WOW we're already past the halfway mark for the year and there have already been so many wonderful works. Now here's even more!!
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Ways To Say "I Love You" by Dappled_Sunlight_Dap
Fandom: Black Clover - Tabata Yuki (Anime & Manga)
Rating: G // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Grey/Vanica Zogratis
Summary: "I love you."
It seems such a simple thing to say - but not everybody can. That's why Grey and Vanica have different ways of expressing their love for one another.
Freeing Prometheus by FelicitousObsolescence
Fandom: Xena: Warrior Princess
Rating: T // Major Character Death
Ship: Gabrielle/Xena (Xena)
Summary: Xena turned to the giant man chained to the rock and drew the sword of Hephaestus. The chain was before her and she swung the sword high.
“Xena no!” she heard Hercules scream as he fended off the hatchlings.
Her last thought as the sword came down was of Gabrielle; holding onto her armor during their last goodbye, gazing into her eyes and telling her not to land the final blow.
What if Xena had struck the blow to free Prometheus? What if those big green eggs were actually eggs filled with the stuff eggs are filled with? (AU-Goo??, I just went with it).
To Be Human by gayfranzkafka
Fandom: Poison Ivy (Comics), Harley Quinn (Comics), DCU (Comics)
Rating: T // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Pamela Isley/Harleen Quinzel
Summary: Ivy curses herself, and her cowardice, wondering if she’s said all this just to try to make Harley run. Wondering if she wants Harley to run. Wondering if she’s always going to string together just enough words except the ones that really matter, antagonize Harley until she finally gets tired of waiting, and leaves, and Ivy is well and truly alone for good.
In which Ivy and Harley share a tender night, and Ivy almost confesses to Harley that she loves her.
Okka wasn’t good with (human) words by TheShinyShovel
Fandom: Roots of Pacha (Video Game)
Rating: G // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Okka (Roots of Pacha)/Jizu (Roots of Pacha)
Summary: Okka wasn’t good with words. Well, human words at least. What does she do when human words fail to express how she feels?
To Say I Love You by sdiam
Fandom: Touhou Project
Rating: G // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Hoshiguma Yuugi/Mizuhashi Parsee
Summary: It was no surprise that Parsee was jealous once again. But just once, she'd wish that a certain stupid Oni would say three magic words to her too.
even when i'm quiet (i love you, baby, i promise) by GallifreyanFairytale
Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Rating: T // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Kodai Yui/Toga Himiko
Summary: There is no reason for a villain to be interested in speaking with a hero. There is no reason for Himiko to take any interest in Yui at all.
And yet—
Here she is, clinging to Yui’s hands as if her life depends on it, pleading to understand everything she might want to say. She doesn’t treat it like a burden; she treats it like an adventure.
how to say i love you without speaking aloud
What It Takes to Say the Words by TheSilverSeeker
Fandom: Tokyo Mew Mew
Rating: G // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Aizawa Mint/Fujiwara Zakuro
Summary: "I loved you! I actually loved you!"
After the fight at the bay, Mint and Zakuro stick around to talk
The Cootie Catcher Knows All by MonokumasFishWife
Fandom: The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- (Video Game)
Rating: T // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Magadori Kyoshika/Oosuzuki Kurara
Summary: “Ugh, yes. Do I really need to spell it out for you?” The other looks up and tilts her head, “You are spelling something? If that is the case, please do so aloud so that I may learn.”
Kyoshika invites Kurara to her dorm after dinner. What could she possibly want?
Fandom: Love Live! School Idol Project
Rating: G // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Ayase Eli/Toujou Nozomi
Summary: “How can I put your mind at ease?”
Eli sighed. She pushed the cup away and settled her cheek across folded arms. Her eyes wandered the room aimlessly, first glancing at Nozomi’s hands, then the framed picture of μ's she kept at her bedside—and finally on the tarot deck between them.
“You could read my fortune."
Nervous about what the future holds for them after graduation, Eli pays Nozomi a surprise visit. For the first time, Eli asks Nozomi for a tarot reading—and learns far more than she expected.
