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    An ambush gone awry strands Christine Daaé with one of the most notorious highwaymen of 18th-century France.

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    16 Oct 2023

  2. Public Bookmark 16

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    Christine Daae is an ambitious young woman living amidst the backdrop of World War II, who suddenly finds her life upended when she ends up pregnant out of wedlock following a brief romance with a handsome naval flight instructor. Erik Destler is a quiet but simple man, who stayed behind to look after his family’s farm after his brother left to fight, only to never return home. He’s always yearned for a wife and proper family of his own and soon receives that chance after being informed of Christine’s plight, agreeing to marry her and raise her baby as his own.

    Based on The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005).

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    14 Aug 2023

  3. Public Bookmark 11

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    Erik and the Daroga of Mazanderan have an uneasy relationship when they first arrive in Persia.
    As Erik gets more entangled in the affairs of the Persian court, can their relationship improve?

    There is also a roadtrip. Actually, it's mainly a roadtrip.

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    14 Aug 2023

  4. Public Bookmark 38

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    As summer draws to a hot and sticky ending, a new café-concert singer performing under the name La Suédoise holds the imagination of Paris in her golden hands. Little does the city know of the strange music that lives in her head. Little does the city expect what will happen when the source of such music confronts the young chanteuse in front of a packed audience.

    Written for POTO Fluff Week 2022, Day 2: Concert!

    UPDATE: Now with a smutty follow-up for 2023!!

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    14 Aug 2023

  5. Public Bookmark 26

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    Canon-divergent Leroux retelling • slow-burn redemption • psychological drama & gothic romance • updates every 2–3 weeks

    Paris, 1881.
    Erik is spiralling down, and someone unexpected steps into his ruin.
    What follows is a dark journey of longing, emotional honesty, and the fragile hope of belonging.
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    I traced the Greek on his palm while he bled on my skirt.
    “Kaleidoscope,” I said.

    'Kalos - beautiful. Eidos - form. Skopeo - the eye that seeks.'

    'The eye that seeks the beautiful shape.'

    I looked straight at him.

    "That is you, Erik. The beautiful shape.”

    He understood.
    But he did not believe me.

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    08 Jul 2023