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Title: here is the steeple
Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale
Length: 143 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Welcome to Night Vale, Dana, Open the door and see all the people
Pairing: Dana gen
Other: Spoilers for Old Oak Door Part B.

Excerpt: Dana clipped the ribbon and moved into the darkened space, empty and desolate and prepared for new growth.

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Title: character is largely caught
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Length: 117 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Avatar: TLA, Alwaysagirl!Zuko/Sokka, parenthood
Pairing: Zuko/Sokka
Other: AU as per prompt.

Excerpt: "Relax," Sokka said, his hand warm on Zuko's belly, even though there was barely enough rise there for him to find the right place to rest it.

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Title: it's hard to defeat a woman in love
Fandom: Steven Universe
Length: 1314 words
Prompt: Written for hamimi_fk for everywoman for the prompt, Ruby/Sapphire, pre-canon story.
Pairing: Ruby/Sapphire, mentioned Pearl/Rose
Other: Also at AO3.

Excerpt: She wished she could see Sapphire's eyes. It was impossible to read her expression. Was she disappointed to fuse with a small Ruby? She hadn't said a word, just offered her hand. Maybe she just wanted to get this over with.

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Title: one the dancer
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Length: 821 words
Prompt: Ty Lee, meet the parents / family! for divineshark.
Pairing: Ty Lee/Suki
Other: Also at Tumblr.

Excerpt: Ty Lee laughed, but not happily. “I fell out of that tree so many times that Ty Ming said we should put pillows underneath,” she said, pointing out a crooked trunk that hung over the dusty road. “I’m really back.” She sighed, and then Suki saw her shoulders straighten.

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Title: Wendy's Guide to the Perfect Summer
Fandom: Gravity Falls
Length: 1402 words
Prompt: Written for rarelywritten for [Bad username or site: greyjinxed @ ao3"].
Pairing: Wendy/Robbie; mostly Wendy gen
Other: Also at AO3. Spoilers for 2x11 Not What He Seems.

Summary: Wendy's summer is going to be awesome, no matter what kind of weirdness is going on at the Mystery Shack.

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Title: the bandage before the bruise
Fandom: Steven Universe
Length: 200 words
Prompt: comment_fic: Steven Universe, Garnet/Pearl, first kiss
Pairing: slight Garnet/Pearl
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "Her gift," Garnet said, when the baby kept crying until Pearl was ready to tear her hair out. Garnet patted him and leaned over to kiss Pearl on the cheek. Pearl lifted a hand to her face.

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Title: alone, most strangely, I live on
Fandom: Steven Universe
Length: 787 words
Prompt: n/a
Pairing: Amethyst gen
Other: Also at AO3.

Summary: Amethyst, alone in the kindergarten. Just a touch of backstory prompted by rewatching On the Run.

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Title: quenchless fidelity
Fandom: Steven Universe
Length: 281 words
Prompt: fic_promptly: Steven Universe, Garnet + Amethyst + Pearl + Steven, sometimes Steven says or does things that remind them of Rose Quartz
Pairing: Pearl gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Pearl had thought things would be easier once he mastered his powers and joined them as much as a full Gem as he was able to be, given his half-human limitations. She hadn't thought that the older Steven would get, the more he would remind her of his mother in other ways.

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Title: and in the human heart
Fandom: Thrilling Adventure Hour
Length: 3499 words
Prompt: n/a
Pairing: Sparks/Red, Croach/Sparks, Ginny/Sparks, Sparks/Red/Croach
Other: Titles from And In The Human Heart by Conrad Aiken. This story is a set of five canon AUs and a final future scenario. Warning for off-screen major character death in AU #4. Also at AO3.

Summary/Excerpt: 5 times Sparks nevada became a parent, and the one time he planned it first. "She likes riding," Sparks muttered under his breath. Red could have been a little more clear about that. Something like, "The baby is teething and won't sleep until you ride your horse around in circles for hours and she cries herself out."

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Title: the present tense, but the past perfect
Fandom: Young Wizards
Length: 135 words
Prompt: comment_fic: Young Wizards, Nita/Kit, high school reunion
Pairing: Nita/Kit
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Kit laughs a little, and then coughs, his throat aching; "Family emergency," he suggests, "so far as everyone on Earth is family in some way."

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