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another day of the year by xtwilightzx (blackidyll)
Fandoms: Zenless Zone Zero (Video Game)
20 Aug 2025
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“For the gallery owner,” Lycaon says, presenting the box with a slight bow, “on the opening of his most ambitious art exhibition to date.”
Hugo crosses his arms, unimpressed. “That excuse would be more convincing if I was one of the artists presenting my artwork at this show.”
Still, Hugo knows what this is. They didn't celebrate his birthday either when they were younger, at Hugo’s own request; after the first birthday Hugo weathered since Jack took him in, Lycaon stopped pestering him about it. Yet, Lycaon always found subtle ways to mark the occasion, by gifting him small tokens under various excuses, some more reasonable than others.
It seems some things don’t change, even with the intervening years of estrangement between them.
“All right,” Hugo acquiesces, and gestures at Lycaon to open the box for him. “Impress me.”
(Hugo doesn't care to celebrate his birthday; he'd prefer if everyone treated it as just another day of the year. Even so, his trusted companions still find ways to show their regard and appreciation for him.
Hugo spends a day with Robin and Vivian, with Lycaon, and with a precious memory of the past).
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the rain that fell a yesterday by xtwilightzx (blackidyll)
Fandoms: Zenless Zone Zero (Video Game)
19 Jul 2025
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“Hugo.” Lycaon doesn’t even have the decency to sound winded, although it means the frustration is all the more obvious in his voice. He stops several paces away, further than their usual preference, obviously wary of spooking Hugo into fleeing once more. “Stop fucking running.”
“I already stopped,” Hugo points out. “Otherwise, you wouldn’t even be able to catch my shadow.”
Lycaon’s eyes flash with ire, but after a moment, he backs down. When he speaks again, the previous hesitance is back. “Then… can we talk?”
“What’s there to talk about?” Hugo says. “Jack was very clear. He doesn’t trust me. And you obviously agree.”
“I do trust you—”
“Because your silence was so convincing.”
Lycaon opens his mouth, but no words emerge.
Hugo smiles. It feels overstretched on his lips, stiff and unnatural. “Like so,” he says softly, and takes a step backward.
(A canon divergence story set during Hugo and Lycaon's youth, in which Hugo overhears the entire conversation between Jack and Lycaon in that small attic.
Only this time, Lycaon realizes that Hugo was there, and that he heard everything).
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beyond this rage of poetry by xtwilightzx (blackidyll)
Fandoms: Zenless Zone Zero (Video Game)
14 May 2025
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Hugo’s resentment at Lycaon’s decision to leave Mockingbird, his hatred towards his father, the fear as he sat at Lycaon’s side, waiting – for either help to come, or for Lycaon’s heartbeat to fade away – all of that has been smothered by sheer exhaustion, leaving Hugo numb and empty.
Without his emotions getting in the way, Hugo’s thoughts are startlingly clear.
Betrayals and abandonment, secrets and broken promises – none of those matter. All that matters is Lycaon, and who he is to Hugo.
His dearest partner, now turned his greatest traitor.
And yet—
—still his, always.
(Their confrontation after the failed assasination attempt on the Ravenlock family head is not the last time Hugo sees Lycaon; before they go their separate ways, Hugo makes several arrangements that, years later, will influence his reunion with Lycaon and set the stage for future collaborations.
Missing scenes from Hugo and Lycaon's past and present, on their separation and eventual reconciliation. Contains major spoilers for Bury Your Tears With The Past Part A and B).
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as winter passes into spring by xtwilightzx (blackidyll)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
18 Dec 2024
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Quiet settles around them, but this quiet holds a weight within it.
Dan Heng knows it. He has become acquainted with it, from the hours he’d spent watching over Jing Yuan at Belobog’s History and Culture Museum, standing before a photograph and a memory from centuries past.
And so, he waits.
When Jing Yuan finally speaks, it’s with a softness that barely stirs the silence around them.
“I have many regrets – a given for any member of a long-life species, although I do my best not to dwell on them.”
(After the end of the Luminary Wardance ceremony, Dan Heng accompanies Jing Yuan to Belobog, where several centuries-old regrets are finally put to rest.
Set after the 2.5 Trailblaze Continuance Mission: Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue II and directly after the Luminary Wardance event: Even When The Cheers Fade).
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- Part 4 of Luofu Interludes
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in heartbeats and quiet whispers by xtwilightzx (blackidyll)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
30 Aug 2024
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Jing Yuan's gaze is fixed firmly on Dan Heng’s face, as if he’s searching for some kind of reaction. “Are you all right?”
Dan Heng turns away. “There is more scrutiny on you than ever before. I know the Marshal is investigating you—” He lets out a quiet hiss through his teeth. There’s a growing buzz in his ears, shivering under his skin like a violin string wound far too tight. “You made sure that you met us only in the other generals’ presence before this; considering how I was in the Shackling Prison when Hoolay escaped, you definitely should not be seen alone with me now either.”
“Dan Heng.” There’s a note in Jing Yuan’s voice that Dan Heng can’t ignore, and just like the sun inexorably draws all within its vicinity into its gravity, Dan Heng finds himself turning towards Jing Yuan, looking over his shoulder to meet Jing Yuan’s unwavering gaze. “Are you all right?”
(In the aftermath of the revolt at the Shackling Prison, Dan Heng attempts to process the chaos of the day, and Jing Yuan takes a moment to check on Dan Heng.
Set immediately after the 2.4 Trailblaze Continuance Mission, Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue).
