8 Works by martian_potato
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“Have you ever heard the legend of soulmates?” she asks as her eyes scan the page.
“Uh, only from stories.”
“Then you know that Tui and La were the first soulmates in existence. Two halves of one whole. They were so joyous of their union that they wanted to share that gift with mortals. But the universe had other plans, making soulmates extremely rare and cursed with hardship and loss. The only way to know is that soulmates share dreams, share bending, and, most importantly, share their love lines,” she points to the top crease on his hand, where two deep lines run parallel to each other before intertwining with hatches and crosses and connecting finally.
Then it strikes him, her comment about sharing dreams, sharing bending, and it’s like he can feel his inner flame roar to life. The fire between them flares.
“Soulmates are very, very rare, and are known to change the course of the world,” she murmurs, caressing the line. “The last known pair was Sozin and Roku, and it seems the spirits have chosen you.”
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Trampled In Dust by martian_potato
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies), Top Gun (Maverick), Top Fun: Maverick (2020)
28 Jul 2022
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Bradley remembers the first time he met Jake Seresin.
It’s their first year at the Naval Academy. Bradley’s older than the others, because Maverick had pulled his papers and had set him back, but he isn't about to let that stop him from blowing through this place and coming out at the top.
He’s made it this far and he’s gonna be damned if he doesn’t exceed every expectation he’s held to.
Jake Seresin, though…that’s a whole ‘nother can of worms.
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- Part 2 of Still Building And Burning Down Love
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Beaten and Blown by the Wind by martian_potato
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies), Top Gun (Maverick), Top Gun: Maverick (2020)
22 Jul 2022
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Jake Seresin is the best of the best. He’s always been, because he hadn’t ever let himself be anything else.
In high school, that meant being the varsity swim team captain and graduating top of his class. At the Naval Academy, that meant being the fastest 200 meter freestyle swimmer they’d ever seen, meant being Valedictorian of his class and graduating with an aerospace engineering degree. At the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, it meant getting the top scores, it meant being sent to Top Gun. In the Navy, it meant being the only current generation Navy pilot to have a confirmed air combat kill since Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
He’s worked hard to be where he’s at today and he’s never been afraid to flaunt it.
Even if it means that his only constant, his only comfort, is the ghosts of the people he’s lost that dog his every move.
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This is a story about how Jake collects Admirals as father figures, falls in love, loses people, and comes out on top.
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- Part 1 of Still Building And Burning Down Love
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“Drifter,” Eris greets over the transmission. “You need to come to Luna; you must see this.”
“Like hell I do,” he grumbles back as he watches the Gambit match going on. Red team needs to step up their game next round if they want to win.
He hears a frustrated sigh. “It pertains to what... they showed us.”
Drifter tenses, frozen for merely a second before putting his care-free persona up front and center. It’s a good thing Eris can’t see him over the transmission, can’t see the way his hands have started to shake despite his clenched fists. He knows his silence is telling enough. He flicks on the AI commentator for the match and turns away from the screen. “Is it—?”
“Yes,” she interrupts.
“I’ll be there in an hour.”
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Shin can’t help the glare he’s sending to Drifter who’s been on the comms for the last hour with the infamous Eris Morn. He came over for a night of getting dined and dicked, and that three-eyed woman had called in the middle of the first.
Annoyed didn’t even begin to cover it.
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The Repeated Image of The Lover Destroyed by martian_potato
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
26 Dec 2019
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‘You will find someone, Tony.’ Maria Stark whispered, playing with Tony’s hair as he leaned into her. ‘Don’t let anyone, especially your father, convince you otherwise. You will find someone who will choose you above all else, no matter the consequences.’
‘How do you know?’ Tony mumbled, looking down at his bruised arms and bloody knuckles.
Maria had just smiled and kissed the top of his head. ‘I just do.’
He had thought it would be enough with Pepper. He had been blindsided when Steve strutted into the room and insulted him, then had the audacity to become his husband over the years following. He had thought that person Maria had spoken of was Steve, when his eyes lit up when he saw Tony, when he smiled whenever he was mentioned, when he gave him his dog tags, when he proposed, when he had hesitantly laid out the adoption papers for one little boy in Queens. He had thought wrong.
Title from Richard Siken's poem "Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out"
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In which Ezekiel Jones deals with things, there's a small mission, secrets get revealed, and there's a kiss or two.
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The real reason why Ezekiel was immune to the obsession spell.