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He points angrily to the badge embroidered on his chest. “I’m with the Fire Department!”
“Okay, and? Is there a fucking fire?”
“There’s an open hydrant,” Ben says, gesturing with the wrench again. Apparently the little fucks think that’s funny too.
“There’s been an open hydrant all morning,” the girl says, around a dripping spoonful of bright-orange helado. “So why’s it an emergency now?”
Ben's come to close an open hydrant. The kids playing in it don't want him to, and a pretty girl on the street is backing them up. [Originally written for twitter.]
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29 Oct 2022
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(Hiraeth (Welsh) – a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for lost places of your past.)
The Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s: welcome to hell.
As Rey grows up in a country which officially isn't at war, even though its consequences are felt everywhere, she forms a strong bond with Kylo, an odd young man whose personal involvement in the conflict may run deeper than it seems. Years go by, the war rages on and the political plots thicken, and Rey must learn the difference between idealism and doing the right thing, discovering the price of personal happiness.
Also known as "what happens when you take the Star Wars plot and put it in a real place, in a real time, in a real war." Comes with lots of swearing, awkward flirting, old characters in new roles, angst, feels, drama, fluff, all-round Slavic shenanigans, and references to some pretty cool music.
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22 Sep 2022
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Benjamin Solatti has a lot of practice crushing dreams and wringing every coin from nearly empty pockets. Sent to Venice to collect on a debt, he doesn’t have time for pleasure.
Nobody knows the winding alleys and canals of Venice quite like someone who works them. So when street-smart Rey notices a lost Florentine noble, she’s more than happy to offer her services.
Worlds apart, they lead very different lives. Brought together by chance and an irresistible proposition, those differences might be what tear them apart when their time runs out.
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09 Sep 2022
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To Flourish, to Fight, to Run by leupagus for screamlet
Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
29 Dec 2013
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Thorin catches her hand in his as she touches the gauze. “You still call me Thorin,” he says, softly.
“Well,” she says, trying as hard as she can to sound businesslike, “That’s because you’re not my king.”
“You’re under my mountain,” Thorin points out.
Bilbo scowls, and shakes his hand loose. “I can’t believe you’re arguing not five seconds after you’ve woken up,” she says, pulling the gauze free. It’s mostly healed, an ugly scar that will be there for the rest of his life. “Though perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised.”
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16 Aug 2022
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Cosa Nostra: (kō'sə nō'strə) etym: Italian n. The branch of the Mafia operating in the United States. Literally, "our thing" or "this thing of ours."
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14 Aug 2022