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The Little Swan by ScatteredWords
Fandoms: Crimson Peak (2015), Marvel Cinematic Universe, (kind of) - Fandom, (Marvel is the skeletal structure and Crimson Peak characters appear in a very specific AU form)
25 Mar 2026
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Leading the four girls to stand in front of the windows, he turned to the rest of the class. “Five years ago, a brilliant new piece of choreography was added to Swan Lake. It is a perfect lesson in synchronicity- that is, how to move in concert and work together. When you have graduated, there may sometimes be two or four or ten of you working on an assignment together, and you must move with precision!” On the last word, he struck the top of the ancient upright piano with his switch, making a loud crack echo through the room.
Nobody flinched. They were nine years old, after all, not babies of five on their first day in training.
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The Red Room, 1900-1916, training stolen children to move in the shadows of a world running on borrowed time. A girl named Viktoria learns, and grows, and suffers.
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Of all the things one finds in shopping malls, lost love, soul rebirth, and a possible end to hearthache spanning centuries aren't usually high on the list. But with a seemingly ordinary bookstore across the way from a rather extraordinary Hot topic, and a gaggle of teenage goths eager to play Cupid, this particular mall might just become the exception.
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It is said that the best revenge is living well. One might be entitled to question whether Lady Edith Sharpe had achieved this, or simply depravity with a coat of aristocratic paint. Either way, she fully intended to rub all of Buffalo's noses in it- but between murder, masquerades, and mildly awkward heart-to-hearts, this visit may be more than the three Sharpe spouses bargained for.
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- Part 2 of Candlesverse
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Before the story can be over, Edith has a due to the dead.
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The Cumberland Bluebeard (View Full Playlist) by ScatteredWords
Fandoms: Crimson Peak (2015)
11 Jan 2023
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Hey guys! Lexie here, reporting for duty as usual. This is a weird one, so buckle up- we're taking a trip back to Victorian England for a murder case so wild that it could almost have come from a movie. So sit back, relax, and grab your drink of choice. It's going to be a wild ride.
[[Hi. This is Bryan. I wanted to thank you all so much for your support. I wasn't sure if I should post these videos after everything that's happened , but...they were the last she made. Wherever she is, I think she'd want them to be shared.]]
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"Ghosts are real. This much, I know. I cannot remember the first time I saw one, but I am certain it must have happened. Because it stole every instant of my life before."
Edith Sharpe writes her memoirs without memory, in the care of her attentive siblings.
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Edith Cushing didn't want to be a barista. She didn't want to finish college and spend two years making lattes and scrubbing tables. This was never the plan.
Nor was the flirtation with two unfairly attractive strangers, or the secret that could destroy her. But plans have a way of changing.
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In Which Halls Are Decked, Festivities Are Observed, Far Too Much Gingerbread Is Baked, And The Reader May Be Edified As To The Seasonal Symbolism of Deadly Nightshade
Or, Christmas comes to Allerdale Hall.
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I didn't know my husband when we were married.
I thought I did, as much as I could. I knew the dry warmth of his long-fingered hand in mine. I knew the rich tones of his voice. I knew what he longed for, but swore he’d never told anyone else. I knew that little twist of his lips when I did something that surprised him, the one he tried to hide. I knew he loved me.
I knew nothing. And I wouldn’t until it was far too late.
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Lady Edith Sharpe would not, perhaps, have chosen to meet her new publisher under such unusual circumstances- not when the consequences of a household accident and an ill-timed laundry day led him to draw extremely mistaken conclusions about her.
Just how mistaken, she would not realize until a week later.
(Established OT3; borderline crack.)
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- Part 1 of Candlesverse
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In 1976, the last timbers of Allerdale Hall collapsed into the clay with no witnesses.
In 1977, Annabel Jean Kingston was born, to considerably greater fanfare.
(Crimson Peak/Mama crossover reincarnation AU)
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After their reunion, Thomas is still learning to navigate the scars the asylum left on Lucille's mind. But sometimes, what once was lost can be found again.
(Companion to my fic "Castle Down.")
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Once upon a time, there were two children alone in an attic. Once upon a time, there were two strangers alone in an empty house. Once upon a time, there was a princess freed from her tall tower but still bound by its ghosts. And once upon a time, there was nothing to do but rebuild.
(AKA that perennial favorite: the post-asylum hurt/comfort fic)
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Second chances only work if you're willing to lose everything- and if your past is willing to let you go.
Reincarnation AU.
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Museum workers are supposed to be impartial. Museum workers are supposed to maintain professional detachment. Museum workers aren't supposed to believe in ghosts. And a job is supposed to be something you set aside at the end of the day.
But rules, like hearts, like people, are made to be broken.
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Thomas is enough. Thomas is everything.
Except when he isn't.
(Women are like butterflies, and Lucille can't help but be drawn to them.)
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What better excuse than a cold to spend a winter's evening inside with your fiancee? A little bit of fluff as a rather belated Carmilla Secret Santa gift.
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So many girls dream of attending a glittering ball and meeting a swoon-worthy vampire. Too bad Laura Hollis has secrets of her own, two left feet, and an overly dedicated event organizer for a best friend. The dresses may be two hundred years old, but in the twenty-first century, relationships are a bit more complicated than simply finding the most attractive stranger with ten thousand a year.
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Laura Hollis doesn't know why she started only meeting girls in fanfic-worthy ways. But she does know that the author of her life is particularly sadistic.
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Carmilla never stops moving, not really. (Tourette Syndrome AU, primarily based on s1)