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pi·a·nis·si·mo
/ˌpēəˈnisəˌmō/
Music
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(especially as a direction) very softly.
"she played pianissimo alongside the full orchestra"
adjective
performed very softly.
"the final verse was beautifully balanced and controlled in the pianissimo ending"
noun
a passage marked to be performed very softly.Or, Verso is stuck in a time loop. Maybe the canvas has one more story to tell.
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- Part 1 of A Life to Dream
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That Boy Is A Powder Keg by QueenHarleyQuinn (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)
06 Apr 2019
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“I’m going to suggest something that you won’t like.”
Gavin grinds his teeth, “That’s how most of our conversations go, tin man.”
Snow begins falling, slowly. It collects on the tops of Connor shoulders, hides in the dark strands of his hairs. Balances delicately on his eyelashes as he stares at Gavin. He’s tall, resolute, unwavering.
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The one where Captain Fowler gives Gavin an ultimatum: He can go to therapy and figure his shit out or hand over his badge. It's just Gavin's luck that as soon as his stubborn ass gives in and goes to a session, his life spins out of control. Featuring: being forced to partner with Hank Anderson and Connor on a major case affecting humans and androids, family that he doesn't want to talk to, asshole FBI agents, a stray cat that won't leave him alone, fighting with Connor, worrying about Connor and maybe, sort of, a little bit liking Connor.
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Gavin never expected to be one of the lucky few who actually came in contact with his Soulmate. Worldview now shattered, Gavin is left to struggle against time and his own ingrained prejudice to search for a future where the two of them can actually live.
Gavin never did know how to back down from a fight.
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- Part 1 of Running Uphill
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Hank had always wanted kids. His first son comes unexpectedly, turning his whole life upside down. Cole is born with wide green eyes filled with wonder, and Hank loves him more than he ever thought possible.
His second son comes not long after, though he's much older than the first. Gavin is an insufferable little shit, but Hank wouldn't trade him for the world.
Together they form a weird, little, perfect family. Too bad Gavin has a tendency to fuck up everything he touches.
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Or, Gavin and Hank were close once, but that was before... Now, they're perfectly happy bitterly ignoring each other. But when life adds a nosy android and a serial killer into the mix, they might just have what they need to fix their broken relationship.Series
- Part 1 of Ohana Means Family
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Paper Crown by Stitch_Giant_Red_Battleship
Fandoms: Dork Diaries Series - Rachel Renee Russell
05 Aug 2024
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New year. Same mask.
MacKenzie Hollister is now a freshman at Upper Lake High, and no longer running the school.
When she and Nikki are forced to work together for a school project, they end up realizing that they are not so different from each other.
Things that once seemed impossible to MacKenzie now almost feel like it could be reality.
Almost.
Her mask is breaking, her crown has been set aside, and she begins to learn what it feels like to be free. When she is allowed to be herself, and not the flawless queen everyone has made her out to be.Series
- Part 3 of Flawed Perfection
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Prism just wanted to wrap up this assignment and go to lunch. Instead, Waterboy and Flambae just had to go and get turned into dogs, so she's left dogsitting. They're lucky she loves them.
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Spoilers for episode 8!
The Red Ring trapped Flambae in a refinery before their coordinated attack on LA. He's minutes away from exploding, and all of Z-Team is busy.
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The Southern Water Tribe was no place for a firebender...or even a Fire Prince for that matter. And yet here Zuko was, not only in the South Pole’s capital itself but in the Royal Palace, protecting the tribe’s Chief after a failed assassination attempt.
Chief Sokka, his old friend and a man who was intelligent and witty, yet kind of a dumbass. A man who was brave and strong and kind. A man who Zuko was utterly failing not to develop...personal feelings for.__
aka: a kind of roleswap AU with Southern Water Tribe Chief Sokka and bodyguard/mercenary Zuko.
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I Wish We'd Met Before (They Convinced Us Life is War) by Kirazalea
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
13 Jun 2020
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Sokka wanted to see his dad more than anything in the world. Some nights, after everyone had gone to sleep and it was just him, he thought he would let the Fire Nation burn as many Earth Kingdom cities as they wanted if it meant that his dad could hold him close one more time and never have to let go. When Katara offered to stay behind, to let him see Dad, he was a hair's breadth away from agreeing.
But Sokka knew his sister better than he thought he knew himself sometimes. For all her talent and kindness, she didn't have the same mind for strategy; she'd never needed to rely on it like he had. And while they’d traveled, she had been too focused on mastering her bending, and then teaching Aang to do the same, to notice all the little things that could make the difference between a successful invasion and a tragedy. Sokka had been the one to take note of everything. He was the one with the experience, and he knew that if this plan failed, it wouldn't matter if he got to see Dad right now anyways because he'd never have the chance to keep him.So he let Katara go instead of him.