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- Part 3 of Luofu Interludes
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Luofu Interludes by xtwilightzx (blackidyll)
Fandom 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
18 Dec 2024
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Canon-compliant Honkai: Star Rail stories, usually written through a JingHengJing lens :)
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bonded by light by xtwilightzx (blackidyll)
Fandom 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
16 Jul 2024
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Big Bang and Reverse Bang Fics by blackidyll, xtwilightzx (blackidyll)
Fandom Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Hetalia: Axis Powers, James Bond (Craig Movies), Skyfall (2012) - Fandom, SPECTRE (2015), Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime)
24 Jan 2020
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Because sometimes even I forget just how many challenge fics I've written. These are just the big bang/reverse bang collaborative fics that (should) come with artwork, because working with artists is wonderful. If I included all the fics I've written for various gift-exchanges/Secret Santas/fests, I'd have to put half my AO3 works in this collection.
Enjoy the stories and the gorgeous artwork!
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Traceability: the ability to chronologically interrelate uniquely identifiable entities in a way that is verifiable
Trace: (v) to find or discover by investigation; (n) a mark, object or other indication of the existence or passing of something
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[ a post-Skyfall James Bond and Q-centric series ]
In which James Bond continues his work as a Double-O agent with a new reckless streak and Q is ever the voice in his earpiece, the supplier of his equipment and an anchor back to MI6.
This is a series of interconnected stories on the development of Bond and Q's relationship - as individuals and professionals who take note of and fixate on each other after the Silva incident, who grow close to each other in increments until they eventually become a very important feature in each other's lives. Duty - and soon after, trust - is what binds them.
Love, possibly, comes after.
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the way we come undone by blackidyll
Fandom James Bond (Craig Movies), Skyfall (2012) - Fandom
11 Dec 2014
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The rules of engagement are different when the manifestation of your soul is capable of walking, talking and interacting with the world. Q and Estelle have always pushed boundaries as the Quartermaster team, while Bond and Bailey have never allowed anything – neither the rules nor the limits of the human-daemon bond – to bind them.
Together, they are a force to be reckoned with, but first, they must get there.
(A Skyfall/His Dark Materials fusion in that this series takes place after the events of Skyfall, with the sole addition that everyone has a daemon. All Craig!Bond canon applies).
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In the Time of Era Nova by Intensely_Reading
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
20 May 2026
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“Can I not simply stare to admire you?” he murmurs. He’s five paces away. Four. Three. Two. He stands close enough to see the freckles on Phainon’s golden-hued skin, close enough to breathe in his earthy scent. His want is a physical being that demands he grip Phainon’s body and never let go lest this moment slips away from them both. He cups Phainon’s face, and Phainon settles his hands on his hips.
Sometimes, he watches Phainon and thinks how fortunate it is that they can be this kind, this delicate with each other now.
“I think you’re the more eye-catching one between the two of us, Mydeimos,” Phainon says. His lips twitch, and Mydei can feel the muscles of his cheek moving under his fingers.
What a miracle it is that they have this now. What a relief.
(Love in the time of Era Nova.)
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24 Jul 2026
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“Mydei?” Phainon tentatively began with the same caution he approached animals with a single glassy, scarred eye, crouching low in their line of sight and extending his hand for them to come towards him.
Unfortunately, Mydei was more stubborn than any stray cat and scoffed back. “What’s with that tone, Deliverer?”
There was no use circling the truth.
“Can you see me?”
At that, Mydei’s stoic expression waned into a wry smile. “No.”
When Mydei is struck by a Cleaner’s poison while outside Okhema’s walls, the last thing to recover are his eyes. Until the poison is fully purged Phainon is designated as his aide.
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24 Jul 2026
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If the Kremnoans truly decided to settle somewhere else, within the high clouds like the Skyfolk, an island in the distant sea, the mountain of legend that the city had first risen from, then Mydei wouldn’t object. Even if it took him far from Okhema’s high walls where so many of his friends still resided.
There was no reason for Mydei to stay. Not if his responsibilities led him elsewhere. Out of the many things that had once restrained him—a cursed prophecy, a burden of responsibility, a bloodstained crown, and a radiant Coreflame that bestowed upon him the name of Strife—Phainon refused to be another.
Life goes on within the Eternal Pages, including Castrum Kremnos’ mess of internal politics. Where the fortress will settle, now that disaster has been averted and peace restored, is yet undecided but up for debate among Kremnos’ citizens.
To Phainon the mere possibility of the final verdict is daunting enough.
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20 Jul 2026
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The Best-Laid Plans of the Stupidly Heroic (and Other Failures) by lettersfromnowhere
Fandoms: 葬送のフリーレン | Sousou no Frieren | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Manga), 葬送のフリーレン | Sousou no Frieren | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Anime)
16 Jun 2026
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Himmel excels at heroics—daring rescues, spectacular victories, and, perhaps most of all, putting his own feelings aside. At the close of a ten-year journey, resignation is the rule of his life, and he'll wait.
Problem is, finding an orphaned young elf was not in the cards when he made that plan, and the fact is that no one is more qualified to advise him on the matter than the woman he swore to himself he wouldn't chase.
(Or: Himmel acquires a daughter, Frieren is confused, and everything—finally—comes back around.)
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- Part 1 of Best-Laid Plans 'Verse
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13 Jun 2026
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there are no unnamed sources in a fairytale by FlightRisk (Lambourn) for copacet
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)
20 Jul 2023
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Tom liked to say that it took one dish of homemade pelmeni to unravel and end the 235 years of implicit and explicit prohibitions against homosexuality in the US military.
Pete, on the other hand, thought he was exaggerating. DADT did not end because of them. (Or did it?)
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09 Jun 2026