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Poor Timing

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Marvel+2

Rules Are Made For Odd Reasons

by shewritesall

Some of the rules SHIELD has have funny origin stories, but you'll be hard pressed to find out what they are. It's a good thing SHIELD is the best spy agency in the world and can hide almost anything. Sometimes, though, it's good to recount how some rules came about.Or the 5 times Steve and Natasha are the reason a new rule is made at SHIELD and the one time it's Nick Fury's fault.Minor Steve/Natasha. It's not incredibly obvious, so if you don't ship it, you probably won't notice it.

General 3.7k words 6 ch Complete 233 kudos

Clint Barton is a jerk · Maria Hill & Natasha Romanov Friendship · Maria Hill is a Good Bro · New Recruit Rules· +5 more

RWBY

Kicking the Beehive

by The_Order

***Formerly called 'In Vino Veritas' but now with a less blisteringly generic title***She wasn’t stupid. This wasn’t some dumb rom-com or ‘will-they-won’t-they’ subplot in a TV show, she knew what ‘something more’ probably meant, but...Blake knew how she felt, surely. They’d both been anything *but* subtle about it in the month they’d been in Atlas, but at the same time, they hadn’t committed to anything. Hadn't even really talked about it, hadn’t...They’d sort of fit in this groove, and the last thing Yang wanted to do was rock the boat with Big Questions like ‘what are we?’ It felt like too much time had passed, that they’d lingered in this weird in-betweeny ‘more-than-friends’ stage for so long it’d become Normal and-And Yang just didn’t know, and that scared her a little.In which a surprise snowstorm after an unnecessarily stressful mission forces Blake and Yang to take shelter for the night in a hunter's lodge. Their relationship is in a weird place where Yang is pretty sure she likes Blake and is pretty sure Blake likes her back, but she's terrified of messing everything up again. They're both already happy, why shake up the status quo? Last thing Yang needs to do is kick the beehive.

Teen 55k words 3 / ? ch In progress 166 kudos

Abandonment Issues · Blake being unintentionally very distracting · Blake getting distracted by Yang's arms · Canon Compliant· +26 more

Hermitcraft RPF+1

Choices

by MistyEyedCrow

Ren is happy. He's killed off enough hermits to warrant the grand title of 'the grimdog'. He's built himself a neat little crypt, perfect for all his demise planning. He's just come back from scaring the other hermits in his new robes, black and fitting for his role. His life should be perfect right now.So, why does he feel so alone?*trigger warning: technically suicide

General 1.1k words 1 ch Complete 88 kudos

Angst · Loneliness · Maybe - Freeform · Poor Timing· +8 more

New Girl

Chalk It Up To Bad

by Ghostcat

Jess and Nick at various points prior to The Big Kiss (somewhere between Fluffer and post-Cabin), with and without other girlfriends/boyfriends, making small realizations about their feelings along the way. No one cries. Also, ribbons! And tension, the good kind.

Teen 2.6k words 1 ch Complete 76 kudos

UST · Romantic Friendship · Poor Timing

Ace Attorney

Orbit

by ziskandra

It was funny how long it took them to start talking. Lana reflects on her relationship with Mia Fey.

Teen 2k words 1 ch Complete 63 kudos

Background Mia Fey/Diego Armando · Angst · Grief/Mourning · Poor Timing· +4 more

Avatar: The Last Airbender

podfic Unintended

by havocthecat, reena_jenkins

Zuko doesn't always read people as well as he should.

General 42 words 1 ch Complete 45 kudos

Podfic · Unresolved Sexual Tension · First Kiss · Poor Timing· +3 more

Big Windup!

Yes

by Skylark

"But it's June," Tajima says, his busy hands digging through the white paper. It shreds easily in his fingers and drifts towards the floor, simulated snow in summertime.

General 628 words 1 ch Complete 45 kudos

Post-Canon · Established Relationship · Marriage Proposal · Christmas Presents· +3 more

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Today is the day

by lealemon

After years of dating, Mista finally gathers the courage to propose to Giorno. Except things definitely don’t go as planned. An unexpected rival, flower bouquets, a grandiose surprise party, will Mista finally be able to propose even with all those obstacles paving his way ?!

Teen 6.2k words 1 ch Complete 37 kudos

A Hint of Violence · Comedy · Fluff · Jealousy· +4 more

Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Destined Right Person

by ABoringSeesawGame

Steve Harrington finally plucks up the courage to confess to Y/N after realising he likes her. Only then does he realise it’s too late for them to be a possibility and Dustin Henderson bears witness to it all with nothing but sympathy for the mere fact that if Steve had just moved on quicker from Nancy wheeler, it would’ve been him holding them in his arms and not his former protégé.

General 2.2k words 1 ch Complete 26 kudos

right person wrong time · first upload and I have no idea what I’m doing · Jason isn’t a bad person because he’s not and I said so · Steve Harrington Needs a Hug· +13 more

Bleach (Anime & Manga)

- Work 46570147

by m00nchild02

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬." - - 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐦-𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬.

Teen 22k words 8 / ? ch In progress 20 kudos

Fluff and Angst · Yall ain't ready for what I cooked up · Urahara Kisuke Being Urahara Kisuke · Good Parent Zaraki Kenpachi· +16 more

Hermitcraft SMP+2

A Realization in Death

by Ringnea

They won. They did it. How do they get home now?The final duel between Scar and Grian in last life. But make it angsty and with some of my own personal headcanons.

Teen 1.6k words 1 ch Complete 19 kudos

Alternate Universe - 3rd Life SMP Setting (Video Blogging RPF) · Red Life Grian (3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series) · Red Life Ryan | GoodTimesWithScar (3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series) · 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series-Typical Character Death· +16 more