9 Bookmarks by alluring_lights
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and i must follow (as the night the day) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Hamlet - Shakespeare
19 Oct 2020
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A train window rattles cold against a cheek. The black eyes are half-open but too alert to drowse. One hand has folded itself over the top of a damaged suitcase, pressing hard enough to leave creases on the thinly-mittened palm. The legs are dark brown and tired, well-used, jutting out from under a hand-sewn skirt and folding down into beige socks and battered boots. The heels of the socks are clean but threadbare, and the jacket has been ironed but bears stains of years. Lying over the jacket is an anomaly, an expensive cloak of rich green wool. The other hand, ungloved, twists in its warm fabric, worrying thick threads between its nails.
The traveller’s eyes flick open, staring keenly at the passing trees. The countryside of Germany is lit by a full moon, parting into towns and steeples on either side of the charging train. The clatter of wheels on tracks fills the traveller’s mind, lulling her even as it heightens her anxieties. She is headed North, into bitter cold and bitter mourning. The King of Denmark, her dear friend’s father, has died. -
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The first thing Margaret noticed about the Child of the Gates was her smile.
There was something unique about it. It was a shining light in the dark—when Margaret thought back on that night, on her fiftieth birthday. Before she lost her mother, before the day forever changed for the rest of her night.
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Or, the moments in between canon, where Margaret and Sia fall in love.
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06 Jan 2026
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Heaven by philomelas_tongue
Fandoms: The Great Gatsby (2013), Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
28 Aug 2013
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you tried to drown your sorrows, or maybe you tried to drown yourself, but you could never really get him out of your head.
Nick, and the aftermath.
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23 Nov 2025
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The Roaring Turnabout by Horsantula
Fandoms: The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald, 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney
27 Dec 2025
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Defense attorney Nick Carraway hasn't won a case all summer. But when Jay Gatsby is arrested and charged with the murder of Myrtle Wilson, Nick takes on his friend's case, because no one else will. Everyone is rooting for Gatsby to be found guilty - especially Gatsby himself. Up against a prosecutor who just so happens to be Tom Buchanan's best friend, and with only the evasive Jordan Baker as co-counsel, Nick must fight to save Gatsby from his dream before it's too late.
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13 Nov 2025
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A Bed Half Empty by SpiritsFlame
Fandoms: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Series - Mackenzi Lee
20 Aug 2018
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When Percy wakes up alone, he takes a moment to close his eyes and breathe.
Distantly, he can almost hear his aunt saying 'I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed' the last time he and Monty had gotten into something stupid. That's how Percy feels now. Hollowed out, aching with disappointment, but not angry.
It's his own fault. He knows who Monty is, he's always known. It was his own fault for expecting- for hoping—
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Islands by VeggiesforPresident (luridCavum)
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)
07 Jun 2025
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"Would you rather have me living in hide-outs for the rest of my life, always on the run?" He asks seriously.
Dally mulls this over, his tongue flicking out against his lips.
"Yeah," he says slowly, "Yeah, I would."
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07 Jun 2025
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i forgive it all as it comes back to me by bridiesmindsludge
Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders: The Musical - Jamestown Revival & Levine/Rapp
19 Sep 2025
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When he was a child, death fascinated him. It was terrifying, and mysterious, and uncharted, and beautiful. The cowboys riding off into the sunset, the soldiers riding into battle. It filled every inch of the stories he was told. Fairy tales, myths, cowboy ballads-- his father sang him Streets of Laredo as a lullaby every night until he was six. He only stopped because it always made Soda too sad.
He had spent lots of time thinking about death-- anytime he’d look at the stars, it wouldn’t be long until he found himself wondering and yearning for something he couldn’t place. What was beyond them, if anything? What were they made of? Where did they go in the daylight?
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a deadly tornado has touched down in tulsa, and all three curtis brothers are scattered across town. they're not getting out of this unscathed. but they'll always come home to each other. even if death seems to follow them wherever they go.
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08 Jun 2025
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Even though every time Bob was around him for more than three seconds he had the urge to wipe the smug grin off his stupid face, Seresin had something about him that drew you in...
Bob absolutely hated it.
In which following the events of the movie, newly stationed on an aircraft carrier, Jake meets his match and Bob experiences Villain Decay. He may also be a teeny bit in love with Hangman.
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"I would have expected to see you in the cockpit," Payback started, as Jake tried to keep his attention on the radio chatter. Harvard, Yale, and Fritz were up there.
He was not going to take the bait. He was not going to give them that satisfaction.
"Well, maybe the brass finally share our conclusions. That you cannot be trusted up there," Phoenix went on, just as coldly as Payback.
"You finally screwed up enough to be grounded?" Fanboy asked. "Or is it because of Bee's death?"
At the mention of his wingman's callsign, his grip tightened around the pen and clipboard he had in hand. He had heard it all before, the gossip, the accusations, but never from people he had once considered his family.
"I received orders," he answered, stoically, eyes still glued on the radio. "I'm here to teach, to lead you to success. That's it."
"Bagman, the only place you'll lead anyone is an early grave," Rooster stepped in, anger clear as day in his voice.
🛩️ Permanently grounded and wingless, Hangman must team up with Maverick to prepare the Dagger Squad for the suicide mission. Will they be able to set aside their feelings or crash and burn before they even fly that mission?