wall #if our fandom roads happen to someday diverge #i look forward to our paths crossing again in a decade or two!!! #stick around in fandoms and keep chasing your joy!!!

[yellowocaballero]

Hey now that Good Luck Jake! is completed I can share the fucking Matt Murdock backstory that I mentioned really really want to establish. I mentioned some joke headcanons/elements of the AU (there are very little differences.) here but I can go into detail without spoiling now.

The Marvel Universe is weird and insane things constantly happen and there's entire magic civilizations. Although the superhero thing and the insane quantity of apocalypses is mostly new, a lot of stuff that is bonkers to us is probably normal to them even before superhero stuff starts happening.

Therefore, I think there's a ninja industrial complex.

Matt is a victim of this ninja industrial complex.

Recruited as part of an urban outreach program serving/exploiting underprivileged youth (turning them into ninjas), he was recruited by Stick and joined ninja ROTC. Although he was a real whiz kid in the business and showed a lot of potential for career mobility, Matt wanted to escape this ninja-to-cultist pipeline.

Matt believes in choices! As a young kid he was railroaded into academics and as a teenager he's railroaded into the ninja thing. Everybody who raised him instilled in him a very strong passion for justice, righteousness, and ethics, but as he gets older he begins to believe that there's a better way than vanquishing rival ninja clans. He's insanely morally aggressive because he was raised highly moralistically with an intense sense of right and wrong, but he believes that God showed him his own path into crusading for right and wrong. Since he was fifteen, his life dream was to become an ordinary person. A law abiding member of society. Someone who does the right thing without murder and fights for the weak instead of against the strong.

A lawyer.

Matt really really wants to be Just A Dude. He begs Stick to let him go to law school ("Ninjahood isn't my dream, Dad, it's yours!"). He is aggressively normal. He insists that he is normal. Yes he's a ninja but he's just some guy and ninjas have exploitive business practices anyway. Ignore all the batshit stuff I do I am a normal member of your study group. He is a man without fear because he has no idea what is normal in society or not.

The ninja thing is common knowledge, so Matt does more 'hide his extra-sensory superpowers' than 'pretend to be ordinarily and 100% blind'. This isn't weird because there are a lot of blind kung fu masters. Matt insists that blind kung fu masters are a dime a dozen. Foggy thinks that Matt is objectively the coolest person alive but that they don't teach you social skills at ninja school.

Of course, this never raises any suspicions about him being Daredevil. Daredevil is, obviously, a boxer.

If you were to ask him about any of this he'd just go 'can't help being a Libra' and backflip away.

#my writing #matt murdock #daredevil #yes i do just think all of this is funny but #I do think it's interesting to trace back Matt's insane moralism as the one similarity between two highly divergent upbringings #and he believes in what they both taught him in different ways #but thru God he's like wait I need to find my own path & what i believe in #and while he obviously psychologically needs to punch people #i think at the end of the day he believes that he does the most good through the legal system #because it's so so so much harder than just punching people #and flipping matt's script as a member of society whose been fucked up #into a fucked up guy who strives to be a member of society yet reliably finds himself falling short #who views law as an ideal instead of a tool #is nifty i think! #if i were to write a matt story id go more into that psychology for tumblr posts i really just need to express the ninja ROTC thing #also lowkey instead of guy whose practically sighted but pretends to be blind #i kinda prefer guy who has his own lvl of blindness and coping mechanisms who exists as himself #himself who is always a blind person no matter what other parts of him there are #with matt murdock typical lvls of keeping a lot of personal details buttoned up #hurts the essential matt traits of intense levels of repression and lying but you could hit those notes in other ways

[spotlightstudios]

I love writing Found Family, and I'm ngl, it's kinda why I stopped posting a lot of DCA content.

I did that thing where I stared at the characters for too long and said, "y'know, that's good sibling/guardian material" and then obliterated myself.

