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Leave My Loneliness Unbroken by storytellerontheside
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
05 Sep 2021
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Martin wasn't alone when he went back to investigate Vittery's basement that night, and he wasn't alone when he fled back to his apartment either. Stuck caring for a boss that hates him, all he can do is pray his coworkers notice their absence.
Trapped in an apartment with his least favourite assistant and limited supplies, Jon is forced to confront his fear of the supernatural head-on while battling his cravings and bizarrely realistic nightmares. Also, there may or may not be a worm trying to burrow into his leg.
This is going to be one hell of a week.
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28 Jan 2022
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“Have we met before?” the other man says, scrutinising him closely. “You’re from here? From London? Where?”
“Firstly,” Martin tells him, ticking off his fingers, “no, I’m not. Secondly, fuck off am I telling a stranger where I live. I have lived in London long enough to pick up that much, at least. Thirdly, who are you? And how do I know you?”
“I—“ the man says, frowning. “I don’t know either. But I know you.”
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Somewhere else, through a train window, Martin spots a familiar face.
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02 Nov 2021
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Delusions. Jon had been dealing with delusions since he was a child, around seven or eight. He would lay awake until two or three in the morning, staring at the window, chest heavy with the absolute certain knowledge that somebody was about to break in and kill him and his grandmother. He had tried to warn her—of course he had tried to warn her—but she didn’t listen. So he would sit, tears in his eyes and stuffed rabbit clutched to his chest, waiting for the moment when somebody broke in with a knife.
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A fic where Jon's struggles with paranoia in season two are greatly worsened by schizoaffective disorder.
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01 Sep 2021
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Jon spent the first few years of his life bathed in the rosewater-saffron scent of language. He does not remember his father, scarcely remembers his mother’s face, but he remembers her voice, dripping honeyed and sweet like warm tea and nabat and singing lullabies the color of roses, remembers not the words she said but the sounds they made, the shape of them in her voice, the weight of them in his ears. Jon spent the first few years of their life with twin languages on their tongue, twin voices in their ear, long before Beholding claimed them and gave them hundreds.
Or, a look at Jonathan Sims, language, culture, and Beholding.
Previously participated in the campaign to raise awareness and start making changes to the OTW's long history of racism. more info here!
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30 Aug 2021
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Jon is not an idiot. Contrary to what some of the people who love him might believe, he’s not even entirely oblivious to social cues, though he’ll admit they elude him perhaps more often than is standard.
All of this to say that in the week following their escape from the Lonely, as Martin graduates from shy smiling glances and tentative clutching of clammy hands to full-bellied laughter and warm, steady embraces, Jon is fully capable of figuring out where things are going.
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Some thoughts about kissing and self-sacrifice.
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13 Aug 2021
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Jon knows that he loves Martin. He knows that Martin loves him. He knows that Martin knows that he loves him. Yet neither of them have said anything about it. Instead they opt to sneak looks, brush hands, and try to catch the other out.
It would be aggravating if anyone was there to see.
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09 Jul 2021
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Jon wakes up in broad daylight with false memories and a dagger in his chest. His would-be murderer, a man who he's inexplicably kissing, steals away into the crowd. He can't remember who he is, but he's up for the challenge of finding out - even if it means risking his life. During the course of the investigation, Jon teams up with an unlikely partner and tries to find answers in an organization called The Magnus Institute ... but it contains a secret all on its own, one that may risk the entire world.
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24 Jun 2021
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A series of vignettes regarding identity, and the joy found therein.
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20 Jun 2021
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Fleeing from unimaginable terror in a cargo van, Jon and Martin take a moment to collect themselves. Martin examines himself and his connection to the Lonely, as well as what Jon means to him.
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07 Jun 2021
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Jon summons Gerry a second time. It's not as miserable as Gerry might have feared.
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06 May 2021
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“You’re really suggesting this,” Martin says, voice pulled thin.
“Yes.” No hesitation.
“You would- actually do it?”
“I would.”
“With me.”
“Yes, Martin.”
“Why?” Because love is blind, says something cliché and cruel in the pit of his gut. Christ, he never was much of a poet, was he?Or,
When Jon asks Martin to Quit the Archives with him, Martin says yes. Things don't go as planned. In the Scottish Highlands, they hurt, and they heal.
(Re-written as of 22-12-27; see chapter 9 for more info.)
