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  1. Public Bookmark 5

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    The Pope is dead.

    Not just a man but a voice, a pillar, a compass. And in the silence that follows, the Church does not mourn. It waits.

    Cardinal Tedesco is not a man seeking comfort. He is a man on the cusp of war, carrying scripture like flint, ready to strike against the rot he sees in the soul of Rome. But even he is not untouched. Not entirely.

    Not by her.

    Their bond is not gentle, it is forged in silence, in glances too long held, in words that linger like incense: half-prayer, half-proposition.

    She does not trust his fire, but she cannot look away from it either.

    In him, she sees ruin. In her, he sees something still unburned.

    As the conclave approaches and the Church prepares to crown its next soul to the pyre, they are drawn together, two faithful hearts wrapped in doubt, desire, and the terrible holiness of conviction.

    This is not a love story in spite of God.

    It is a love story beneath Him, within Him, against the burning veil of heaven.

    Because some saints are not martyred.

    Some are chosen by fire and walk into it willingly.

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    04 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark *

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    Tedesco is searching Bellini’s face up and down in stupefied frustration, making a discovery he’s missed a hundred times before, lower lip twitching, hopelessly trying to fish out useful words. At first Lawrence is tempted to say Aldo’s audacity infuriates him, but the rage comes too late.

    The truth is, it doesn’t seem like it wants to come out at all.

    Then Tedesco’s face colours, oddly pinkier than usual. “... Eminenza Bellini.

    Cardinal Bellini blows the smoke back. Cardinal Tedesco, much to his chagrin, is stirred.

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    20 Mar 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 32

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    A year after their rescue, James Fitzjames finds himself dreaming of Francis Crozier, a situation which escalates when he (foolishly) (truly foolishly) offers the man a place to live.

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    11 Nov 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 24

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    Francis Crozier runs the Franklin Zoo, which, much to his despair, is a job that consists more of paperwork than of zoology. James Fitzjames, meanwhile, is quite happy in his position as the Zoo's Director of Operations... though he would like to try some other... positions... if only his aggravatingly handsome boss could tolerate his presence for more than a few minutes.

    It is an uncomfortable, unsatisfying situation, but a manageable one for all parties involved.

    At least until things begin going mysteriously, horrifically wrong at the Franklin Zoo.

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    "Francis was well enough acquainted with unwanted burdens and lonely, miserable tasks. What was new for him was scrubbing parrot shit out of the hair of his forearms while seething with red-faced rage, cursing the day Franklin hired a man named James."

    WORK IN PROGRESS

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    10 Nov 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 1

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    James is cursed to work at an Olive Garden that shares a parking lot with the most poorly managed Taco Bell ever.

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    28 Oct 2024