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Locked Behind Doors of Steel by CouldBeABird
Fandoms: Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness (Video Game), Penny Arcade (Webcomic)
15 May 2026
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Tycho Brahe has a tumultuous (at best) family history with mental health. Tycho Brahe cares far too much about his family -- and his family cares far too much about their legacy.
Or, Tycho visits his father.
Do note, this is set in the OTRSPOD universe, that's pretty important.
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The Desperado (And the Divorcee) by CouldBeABird, DeltaLorien for ankarios
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
04 Jan 2026
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Astarion Ancunin has been running from Szarr Estates for longer than he'd like to admit.
Gale Dekarios could use the bounty.Thanks to @CouldBeABird for editing and co-writing because I would NOT have gotten this done if not for him. Go check him out, AMAZING writer (and also my brother!)
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Robert Robertson is a name that follows a generational scourge ripe with self-loathing and grandiose posturing in some half-assed attempt to make up for it. Mecha Man is hardly different.
Still, it keeps happening.
Or, the Robertson's on generational trauma.
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Robert’s well adjusted, he’s a “hero”.
Robert’s also killed before. This causes problems he can’t escape from – not easily, at least.Or, Robert on life, death, and the impacts of taking a life.
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He copes in any way he can find the means to. It's never really about hurting himself, it's about leveling things out. It's not an issue, he's not an issue.
Or, Robert Robertson on self-harm, in the most traditional sense.
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A mission on Haven goes wrong, leading to the team being critically injured. With the situation devolving, Sova has to make the hard decision to get himself and a nearly dead Jett back to base - but Cypher is left behind. He is presumed dead by the Protocol, leading to Sova's suspension. He is advised by Sage to take a trip home to visit his babushka over the New Year instead of remaining at the Protocol.
Act I actually follows the summary.
Act II will start with some fluff and then it will get worse before it gets worse.the smut is in chapter 32 if that is all you are looking for
Bookmarked by CouldBeABird
10 Jun 2026
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read this in one sitting and it's taking me out back and shooting me like the sick dog. 38/
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“There is nothing you can do for me, owl.” There was a soft click as Cypher turned the handle, speaking with his back turned. “You have already lost an eye, once. I won’t have you lose your wings as well.”
“Cypher,” Sova tried again, desperately. “I’ll do everything I can. I promise you, I’m not going to let you die anymore. I won’t give up on you.”
“You will soon,” was all Cypher said, and the door shut in his face with a final, resolute thud.
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Cypher's dying on purpose, Sova figured out that much. When Brimstone partners them together in a newly instated program called the Duo System, Sova launches an investigation - one that uncovers more secrets about them both than he had ever bargained for.
[26/1/26 hey guys i still haven't given up on my fic. writing every day...the unfortunate truth is that ive spent more days in 2026 AT funerals rather than NOT because my relatives keep passing away... is this the ao3 curse?! im still alive and writing im sorry for making yall wait so long but i will NOT abandon this WIP ever. yeah thats all thanks love yall
Bookmarked by CouldBeABird
08 Jun 2026
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ohhhhhh my god they're so fucked up I love them 19/35
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Sova will take what’s running under his skin and through his blood to his grave. No one needs to know what the desperation of others did to him. Of what the hands over his shoulders pulled him further into once the other had reduced to blood and ash.
Filin died a soldier of Spetsnaz. Sasha Novikov died soon after under blinding fluorescent light. All that’s left of his legacy is a shot that never misses and a trail of innocent bodies in his wake.
Valorant does not need to know what he is, but as time goes on, and the past claws ever closer to what he left behind, he might not have a choice.
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01 Jun 2026
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Gabe, frustrated and stunted by graphic design work, decided he deserves a break. Not just any break, he needed a joint.
As it was the dead of night, Gabe was trying to be stealthy as he approached the front door. His flatmate and best friend, Tycho, however, was awake and caught him on his way out.Bookmarked by CouldBeABird
13 Apr 2026
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alright shut up they got me again (the gays)
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Had Pavlov been training his dogs to cower rather than drool, the time needed for the experiment would have been halved. After all, when it came to shaping behavior, punishment was a great deal more effective than reward.
However, saliva was simple to measure.
Fear, on the other hand, was not.
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Medic has a nightmare.
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- Part 2 of St. Bernard
Bookmarked by CouldBeABird
27 Feb 2026
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tell me where I came from -- what I will always be. just a spoiled little kid, who went to catholic school.