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19 Apr 2021
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Want to grab dinner later? I know you're going to be working absurdly late anyway, and there's a new Italian place I've been wanting to try. — M
Yes, that sounds nice. I'll try to be finished by 7:00. — J
Oh, yes. God forbid you don't work absurdly late. ;) — M
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Or: The notes and letters Jon and Martin have written each other, through the years.Series
- Part 1 of Somewhere Else
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03 Apr 2021
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“Do you know much about cataloguing?” Jon asks, a little out of breath from the stairs.
Martin, mid-trolley, rolls his eyes. The gesture he makes at the shelves around him is only emphasised by the book he’s holding.
“What exactly do you think I do here, other than sit around and wait for angry patrons to yell at me?”
“Think of what you’re going to yell back?” Jon says, and Martin’s mouth twitches into a smile.
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Asking the very important question: what if Jon and Martin had a gentle archives/library romance, and kept running into tropes? What if there was mutual pining involved? Only one bed? Fake dating? Hurt/comfort? Or perhaps, a soft and happy ending?
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15 Mar 2021
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It's raining the day Martin moves into his new flat, which leaves him with wet socks, wet groceries, and wet animals on his doorstep. To make matters worse, he's now living smack in the middle of a magical hotspot, which means eclectic weather and hunters on the prowl.
At least his new neighbors are cute.
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12 Mar 2021
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Love in the Modern Workplace, or How to Fill Out Form 54a: A specific romantic liaison ("date") between two (2) coworkers within one (1) department by shinyopals
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
05 Jan 2021
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'I've noticed, that, ah, maybe, you- you don't, ah, hate me,' Jon says at last.
There is a lengthy silence.
'Um,' says Martin at last. 'No I- I don't- I don't hate you? Is that a- a- problem?'After returning from America, Jon shoots his shot. It goes... surprisingly well, given that it's him.
Unfortunately there's also the matter of the Magnus Institute Employee Code Of Conduct Rules Regarding Romantic Relationships Between Employees, and all of the supplementary paperwork that needs to be filled in every time they go on a date.
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06 Jan 2021
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"Oh, so you two know each other," Tim grins, clearly delighted by this development.
With a lack of anything else to say, he falls back onto his default state.
"Unfortunately," Jon replies drily.
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Jon's first day as Head Archivist starts with him being introduced to a new hire, Martin Blackwood - a man he hasn't seen in ten years.
He's also his ex.
It's a bit of a problem.
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27 Dec 2020
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Nobody Needs to Know by a_suspiciously_large_pig (Queenie_D)
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
26 Jan 2021
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HR at the Magnus Institute was a department that was used significantly less than it probably should have, but there was one rule that they were known to crack down on; no relationships between coworkers, and especially not between superiors and their subordinates. This is going to be a problem for some of the new archival staff.
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In which Jon and Martin are married before they even start working in the archives, and try to hide their relationship to avoid the wrath of the HR department.Series
- Part 1 of Pig's Married JMart AU
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27 Dec 2020
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Martin gets a closer look at the calendar, and his breath catches in his throat. He's gotten a look at the year, and it's wrong, it's all wrong. 2018. October, 2018. Right there, in Martin's own handwriting, on a Saturday, he's written things on little dates that Martin can't read, because he can't take his eyes off the year. 2018. 2018. They look differently. They have scars they don't recognize. Their hair is longer. 2018.
Martin seizes the calendar off the fridge and goes back into the living room. Jon's still at the coffee table, poking through the tapes piled there, but he looks up when Martin comes back in and says, "Martin, where…" with a familiar bite in his voice.
Martin ignores him, stops him mid-sentence to say, "Jon, what have you heard about time travel?"
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Martin and Jon wake up two years in the future. It goes about as well as can be expected.
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20 Dec 2020
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“I still fly in my dreams,” Gerry admitted. “Even now.” He sniffed, shrugged, forced nonchalance into every move. “Not that it matters. It’s been years. Probably wouldn’t even remember how, if I did get it back.” His voice cracked on the last word.
Time was running out.
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- Part 1 of JGM Shapeshifters AU
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27 Nov 2020
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Jon takes another breath. He can’t bear to look at Martin’s face as he says it; he fixes his gaze on the far corner bedpost instead. “I . . . don’t want to have sex with you. I don’t want to have sex with anyone.”
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28 Oct 2020