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Harry Potter · Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

27,355 words · 1h 49m read · 1/1 chapters

Draco found the nest down in the Manor’s cellars, while he was clearing them out.

23,111 words · 1h 32m read · 1/1 chapters

His house liked Draco Malfoy more than him.

Merlin BBC

13,012 words · 52 min read · 1/1 chapters

Arthur was tipped back against the wall, his mouth open for breath and staring at the small arrow-slit window over Merlin's head, trying to work out how it could possibly be that good with Merlin, of all people.

Merlin BBC

24,339 words · 1h 37m read · 1/1 chapters

"The king sent me to get you," Merlin said, with a tone that implied strongly that he wasn't rolling his eyes where Arthur could see, but just wait until his back was turned. "He said you're to get changed into formal clothes and meet him in the Great Hall, there's a delegation coming from the Summe

10,885 words · 44 min read · 1/1 chapters

When he wasn’t wearing it, he got jumpy, always waiting for someone to come at him wanting something—and now they did it even more urgently, if they ever saw him, because most of the time, nobody did.

5,767 words · 23 min read · 1/1 chapters

“No one asked you to look, did they?” Draco said, eyes glittering and intent on Harry’s face—like he’d just wiped off the years and turned back in time to when their greatest ambition in life had been to knock the other off his broom in front of the school and grab the Snitch first, before they’d bo

Game of Thrones · Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

24,609 words · 1h 38m read · 1/1 chapters

Three weeks into their delightful slog across Westeros, during yet another charming day of shitting in the woods, eating half-raw squirrel, and trudging his feet bloody, the single most dour and uninteresting woman Jaime had ever met in all of Westeros stopped in the middle of a field, drew a deep b

64,099 words · 4h 16m read · 1/1 chapters

Hermione frowned. “The real question is why the magic of Britain would be failing now, in fact.”“That is not the real question!” Ron said loudly; he’d woken up fully by now, and Harry had too; it was starting to sink in that they’d found the problem. “The real question is, how do we fix it?”

Game of Thrones · Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

8,189 words · 33 min read · 1/1 chapters

“Marry me instead,” Jaime said.

Game of Thrones · Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

7,667 words · 31 min read · 1/1 chapters

Tywin gave her a stern look. “Watch your tongue.”“Or what, you’ll cut my head off, like your grandson did to my father?” Arya spat at him, a cub trying to bite with milk teeth.

Game of Thrones · Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

30,152 words · 2h 1m read · 1/1 chapters

“Why not a hook, though?” Brienne said, and Jaime followed her gaze to the golden hand covering his stump. He paused, and she added, “It’s pretty, but it’s not much use, is it?"

Game of Thrones · Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth, Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen

11,656 words · 47 min read · 1/1 chapters

Almost the instant Brienne was out of earshot, Bronn turned to Podrick, jerked his head towards Jaime and asked, “Has he fucked her yet?”

Game of Thrones · Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

85,130 words · 5h 41m read · 16/16 chapters

Robb Stark had swept his entire hand of cards off the table, and Tyrion couldn’t see how to make a single play at all.

Transformers · Megatron/Optimus Prime

37,187 words · 2h 29m read · 3/3 chapters

“Do you want me to tell you a story?” Megatron said mockingly. “You won’t like it, Prime. It’s not a very nice one.”

Game of Thrones · Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

10,142 words · 41 min read · 1/1 chapters

“So we’ll look for you in the North," Robb Stark said, "coming to pay your debt."

Stargate · Rodney McKay/John Sheppard

20,043 words · 1h 20m read · 1/1 chapters

"So, uh," Wharton said, with a little nervous cough. "You're not so much his mathematician as you are his—mathematician."

Transformers · Megatron/Optimus Prime

26,921 words · 1h 48m read · 1/1 chapters

Megatron just stared at him through the cell door with a strange expression and didn't say anything. "Well?" Optimus said, half furious and desperate. "Will you promise not to hurt any Autobots escaping if I let you out?"

76,073 words · 5h 4m read · 13/13 chapters

“When the Night’s King rides,” the giant said, each word slow as cold honey pouring, “the King in the North must answer. The King in the North…whose name is Stark.”

