nearsighted_alien
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He fell into a deep bow, smiling the whole while. “I’m the ringmaster, of course.”
“Is that skin— Is it yours?” Old wood groaned as the Archivist shifted his weight. “Originally.”
“It is!” the ringmaster said as he swooped back upright. “Nikola decided I wore it well, so she let me keep it. Why do you ask?”
The Archivist gave him another once-over. “You just… you look familiar. Like someone I know.”
On relearning, reconnecting, and redefining.
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- Part 1 of Come What May
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the world (it burns through me) by US3RNAM3_R3DACT3D
Fandoms: Redactedverse - Redacted ASMR
12 Jun 2025
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Gabriel Shaw raised his son in this fire house, in this office as Captain. And Asher’s dad was his lieutenant. And Milo’s dad was the beat cop who would divert his route to clear a scene when he heard the 10-19 was on a call. The house was fill of lineage, full of families of firefighters and their sons.
It was a lineage that you weren’t a part of.
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Firefighter/EMT au. Darlin is still the black sheep. Quinn is still a problem. Sam is still a healer, of sorts. He still heals them, in a way.
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- Part 1 of struggling form, willing soul
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07 Jul 2025
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It was so stupid—in every movie, there was something massive that ended the dancer’s career. A bad fall, an injury from a rival, something big and dramatic and life-changing; none of this sorry mate, career’s over, take it up with the massive tears in your hip nonsense. But fate had no such courtesy for January.
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In which January's dance career goes out with a whimper, and River does politics in the American Midwest.
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26 Aug 2024
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If So Others May Live [Indefinite Hiatus] by rabbitiswriting
Fandom Avatar: The Last Airbender
22 Sep 2024
Summary
Zuko takes a different path after his attempt to capture Aang at Wolf’s Cove.
In “Honorable” Zuko travels the Earth Kingdom, meeting people who teach him the true meaning of honor. Eventually he finds himself heading north and through a series of events ends up traveling alongside Sokka for the remainder of this story. [Edit Complete: March 26th, 2025]
In “Forgivable” Zuko wrestles with his past, and how his new closeness with Sokka brings forth old wounds. Uncertain of his worthiness to be forgiven he must slowly come to understand that it is not he who can make the choice but those he’s hurt. Further more he has to come to understand that he does not have to give forgiveness to those who have hurt him. [Edit Complete: March 30th, 2025]
"Lovable" in which Zuko learns what love truly is, through not only he and Sokka navigating what their relationship is and will be after everything they've been through, but also through the relationships he forms with those he chooses to call family. Relationships aren't their only concern as planning for the Day of Black Sun is in full force, in the hopes that they can end this war before Sozin's Comet comes. [Hiatus]
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05 Aug 2024
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I'm Not Angry Anymore by team_avatars_eyebags
Fandom Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
15 Nov 2025
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Zuko encounters the destruction his nation has caused head-on, causing him to abandon his mission to capture the Avatar early. To uplift him, he learns the ways of the original firebending masters, becomes a humble tea server, and lives neutrally on Kyoshi Island.
All under the name Lee.
When the Avatar comes back from seemingly nowhere, Zuko must realize that hiding from his destiny was never going to stop him from finding his full potential.
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