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Leave the whole world blind by Berendain
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
17 Dec 2024
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“I watched them kill my parents. Do you have any idea how that feels?”
“Yes! I do!”
Vi sighed. “It’s not the same, Cait. I was nine years old when I watched enforcers open fire on protesters. I watched them walk down that bridge, executing anyone still breathing! I had to grow up knowing my parents’ murderers were still out there, getting paid to uphold law and order. I grew up knowing that enforcers could kill people like me and that nothing would happen to them!”
Vi refuses to become an enforcer, refuses to aid in capturing or killing Jinx, and calls Caitlyn out on some of her behaviour. This is part 'what if' and part character study, with a focus on expanding existing conversations, and writing missing scenes from season two.
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The woman’s eyes widened, and her hand reached out, not quite touching Rumi, but close. “Not that you’re not beautiful, because wow, you-” She stopped, a look of realisation crossed her face “-I mean, no, wait, no, you are beautiful, but I wasn’t hitting on you, I have a girlfriend-”
Rumi ignored her chest squeezing.
“-A stunning girlfriend, Mira. I mentioned her, right? My girlfriend Mira-” The woman stopped abruptly and lowered her head down into her arms. “Jeez, Zoey, stop rambling at the deaf woman.” It was muffled, but Rumi heard it.
Silenced by grief, Rumi’s world is transformed when she crosses paths with Mira and Zoey, who guide her toward a voice she thought was lost forever.
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Mira with Zoey holding her arm in a death grip: Hey, my girlfriend saw you from across the record shop, and we really dig your vibe. Can we buy you a vinyl?
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25 Feb 2026
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Zoey and Mira are together, but have quickly fallen for a third: Rumi, an employee at their local record store with selective mutism and PTSD. They attempt to successfully woo her, but Rumi has a lot of emotional and physical scars, and doesn't think she deserves love or happiness. The three of them have to navigate communication barriers, childhood traumas, and far-from-perfect parental figures, on their way to healing past injuries and finding happiness in a new relationship.
All three girls fall fast, the journey is about making it work. The dynamics between the three of them are entertaining and heart-warming.
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which world will it take (for you to see me)? by silverinerivers for Redrikki
Fandoms: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
25 Dec 2022
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“Mom, that’s Dungeons and Dragons. It’s a roleplaying game. DnD,” Joy finally speaks up, her tone restrained. “ADHD is different.”
(Or: Joy tries to explain to Evelyn what ADHD is, multiverse-style.)
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23 Feb 2026
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Evelyn doesn't understand when Joy wants to get assessed for ADHD. Funny and insightful.
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Align My Heart by fragolina
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer
10 Aug 2024
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After Odysseus returns to Ithaca and takes care of Penelope's suitor problem for her, Penelope decides to take care of him in return.
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Penelope gives her feral husband a bath.
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19 Feb 2026
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Penelope bathes and cares for Odysseus after his long-awaited return. Soft, fluffy, and warm. They discuss what happened to Eurylochus, but what occured on Ogygia is only alluded to in passing.
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Decembers After You by DearestCupcake
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
29 Jun 2025
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Ask her if she reads. No, dumb—she clearly reads.
Say something about the weather. What are you, eighty?
Comment on the book. Too obvious. She’ll know you were staring.
Just say literally anything—“Here you go.” Vi set the coffee down gently, voice a little hoarse. “Black. No sugar. Same cupcake as last time.”
Cait looked up at her with that soft, surprised smile again—like Vi had done something remarkable just by remembering.
“Thank you,” she said, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. “You’re very kind.”
Vi scratched the back of her neck, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. She didn’t want to leave. She wanted to stay right there.
But her throat went dry. The café buzzed around them, and Vi’s brain—usually quick, sharp—offered nothing.
Idiot.
__________As December nears, Cait arrives in Zaun, hoping to find a sense of home—something to anchor her through the harshness of military training. She finds it in a quiet café, and in the girl behind the counter who takes her breath away. Truth is, they leave each other breathless.
Neither of them is prepared for what fate has in store for their tragic, yet beautiful story.
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03 Jul 2025
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AU where Vi and her family run a small cafe in Zaun, while Caitlyn is undergoing training at a prestigious military academy. Vi and Caitlyn see something special in each other, but Caitlyn's career will pose several challenges to their budding relationship.
Features beautiful prose, wonderful characterisation, and gritty portrayals of loss, grief, and war.
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Still Home by selmu
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), League of Legends
14 May 2025
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“Hey,” Vi said softly, her voice slurred just enough to betray her. “Didn’t mean to wake you.”
Caitlyn’s eyes flicked to the bandage at her side, then back to her face. Her reply came just as gently, a mirror of that same effort to keep things from unraveling. “You didn’t.”
Vi leaned against the doorframe, favoring one side. She gestured vaguely at herself, her mouth tugging into the shadow of a smile. “Looks worse than it is.”
A joke missing its punchline.
Caitlyn didn’t smile. She didn’t even blink.
She wanted to drag Vi to the mirror. Make her look. Make her see the woman Caitlyn had just watched stagger into their home. The blood. The bruises. The way she always seemed to walk the line between defiant and self-destructing, like she thought pain made her real.
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A one-shot set after the war, after Caitlyn and Vi return to their roles as Enforcers — after a day that left them both gutted.
A boy died on their watch. Vi disappeared. Caitlyn waited.
What follows is a fight that begins in silence and ends in the quiet gravity of a shared couch.
There’s no closure. No clean resolution. But something softer: the certainty of love.
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08 Jul 2025
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An excellent depiction of a fight between Vi and Caitlyn post-canon.
Caitlyn worries about Vi being missing and injured, and Caitlyn wants to be let in, and to process their pain and grief together, rather than making the mistake of hardening and isolating herself again. But Vi feels like Caitlyn is judging her for her unhealthy coping mechanisms, while Vi never had a chance to learn healthier ones. The conflict feels extremely in-character for these two.