6 Works by toadstoolthrone
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Red tide blooming by toadstoolthrone
Fandoms: The Maze Runner (Movies), The Maze Runner Series - James Dashner
26 Oct 2025
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In the days leading up to their mission to rescue Minho, the Flare is rapidly tightening its hold on Newt. It’s taking a toll on him—not just physically, but mentally, too.
Thomas notices, of course.
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“Well—I don’t fuckin’ know Sug,” Richie bites out, “I’m not a doctor, and neither are you, or Syd, or this fucko.” He points at Luca, who reels back a little and blinks owlishly.
“And that fucko,” Richie continues, gesturing at Carmy, “is not exactly what I would call helpful either! He’s just sitting there with—with that fuckin’ face on his face instead of tellin’ us what’s wrong with him!”
Sydney feels a headache starting to build between her eyes. She pinches at the spot. This whole situation feels like a scene straight out of a sitcom. Or a dramedy, depending on how the rest of the episode unfolds.
“Dude,” she says to Richie, “did you seriously just quote Hereditary right now?”
In which Carmy gets a concussion, and somehow, Sydney and Richie end up having a very good talk because of it.
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our hearts talking low (a fading morse code) by toadstoolthrone
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
01 Sep 2025
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Marcus chews at his lip. “I think—” he says after a second, “I think I had the same feeling. Or—something similar. Like I kept thinking you’d be around, and then you weren’t.”
“Yeah,” Luca says under his breath, eyes fixed on Marcus, bright with relief. “Yeah,” he repeats. “I—I missed you.”
Marcus’s heart does something funny in his chest. It tingles, twitches a little. His face burns—a dry, radiating heat, like he’s been out in the sun for too long.
“I missed you, too,” he breathes. Luca smiles at him, warm and soft, and he’s so close. His eyes flicker across Marcus’s face, and Marcus feels a twinge of something in his stomach, all of a sudden.
Because Luca’s beautiful, like this.
He’s beautiful—and it’s terrifying.
In the span of one weekend, Luca gets sick, Marcus has a crisis, Sydney doles out some wisdom, and love unfurls delicately like a white violet in spring.
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Oh, Dove by toadstoolthrone
Fandoms: The Maze Runner (Movies), The Maze Runner Series - James Dashner
22 Aug 2025
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They’re about four days into their journey through the Scorch when Thomas notices it.
Newt's leg is giving him trouble.
And that's an issue—just slightly, because Newt is touchy about his leg on a good day, but now, for some reason, he seems absolutely hellbent on avoiding Thomas's help at any cost, even if it means he has to limp around in pain all day.
Thomas doesn't understand, and Newt only gives half-answers, bats him away, until he can't outrun the truth any longer.
They talk about it.
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Newt struggles with his leg, Thomas is clueless, they both pine a little, and someone takes a tumble. Not necessarily in that order.
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Mikey'd talked about him, of course—told her stories every now and then, little snippets of their life together. But she'd forgotten, with everything going on. With Mikey.
And now, in some odd twist of fate, he’s here. The chef she’s heard so much about, but knows almost nothing of. The new owner of The Beef. Mikey’s baby brother.
Carmen.
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Or: A character study exploring Tina's relationship with Carmy (and Sydney) through a series of vignettes. -
I can breathe with you right there (hold onto me) by toadstoolthrone
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
07 Mar 2025
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On a hellishly busy night, when everything seems to be going wrong and everyone's up to their ears in work, Richie and Carmy have an unexpected encounter in the alley behind the restaurant.
It changes things, and also doesn't change anything.