#sorrow_key

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if our love could be enough

This fic was written by sorrow_key ( @whatevsbla ) for Cornichonrond and can be found on AO3.

Welcome to feels and pining central with two chapter fic that features the post-quarrel sickfic of our dreams and a heartwarmingly precious name-swap 🥰 A truly healing story where Fitz and Beloved’s povs ring very true.

Thank you so much for creating this wonderful pinch hitting gift in record time, you truly are a magical pecksie ✨

Books: The Tawny Man

Rating: Not Rated

Characters: Fitzchivalry Farseer, The Fool

Summary: In which Fitz notices the Fool's illness after their quarrel and in which their return to Aslevjal is hindered by a broken Skillpillar

Excerpt:

“I’m sorry,” Fitz said, so generous now with this word when he’d seemed to have forgotten its existence during your quarrel. “I really am. I’ll call you whatever you like, but first, please let me help you.”

You closed your eyes again and let yourself fall back down against the covers, burying your head under the silken pillow. The peacock feathers attached to it tickled your shoulders. You did not have the strength to fight him, not right now. If he wanted to help, let him.

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lecturing kids in parks is the mark of a useless old man by sorrow_key

Fic can be read HERE.

Halloween. Completed. Not Rated. Word Count: 1869

Pairings: Kurata Tome & the Telepathy Club, Kurata Tome & Mogami Keiji

Trigger Warnings: None

““Honestly,” says Tome, green antennae dangling from her alien hoodie as she shakes her equally green finger more and more insistently, “the real problem with Halloween is the focus on monsters and the supernatural. You think they’re the only ones who have to hide their true identity? You think they’re the only ones who benefit from a day where everyone thinks you’re just in costume so you can go around and sample Earth’s culture in peace?!””

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Become What You Fear

This fic was written by sorrow_key ( @whatevsbla ) for ally_mcgee ( @alloysius-g ) and can be found on AO3.

Will is such an underrated character that some people (not giving names) even forget about him but this fic shows how fascinating, terrifying and powerful he really is. Everyone’s characterisation is on point and the Skill dreams passages in particular are chilling.

Thank you for yet another great fic @whatevsbla , and for your amazing ideas as always ❤_❤

Books: The Tawny Man

Rating: Mature

Characters: Will, Fitzchivalry Farseer, The Pale Woman, Chade Fallstar, The Fool

Summary: In which Will lives and this simple shift changes the very course of the world.

Excerpt:

“Show yourself,” I said intently.

And he did. It was like he’d stepped straight out of the furnishings; a completely new addition to my reality. My nightmares rarely showed me his face. He was a monster hiding in a child’s room when it was dark, a snake lying in wait in the grass. And when they did, it was usually the deathly grimace of his corpse.

The man before me was neither. He still had an eyepatch and all of his limbs. No, I noticed upon looking closer. He had no actual skin. His entire body was made of blackened stone. It called to me, drew me in like the fabled vortex to El’s depths that no ship could ever escape. He was hunger made man.

“Like what you see?” he asked, his voice velvet-soft and dangerous. I had forgotten its deceptively lilting cadence.

“There is no place for you here,” I told him, remembering the sensation of his shaking, dying body under my steady hands. “You no longer belong in this world.”

Will smiled, a slow unfurling of his charred lips. “Is that so? Then you shouldn’t have invited me in.”

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heart in my hands

This fic was written by sorrow_key ( @whatevsbla ) for ally_mcgee ( @alloysius-g ) and can be found on AO3.

The wlw fic this fandom deserves!! This collection of 3 ficlets will make you fall in love with pairings you’d probably never even considered, all while delivering pitch-perfect characterisation topped with delicious bits of lore.

Thank you @whatevsbla for being the relentless champion of underrated characters and for your continuous hard work as this event’s founder and co-mod 💜

Books: The Farseer Trilogy, The Tawny Man Trilogy

Rating: Mature

Characters: Starling Birdsong, Jofron, Kettricken, Jinna

Summary: 3 times Starling got gifts from women she slept with.

Excerpt:

“Starling gave her a wide, impish smile. “Perhaps you would do well do give us Buck minstrels more credit.”

Kettle had proved a most reticent travel companion, but Starling was nothing if not skilled at getting information through simple conversation and piecing together the rest herself. So it wasn’t just that old woman who thought such a strange, ill-mannered man could tell the future! Starling was not convinced, but she was intrigued. After all, there had to be a reason why someone like this ended up with the favor of a queen and the trust of a heroic bastard prince. Starling might not like him, but she could appreciate the value of a good story.

Jofron seemed impressed enough, if her expression was anything to go by. “I apologize if I made assumptions. Perhaps this is a good chance to get to know one another.”

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We'd always end up here by sorrow_key for sttchr

(view on AO3)

A dreamy moment of piece in the eye of the storm that is Fitz/Fool, with incredibly canon-like and true Fitz voice as well as some truly great Nighteyes one-liners.

Books: The Farseer trilogy, The Tawny Man trilogy

Rating: Gen

Pairing(s): Fitz/The Fool

Summary: Fitz supposes he shouldn't be surprised when six years after the end of the Red Ships War, a familiar face shows up at his doorstep. He should be even less surprised when the Fool leaves again.

Excerpt:

You knew he was coming?

Nighteyes snorted. Of course I did. He is the Scentless one, not the Soundless one.

And you didn't tell me? I sent out a note of plaintiveness, but it's vastly overpowered by my wonder. He's come back for me.

But he was doing such a good job sneaking up on you, little brother. Nighteyes shows me his teeth. The Scentless one is learning to hunt better.

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Games by sorrow_key

Fic can be read HERE.

Slice of Life, Pining, Fluff, Character Study. Completed. Not Rated. Word Count: 742

Pairings: Reigen Arataka/Serizawa Katsuya

Trigger Warnings: None

“Katsuya’s relationship to his power has been fraught and arduous – after many struggles and more criminal offenses than he’d like, he’s determined to take care of how he uses it, make up for the harm he’s caused.

Now, for one, he uses it to defend himself from the crumbs flying towards him from Reigen’s mouth.”

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Stuck by sorrow_key

Fic can be read HERE.

Canon Compliant, Comedy, Slice of Life. Completed. Not Rated. Word Count: 409

Pairings: Kageyama Ritsu & Reigen Arataka

Trigger Warnings: None

“"Just checking up on you. It's normal to be startled in situations like this.”

Ritsu doesn't point out an elevator breaking down is nothing compared to being kidnapped by a terrorist organization.

(in which reigen and ritsu get stuck in an elevator together. that's it, that's the fic.)”

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Permanence by sorrow_key

Fic can be read HERE.

Hunters AU, Adoption, Slice of Life, Fluff, Fantasy AU. Completed. Not Rated. Word Count: 952

Pairings: Hanazawa Teruki & Reigen Arataka

Trigger Warnings: Minor Injuries

“If he worked for Reigen, he wouldn’t be stuck here waiting for him uselessly for the third week already. Usually, it doesn’t take this long.”