Who can't stop staring at the mirror? (Arknights)

“You’re going to need a new focus.” Nian stared hard at the knife in her hand.

For a line that is the beginning of a fic about confronting yourself it sure is understated. It's that way because i couldn't think of another way than in the middle of something that would lead to Lava's first crisis point of getting her brain chemistry rearranged.

Intensive Care (Arknights)

The first thing Saria saw when she opened her eyes was the unfamiliar ceiling.

I can't start a fic about jacking someone off in a threesome that's actually about grief without making an Evangelion reference. Sue me.

A Railway to Nowhere (Supergiant's Hades series)

“I probably wouldn’t have even gone to that stupid wedding!” The prince of the underworld watched as his big sister squeezed the trigger of her Rail unleashing a burst of projectiles to destroy yet another jar of collected lost souls, not that it did much to soothe her anger.

Do you ever give yourself brainworms about a potential relationship that definitely existed that you never see? Zagreus went from having So Many Siblings to being an only child (for a time) and I absolutely love Eris. Gods of Blood and Strife seemed to be an interesting pair, so I threw the sibs together to see what would come out of the shaker. A gun is involved.

So easy to bite with your hands pinned (Honkai: Star Rail)

Stelle, Kafka, and Elio stood outside a sleazy motel in an even sleazier city deep within the non-intervention zone.

my take Kafka and Stelle's first time in @thedeerus's Time is Running Out au where stuff is grim and people sometimes have superpowers. Stelle was the first Stellaron Hunter and Elio really is a talking cat because this was written before canon revealed that the cat was actually a piece of a Doomed Timeline Stelle who exploded herself into an insane number of cats who walked backwards in time to change the future. Owls in the Swamp (Arknights)

FIND: PROJECT_SPADA.KCP FILENAME: MOMMOTTI.EXE CALL: FAILURE TO RETRIEVE DIAGNOSIS: MISSING DIRECTORY

First sentence on this one is difficult. I'm still the only fic in the Amiya/Lappland tag (everyone's an adult by the time the fic takes place. old fandom rules for what the order of the ship names means)

In their towers they tremble (Arknights)

“Are the cuffs really necessary?” Sora asked as Lappland secured the heavy leather around her wrists.

Originally a framing device for Kinktober i actually just got burnt out so only this and overstimulation were done (but overstimulation got handled in Owls)

Let yourself go and compromise (Arknights)

Making her way down the winding sidestreets of Lungmen packed with everything from street vendors to street walkers, Lappland took care to duck between any open awnings as she made her way deeper into the city.

its a story that started from a particular image. A small cramped Hong Kong apartment and the rainy neon lit landscape of 80s Hong Kong.

The Beginning of Always (Arknights)

A few hours after sending Projekt Red out for an errand, Kal’tsit came to find her gently kneading the tail of one problematic Siracusan operator. “You’ve been ignoring my intercom messages.”

May our tongues never speak falsehoods (Arknights)

Electricity arced from one finger to another as Lemuen tested the glove.

Sometimes you're just a freaky angel who's about to torment your fallen angel girlfriend.

Whispers follow when you leave (Arknights)

“Um, Kroos? Are you sure there aren’t any better vantage points?"

Written at a time we thought Beagle died, it's a bittersweet story about Kroos getting more than she bargained for when teasing her girlfriend.