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  1. Public Bookmark 76

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    Aziraphale has books and sheep to keep him company on his isolated mountain farm. He's resigned himself to being past his prime, without any prospects for a partner and family. Yet when Crowley blows in from a storm, asking for work and hiding the past they're running from, Aziraphale feels more alive than he has in years as he grows hooked on them. But the farmhand job is only a temporary placeholder until Crowley moves on. It wouldn't be wise to hope for more.

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    (Look you see enough pictures of bearded Sheen with cute farm animals and videos of lesbians shearing sheep, and this happens. Horny shepherd shenanigans.)

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    02 Nov 2025

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    Finally, they arrive at the homily. