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Moving Devil's Minion into the middle of the events of the 1940s Paris.
Tonight is worrying. Armand listens in on the conversation between Louis and a young American named Daniel Molloy, warmth in Louis, a somehow cynical enthusiasm in Molloy. Armand only now realizes he has never had the conversation with Louis asking him to be with him and only him at the point where Louis could easily pick up this would-be journalist, fuck him, drain him, and walk away without the slightest bit of conscience about Armand.
He has no choice. He has to follow this through. He knows he'll do nothing if Louis wrongs him, but he also doesn't know if what he has with Louis would be worth fighting the entire coven if the story of Lestat broke out in the worst way.
This is a decision he may be about to make in the next ten minutes.
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Ilya and Shane are blackmailed by an unknown sociopath.
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It's 1988. Mickey and Ian both put on a Walkman for a long trip to flee across the continent to California for very different reasons. Ian can't help but notice the guy three rows up who's listened to just as many tapes as he has. It's not easy to bond with Mickey Milkovich, but Ian's set on figuring it out.
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At roughly the same time, the Gallaghers and Terry Milkovich both get busted by CPS, and Ian and Mickey are both shipped off to a foster home.
The same foster home.
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what you want and what you need by thinkatory
Fandoms: Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022)
12 Mar 2026
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Armand is looking for something, and uses Daniel Molloy to try to find it. Things go predictably downhill.
"I don't need anything yet, thank you." The man's voice is familiar as he dismisses the bartender, and Daniel tilts his gaze slightly to look at him. He's dark and slim, well-dressed, with an accent that's hard to place. The man just barely acknowledges Daniel, who doesn't know why he isn't looking away, before a pause settles between them and he speaks so only Daniel can hear. "Hello. Do you recognize me?"
Daniel considers the man. "No," he says. "Yes. Maybe." Is he drunk? Is that why he's fixating on this guy? "Where do I know you from?"
"We have a mutual friend." The man contemplates him openly. "My name is Armand."
"Daniel." Daniel extends a hand out to him, and they shake; Armand's hand feels strangely cool. "Someone around here? I've made a lot of friends around here."
Armand smiles faintly. "Exactly," he says. "I could be your friend."
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Sasha needs Alexei's help. Alexei is loath to give it until Sasha reveals the depths of his problems. Maybe he can do one good thing.
That's where it starts.
Alexei stares at him, too high to put this all together. "Who told you I was here?"
"No one you'd like me to be talking about in an open hallway." The kid casually watches him, definitely trying to cut through him with his gaze. "Can I come in or not?"
Maxim. Even though he's literally just handed his dealer a pile of money for a good amount of cocaine, probably overcharging, he's also selling Alexei's address. Fantastic. Alexei moves aside, lets the club rat inside, and shuts the door behind him with emphasis. "What is it you want?" he asks abruptly. "Let's get this over with."
The club rat ditches his coat, planning to stay for a while, apparently. "I'm Sasha." He leans casually against his table, tipping his head back as he thinks. "Ilya and I have a long, colorful history. And I need to get a hold of him."
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A short(ish) history of Irving Bailiff, an invisible man.
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The kind of love where you drop everything to catch it when it asks. What if Kendall ran into Stewy after the car crash and Stewy took him on?
He goes. He walks. His feet ache, and he's wet. He may have never walked this far in his life. He's pathetic. He's a monster. Rava had every right to walk away from him. She did it in time. She did it before he did the worst thing someone can do to a person.
He's numb as he sees the lights of the hotel, and a tear slips out of his eye against any wish he could possibly have. He walks towards the hotel, wonders what chance he has to get dry clothes and pretend this never happened, or if he'll be clocked right away and mobbed with questions, flattened by Dad. He walks into the hotel lobby and the first thing he lays eyes on is Stewy, who speaks in low tones with the man at the desk. He stops. He stares. He wonders if he should walk past.
But he doesn't.
Stewy looks up, probably feeling Kendall's gaze on him, and straightens quickly. "Whoa," he says. "Okay, let's – let's get you back to your room."
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Strategic crush (phrase): 1) Chess term for a win characterised by gradual accumulation of advantages and complete prevention of counterplay; 2) accurate description of this fic's basic plotline.
In this Alternian Empire, rainbow drinkers are powerful beings that live in secret. That doesn't mean it's particularly fun or romantic to be one.
In this Alternian Empire, things go from bad to worse.
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Lumon gets their hands on Mark after the events of S2, and has questions after discovering Mark has reintegrated, exploring the limits of his expanded memory by exploiting the attractions to some of the women in his life.
Mark is not okay.
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whatever path you take (wherever you might go) i'll follow by thinkatory
Fandoms: Homestuck
11 Nov 2025
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The impending end of civilization on Earth, Rose, Dave, and a connection that transcends a reboot of the universe.
Totally normal shit and not at all weird and convoluted as fuck. Yeah.
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Roman Roy severs himself as an ambassador of Waystar under Logan's suggestion after Lumon and Waystar Royco have one of the biggest business deals in history.
Roman M starts his new job at Lumon Industries, and meets a woman who becomes the center of his universe.
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How two very different versions of Roman find some middle ground.
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In which Mark and Petey fall in love with each other and Petey's outie makes the drastic choice of reintegration for him.
"Why would I burn out?" Mark asks, genuinely curious.
"I've seen it. I've seen innies ask their outies to resign." Petey grabs his raisins from the vending machine, and settles in at the table, Mark right beside him without a second's hesitation. "The pressure of important projects can get to people."
