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    Dying, Heinrix finds, is not so terrible. When he’s torn apart like this, he has Kavya freely; for a few moments, before the pain and the betrayal, he loves and he is loved without consequence.

    Everything, of course, has a consequence. But in the beginning, it is worth it.

    Spoilers for Act 3.

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    24 Aug 2025

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    Lockwood has never been able to stop wondering if he adapted parts of his parents that weren't so obvious to him every time he looks in the mirror. He's never had anyone left to tell him he walks with a stride just like his father's or his lilt while he speaks is just like his mother's.

    He's never been able to remember how his mother threw his head back in a laugh the same way he does or the way his father ran his hands through his hair in frustration, messing it up until it stood in spikes in the exact same way his son does. He doesn’t remember clearly enough to draw the comparison himself.

    He’s walked around with pieces of his parents he no longer recognizes for seventeen years, none the wiser of where they came from. So it takes a while for it to sink in, that the reason the things he does for Lucy feel like déjà vu, is because they're all the ways he's seen his father love his mother.

    or, 5 times Lockwood repeats acts of service for Lucy that he's seen his father do for his mother and the 1 time George finally gets peace from their pining (and some of Lockwood's vulnerability as well).

    For Locklyle Week Day 5: Love Languages

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    28 Nov 2023

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    "They cracked open the door to the second room, hoping for enough beds for two, only to be met with identical peeling wallpaper and an identical sagging queen bed.

    They looked at the bed, and then looked at each other. "

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    Five Times Lockwood and Lucy Happened to Share a Bed, and One Time They Meant To.

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    27 Nov 2023

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    “When did you last sleep?” Lucy stumbles at last, clumsy and more obvious than she meant it to be, but maybe there are no good opening lines at moments like this.

    Another one of those slow, brittle blinks. “Thursday,” Lockwood says, his voice sounding far away, untethered.

    She frowns. “Which Thursday?”

    “A Thursday.” Lockwood tilts his head slightly, a statue coming to slow life. “We still have those, don’t we?”

     

    -- or, Five Times Lucy Carlyle and Anthony Lockwood Accidentally Ended Up Sharing A Bed

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    27 Nov 2023

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    “So, you’re taking Lucy and not me for the manpower?”

    “Er, partly.” Lockwood grimaces. “But mostly because the party is for married couples only and no offense George, but you’re not my type.”

    Lucy chokes on an unfortunately timed sip of tea.

    “I am offended, actually.” George says thoughtfully as he bites into his final slice of toast. “But I’ll get over it on my way to the archives to do some more research.”

     

    Or: Lucy and Lockwood go undercover as a fake couple despite their very real feelings.

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    26 Nov 2023