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The Warrior shares everything with Ardbert: meals, her body, and, to an extent, G'raha.
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“You deserve everything in my power to give you. Any wish you have I would see fulfilled and ‘tis better still if it is our hands which fulfill it.” Fjern deliberately says aloud, watching Ardbert flinch and curl his hands into fists. “Whether or not you believe you deserve it, I do, and I’ve no intention of twisting any wishes.”
Then she turns right back to her line, recasting with a different bait when nothing larger than a finger bites. Fjern holds still as the first few nibbles come at her line, and then when a harder bite lands, she tugs up and right firmly to ensure the fish is hooked before she starts reeling. This gives Ardbert adequate time to sit there and come to terms with what she knows he will eventually agree to, because she knows herself.
“You could at least try not to look smug,” Ardbert mutters, nudging his shoulder into hers in a kaleidoscope of light refracted across the water. “Is that why you brought us out here?”
“I thought fishing would be a peaceful way to start. Fine movements, low stakes, not particularly strenuous.”
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- Part 4 of willful misinterpretations
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01 Apr 2024
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"You'll tie yourself in knots," Damen says, unable to keep the fondness from his voice any longer, "with how clever you are."
In the midst of the Akielon harvest festival, Damen makes his way through Laurent's latest game.
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- Part 2 of Lines on Palms
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20 May 2023
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Good for Him by palimpsessed
Fandoms: Simon Snow & Related Fandoms, Carry On Series - Rainbow Rowell
17 Feb 2023
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"I think he wants this, wants me. And I’m going to make it so good for him. This morning. This life…I’ll keep trying. To keep him well. To keep him happy."
Simon makes good on fulfilling his new mission in life.
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17 Feb 2023
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A Man of Letters, or Five Times Baz Retreats and the One Time He Doesn't by palimpsessed
Fandoms: Simon Snow & Related Fandoms, Carry On Series - Rainbow Rowell
11 Dec 2020
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After the war with Napoleon, all Simon wants is peace and quiet in the country with his friend Penny, but night terrors and panic attacks weren't the only surprises awaiting him back home. Dowager Lady Salisbury saw news of Simon's exploits abroad and arrived on his doorstep with the shocking revelation that he was her grandson. At his grandmother's insistence, Simon accompanied his newfound family to London, overwrought by excitement at the chance to finally belong, and anxiety from the struggle to fit his new role.
Baz is heir to two very wealthy and well-respected families in England, but that hasn't stopped tongues from wagging. Baz has always been more interested in fashion and philosophy than in helping his father run the estate, and he refuses to settle down. Despite his recent sterling showing at Oxford, Baz's father has begun to lose all patience with his recalcitrant son. Matters went from bad to worse when Baz's fiancé threw him over only days after their engagement became public, rekindling rumours the family hoped to quash. Against his father's wishes, Baz has trooped off to London for another season with his friends, but the looming death knell of his good name has soured his last act of rebellion.- Language:
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07 Dec 2022
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Stress Management by whogaveyoupermission
Fandoms: Simon Snow & Related Fandoms, Carry On Series - Rainbow Rowell
22 Dec 2022
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It's been ten years since Watford graduation, a whole decade since Simon last saw Baz, his boarding school roommate. And yeah--he thinks about Baz a lot. He's the reason Simon realised he's queer, after all. So accidentally stumbling into Baz's barre class? Sure. It affects him. Of fucking course it does.
Baz, on the other hand, is absolutely unaffected, thank you very much, and yes--of course that's an all-out falsehood because fuck. How could he look at those moles and those curls and that horrifying coordination and remain unmoved? He's not a fucking robot, for fuck's sake. I mean, really--have you seen Snow is 5-inch inseams? Have you?
This is the story of Baz and Simon. Of slutty athletic wear and supreme thirsting. Of social work and barre classes. Of friendship and accidental dating. Of risotto and sofa snuggles. Of two people who used to know each other, who are learning each other anew.
This is the story of two people who find someone to hold their hand in the darkness.
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01 Dec 2022