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character driven

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Dream SMP+1

shrike

by orphan_account

“You know, you might be the only thing alive that knows my name. I don’t know how long I’ve been sleeping, but it must have been long enough for people to have forgotten.” The stag finished the last of the berries and stared at George wonderingly. George chuckled, plucked another handful to offer to it, and continued, “I’d gone to sleep tired. And I wake up tired. Tell me, do you think that’s fair?” The stag, because it was a stag, did not reply. But George didn’t mind that, either. // Or, that fic about passerine!Dream Team, but before passerine.

Teen 40k words 7 ch Complete 11k kudos

Toxic Platonic Relationships · Angst · Alternate Universe - Gods & Goddesses · dream team· +8 more

The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)+2

She Walks in Shadow

by ISeeFire

The Line of Durin fell, and Bilba Baggins felt as if she fell along with them. Unable to find peace upon returning to the Shire, she takes to the road and spends her life alone, fighting to protect the weak, training in futility to fight a battle long since won, and to save those long since buried under stone. Her road is a lonely one, but one she feels she deserves for her failures to save the ones she loved. The One, she loved. She once thought she would find peace in death, and in the hope of seeing those she loved in the afterlife, but it seems even that is to be denied her, for as her eyes close in death, they open again - to find herself back in Bag End. And the date on the calendar is the day a wizard once appeared, and asked her to join in on an adventure.

Teen 68k words 20 / ? ch In progress 3k kudos

Alternate Universe · Bilba is a BAMF · Character Study · Drama & Romance· +12 more

Wings of Fire - Tui T. Sutherland

Broken Fragments

by Donovan94

AU: Everything has gone far off course, nothing is as it was supposed to be. The NightWings invaded the rainforest - and won. The would-be Queen Burn is dead. And Moonwatcher, the only NightWing in hundreds of years to be born with both telepathy and foresight, has been raised by her megalomaniac father. And now, she wants out. Hunted by her father, an enemy of her tribe, Moon hides with the Dragonets of Destiny as they form the rebellion to oppose the great alliance of Morrowseer and Blister. On her journey, Moon discovers that the most powerful dragon in history is bound to her will as part of an ancient curse that has passed from generation to generation. Darkstalker is willing to show her the truth about their fragile world, to teach her their full NightWing heritage, and their destiny. What will it take to save the world from a cataclysm she foresees approaching fast? What is the price that must be paid? How far is too far?

Teen 255k words 40 / ? ch In progress 2.6k kudos

Adventure · Alternate History · Alternate Universe · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence· +34 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Lost

by lemonchase

Three years after Voldemort’s death, Harry tries to bring Sirius’ body back from behind the Veil in the Department of Mysteries. He succeeds, but the body isn’t Sirius’, and it isn’t dead.Harry quickly realizes that he has a lot more in common with Regulus Black than he would’ve thought possible.

Teen 20k words 19 ch Complete 2k kudos

Bisexual Harry Potter · Confusion · Daily Prophet (Harry Potter) · Dark Magic· +25 more

Game of Thrones (TV)

wolf, circle north

by MissFaber

Sansa and Jon fought to take Winterfell, now they will fight to keep it— against a dead army and their king, a dragon queen, a lioness, and a schemer with a poison tongue. +an alternate season 7 & season 8

Teen 82k words 30 / ? ch In progress 1.7k kudos

(I mean S L O W) · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Alternative Season 7 · Alternative season 8· +31 more

Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)

Yorktown

by museaway

While they await final construction of the new Enterprise on Yorktown Station, Jim is forced to confront feelings he’s tried to forget for three years.

Teen 7.7k words 1 ch Complete 1.4k kudos

Post-Star Trek Beyond · Post-Star Trek: Into Darkness · Second Chances · character driven

TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms+1

The Princess of Shadow

by ISeeFire

Bilba Baggins, Crown Princess of Erebor, knew the stories well. How her wandering ancestors, desiring a home, had tricked the King of Erebor and stolen his throne. It wasn’t a particularly nice story but, according to the legends, the old king had been a brute anyway so Bilba never particularly minded.King Durin had reportedly vowed to one day return and reclaim the mountain but, as the years passed the threat became little more than legend.Legend, until the day they weren’t.Now declared a threat to the stability of the throne and the new king who sits upon it, BIlba is given an ultimatum. She can marry her sworn enemy and bear him heirs to strengthen the Durin line, or be executed to remove the threat she presents by simply existing.The choice is hers.

Teen 20k words 6 / ? ch In progress 648 kudos

Action · Adventure · Alternate Universe · Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage· +12 more

Voltron: Legendary Defender

Raised Amongst the Stars

by Revasnaslan

A group of rebels was no place for a cub. They took him in as a favor to Keith's mother, more than anything else. Nobody expected to get attached to him, because nobody expected him to stay. Somehow they made it through seventeen tumultuous (and very adventurous) years...OR: the story of how Keith was raised by his big Galra family.

Teen 38k words 3 / ? ch In progress 642 kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Blade of Marmora Keith · Dads of Marmora (Voltron) · Galra Keith (Voltron)· +10 more

Rizzoli & Isles

A Place to Call Home

by sockslost

Jane goes to DC but realizes she may have left something important behind in Boston. Meanwhile, Maura has to deal with life on her own without her best friend. Eventually, they find their way back to each other.

Teen 34k words 12 ch Complete 641 kudos

Canon Divergence · Complete · Eventual Rizzles · Friends to Lovers· +6 more