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After Voldemort, there was this. The clock is ticking to create a cure to the unimaginable horror that currently grips the world. Hermione finds herself unwillingly allied with the most hated man in Wizarding Britain. (Alternate ending: 'La Vie En Rose', Audiobook by ETL.Echo.Audiobooks).

Twin siblings, Boone and Kim Silver, have a certain reputation of sex addiction that no one complains about. Growing up never knowing their father and with a mother always away, they depend on each other. But they've always felt a little too different from other people, given their urges. Those they give in to easily, and those they try to fight. But soon, a stranger will come along and reveal what they truly are and the power they hold, and what they're capable of. NSFW

Astarion didn't care much for you and your people-pleasing tendencies until he realized exactly what they could mean for him. If you were that desperate for approval—for the hard-earned praise of others—perhaps he could be the one to deliver. There were certainly plenty of benefits for him to reap. ***Preview: You looked so proud of yourself, drool pooling at the corners of your lust-drunk smile. Your hair was mussed and wild, but your expression was utterly tame, almost domestic. Astarion worried, momentarily, that he might actually end up being the one to crawl back to you. You made him feel so in control, so powerful. And so, so good.

A series retelling of TBBT from S3E01 - The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation How would the lives of the Original Five differ if Sheldon got rid of Leonard and his toxicity following the Arctic Expedition and the can opener fiasco?

Can you feel the change in the air? Can you hear the rumbling of the Earth as it shifts beneath you? The searing heat of an incoming storm rushing through your body - are you afraid of the future? Are you afraid of what is to come? The wheel is turning, tilting, threatening to fall over and break into millions of millions of pieces.---I, EwNasty, do not give my permission for my work to be posted or hosted on any third-party website or app.

When Buck returns after the lawsuit is resolved and endures months of an unexpected form of abuse at the hands of his crew, he starts to wonder if the things they say are actually true. Unable and unwilling to bring his sister greater trouble, he reaches out to the only other family he has left, his Uncle Owen and cousin TK, in the hope that they can help him put his broken pieces back together. And when it turns out that TK needs just as much help as Buck, Owen comes up with a plan that just might help him carry both his boys to a safer place. ALL CHAPTERS UPDATED: 6/18/2021 - NEW CHAPTER COMING 6/19/2021

Yuri K is a famous independent game tester that has a reputation for finding bugs and glitches that no one else can. He works mostly online through the pseudonym Eros and only gives his real name when hired to test games. Victor is the CEO of a major gaming company in Russia. Currently his top team is working on an Otome style game that they hope to turn into a RPG MMO in the near future, but first they need to do some serious testing. Christophe suggests they bring in the game tester Eros, whom they have worked with in the past, in order to test the new game “Otome On Ice” . Yuri at first isn’t really interested in testing the Otome game as he prefers RPG’s or Sports games. He’s been getting bored lately and it’s only after Yuuko suggests he changes things up that Yuri agrees to test the Otome game. Little does Yuri know the majority of the characters that can be romanced in the game are based off of the real people that developed the game.

Cohesive rebellions mean everyone's on the exact same page, everyone being on the same page means gratuitous exposition, and there's just no way around it.

Or: Some Of The Ghosts You Meet While Out Wandering On This Planet Are Very Interesting