SAME ENERGY

2.06: "Attila"

yoo they made angry birds real

obsessed with how milchick's arc culminated in a showstopper. going to be thinking about it for a long time.

ppl for weeks watching him squirm and writhe under lumon's grasp & speculating (myself included) that he'd just fucking snap and crashout and maybe be the one to shove drummond into a wall.

but he's not violent! he's not a brute like drummond and his vocabulary isn't limited to single syllables either. he was never going to get violent. his arc this season was about folly, about growing up, about trying to eradicate every scrap of joy deemed childish. until realising that if work really is just work, he should get to do something for himself. so he fucking did.

even early on it became clear milchick's arc was a personal thing, that even though he was struggling against lumon management he wasn't really gaining any more empathy for MDR than he already did. so i was curious how he'd be able to actualise his dissent for lumon without a-little-too-conveniently becoming an MDR ally.

so for it to be... this. just. fuck everyone, fuck it all, i'm putting on the greatest fucking show this town has ever seen for myself and two people who are gonna be dead tomorrow morning in a basement that won't exist two weeks from now. character of all time.

me subtlety letting mark s. know i want to go see baby goats with him

Iwaizumi and Oikawa art by @atie1225 on Twitter/X

Was it different with me?

Severance— Season 2, Episode 6: "Attila" (2025)

Hi! I’ve written before and I loved your recs, so I have to ask again ^^ Can you recommend some SS ‘haters to lovers’ trope? If it has lots of angst it’s a bonus! Both Canon and AU are fine. Thank you so much for your kind work! 🍅🌸

Hi nonny,

You're welcome, thank you so much for the support! 😊💕 And thank you for patiently waiting for this rec list. 🤗

This is, hands down, my favorite trope ever 😍 no matter if it's SS, other ships, or romance books. There's just something special when you see the characters relationship at its worst and then slowly crossing that thin line between hate and love. It's so rewarding to read that sweet development. 🥰

Anyway, for this list, I only included fics where they both hate each other or are enemies without a doubt. I also only included stories that I read, since researching this theme and curating new content would be an endless task. 😅

Let's go:

Hate to Love & Enemies to Lovers 🍅🌸

A New Challenge By: softwaifu

Sakura and Sasuke are used to challenging each other. They're bitter rivals who relish in pissing each other off, but what happens when their real feelings come to light on a trip to the Renaissance Festival? [Rated E, complete]

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A Twist in Time By: wolf08 / @wolf08

With Konoha on the verge of destruction, Sakura is sent on a last-resort mission to save her world by travelling to the past. Join her in coping with her old body’s shortcomings, testing the natural laws of time, falling in love all over again, and rediscovering who she is. [Rated T, complete]

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A Cornucopia of Conundrums By: zgs1994​

“So what you’re saying is; you had a one-night stand with some yakuza lordling and now you’re pregnant with his baby?” Dark. [Rated M, on going]

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All I Want for Christmas By: TheRedConverseGirl

Sakura’s rude (but still oh-so-hot!) boss loves to see her suffering. But it’s one thing when the games they play are strictly professional, and another when her family is involved.

Sasuke can’t believe his annoyingly, perfect assistant can be so stubborn. It’s when he seeks her, just to give her a piece of his mind, that he learns that he might not know Sakura Haruno that well. [Rated M, complete]

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And I am Brave By: loonmoony

Childhood friends turned bitter enemies. After years apart, Sasuke and Sakura meet again under less than favorable circumstances. A princess and a military commander, a mage and a mage, a boy and a girl - their fates are intertwined, even if they are not brave enough to admit it. [Rated M, on going]

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Andromeda By: themissmary

Do you know the story of Andromeda? Her father was King Cepheus, whose country was being ravaged by storms. In the end, he decided the only way to appease the gods was to sacrifice his daughter to a hideous sea monster. So they chained her, naked, to a rock but the sea monster didn't get her. Just when it seemed he was the only solution to her fathers problems, she rescued. [Rated M, complete]

