les jours tristes

So I have a prompt for fluff, another for light-hearted stuff, and more importantly I really needed some cuteness. Have some recs.
Will be updated as I find more. If you read anything you do like please let the author know!

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conditioner by floralathena (Stranger Things, Gen, 2018 words):

“This is a straightening iron. It can make your hair look more like mine, but only for a little bit. A couple hours to a couple days, depending on how you treat your hair before and after. It’s very hot. Don’t touch it.”
Jane nods very seriously. She’s touched a lot of hot things, on purpose and on accident, in the past few months. The straightening iron is lying on the counter, angled so that the hot bits are hanging over the sink. Steve’s hands rest on her shoulders as he stands behind her. He is making eye contact with her in the mirror. She looks a lot shorter than him because she’s sitting on a stool that he dragged in from the kitchen.

You know how sometimes a fic brings up a headcanon you never thought about before but instantly accept as your own? This is one of those. Steve teaches El basic hair care, and the result is too precious for words. Cute and funny with a great El voice.

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Keeping Up by Delicate_Doll (Hiveswap, Tyzias/Stelsa, 1850 words):

"Babe- hold on I wanna run with you"
Your name is Tyzias Entykk, and you're just as surprised as Stelsa when that ungodly sentence comes out of your mouth. What's said is said though, and by the ecstatic look on her face, you don't think she'll accept take-backsies.

Tyzias makes a terrible mistake and has to see it through. I really like the narration here—Tyzias sounds a bit snarky, a bit put-upon, and completely baffled by her own life choices.

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Peaceful Waters by AlphaShae (One Piece, Gen, 506 words):

Once nakama, always nakama.

Absolutely adorable ficlet in which Merry reflects on the journey so far and welcomes a very special member to the crew.

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Poc’s Grand Day Out by MundaneChampagne (Mass Effect Andromeda, Gen, 988 words):

The Tempest is docked at the Nexus. Poc disembarks, determined to have an adventure of her own.

This one was an instant fave back when I first read it and it never fails to deliver—Poc has so much personality here, and she's clearly having a blast throughout!

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Scenes from a Dojo by Angel_Negra (Leverage, Gen, 1537 words):

Eliot found a way to make his style work at Dalton Academy. It just worked a little too well.

Follow up to The Fairy Godparents Job in which Eliot keeps the self-defense lessons going. I'm always a sucker for missing scenes, and this is a pretty amazing one: very sweet, very funny, very true to canon.

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