Supernatural · Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester

11,372 words · 45 min read · 1/1 chapters

"Dean Winchester?" Sam said. "I'm Sam Moore. I'm your lawyer." (AU inspired by 2x07, The Usual Suspects)

Game of Thrones · Jon Snow/Sansa Stark, Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

176,760 words · 11h 47m read · 23/23 chapters

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival.—Thornton Wilder

Transformers · Megatron/Optimus Prime

8,500 words · 34 min read · 1/1 chapters

“And what’s the price for a Decepticon leader’s help these days?" Optimus said. "Head of his captor on a pike?”The Councillors started falling over each other hurriedly protesting, no, no, of course not, how could Optimus think, never—and Megatron laughed over them all and said, “It’s not your head

Transformers · Megatron/Optimus Prime

17,925 words · 1h 12m read · 1/1 chapters

“Oh my God, are you saying that Megatron had Optimus’s baby?” Miko shrieked piercingly.

Game of Thrones · Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

61,498 words · 4h 6m read · 9/9 chapters

The deep satisfaction of having made the right choice; of having found a clear-flowing wellspring of true honor to protect.

Game of Thrones · Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

13,868 words · 55 min read · 1/1 chapters

Tyrion almost couldn’t imagine Father doing any of it. Except that it had worked, which justified all things.

Supernatural · Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester

14,876 words · 1h 0m read · 1/1 chapters

Teaching old dogs new tricks. (Set in mid season 3.)

Transformers · Megatron/Optimus Prime

4,721 words · 19 min read · 1/1 chapters

Ratchet shrugged tolerantly when Optimus asked his opinion. "I think it’s more a lark than anything, but we can all use a lark, now and then."

DC · Clark Kent/Lois Lane

38,799 words · 2h 35m read · 1/1 chapters

Luthor Family Values.

Game of Thrones · Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

7,633 words · 31 min read · 1/1 chapters

"It's a choice every time," she said.

Transformers · Megatron/Optimus Prime

2,801 words · 11 min read · 1/1 chapters

The worst part of getting tied up in his own grapples and yanked into Megatron’s terrible grip and nearly killed was, unquestionably, getting tied up in his own grapples and yanked into Megatron’s terrible grip and nearly killed. The second worst part of it...

Transformers · Megatron/Optimus Prime

21,430 words · 1h 26m read · 1/1 chapters

Megatron went back to Kaon.

Supernatural · Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester

40,638 words · 2h 43m read · 1/1 chapters

Sam and Dean go to Hogwarts. (spoilers for All Hell Breaks Loose, Deathly Hallows)

Transformers · Megatron/Optimus Prime

18,607 words · 1h 14m read · 1/1 chapters

“Don’t let this become one of the occasions you get excessively clever, Swindle," Megatron said. "My patience for the current situation is highly limited.”

Supernatural · Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester

4,405 words · 18 min read · 1/1 chapters

"Yeah, you boys nailed that trickster real good," Bobby said, dry as dust.

Transformers · Megatron/Optimus Prime

38,488 words · 2h 34m read · 1/1 chapters

There was very little hope to be found within the Darkmount cell. What there was, Optimus clung to, for as long as he could.

Stargate · Rodney McKay/John Sheppard

7,497 words · 30 min read · 1/1 chapters

"You're not a very good Jedi, are you?" the Sith Lord said."Oh, excuse me, I am an excellent Jedi," Rodney said.

Stargate · Rodney McKay/John Sheppard

8,100 words · 32 min read · 1/1 chapters

In which Rodney and John fail to pay attention.

Stargate · Rodney McKay/John Sheppard

10,659 words · 43 min read · 1/1 chapters

It shouldn't have been that hard to get good help. For the sga_flashfic Harlequin challenge.

Stargate · Rodney McKay/John Sheppard

29,191 words · 1h 57m read · 1/1 chapters

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.

Stargate · Rodney McKay/John Sheppard

45,137 words · 3h 1m read · 1/1 chapters

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