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La stella solitaria, la stella solitaria. You must seek out the lonely star, the miracle. The miracle that will save us all.
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Victor Blake does not break.
It's in his name, after all. A victor never surrenders. He does not make a mess of himself, simply put. And even if he does, he pieces himself back together fairly quickly.
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Vincent comes home to Victor.
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all that heaven will allow by riversdark
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
31 Dec 2025
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Innocent is looking out of the window as though he can see something more there than the blackness of a howling winter night. “I find myself wishing for his guidance.”
“If it is of any comfort,” Aldo tries, “He trusted Thomas to steer the Church through the Conclave. He was sure of his integrity like he was of no one else’s here. And Thomas has complete faith in you. You can be sure of his counsel.”
“I know I can. He’s been a blessing.” At the mention of Thomas, Innocent had brightened, but there is something searching in his expression when he looks back at Aldo, like he hadn’t quite gotten the answer he wanted.
Or: Aldo and Vincent discover that they have some things in common.
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- Part 1 of it takes a leap of faith
Bookmarked by aylarune
11 Aug 2025
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Sunday evening, Thomas Lawrence dies as free as a dove.
Monday morning, they find Pope John's body.
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Bookmarked by aylarune
28 Jul 2025
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got nobody left to believe by TheTrueChristine
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
22 Jul 2025
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“Aldo, I did want to thank you for the – conversation you had with the Holy Father. He made it clear to me that I still have a – a place here, and I do not think he would have known to do so without you. And I am just – very grateful.” He reaches over the table to lay a hand over Aldo’s.
Aldo smiles at him again. “I’m sure you are, Thomas. Think nothing of it.” He withdraws his hand, patting Thomas’s twice as he does so. He turns a little in his seat, shifting to Guilio, who has thus far been engaged in a book. “Guilio – I meant to talk to you about the upcoming trip to Madrid–”
Thomas watches, with some lagging confusion, as Guilio shuts his book and the two switch to logistics, Thomas having been neatly carved out of the conversation.
Or, Thomas has agreed not to resign. The reactions he gets are not what he expected.
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Bookmarked by aylarune
28 Jul 2025
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On a brutally hot day, Vincent, Thomas, and Aldo all make their way to the rooftop garden and do some unexpected bonding.
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On his phone were the old articles Sabbadin had sent him, naming him a “favorite candidate” and “frontrunning papabile.” Aldo could not deny the mingled pleasure and anxiety the articles had brought him in the days before the conclave. Now he saw how ridiculous he had been, to enjoy the tawdry feeling of popularity, simply because he had never felt popular before in his life.
There had been such confidence in him. He knew he was unworthy of it at the time. He had not known how much.
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Aldo struggles after the conclave. Vincent is there.
Bookmarked by aylarune
19 Jul 2025
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maybe commenting on this later but holy god the characterisation the macbeth (??) references the. ohhh m normal