What Falls Forever

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I’m whatfallsforever on ao3

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Wrote Last Minute

No time to start like three seconds before the deadline. As time slipped away this user didn't let themselves loose to the inevitable march of time! No! This writer typed like the wind and made the time to get it done!

After all, the 2026 @retrowrimay challenge gave you until May 31st, so you worked until May 31st!

And that is so real.

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Combo Maverick

This user believes that not only is less more, but that rules lawyering is the best kind of game there is. And when they saw that the @retrowrimay FAQ said combining prompts was allowed, this user saw a clean beautiful line from planning to victory in 2026.

…was it actually a clean beautiful line or a red string-board of madness? Best not to ask.

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Drabble Lord

This user sees the beauty in the little things as well as loves an extra challenge. Because sure, writing long form fiction is a dedicated art form, but so is the short story. Picking the precisely perfect word to do the work of a thousand is the work of the true master.

Which is why for their participation in the 2026 @retrowrimay event, this user made sure that all of their fills were drabbles. True drabbles, that is. As in, exactly 100 words long.

Just like this post. (Including the title.)

After all, sometimes less really is more.

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Twenty Five Prompts Filled

This user has filled 25 of the @retrowrimay prompts in 2026! Almost there!

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Original Work Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Original Character(s) & Original Character(s) Characters: Original Characters Additional Tags: Rags to Riches, Adoption, Adopted by Royalty, Drabble, retrowrimay, retrowrimay26 Series: Part 18 of RetroWriMay 2026 Summary:

An orphan is adopted by a queen and struggles to understand why.

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@retrowrimay Alternate Prompt 4 - Rags to Riches @retrowrimay Day 26 - True Drabble

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mutou Yuugi & Yami Yuugi | Atem Characters: Mutou Yuugi, Yami Yuugi | Atem Additional Tags: Fluff, Kidfic, Mentioned Mutou Sugoroku | Solomon Moto, mentioned Mutou Yuugi's Mother, Sennen Puzzle | Millennium Puzzle, Drabble, retrowrimay, retrowrimay26 Series: Part 17 of RetroWriMay 2026 Summary:

Yugi falls asleep while working on the Puzzle.

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@retrowrimay Day 19 - Kidfic @retrowrimay Day 26 - True Drabble

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Chess Pieces (Anthropomorphic) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: King Chess Piece/Pawn Chess Piece (Anthropomorphic), pawn chess piece & original daemon character Characters: Pawn Chess Piece (Anthropomorphic), King Chess Piece (Anthropomorphic), Original Daemon Character(s) Additional Tags: Age Regression/De-Aging, For Strategy, Alternate Universe - Daemons, Promoting a pawn, Demoting a pawn, Re-promoting a pawn, Drabble, retrowrimay, retrowrimay26 Series: Part 16 of RetroWriMay 2026 Summary:

The Queen will do anything to protect her King, even give up her crown to do what a queen cannot.

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@retrowrimay Day 12 - Daemon Fic @retrowrimay Day 14 - De-Aging @retrowrimay Day 26 - True Drabble

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Invader Zim Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dib/Zim (Invader Zim) Characters: Zim (Invader Zim), Dib (Invader Zim) Additional Tags: Arranged Marriage, Enemies to Lovers, Alternate Universe - Zim is an alien prince, Dib is basically the prince of Earth, Texting Fic, mentioned Court Drama, Drabble, retrowrimay, retrowrimay26, Kidnapping, Forced Marriage Series: Part 15 of RetroWriMay 2026 Summary:

Zim informs Dib that they're getting married. Dib does not agree to this.

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@retrowrimay Day 13 - Arranged Marriage AU @retrowrimay Day 21 - Texting Fic @retrowrimay Day 26 - True Drabble @retrowrimay Day 29 - Regency/Court Drama

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Invader Zim Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dib & Zim (Invader Zim) Characters: Zim (Invader Zim), Dib (Invader Zim) Additional Tags: Inspired by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, kind of. inspired by a prompt for that. I unfortunately haven't seen it yet, Amnesia, Spoilers for Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus, Zim Hiding in a Toilet, brief mention of Professor Membrane, non-consensual mind alteration, Non-consensual Amnesia, Professor Membrane's A+ Parenting, Drabble, retrowrimay, retrowrimay26 Series: Part 14 of RetroWriMay 2026 Summary:

When Zim leaves the toilet he was hiding in, Dib doesn't remember him.

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@retrowrimay Alternate Prompt 1 - Eternal Sunshine AU @retrowrimay Day 26 - True Drabble

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Animorphs - Katherine A. Applegate Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Animorphs & Original Character Characters: Original Characters, Animorphs - Character Additional Tags: Reverse Isekai and Transmigration, Characters React to Canon, gratuitous self-insert, Drabble, retrowrimay, retrowrimay26 Series: Part 13 of RetroWriMay 2026 Summary:

A childhood fan of Animorphs gets to show them the books when they're transported to reality.

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@retrowrimay Day 3 - Gratuitous Self-Insert @retrowrimay Day 22 - Characters React to Canon @retrowrimay Day 25 - Reverse Isekai @retrowrimay Day 26 - True Drabble

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Twenty Prompts Filled

This user has filled 20 of the @retrowrimay prompts in 2026! Talk about determination!

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Invader Zim Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dib & The Swollen Eyeball Network (Invader Zim) Characters: Dib (Invader Zim), The Swollen Eyeball Network Members (Invader Zim) Additional Tags: The Swollen Eyeball Network (Invader Zim), Sex Pollen, Paperwork, Drabble, retrowrimay, retrowrimay26, No Sex Series: Part 12 of RetroWriMay 2026 Summary:

When Dib finally becomes a full member of the Swollen Eyeball Society he's supposed to fill out some paperwork for legal reasons.

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@retrowrimay Day 11 - Sex Pollen @retrowrimay Day 26 - True Drabble

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Invader Zim Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dib & Zim (Invader Zim) Characters: Dib (Invader Zim), Zim (Invader Zim) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, space college, First Meetings, Enemies, Enemies at first sight, Drabble, retrowrimay, retrowrimay26 Series: Part 11 of RetroWriMay 2026 Summary:

Dib meets Zim for the first time at Space University and the two immediately become enemies.

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@retrowrimay Day 23 - High School/College AU @retrowrimay Day 26 - True Drabble

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Invader Zim Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gaz & Zim (Invader Zim) Characters: Zim (Invader Zim), Gaz (Invader Zim) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Pirate, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Trapped, Kidnapping, Kidnapped by Pirates, Pirate King Zim, vampire gaz, mentioned Zim & Dib Enemies (Invader Zim), Drabble, retrowrimay, retrowrimay26, title is a Dracula reference Series: Part 10 of RetroWriMay 2026 Summary:

Pirate King Zim kidnaps his nemesis’s sister without realizing she’s actually a vampire.

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@retrowrimay Day 24 - Vampire AU @retrowrimay Alternate Prompt 3 - Pirate AU @retrowrimay 26 - True Drabble

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