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alternate title: A Fork in Want of a Light Socket Heather Says: Possibly cheating a bit because this is a series of three fics, but you know, I'm going to let it slide because they're all bangers. Hungry Thirsty Roots by coolkidroland | Persona 5 | Akechi Goro/Kurusu Akira | 56k In which Akira absolutely does not learn to leave well enough alone.
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This fic is a delightful coda to the movie itself, expanding on the world of Promare and, of course, Lio and Galo's relationship in the aftermath.Ĥ. I had the good fortune of discovering it just as I was getting over my covid longhauler symptoms and I honestly think that it was the first spark of joy I'd had since September of 2020. Heather Says: Promare was a thing that happened to me and it lit a fire under my ribs that I hadn't felt in months. Truthfully, he's not sure whether Lio’s shocked at the appearance of his weapon or that he’d drawn it against Galo. Galo sees the moment Lio realizes who he is, that he’s not a threat, his eyes going wide, lips parting. backdraft by broments | Promare | Lio Fotia/Galo Thymos | 32k It happens in an instant, Galo gaping like an idiot while Lio presses forward to defend against the perceived threat, the weapon sparkling but not burning as it kisses Galo's throat.

The prose is lovely, but it's the relationship between Nyx and Persephone that keeps you rooted.ģ. I played Hades back in January and this fic was just one beautiful meandering walk through everything that I loved about the game itself, but so much MORE because Elizabeth always delivers on every front.

At the end of this recounting, she tilted her head and asked politely, Is this not how you have children? Heather Says: Bear with me as I make tiny, squeaky noises of exquisite pleasure in your general direction, because goddamn, do I always love fics. This became the infant she called Charon, half-melted and smoking Promethean fire with every breath. As the wax melted down it, its layers dripped and hardened upon themselves, and when it lengthened into a shape she could carry in her arms, she the Night bent her head and kissed life into it. Then she found where the clay men had hidden their newfound fire, and took from their hearth the smallest burning scrap, which she used to light a wick. μήτηρ, in the Greek by | Hades | Nyx & Persephone | 37k She went first to the hives of Silence and requested from them their beeswax. Fantastic fic, great writing and characterization. Fake relationships, serious pining, and *squints* belly kink? Huh. “You can’t keep committing to stuff that no one else knows about! When people online say they want you to be more open and vulnerable, this is not what they mean.” Heather Says: This was not the first fic that I read of 2021, but it IS the one that stuck with me the most out of the January lineup (which unfortunately usually gets glossed over). Like Wildfire by makemadej | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan Bergara/Shane Madej | 20k “Is this gonna be a thing with you?” Ryan demands.
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