and made of silk and steel

Seichi Abarai, Renji's brother, is delivered into the hands of the Kuchiki steward, Eishiro. Meanwhile, Byakuya attempts to have a conversation with Captain Kurotsuchi.

Will undresses for Hannibal for the first time.

Hermione is invited by the British Society of Veela to their annual Jarila's Day celebration. Draco is an unwilling benefactor to the same event. When the two meet at the party, Hermione discovers something interesting about Draco's lineage and something ignites between the two of them. ----- UPDATE (June 2023): Hi everyone, I've been receiving lovely kudos and comments from you all through the years, and I just want to say thank you for reading and enjoying this fic. Unfortunately, because of JKR's transphobic comments and views over the past few years, I've found myself increasingly disillusioned with the writer and her body of work. I doubt that I will be finishing this, but I did want to acknowledge everyone who stopped by to read and to leave kudos and feedback. Thank you once again, and see you on the flip side!

In the aftermath of a battle Hulk asks for help rescuing kittens.

Two months into his fourth year, Harry finds out that not everything is as it seems and he’s been lied to since first year at Hogwarts. Voldemort isn’t the ‘big bad man’ he’s been led to believe, some his friends aren’t really friends but out to serve their own ends… What happens when he finds out the pureblood families put up their children in an ancient ceremony offering up them to a game of master and slave – a ceremony he underwent when he was born?

Set after the Merlin Series 5 Finale "Diamond of the Day".Canon Compliant. In Character. Arthur Pendragon Returns.Cover art by Lao-Pendragon ------ For many long years Merlin waited. For the other part of his soul, for the other half of his life. He was born to serve Arthur. So that meant he was also born to wait. Even if it took a thousand years. Even if the wait seemed never to end. Until one day, suddenly, it did. When Arthur stumbles from the Lake of Avalon 1,500 years after his death, he finds a world unlike the one he knew. Faced with the loss of everyone he loved, and the threat of impending prophecy, Arthur must learn what it means to be not just a king, but the Once and Future King. Merlin does all he can to guide him, even as he struggles to hide his love for his king, and his fear of losing him again. Story includes sass, banter, horseplay, & True Love.

When Buffy tells Spike in 'Lovers Walk' that he tends to cause trouble, she's not just referring to his Sunnydale antics. There was also that time she ran into him in Los Angeles. Set one week post-Acathla.

Harry starts asking slightly homophobic Louis questions, and Louis teaches him some things.

Saeyoung has a bit of couch fun with his male!MC~.

0.01 - While nights like this weren't unheard of for Taako, he never had to deal with things like this.0.02 - Unbeknown to Taako, Magnus remembers the prior night in near-perfect detail.

Even without the rifle scope, even almost two years after the last Mission, he still spent a lot of time watching things. But seriously, this place was a circus sideshow even on a slow day. And Bucky just might be a part of it.

He couldn’t recall Arthur’s face anymore, or his voice, his smile; it had all vanished. The one person that he had loved more than anything, the person he would always remain loyal to, and he couldn’t even put a face to the name.

Keith didn't even consider the possibility that Lance would find the ring under his pillow in the bed they slept in together every night.

Gladiolus Amicitia is the single father of little Iris and Talcott and the recent widower of Niflheim's Aranea Highwind. Deciding to start afresh, he buys a new house. However, there are few listings he likes and the one he thinks he could call home happens to have a zoo attached to it. Prompto Argentum is the young head keeper of the Three Valleys Wildlife Park and is one of the loyal few who remained since the zoo's closure. His hope of seeing the zoo reopened is revitalised when, at a chance meeting, he is introduced to the potential new owner: a handsome single father of two sweet (albeit overbearing) children. [ABANDONED WORK - APOLOGIES]

Harry's fantasies are fulfilled in the Room of Requirement thanks to three of Hogwarts' most beautiful.

“Sam?” shouts Castiel, finally opening his eyes again. “What are you doing in Dean’s body? Where’s Dean?” His eyes are the widest they’ve ever been, it’s a miracle they’re still hanging on in his skull. Sam slowly gets up to go look at himself in the bathroom mirror and, there you have it, it’s Dean Winchester looking back at him, green eyes, crew cut and… stubble-burned face, apparently. “Forget about me Cas, how did YOU get into my brother?” he asks suspiciously.

When Harry Potter cast his first Cruciatus Curse, he was successful. In doing so, he awoke the darkness in his head. It whispers, and it's never wrong. The darkness is hungry, and won’t be denied. ‘To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark, go without sight and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings.’

It was Friday night, Adrian’s roommate was out of town for the whole weekend, and Adrian was ecstatic to have the house to himself. But then a knock on the door and an innocent looking stranger change Adrian’s life forever.

Summary: Carlos feels bad about ruining others happiness.

John had always assumed Sherlock was uninterested, untouchable, married to his work. He was wrong on all counts. But when Sherlock embarks on a relationship, John worries that he is in over his head...and this time he might be right.

Lena manages to injure herself one night while drowning her sorrows alone in her office. Luckily, Kara is on patrol and comes to her rescue. She tends Lena's wound and tries to comfort her with a song.

Omegas are pretty things, useful to have around when they're properly trained— not only for sex but as fierce protectors and methodical killers when the situation calls for it.

When Spider-man rescues Captain America's girlfriend while he's out on a mission, Steve gets jealous of her praise of the young man. So he shows her.

What if Connor survived his suicide attempt?Connor lives AU where Connor and Evan become friends. Eventual slash.

Who says only Sherlock gets to have a purple shirt of sex? Here's Dean's reaction to Cas's tight purple shirt he's wearing on Sam and Jess's wedding. SMUUUUUUUT.