#light's spot #characters are either Siblings™️ or Dads™️ in my head anymore #and like not in any suggestive way either #characters I think I find attractive just end up being characters that I would like to Be around #and trust and care about and give cheek smooches to #but not be in any romantically-affiliated relationship with #like Sun + Light in Constant Orbit? #they're besties #they're literally the friends that ppl think are dating but they're genuinely not #and if they did it'd just be weird #(as much as I joke about it I don't see them together for realsies) #and Outside Upgrades started as a Sun/Moon × Reader but AEB became a Eclipse × Reader cuz that Sun/Moon felt like they'd have a sibling #dynamic w/ the reader #which is why I stopped working on Outside upgrades cuz it felt weird #and this won't stop me from letting the shipping and found family exist in my head w/ two diverging paths #but I realize it's like a Thing w/ me and usually hinders my enjoyment of reader × character ships... #and it's a big part of why I stopped posting dca stuff #cuz a lot of the fandom is still simping (I love y'all for it btw♡) and I don't think my found family junk would make for #interesting posts/content lmao #so sorry y'all for dropping off the face of the earth w/ that #we're continuing Constant Orbit obviously #but idk when my other dca stuff will resurface if ever

[afieldinengland]

the pure cruelty in the image of the opposable human hand wrapped around an animal’s horn

#can’t explain it. something breathless like a babe in the belly #that’s not what it’s meant for. animals don’t know that’s the thing animals don’t know #the swan i saw on harbourside with a pure white body and an absolutely filthy head. it doesn’t know its head is filthy #but not knowing is not caring animalistically. it doesn’t matter. look at me #and you’re an animal and i’m an animal. the cruelty of the opposable thumb and the ability to form a syllable #the meeting of two paths that diverged long ago. in blood #cry and cry again. i’m not trying to make sense

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Midnight Mass AU conundrum

I'm torn between Lena and Kara both surviving as humans, and the option of Lena being turned but choosing not to feed and then having something about her birth mother's heritage allowing her to survive during the daylight.

Because on one hand, the totally human option is simplest. However, Lena with those cool reflective eyes and the idea of Lena "communing with Kara" later on in order to survive? Tasty.

#midnight mass au #not sure what to do #thinky thoughts #the perils of being an author #two paths diverged in a wood #and i... i took the windiest path in the whole damn place bc who ever said i was smart?

[varibean]

ok but the scene cutting back and forth to mel and jayce having sex and then to viktor and then melding into one scene as the blood joins with magic and hold on hold on i need a moment here i need a second 

#zk watches #it's about the unity it's about the manipulation is about the two divergent paths forming #it's about viktor being alone it's about jayce pulling away #it's about both of them becoming corrupt one out of ambition and the other out of necessity #it's about jayce finding someone it's about viktor being alone it's about power it's about love it's about sexy magic

[mntcoronet]

aaaghghhh i hate realising similarities between characters from different games (i don’t hate it i enjoy it in fact but it is also agonising)

#maggles ramblings #grr. silver/white haired guys without parents whose motivations are their younger sisters who had an unfortunate fire incident years ago #so frustrating that literally both of them fit that exactly. however one of them just wanted to get strong in order to protect ppl #the other one’s sister ended up having a weird relationship with the concept of being alive so he helped her set up the only circumstances- #in which her past self could be saved; therefore saving her future self and the others from that time as well #man. i sure am thinking about games again #still thinking about this one ending from the game the 2nd guy’s from honestly. and i cannot stop #it’s just so. MUCH. and it hurts but it’s still got a bit of heartwarming to it. like ‘tragedy happened. but you are so close to the truth’ #‘you were so close. please try again; i will help you so maybe this time you can save everyone… and me.’ AUGH #i feel like maybe my friend and i speeding through and going straight back to the diverging paths perhaps gave some endings less Oomph #so perhaps i will try at least the two necessary endings on the ds version. so that it feels less rushed #and gives more time for everything to sink in. but also i’m impatient so #yes i only finished that game last week. i’m still going through it

[mystacoceti]

actually there's a whole parallel group of older millenials who stay off twitter and instead laze around on instagram looking at pictures of sexy people

#two paths diverged in the wood #I took a little peeksie down both paths and decided ''maybe not''

[marionmaverick]

Sometimes you have the urge to make a Verse that is so self indulgent.

Anyway I’m making a verse where the timelines split so now Azem is kicking around in the present alongside the WoL.

