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  1. Public Bookmark 82

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    Thomas Shelby notices things most men don’t.
    Astrid Björk keeps her head down, her hands steady, and her past where it belongs: behind her. London is work. Survival. She's managed to climb her way out of the gutters and found a stable job. Something she loves. Something she's good at. She doesn't care about anything else.
    She does not care about Thomas Shelby when he walks into the tailor shop. She wants no part in his life.
    Unfortunately, that has never stopped Thomas Shelby.

    Takes place between season 2-3. Canon divergence: Tommy Killed Grace when he found out about her betrayal. Otherwise, I've followed canon as closely as possible.

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    29 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 15

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    "Please."

    The plea made no sense to the super, an incomplete request. "What?"

    Billy approached her, grabbing her by the shoulders with a visceral roughness. "Bring him back."

     

    Or: Immediately following the events of the finale, Billy Butcher makes the decision to resurrect a powerless Homelander, forcing himself to bear the consequences.

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    28 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 72

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    Mortals tend to say that your past always catches up to you. Morax, however, didn't expect his past to come back begging at his feet for his help, and Childe surely didn't expect his past to become his only way to save his brother.

    They now both have a choice to make.

    Revenge or Forgiveness.

    Betrayal or Love.

     

    “You betrayed me, of all people…”

    “You lied to me!”

    “I had to… again…”

    “If I knew it was you…”

    “You cannot change what you have done now.”

    “I’m sorry, okay? Please, look at me…”

    “The day my eyes lock on you again will be the day they bear Liyue’s rage.”

     

    And history repeats itself.

     

    Or: Childe betrayed Zhongli and thought he would never see him again, but now he needs his help and Zhongli's condition is that Childe has to be his. Childe accepts, but he doesn't know yet what awaits him in the Emperor's palace.

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    27 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 25

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    “Look at him, Butcher. He’s already done for. You and I both know that killing him isn’t going to bring Becca back. This can’t fix what’s happened,” Hughie said, slowly covering Butcher’s hand with his bloodied one, and lowering the crowbar. “Killing a defenseless man, no matter how evil he is…”

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    Alternate ending for The Boys. This is going to be fairly self indulgent.

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    21 May 2026

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    In a world where soulmates are written in blood-red ink across your skin, John has always known one thing: someone out there is meant to love him.
    It’s the only thing that ever made the sterile labs, the cameras, the endless expectations bearable. The name over his heart—Lindsay—was proof he wasn’t made to be alone.

    Now, as Homelander, the most powerful man in the world, he’s done waiting. If fate won’t bring her to him, he’ll drag fate into the spotlight. Vought’s soulmate search should have been simple.
    It isn’t.

    Because instead of finding Lindsay, he finds her.
    Kat.

    Mouthy. Unimpressed. Completely immune to everything he is.

    She doesn’t worship him.
    Doesn’t fear him.
    Doesn’t even seem to like him.

    And somehow, that matters more than anything.

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    20 May 2026

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