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Contradicted By: HauntedAngel

It was five years ago. I was nineteen. I had just passed my Jounin exam. And then I met him..."You conceited, stuck-up, selfish, pathetic excuse of a man!" Unfortunately, the man I would fall in love with was the man I passionately hated. Life's funny like that. [Rated T, complete]

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Enemies to Couples? By: Dark Angelic Kitty

Sasuke and Sakura sittin in a tree. First come's hate. Second comes love...? It all started with them being enemies. But then, God was kind and thus, love began to bloom... [Rated T, complete]

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Give Me A Reason by: Rise of the Blossom

Things aren’t always what they seem and when Sasuke realizes that, he also realizes he has two choices: fight for her, or give in. [Rated M, complete]

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Hate Me, Hate Me By: kyliEisMC2

Sakura is struggling to submit to the new regime. Her comrades are missing, dead, gone, or changed. She is alone, with only the last person on earth she wants to see to give her company. Sasuke got his revenge but is finding himself disappointed with the results and wanting other things from life. However, the one thing that will make him feel again, wants nothing to do with him. [Rated M, on going]

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Incomplete By: letmeannoyyoutoday

When her father told her she would have to marry a guy she knew nothing about, just because that was the best for their family, she knew she couldn’t say no, just like she knew she wouldn’t be happy. She just never imagined it to be that bad. [Rated M, complete]

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Miss Independent By: letmeannoyyoutoday

Tsunade once told me that striving to be the best, to be acknowledged, to be renowned, also had a series of disadvantages. But I would have never thought that one of them would send me to Otokagure, serving under the man that once left me on a bench, in the middle of the night, after breaking my heart and killing what was left of my spirit. [Rated M, incomplete]

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Mission: Love or Hate? By: MyTragicLover

Sasuke claims to hate Sakura, she says it's mutual. Are they not just hiding their feelings for eachother? And what of this mission their being sent on? [Rated T, complete]

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Penthesilea By: KuriQuinn

Uchiha Sasuke was born in battle, and expects to die there. If the only difference he can make is to take as many of the enemy with him as possible, so be it. But one day, a chance encounter with an enemy warrior will alter the course of his destiny and that of his clan in ways he would never have imagined… [Rated E, complete]

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Second Son By: SouthSideStory

There was no reconciliation between the Senju and the Uchiha, and a place called Konoha was never founded. But there's a chance for peace for the first time in a hundred years, and it will be sealed with a marriage. [Rated E, complete]

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Shifting Shadows By: GlitterInMyHeart, WinterStark26

Detectives Haruno and Uchiha are always at each other's throats. But when the past comes back to haunt Sasuke, literally, can they put their differences aside and work together? [Rated E, on going]

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Written Affair By: connectedfeelings

The heads of the Fitness departments of their respective magazines, Sasuke and Sakura seem to always get on each other's nerves. What happens when the readers vote the two of them to be put on a joint story for both magazines to figure out which magazine knows the other sex better? [Rated E, on going]

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Pride and Prejudice AU *[List]

Some of the fics in this list are hate to love. 😉

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Insatiable By: @theredconversegirl

in·sa·tia·ble [adjective] { 1. of an appetite, desire or need, impossible to satisfy. 2. always wanting more: not able to be satisfied; an insatiable thirst. [Rated E, complete] Read here: ao3 | FanFiction

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I hope you enjoy these stories! 😄 I'll be happy to read and add any other recs I receive. ❤

P.S. I have a draft of a long one-shot where Sasuke and Sakura are enemies (rated E). Maybe I should edit and post that... 🤔

~ Happy Reading & Stay Safe!

xoxo

books not having fandoms is actually SUCH a bitch like i have major Wes brainrot rn but who will listen!!!!! read a far wilder magic pls it's literally based on fma/royai and im going FERAL

♫ Standing next to you Standing in the fire next to you, oh You know it's deeper than the rain ♫

JUNGKOOK - Standing Next to You