SoftlyTea



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  1. Summary

    Once upon a time there was a very superior Skyrim Kink Meme prompt.

    With some trepidation, a fanfic writer called SoftlyTea decided that she would fill it. Trepidation, because she hadn't written any fiction in A Very Long Time, and as for putting things on the Internet - hah! But doing things that utterly terrify you is good for you, or something, so she did it anyway. Thus was I Will Always Be Here (Part 1) born.

    What SoftlyTea could not have known, when her trembling hand clicked the 'Post' button on that fateful LiveJournal comment, was that such an action was to start a chain reaction of shenanigans and joy for her OC Liya, her prompter's darling Imani, and the Thalmor that pretend not to love them.

    Apart from the first one, these are mostly silly, hopefully-humorous one-shots. One day Liya and Ondolemar will get their own lengthy multi-chapter backstory, but... not today.

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    Various fills for the Skyrim Kink Meme.

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    During Markarth’s Dibellan festival, Ondolemar finds himself an outsider among the Nords’ chaotic revelry. Though he disdains the Empire’s decay, he can’t ignore the spectacle—especially when a dancer catches his eye. Her effortless grace and carefree smile unsettle him, a stark contrast to his rigid control.
    But she isn’t just a performer. Beneath the festival’s lights, she’s a thief—one who’s stealing more than just glances. When their eyes meet, Ondolemar senses something dangerous: understanding. In a single moment, his carefully constructed world wavers. And as she disappears into the crowd, he realizes too late—she’s already taken something from him.

    Or: What would happen if an unstoppable force met an immovable object?

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    01 Apr 2026

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    Senku had never given much thought to what his first kiss would be like. Fireworks, is what people liked to say, but kissing Asagiri Gen doesn’t feel like fireworks.

    Kissing Gen feels like ionization. It feels like electrons colliding, ripping themselves free from their orbitals. It feels like how stars are made.

    And what is a firework to the birth of a star? 

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    21 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    Ondolemar’s control unravels amid dead colleagues and brewing chaos, with an assistant who smells distinctly of Elenwen’s machinations.
    He’s sure she’s the noose tightening around his neck.
    He couldn’t be more mistaken.
    What’s coming is personal. Intricate. And infinitely more dangerous.

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    09 Mar 2026

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    “Promise you won’t laugh? Like, swear on your undead life?”

    “I swear on my-” Astarion choked on his spit. “My what?”

    “Your undead life?” Gale tilted his head like a confused puppy. “Did you think the whole vampire thing was a secret?”

    “Well. kind of?”

    Gale laughed in earnest. “Astarion, I know you can’t see yourself but you have to understand what you look like. You look like whatever an emo kid imagines when they picture themselves grown up, with your perfect hair, eyeliner, and the leather jacket thing.”

    “I-”

    “Also if the ethereal beauty wasn't enough, you have a blood flask in your jacket pocket at all times.”

    Astarion blinked, but quickly gained his composure, a damn near predatory grin stretching across his lips, highlighted by the fact that he was no longer hiding his fangs. “So you think I'm beautiful, wizard boy?”

    Gale rolled his eyes, trying to keep the flush off his cheeks. “Of course I do, Astarion.”

    ~*Modern with Magic AU! with Professor Gale and Librarian Astarion*~

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    27 Feb 2024

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    He unexpectedly turned as he closed the door and caught Daphne observing him. Their eyes met, she blushed in embarrassment, and—

     

    Every time he smiled, really smiled with his whole face, the world around him seemed to dim in comparison. He made her want to take up painting again. Or pastels, or any of the other art forms she’d left behind when she graduated from RISD and started her first bookmaking apprenticeship. She’d never felt compelled to make representational art, but Gale Dekarios in the full bloom of joy was absolutely worth representing.

     

    In which tiny, remote Icepeak College mysteriously hires a massively overqualified antiquities scholar in the middle of term, and its book arts workshop director finds herself inexorably pulled into his orbit. In her defense, he's really fucking hot.

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    27 Feb 2024