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    “Then stop, Cassian!” She was shouting now, inches from his face. “Stop fighting for my life! I never asked you to! Forget about me and move on!”

    A sparkling tear froze on the tip of her eyelash and he felt a triumph in it, this sign that she was in there somewhere. His hands ached for her. This had all gone so differently in his head.

    “I can’t,” he admitted.
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    Or, a therapist's attempt at an ACOSF rewrite, because trauma's a bitch and muscling through isn't the only way.
    Featuring:
    -Nesta's alcoholism and trauma taken seriously
    -IC family dysfunction reckoning
    -recognition of Illyrian oppression and effects of colonization
    -women being resourceful and empowered in spite of their circumstances
    -healing not being a straight line

    pro Nesta, pro healthy Nessian, anti nobody, pro everyone is capable of change

    CW: This work explores themes of trauma recovery, colonization and systemic racism, and gendered violence and reproductive abuse, and contains mentions of physical and emotional abuse, suicidal ideation, abortion, substance use, and sexual assault. Specific warnings will be included for each chapter, please take care of yourself.

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    12 Apr 2024

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    All she knows with absolute clarity is that she is burning. That she feels white-hot anger sluicing through her veins, that silver fire stoked higher and higher as Cassian’s words barrel into her like a battering ram.

    “Well, everyone fucking hates you, so well done, Nes.”

    Nes. Everything seems to quiet. As if what he just said is of no consequence at all. As if the little nickname has no effect. As if she hasn’t asked him to stop calling her that more times than she can count. Everyone fucking hates you. All at once, the anger is replaced by hurt. It starts small, a fissure in her heart that travels through her body like a spider crack.

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    Cassian’s words affect Nesta so deeply that she closes herself off from him, from the inevitable hurt he will inflict. Will Cassian be able to convince Nesta of his feelings, or will they crash and burn?

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    “Stop it! Just stop it. None of you know what you’re talking about.”

    “Your defense of your sister is admirable, but we’re only speaking truths.”

    “But that’s just it. You don’t know the full truth. None of you do.”

    “What are you talking about?” Feyre asked, and Nesta filled with horror. Elain wouldn't . She couldn't. She swore never to tell-

    “Don’t you dare,” Nesta hissed, and she offered Elain one final glare, filled with an equal amount of pleading. She couldn’t fathom the thought of Feyre knowing her secret, she couldn’t bear the thought of them knowing. Not the full extent of what had happened, what had changed her well before the Cauldron-

    “Father sold Nesta when she was 16.”

    When Nesta's deepest secret is revealed at yet another tense dinner, she was sent into a spiral, desperate to escape before Feyre demanded answers. But it isn't her sister who comes to find her in the aftermath, it's someone else. Someone who might have more in common with her than she ever thought.

    TW: Child abuse, suicidal thoughts/ideation, forced prostitution, sexual assault (underage!!)

    PLEASE READ WITH CARE

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    21 Jul 2023

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    Garcia Flynn moves to Paris to grant his mother's dying wish to see her sons make amends. There, in the City of Light, cynicism morphs into optimism.

    Garcia's Sunday nights quickly get filled with weekly dinners, spent in the company of his brother, Gabriel, and his wife. Until, one night a scheduling mishap occurs and Garcia Flynn instead finds himself in the company of Lucy Preston. The newly minted expat has been struggling to find her place in Paris and Garcia is quick to offer to play tour guide to the historian.

    Together, the pain of long ago losses recedes into the distance as hope begins to burn bright in their hearts.

    AU. Alternating POVs. Set in present-day Paris

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    After the events of 18th century France, the Doctor brings Reinette on board the TARDIS, determined as ever to run from his feelings.

    Rose is devastated. Mickey is fed up. He demands the Doctor take him home, and tries to convince Rose to stay with him. But when they return to 21st century London, small things appear changed.

    Something has altered the timeline, and soon everyone will face the consequences of the Doctor's rash actions.

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    22 Apr 2022