002 ;; Helga/AU, Helga/Arnold [Hey Arnold!]
Nine Things You Never Knew About Her (And One You Finally Did) ;; helga/au & helga/arnold ;; rated PG-13
This fic is written so beautifully that, while reading it, I don't think I took a breath until I was done.The Hey Arnold! fics by
kiss_bythefire / gemkazoni are the only ones I've read. They're beautiful, and make the cartoon into something real, something heartbreaking, something amazing. The way that she put this one together is also amazing, and unlike anything I've ever read before.
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Her dreams are never pleasant.
There are nights where you stay awake just to listen, watch as she seizes the sheets, cries out to a shadow that dances along your wall, to the stars that press against the windowpanes, and you’re drowning, you realize, you’re drowning in it all --
Someone‘s name crowds the air, and you shake her until it's over.
This fic is written so beautifully that, while reading it, I don't think I took a breath until I was done.The Hey Arnold! fics by
kiss_bythefire / gemkazoni are the only ones I've read. They're beautiful, and make the cartoon into something real, something heartbreaking, something amazing. The way that she put this one together is also amazing, and unlike anything I've ever read before.
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Her dreams are never pleasant.
There are nights where you stay awake just to listen, watch as she seizes the sheets, cries out to a shadow that dances along your wall, to the stars that press against the windowpanes, and you’re drowning, you realize, you’re drowning in it all --
Someone‘s name crowds the air, and you shake her until it's over.