Bittersweety
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“You are a rather pretty one,” the ethereal man says as if he hadn't heard Wille. “Do you like my song?”
Wille opens his mouth, his words stuck in his throat, his heart beating furiously against his ribs as if it were trying to burst free from its cage. What he wants to say is what are you but instead he settles on a choked “Who are you?”
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In the spring of 1892, ex-crown prince Wilhelm finds himself taking the job of a lighthouse keeper on a small uninhabited island in Wales. He tells himself he is simply there for the seclusion, but something else calls to him.
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- Part 2 of Siren Simon
Bookmarked by Bittersweety
02 Nov 2024
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Achingly beautiful story, immaculate vibes, you'll need tissues! 😭💜
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“Do you trust me?” Wilhelm whispered.
Simon’s pupils dilated slightly, gaze flickering between Wilhelm’s face and the small, lavender-colored candle in his hand.
"Yes."
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Or, Wilhelm, looking to separate himself from his peers and secure a place in Florence’s Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, decides to find a new muse in the commonfolk. He finds Simon Eriksson, a lowly leatherworker, in a bar in the slums.
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Bookmarked by Bittersweety
01 Oct 2024
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Wille is an artist in 1600s Florence and Simon his muse, includes most poetic wax play ever
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A year after Wilhelm and Simon have gotten together, Lola walks into a bar and tries to distract herself from the news that roiled the whole country.
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- Part 2 of From The Vault
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“He wishes for a time machine to turn back the clock, back to a world where his mother wasn’t on the end of the phone, saying grimly, “Wilhelm, you need to come home. It’s starting.””
Two months after Wille’s arrival at Hillerska, war breaks out. When his and Erik's last-ditch attempt to leave the country goes badly wrong, he ends up stuck in Bjarstad - with Simon.
Bookmarked by Bittersweety
05 Sep 2023
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This made me feel so incredibly much (in a very good way). So so beautifully written 💙
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"You, um, fly with this airline often?" the man next to him asks, as if Simon of all people looks like a frequent flyer able to afford first class instead of someone who's lucky if he can snatch a budget flight to somewhere in the Mediterranean once a year.
"All the time," Simon snarks. "How could I not? Airplanes are such perfect microcosms of the class inequality pervasive in our society. It's simply a joy to repeatedly be reminded that people like me are nothing but slaves to capitalism, only good for being exploited while the high and mighty are wined and dined in the lap of luxury."
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- Part 1 of The Upgrade 'Verse
Bookmarked by Bittersweety
04 Aug 2023