#verses #two paths diverged verse #hebe is going to annoy marion a lot

[consciouschunkofmoss]

just finished the changeling's path <3 im not doing well whatsoever

#i love clara so much #this path is (narrative-wise) oh so pleasant #everything seemed so still and dull at first through the mechanics #but the more the story went on the more i started to look up to the main quests. the little dialogue divergencies. the shifts and turns #it certainly wasnt what i expected #we thought it to be a darker setting. more grim. #but im not unhappy with the ending either i suppose #block and aglaya were certainly key points to the ending #in a. different manner than with the other two healers #it felt more personal. even if through a veil still on aglayas side #it all happened so suddenly though #soon youd come to realize you had no place where to belong #you were stripped from comfort #but thats when the connections to the bound shone the most #you had no home to come back to but the heart of those who trusted and worshipped you the most - even sahba to an extent #you were never alone as the plague followed you wherever #but the isolation from each and every other being was a constant #you werent supposed to live this long. or at all. its easy to lose your will and fall into the despair of a routine you dont even have #but somehow. that works #it makes the letters. the conversations. so much more emotional #the wild nature at which the town evolves only makes you wish for more of the stable contact the characters are to offer you #stability within the story would be boring without the looming catastrophe of the plague - we know all the tricks by now #so torment and anguish and despair keep you on your feet #upright and restless #just rambling

[vonlipvig]

WAIT HOLD ON i forgot to comment on this before but i got the same ending for sophia's story, i KNEW i should have picked the dynamite option last time 😑

#i got different negative ones for all the others (well the doctors teleported who knows what that mesns lmao) #but i thought it'd be getting a different sophia ending? #tbh im a bit confused as to how the headlines work now #cause i assumed each point has two diverging paths and so on and so forth #i need to go check the wiki again cause i remember tjere being a lot of endings #jules plays not for broadcast

[harunovella]

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ safety net; t.f.

synopsis: when toji decided to be a good man and rescue two puppies for his son... content: canon divergence (I want a happy story for the fushiguro's!), fem!reader, reader is mamaguro, in this world your last name is fushiguro and toji took it bc f*ck the zenin, megumi is ur son (he's just a baby!), domestic bliss, not beta read (sorry for any errors!) note: seeing how successful my gojo anthology series is going (only two parts but going strong), I wanted to do one for toji bc I've always wanted to write his story with mamaguro (aka you!) and do a bunch of one shots that can be read as stand alones or together! pls lmk if you want more and if u wanna be tagged in the future <3 p.s. the divine dogs are actual dogs that inspired megumi's later manifestation of his shikigami in this au

It was one of those late nights for Toji. A summer evening with a heavy downpour to blur his path before him. The windshields were moving as fast as they could, swiftly clearing his vision with every wipe across the glass. He was quite used to this, running around town in the wee hours of the night, nothing new to him. It just annoyed him how difficult it could be driving in the rain when his windows fogged up and the headlights could only do so much. 

He wasn't too far from home, running a quick errand before returning to his abode, wanting nothing more than the warmth of his bed. 

A bed... A home...

Toji couldn't help but sigh and lean his head back against the car's headrest. Had this all been a dream? Was it real? Him, Zenin Toji, living a normal life? It had been quite some time now where he left it all behind to be domesticated—as if he were a wild animal. He didn't mind, though, a part of him was begging for a simple kind of life. 

Sat at a red light as his pointer finger tapped away against the leather steering wheel, his eyes wandered the environment around him—well, as much as he could see during an evening shower. From building to building, the empty sidewalks and dim storefronts, his eyes suddenly bounced back to a bus stop. Squinting, he leaned in before turning on his blinkers. 

This was very unlike him, his curiosity getting the best of him... Maybe it was because he was a changed man. Maybe it was because he had someone to go home to. Someone who made his deflated heart triple in size; someond who made him care about little things that he never did before.

Pulling over and parking his car next to the bus stop, Toji pulled up his hoodie and reached for the small umbrella that sat on the floor of the passenger seat. Rushing out and popping open the coverage, he stood before a small, cardboard box. 