"The work is mysterious and important," Mark says, because it's true. "You told me that on day one."
Petey seems to be examining his face for something. "Yeah, but I don't want you to go," he says. "The other guys are good, but – " He drops his voice a bit. "They're not as interesting as you are."
That's flattering. "I'm interesting?" Mark asks, honestly surprised.
Petey pops open his raisin container and laughs. "You can carry a conversation without relying on swearing or Kier," he says. "That makes you interesting to me."
Mark feels a strange kind of warmness wash over him. "Huh," he says. "I mean, you're interesting, too."
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Mel helps people out. It's what she does. Frank is more of a mess than anyone she knows. The connection was inevitable.
"Oh, I'm on my way out, I have to get my sister." Mel pauses. "You probably have places to be too, I just – "
"No, not really." Langdon's smile is sad. He's been through a lot, even if he's made mistakes. There must be something she can do. Before the idea forms, he's laughing awkwardly. "You know, I wanted to teach you. But things just don't work out."
Mel just lets the words leave her mouth. "Did you want to get coffee sometime?"
Langdon falters at that. "What?"
"Just to talk," Mel says quickly, not wanting to get tangled up with bad implications with a married man. "Maybe after our shift tomorrow? If you're on day shift."
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AU. Daniel's past as a blade runner catches up to him, and he meets someone who could - but shouldn't - change everything.
This neighborhood fits Daniel Molloy like a glove, sharp rays of light cutting through fractions of dense darkness hiding nearly any sin you can imagine, a thin layer of grime implied on every surface, people around nearly every corner, and street noodles are a lazy man's bonus. He tries to relax, to think about his next article about conditions at the military forts dozens of miles away from LA.
He spent 15 years with the LAPD, 10 years of it as one of the best blade runners hunting replicants across the county. Last year, at the age of 40, he left the life out of the mind-numbing nihilism that came with chasing down inhuman creatures in the street and nothing else. Life is different as a journalist. He feels like less of a beast tracking prey across LA, and his blade runner skillset is put to good use.
Maybe it's inevitable; maybe the thought of relief is what brings the police force back to his metaphorical door. They've come back for him; he was never really free.
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An AU where Fring's men accidentally kill Nacho's dad and Nacho goes mad with revenge.
His heart pounds so hard he could be sick, while his dad's blood pools on the ground nearby. "Fuck you," Nacho shouts into the dimming light. "Fuck you and fuck your mother!"
He can't think. All he can think about is going back to his dad, touching his chest, feeling no rise and fall, shaking all the way through as he grabs his phone and dials 911. His dad is a civilian, so civilian measures are appropriate.
They load him up into an ambulance, and Nacho goes inside, his mind spinning, spooling out, theories and madness racing in his brain. There's only one person who would do this, and he doesn't know why.
In a way, in the only way that matters, it doesn't matter why. It matters that it happened.
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A take on Devil's Minion in the world of the show. Begins directly after San Francisco 1973.
You want to be something, be someone.
"Yes," Daniel Molloy says up towards his battered ceiling, frozen by the voice in his head.
You are exactly what you are, Daniel. No matter how many successes you find, you will never be more than this.
Daniel's heart sinks. Armand revels in it. "That's not true."
I can free you from this prison of banality, of the endless search for what you'll never find. I can give you everything. You need only give yourself over to me and do as I say.
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Kelvin and Keefe, against the storm.
Keefe holds onto his hand, unswayed by Kelvin's attempts to emotionally push him away. "But now you got me," he says. "I'm right here. You're safe."
Kelvin makes a face despite himself, at both the embarrassing idea of needing protection and the positive feeling of knowing Keefe is there for him. Keefe is just trying to help, the way he always has. "Thanks," he says, means it, then a loud crack of lightning strikes and he drops his head against the pillow, frustrated that he can't hide right now.
Keefe is gentle with him. "Shh." Kelvin's heart is racing as Keefe comforts him by drifting his hand back up to his face and running a thumb against his cheek. "Storm isn't letting up. Maybe we can make another memory."
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An AU where Mickey doesn't escape prison and Ian joins him there for his own sentence.
Mickey comes back upstairs for dinner, and across the room he sees him in line, red hair clashing against the orange jumpsuit. He stares in disbelief, frozen despite himself, flooded with too many feelings for someone like him to handle.
Ian doesn't notice he's there. Mickey joins the line for dinner, sits on his own, he zones out with anxiety fueled out of having no idea what's about to happen, and he drops his head away and laughs, a fucked up sound. Seconds later, Ian drops his tray on the table across from Mickey and takes a seat.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Mickey has to be on the defensive. Ian has a way of striking him to the bone when he shows weakness.
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A college AU as serious as college students, where we start out with Armand/Louis and things degrade quickly once Louis comes to know Lestat.
Armand writes a line note, and as he does, Louis falls into the seat beside him. Armand's gaze flicks over to him instinctively, absorbing his boyfriend in with his eyes for a moment too long, then they finish the scene onstage and Lestat calls down to Armand, his Parisian accent back in place. "Is that sufficient?"
Louis's mouth turns up slightly at the corner, and Armand tears his gaze away to look at Lestat and Celeste, their Harper Pitt. "More than," he says. "A few notes." He tangles his fingers with Louis's and goes through his notes, watching Lestat sneer the way he always does when he feels challenged. Armand knows Lestat – a university vagrant with more money than sense, who spent one semester in a dorm with Armand and two nights in his bed before deciding that he was more interested in a rock and roll lifestyle.
How quaint.