OnePastMidnight



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    The horrific, jagged jealousy from moments before transformed into something far more dangerous: a predatory claim.

    He didn't care where the boy had come from. He didn't care which foreign sea god—some pathetic deity from the edges of the world—had been so catastrophically stupid as to lose such a treasure. To leave a child like this, a living godling of the salt, out in the open? To let him be swept away by a stray current of rage? It was a crime against the divine. It was proof that whoever had sired this boy did not deserve him.

    He is mine, Poseidon thought, and the thought was a law. He looks like me. He speaks with my storms. He has my eyes. He is the child the Fates stole from me, returned by the very winds of my grief.

    Or: Poseidon thinks he's stealing a child of some foreign sea god for his own and Percy just thinks he's been booted backwards in time and together they make for half a brain cell.

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    Just as they managed to get themselves under control, Paul realized where they had stopped—directly in front of the nursery. There were several bassinets already lined up, occupied by tiny bundles in blankets topped with tiny stocking caps in pale colors, with their fathers’ names printed proudly at the foot. As they watched, two more were wheeled in and added to the lineup—a blue blanket with a yellow hat and a sign that said SIMS, a pink blanket with a white hat and a sign that said KING. The other babies were sleeping, but these two were wide awake and staring.

    And even though he knew they couldn’t see that far yet, Paul couldn’t help but notice that if they could, they’d be looking directly into one another.

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    Red Chaos was the name the world had bestowed upon him, and Dream had laughed as he dragged Tommy down against his chest in a rough sprawl back against the couch, squeezing him tight after their first official mission together.

    Tommy had done good and Dream had been proud.

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    Siren shifts, a look Tommy can’t be bothered to understand flashing briefly before his shoulders roll into a shrug.

    “You saved my life.”

    I know, Tommy thinks, lips drawing back in an ugly grimace. It ruined mine.

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    The morning paper lies discarded on the couch beside him with black bold headlines:

    RED CHAOS: HERO OR VILLAIN?

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    Harry Potter is adopted by a retired chemistry professor causing him to become an accidental potions prodigy. Navigating the world of wizards with a strong home base allows Harry to ask important questions like, 'why don't we learn math?' and 'why hasn't everyone read Hogwarts: A History?' and most importantly, 'Why does everyone treat squibs so terribly?"
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    "What would have happened if I didn't bounce? Might've died, I suppose."

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    “Our eyes met! We have to fight now, that’s the rules,” declared the tall, almost manic-looking boy who came charging out at Harry like a wild Rattata. “Get ready to lose. I picked Charmander because it’s obviously the best, I walked all the way here from the orph—from home last night and slept on the pavement to get the best one first!”

    Or: Tom and Harry are aspiring Pokemon trainers, growing up alongside their teams and one another over seven years and a journey across the whole of Kanto. Whether they’re battling on opposite sides, together against a shared enemy, or with their words and wits alone, they somehow, always, keep choosing each other.

    Written for the Purge prompt “Choices”.

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    06 Jun 2026