Hector Learns to Fly by discoXena
Fandom: Midsomer Murders - All Media Types
Rating: G // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Sue Clapton/Amy Lyddiard
Summary: The fourth Hector book was published on the sixth anniversary of Ralph's death. That morning, whilst Avery arranged the display window of the Blackbird - full-sized cover painting, all four books, plush Hector toy with satiny golden wings, and, in pride of place, illustrated signboard proclaiming Local Authoress Signing Books Here Today Noon - Sue and Amy scattered homemade bread for Midsomer Worthy’s ducks on their way to the churchyard at St. Chad’s.
think of me when you look to the sea by littencloud9
Fandom: Lycoris Recoil (Anime)
Rating: G // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Inoue Takina/Nishikigi Chisato
Summary: As Takina rests her head onto Chisato’s shoulder, Chisato thinks, I shouldn’t let you love me.
It happens anyway.
or, to love is to prepare for a preemptive goodbye
when we let it go, we didn't know by frankenjoly
Fandom: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
Rating: T // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Lune/Sciel (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
Summary: “Well, I wasn’t planning on straight up composing when I started out today.” Lune replied, shrugging. “But… it’d be a shame if this went to waste, right? It’s pretty good, after all” So, yes, she was more than willing to take her friend’s question as a suggestion.
lune, sciel, a campsite night & a song.
Getting There by HSavinien
Fandom: Deadloch (TV 2023)
Rating: T // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Miki Evans/Eddie Redcliffe
Summary: Miki and Eddie are still working out the physical details of their relationship, but Miki's feeling all right about their progress.
blinding light right where your heart is by kapitanova
Fandom: Mother Mary (Movie 2026)
Rating: T // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Sam Anselm/Mother Mary
Summary: The red dress is the centerpiece of Sam's workshop. Everyone who comes in - and there's more people than usual because the show is approaching fast - stops to stare at it. Even Hilda sometimes gets startled and she’s the one who helped to sew it. In the evenings after a long day's work Sam looks at the dress with tired eyes and sees Mary in it, fitting perfectly. Then she blinks and there's just a mannequin. “Soon,” she thinks. “Not yet, but soon”.
To say 'I love you' by beyondyourstar
Fandom: Deltarune (Video Game)
Rating: G // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Kris/Susie (Deltarune)
Summary: Kris was slowly realising how they felt about Susie was different, that it was more than what friends should feel about each other.
They also knew that they'd take that secret to the grave, no matter how much they wanted to say it outloud.
Bleed the Fear (E) by anotheropti
Fandom: Divinity: Original Sin (Video Games)
Rating: E // Graphic Depictions of Violence
Ship: Lohse/Sebille (Divinity: Original Sin)
Summary: Five times Lohse and Sebille showed what they felt without saying the words and one time when they did.
don't shoot the messenger by theriveroflight
Fandom: Infinity (KID Visual Novels)
Rating: T // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Asakura Saki/Higuchi Haruka/Kawashima Yuka
Summary: It turns out the perfume bottle during the Seminar Camp was only the beginning. Saki keeps giving things to Haruka to pass to Yuka. One of these days, some wires are bound to get crossed.
Confessions by aPyrrhicVictory
Fandom: The Locked Tomb Series - Tamsyn Muir
Rating: T // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Harrowhark Nonagesimus/Ianthe Tridentarius
Summary: Ianthe tells Harrow something important, but she cant stop herself from making it seem like a joke
greatest fears (and the loudest silence) by ThreeRaccoonsInATrenchcoat (lj_exists19)
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: M // Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Ship: Melissa "Mel" King/Trinity Santos
Summary: The immediate aftermath and effect of Trinity's attempted suicide.
Compatibility of Spirit by wateronagreasefire
Fandom: Firefly (TV 2002)
Rating: G // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Kaylee Frye/Inara Serra
Summary: The first thing Inara did after she met Kaylee Frye was to sit in her new shuttle alone for an hour with a stick of incense and a cup of tea.
The second thing she did was to send a wave to her grandmother, asking for a compatibility reading.
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes by @cryingtulips (posted on tumblr!)
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Rating: G // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Midna/Zelda
Summary: Zelda met Midna in her family's summer home, deep in the woods where the magic is wild but protective. An instant friendship blooms between them, despite the way their worlds try to keep them apart.
Canon divergence inspired by their first meeting in the manga
Do You Understand? Do You Feel the Same? by windupsigrun
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV
Rating: T // No Archive Warnings Apply
Ship: Yugiri Mistwalker/Warrior of Light
Summary: Title is from "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles.
This is set right after the end of Stormblood, after the singing of "The Measure of His Reach" and before the scene back at Rhalgr's Reach. There are also Heavensward spoilers if you squint very hard.
Happy Pride! I've wanted to write this fic for a while.