The Railing Incident
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were deer in the forest by jpnadia
Fandoms: The Locked Tomb Trilogy | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
27 Jun 2021
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What matters is that the soft couches and chairs muffle the clink of ceramic and the incessant chatter, preventing the atmosphere from overwhelming her. The lights are dim, Harrow can get a steamed milk, and she and her study partner can spread their eight hundred textbooks out over the corner booth and make serious progress on their project for ARCH 309, Archaeological Science.
After a K-12 career plagued by Gideon Nav’s absurd and insulting chivalry, Harrowhark Nonagesimus goes to college, looking forward to a future forever free of redheaded menaces. She’s got a freshly declared major, a study partner almost as smart as she is, and a new favorite coffee shop that offers menu items she can actually consume.
Her optimism lasts until Palamedes Sextus holds their group project hostage, forcing her to attend a rugby game as his moral support. There, on the pitch, muddy and bloody and beaming, Gideon Nav scores a try. And then-- to compound the indignity-- Palamedes drags her to the drink-up afterward.
For the first time in her life, Harrow finds herself enmeshed in a friend group-- and even worse, that friend group includes Gideon Nav.
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- Part 1 of The Railing Incident