birds on a wire
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seventeen getting over by noirshitsuji
Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
27 Mar 2023
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Nikolai is an engineer. Wylan is a scientist. They were always going to be more similar than they thought.
Or: On (not) being your father's son.
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- Part 1 of birds on a wire
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Strange bedfellows, he thinks. There’s something unmoored in all of this that makes him think of floating bodies, but it doesn't bring up the usual feelings with it. Alina isn’t glowing anymore, and Nikolai’s hair seems duller, and Kaz thinks:
This is what not being alone in the dark is.
And, this is why Inej had to leave.Or: Kaz watches Alina and Nikolai after the coronation, and sees more than he bargained for.
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- Part 1 of dig your grave on the way up
- Part 2 of birds on a wire
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And then he gets it.
Mal is still a tracker, even after everything. His internal compass is gone, but the muscle memory and the years of skill-building is still there, and it’s an alien feeling, having this expertise without all of his soul being tied to it.
And he realises - belatedly - that Inej is also a protector, even when the reason she became one isn’t around.Or: Mal, Inej, and finding out who you are beyond the person you love.
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- Part 3 of birds on a wire