It was falling apart, the rain tearing at the flimsy material as the little towel beneath was completely drenched. Hearing the faint whimpers and cries of the tiny creatures that stared up at him, Toji took in a sharp breath and shook his head. He was a good man now. Better than he ever was before. He had a heart. He had a home. He had someone who loved him. These little bodies did not. 

Lifting the box, he quickly maneuvered it underneath the umbrella before carefully placing it in the backseat of his car. "I hope she won't mind..." he said before making his way to the front, closing the umbrella and shutting the door after, resuming his route. 

The drive home was quicker this time around, zooming to gather the bags and box he had within the car, shutting the doors and locking them behind him before he made his way towards the front door. Taking the steps and fumbling with his keys, he unlocked the door and slipped inside before kicking off his shoes and making his way towards the living room. 

Settling the box down before moving towards the kitchen with the bag, he washed his hands and emptied the contents within it. Pulling out the small device, Toji made his way upstairs, ruffling his dark hair as he pressed a few buttons on the gadget. "Babe, this one should be fine," he spoke as he approached one of the two bedrooms. 

"Oh, good," the voice responded as he entered the room. You were sitting on your son's rocking chair, holding him close to your chest as you caressed his little back. He was about six months old and the constant change in weather was getting to him, causing a slight cold to disrupt his immunity. It pained both of you to see your boy anything but happy and healthy... but, he was such a little trooper. Both of you weren't sure where he got his calmness from, seeing as you nor Toji were such a way, but you thanked the heavens for blessing you with a child like him. 

"How's Megs doin'?" Toji asked as he handed you the new thermometer, squatting and gently caressing his son's head. His hand practically engulfed it, always entertaining him how tiny his boy was. It brought a small smile to his face. "Doesn't seem so fussy."

"A bit better, I got him to fall asleep. You weren't gone for too long, thankfully," you sweetly smiled, settling the small device down before caressing Toji's face. "Raining hard, huh?"

"Yeah," he nodded, only to widen his eyes. 

"What is it?" You furrowed your eyebrows. 

Scratching the back of his head, Toji stood up. "Got a surprise along the way... hope you don't mind."

"What do you mean?" You tilted your head. 

"Let's go downstairs," he nudged his own, waving you to follow him. 

Standing up carefully as to not wake your baby boy, you followed your man down the hall and staircase, towards your living room. You were confused at first, unsure as to what surprise he could've gotten you. But then you heard it. The faint cries and rustling coming from a box. The box in front of you. "Toji..."

"You've changed me, y'know?" He said. "I wouldn't have cared back then, would've left them suffer... but, guess it's because I'm a father now and I have you... I couldn't let them die out there..." rubbing the back of his neck as he stood by the box, you curiously peeked over before gasping. "Thought it would be nice to keep 'em... give Megs something to grow with."

"Toji... there's two," you nearly whispered, eyeing the puppies. One in pure white and one in all black, both equally precious. Tiny, scared, cold... you couldn't deny them either, even if you were currently raising your own baby. 

"Yeah..." Toji sighed. "I was thinkin' about giving them a quick bath now and take them to the vet early tomorrow. Don't have much to feed them but we can make it work, right?" He said, keeping his eyes on them, a bit afraid of your reaction. 

As upset as you should've been, seeing as it was two more mouths to feed, instead, you felt... elated? You weren't sure why, maybe it was because you were seeing more and more sides of Toji you didn't think would exist. Or maybe you loved the idea of giving your son two furry best friends to grow with. It could've also been that you were just happy that your son was okay and getting through his cold that you couldn't be as bothered. 

It also didn't help that you may or may not have mentioned a few times (while taking your strolls during your pregnancy) that your little blessing should have some furry friends around. You just didn't think it would happen... this way. 

"So?" Toji asked, looking at you with timid eyes. "Can we keep 'em?"

"Toji," you chuckled. "I'm not going to abandon these poor babies. You brought them here, you're gonna have to do a lot of raising. You're now a father of three," you teased as he nodded. 

"I'm well aware."

"I'm surprised you're okay with this, let alone, brought them," you pointed out. 

Shrugging, he looked back down. "Like I said, it's cause you changed me and I'm a father now. As scary as that is... I dunno... guess I want that normal life and normal people have dogs, right?" Seeing you nod with a small smile, Toji couldn't help but reflect your facial expression. "I wanna give him everything I've never had," he nudged his head in Megumi's direction. 

