a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams

Part One: Chapter Two
Fandom: Ace Attorney
Rating: M
Summary: It's not alcoholism if Klavier only drinks wine and still gets to work on time. Klavier begins his solo career the same year he and Apollo get engaged. Apollo tries to navigate being the fiance of a rock god and the private world of celebrities.
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When Cody and Ford pulled up, Klavier and Tempo bolted out of the house.

Apollo had met Cody a few times before. He was a frat boy type, and Apollo wasn't too thrilled by the idea of spending the week with him. He acted much younger than he was and not in the way Klavier and Tempo did, which made them vulnerable and whiney and a bit cute. Cody seemed obsessed with living out his early 20s forever despite Apollo knowing he was months away from turning 30. He enjoyed making messes he wouldn’t have to clean up. He liked playing protector of his younger bandmates.
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Fandom: Ace Attorney
Summary: Phoenix Wright is making his debut in senior-level figure skating. Miles Edgeworth, returning National Champion set to go to Worlds, is sabotaged a week before competition. The men's skating world is turned on its head, and Phoenix just wants to know why Miles earned the title of Ice Demon.
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In the end, Phoenix walked away with silver.

Mia had screamed and hugged him. Maya, still hanging around, joined in the jumping and cheering even though the weight of the situation was lost on her. Phoenix had picked her up and spun her around while the cameras caught his reaction.

A 278.95 was much higher than he could have dreamed of. It didn’t come close to Miles’ 294.28. He hadn’t clawed his way up to gold like Mia thought he could, but it was okay. Silver was good—better than good. It was amazing.

And Phoenix could stand next to Miles on the podium and take a moment to stare up at him and his shiny gold. If it were a little quieter, if Miles actually wanted to acknowledge someone else’s existence while up there, Phoenix would have congratulated him. His free skate really was amazing. He had chosen songs from Faust, the perfect end to his demonic theme. Of course, Phoenix already saw it in the Grand Prix. Though, he did enjoy it more on TV than having to watch it after Miles blanked him.
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Fandom: Ace Attorney
Summary: After failing to win a guilty verdict at his first trial, Edgeworth is denounced as von Karma's protege. Mia finds him, alone and traumatized, and decides that befriending him is like picking up a lost, wounded puppy on the side of the road. But it turns out they're connected in more ways than Terry Fawles' death.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
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The fluorescent lights made Miles look sicker than he had all night. The dark circles under his eyes were more pronounced. His skin had turned gray with a sickly, sweaty sheen to it. Every tangle and fly away hair was visible.

His coughing even sounded louder, the room suffocating any other noise. A nurse, a serious-looking woman maybe around middle age, kept a hand on his arm until he caught his breath—his wheezy, painful-sounding breath.

Lana stood close by as the nurse swiped a thermometer across his forehead. Mia sat behind them, the designated jacket and purse holder of the evening.

“104.3,” the nurse said, barely reacting to what made Lana’s stomach sink. “Go ahead and get into this gown, get comfortable for the night, and I’ll come back in a minute, okay?”

The gown in question sat next to Miles and got a confused look from him as if he couldn’t remember how to change clothes. The nurse seemed to understand.

“Can your friend get you changed?” the nurse asked, speaking gentler than she had before. “Or would you rather have me help?”
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Fandom: Ace Attorney
Summary: After failing to win a guilty verdict at his first trial, Edgeworth is denounced as von Karma's protege. Mia finds him, alone and traumatized, and decides that befriending him is like picking up a lost, wounded puppy on the side of the road. But it turns out they're connected in more ways than Terry Fawles' death.
Chapter One
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
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Miles had met Lana Skye a handful of times. They had worked together on a few cases, and he often saw her around the prosecutor’s office. Miles was always impressed by her. She was put-together and smart and, most importantly, she was patient with him. And deep down, he appreciated that.

Lana seemed to know what Miles needed when not even he knew. She was the only person to cut him off when he got snappy with the other detectives, to privately suggest that he take a second to collect himself before returning to meetings or investigations. And, embarrassed, he would do as she said. He would step away and remind himself to be professional if only for Lana’s sake. She would thank him and praise him when he finished work in a significantly better temperament, and he would try to brush it off.

She never snapped at him. She never humiliated him in front of colleagues. It seemed that she was genuinely interested in helping him.

That was why he emailed her to ask if they could look through old case files together, and that was why he found himself in her and Gant’s office on his way to see Mia in the middle of the week.
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