C[a]o[3]vers

86 Days, 87 Nights by orphan_account

“Maybe this really is like Lost,” Samira muses, later that night. “Maybe we all died and this is some sort of weird purgatory.”

It could be morbid, but luckily Robby just laughs. “Sure,” he says. “Why not.”

“Maybe — ” Samira starts, planning to finish that sentence: Maybe Abbott’s the one who survived, but then she shuts up because that’s a cruel thing to say.

“Yeah,” Robby says, heavy, like he knows anyways. “Yeah, maybe.”

in the desert by Iravaid

Simon Riley drags himself out of a shallow grave, exhausted and severely injured. Alone and with no other choice, he walks into a desert that sees him more useful dead than alive.

Or - the missing 20 hours between Simon Riley freeing himself from live burial and being found by the Texas Ranger.

I Like Jane For You by icopythefax

After a mix-up leaves Hayden with the wrong phone for three days, he ends up learning more about Ilya Rozanov and his secret girlfriend, Jane.

Another Hayden-Finds-Out, because we can't have too many.

a circular staircase by parsnipit

“Simon?”

Simon slides a book into place before turning around. The man in front of him is lean, worn thin, with bags like dusky thumbprints beneath his eyes. He’s swallowed by the massive black hoodie he’s wearing, his hands wedged deep into his pockets and his shoulders hunched.

For reasons he cannot begin to understand, Simon wants to crush this man into a tiny ball and then shove him into the mouth that gapes, screaming, around his own starved heart.

He doesn’t do that, obviously. He’s on the clock.

Or: Ghost loses his memories and falls in love with his husband, again.

yours to keep by Anonymous (@soitgoesanonymous)

“You look like a fuckin’ idiot with those on indoors, you know.” “You were the one complaining!” “You were the one that looked sick!” “Captain,” Ghost sighed, and Soap imagined that behind the glasses, he was rolling his eyes. “I’m not sick. And if I was, I wouldn’t’ve waited two hours before wheels up to say something about it.”

Terror in War, Ornament in Peace by WerewolvesAreReal

After bringing the cure to France, Napoleon points out that the execution of a Chinese prince - even an adopted one - may well spark a war between China and England. Laurence grudgingly agrees to stay in France with the expectation that he and Temeraire will live a long and boring life away from any fighting, but he doesn't expect Napoleon's persistence.

all creatures great and small by anecjotes (klickitats)

The first thing Cullen teaches his mabari is how to find the Herald.

Orphans by riversiders

Bruce Wayne is being threatened by a violent stalker. Clark Kent is incapable of letting it go.

Sufficient and Condign by ladyshadowdrake

Once, when he had been sitting in the cell on the Goliath for weeks already, almost longing for the noose if only it would put a period to the cloying purgatory, Tharkay had whispered back, "I have never loved anyone as I have loved you."

What Tharkay said in his own voice was, “Goddamn you, Will Laurence.”

edge of providence by adiduck (book_people), whimsicalimages

“Are you going to kill me right here, Mand’alor?” Obi-Wan manages.

Fett freezes, his hold loosening, and shoves away from him as if burned, getting to his feet. Obi-Wan coughs, looks up to where the man is watching him with some strange mix of emotion. His shields are exceptionally strong, for a null.

“There is no Mand’alor,” Fett says finally, and walks right out of the room.

(Or: 15-year-old Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker crash-lands on Kamino on the one day a cycle when the seas are calm and the storms abate. At the time, he doesn’t think much of it. Later—much later—he will come to see it as an omen.)

Ain't No Grave (Can Keep My Body Down) by spitandvinegar

It's six in the morning, and Steve is heading out on a run when he nearly trips over a bouquet of sunflowers on the front steps of his brownstone.

For a second paranoia takes over, and he kicks the flowers a little, waiting for them to explode. They don't. They also came with a card, which he picks up. The front of the card has a tasteful picture of the Brooklyn bridge at sunset. It's very nice and sedate, like the kind of card you would buy to give to your boss. On the inside someone has written a short message in big, shaky block letters.

I AM SORRY FOR SHOOTING YOU.

The Moth by sacrificethemtothesquid

Moths seek out light, he thinks, and die for it. Maybe they know, but they still can’t stay away. He feels like that, a slow, inexorable urge to set himself on fire in the wild blaze of her hair.

Towards the Sun by MuffinLance

Zuko botches his escape on the day of the eclipse and sits out the war in prison. What will the Gaang do with a new Fire Lord they can't trust? Season Four "Zuko never joined the Gaang, and he's really bad at being good" AU.

Featuring Azula's extended field trip, June not signing up for this, and Sokka's increasing desire to scream. Come get your international politics with a side of baby dragons.

Nightfall by Leletha

Canon-divergent: 20 years after Chief Stoick’s wife and son were lost in a dragon raid, the Vikings of Berk shoot down a Night Fury…and its rider, a feral youth who believes he is a dragon.

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Cloudjumper takes Hiccup along with Valka that night. Twenty years later a completely feral Hiccup, believing himself a dragon, is stranded on Berk...

Includes Nightfall, the sequels Stormfall and Freefall, and various prequel and flashback short stories.

Of Fear and Lyrium by MaryDragon | Higgins' Song by MaryDragon

The story of Evelyn Trevelyan, thief, and reluctant Herald of Andraste. POV shifts between Evelyn and Cullen. Creation of (what I hope are) more believable motivations for Cullen and Evelyn's relationship. While closely following the events of DA:I, there are some alterations from canon in conversations, architecture, and chronology. Minor original characters. Expansion of known relationships and referral to relationships in DA:O and DA2. Will get mildly smutty. Also, SPOILERS.

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"The Inquisition is made up of people," Cullen had told her. He hadn't needed to; Evelyn definitely knew. A view of the events of Inquisition through the soldiers and servants who gave their blood, sweat, and tears to the War of the Breach. Main character is Higgins, a Fereldan man-at-arms who is brought to Haven by Fate but stays out of Faith. Features predominantly Original Characters and their interactions with the Inquisition Inner Circle.

Chaos by thedevilchicken

Ian's life is chaos.

Mutiny on the Reliant by WerewolvesAreReal [Pirate King Laurence]

It's bad luck to have a dragon aboard a ship, and this tiny black creature can't be natural at all. Slowed by a gale and bad-luck, the Reliant mutinies and puts Laurence and Temeraire alone on the Amitié. The journey back to England is difficult, and on the way Laurence accidentally finds himself leading a small fleet of fighting ships. As one does.