"Such a good dad," you softly spoke, caressing your sons back before stepping closer and kissing Toji's arm. "Then I guess we have two puppies now. What should we name them?"

Eyeing the two, Toji hummed. "Kuro and Shiro."

#harunovella writes; #fushiguro toji #zenin toji #toji fushiguro #toji zenin #toji x reader #jjk toji #toji fushiguro x reader #toji x you #toji x y/n #toji fushiguro x y/n #toji fushiguro x you #fushiguro toji x y/n #fushiguro toji x you #reader insert #fem reader #toji x female reader #toji fluff #jjk x you #jjk au #jjk x reader #jjk fluff #jjk x y/n

[weasleyreidstyles]

Serendipity Masterlist

summary: it was only meant to be a purely transactional relationship. he would help her strengthen her abilities in return for her getting his friends out of his father's nasty path. he didn't mean to fall for her, but loving her was the easiest thing in his dark world.

series status: ongoing

“serendipity is the phenomenon of discovering something interesting or valuable by chance”

no use of y/n, but your general nickname is Meadow. All characters are aged up to be over 18. and bellatrix isn't mattheo's mother in this fic (just fyi)

pairings: mattheo riddle x fem!ravenclaw reader; platonic!slytherins x fem!reader; platonic!golden trio x fem!reader

warning(s): 18+ content, angst, fluff, some canon compliance, some canon divergence, typical wizarding world violence, war, torture, drugging, hospitals, familial problems, mean!harry, mean!ron....

** indicates smut warning

~∞~ chapter one

chapter summary: on the trainride to your sixth year, your friends give you a proposition that you can't refuse.

~∞~ chapter two

chapter summary: it's your first day back as a sixth year student. Classes are more intense and your first lesson with Mattheo ensues.

~∞~ chapter three

chapter summary: the first Hogsmeade trip of the year has a rather unpleasant ending.

~∞~ chapter four

chapter summary: after you end up confined to the Hospital Wing, you're surprised when Professor Dumbledore pays you a visit.

~∞~ chapter five

chapter summary: Mattheo has been avoiding you. You find and confront him after a frustrating week.

~∞~ chapter six **

chapter summary: the growing tension between you and Mattheo snaps. He reveals something about yourself that you has scarcely any prior knowledge of.

~∞~ chapter seven

chapter summary: joyful dinner parties and a switch in point of view. Two juxtaposing starts to the christmas holidays.

~∞~ chapter eight **

chapter summary: you're given plenty of revelations: all equally as daunting as the other.

~∞~ chapter nine

chapter summary: Ginny ambushes you in the library and Ron's birthday is off to a delirious start.

~∞~ chapter ten

chapter summary: in the aftermath of Ron's poisoning, Harry learns a thing or two about where your loyalties lie when he overhears your private conversation with the headmaster.

~∞~ chapter eleven

chapter summary: intent on avoiding him, you underestimate just how desperate Mattheo is to be around you.

~∞~ chapter twelve

chapter summary: new friendships are formed and you finally learn to control your abilities. Mattheo comes to a life altering realisation.

~∞~ chapter thirteen **

chapter summary: idk how to summarise this but i will say it's pure smut...enjoy

~∞~ chapter fourteen

chapter summary: friendships are rekindled and you save Draco from certain death in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, igniting your powers in the process.

~∞~ chapter fifteen

chapter summary: now fully recovered, Draco has a task to complete. The fate of the Wizarding World hangs in the precipice of his actions.

~∞~ chapter sixteen

chapter summary: after a startling and gutting discovery. secrets are revealed and alliances are questioned as Voldemort's tyranny begins to fester into the beginnings of another war.

~∞~ chapter seventeen

chapter summary: Dumbledore's funeral reveals new allies as you navigate a world without its protector.

~∞~ chapter eighteen (coming soon!!)

series oneshots/headcannons:

~∞~ tulips & starlight – valentines day drabble

~∞~ serendipity hcs (mattheo) – a glimpse at his life pre sixth year

~∞~ invisible string – bonus scene from chapter 16 **

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