And that changed a lot of things.tl;dr: the 'sokka was the one with zuko in the caves under ba sing se' au i realized i needed
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- Part 1 of Let the Darkness Lead Us Into the Light
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Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Shark Bite by SupposedToBeWriting
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)
22 Dec 2025
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Flambae gets trapped while on a mission. Death seems imminent, until Waterboy swoops in to save him. While Flambae isn't too willing to thank the man who saw him have a breakdown while out in the field, they nevertheless have a talk in the bar after-the-fact. Flambae realizes that Waterboy might not be so bad after all... and if he brings Waterboy out of his shell, he might like what he finds.
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crawling towards recovery by ushauz for not_whelmed_yet
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
16 Dec 2025
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In which, as per canon, Astarion has undergone two centuries of starvation. Unlike canon, this greatly impacts his ability to do anything at all.
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After learning that Wyll is the son of the Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate, Astarion has a plan. If he can't win the hero's favour and secure his protection by bedding him, then he will just have to spoil the lordling with all the luxuries he is surely used to, as a noble son.
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Sokka is washed overboard while working on the fisherman's boat during the storm. He wakes on a deserted island.
Or... mostly deserted.
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The Z-Team notices Waterboy's been a little off since the start of winter. Nobody ever said they were the smartest bunch.
Both constantly drenched and overflowing with water, Herman had always been sensitive to temperature changes. The temperature is dropping and Waterboy just can't keep warm.
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Robert is keeping two secrets from his team.
1. He actually enjoys their company (mostly).
2. He doesn't need the subtitles to understand the K-Drama they just forced him to watch.
A two-part story about a heritage erased, a team that misses the obvious, and the inevitable moment the truth comes out.
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A/N: This is based on the fact from one of the developers that Robert was originally intended to be half-Korean in early development, but the concept got scrapped because of similarities to Mark Grayson from Invincible. We were ROBBED.
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It's an easy mission. It's just a water pipe burst. What could possibly go wrong for Waterboy?
(A lot. A lot can go wrong, and sometimes, that includes being stuffed in a walk-in freezer.)
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Through all the pain and the anger and the shame, there is some tiny part of Astarion’s brain that is weirdly thrilled to see Cazador fail. Oh, Astarion would cast the amulet off in an instant if he could. It’s pointless. Stupid. Completely unhelpful. Tacky. Dangerous to his health and safety, certainly. All the same, Cazador ordered Astarion to take it off, and Astarion refused. Sure, it wasn’t exactly an intentional refusal, and he got himself brutally tortured for it, but this has been the first time in two hundred years that he has managed to disobey a direct order.
Any glee Astarion might have been feeling about that evaporates when Cazador orders him to crawl back into the tomb.
Astarion finds himself in possession of a cursed amulet that he cannot take off, even by his master’s command. It’s only after he’s sealed away in the tomb for his disobedience that he realizes the damned thing can talk.
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5 times Flambae failed to flirt with his favourite dispatcher, and the 1 time it actually worked by Bubble_C
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)
08 Dec 2025
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“What’s a good line to text a guy during a blackout?”
Robert responded automatically, giving some cheesy line from the top of his head about looting that even he could tell wasn’t great - though he blamed it on his having to focus on the huge shitstorm brewing across the city thanks to the blackout.
…He didn’t particularly think Golem’s suggestion of “Boo” was that good either, but Flambae obviously had his own ideas of what guys want to hear. Given how often he bragged in comms about getting with different guys, maybe Robert’s judgement was just off.
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a 5+1 fic featuring my favourite goobers. My first time posting a fic in like 6ish years..? Yikes.
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- Part 1 of 5+1 Flambert fics
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breaking news: sopping wet man with water pouring out of his ears is least weird member of his family by ace_onthecase
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)
27 Nov 2025
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Herm has always been the black sheep. Ever since he was a little kid, his strange attitude and behavior drew whispers from his aunts and uncles.
Turns out that when your entire extended family are career criminals for fun, being a decent and caring person tends to make you stick out like a sore thumb.
It also tends to land you in…situations. Situations that Herm has rationalized as a bit commonplace. Apparently most people don’t have to bail out their second cousin after they get arrested for running an illegal piranha breeding ring out of the pool in the backyard.
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Waterboy: lol reminds me of when my 1st cousin once removed drowned in a haunted lake. crazy stuff. really no need to talk about me and my family
The Z-team: ok no run that back and explain
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“One of these days I’m gonna burn that smug fucking look right off your face.”
Robert could reply with snark, a well-timed retort. He had it loaded.
Instead, he stares.
Like the way you're supposed to stare at the sun when it hates you, and you love it anyway.
“God, you're beautiful.”
Flambae arched a brow. “Yeah? I fucking know. Mirrors exist. But thanks.”
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Robert is in love with SDN’s resident flaming asshole.
Unfortunately, the flaming asshole is the only one who doesn't know.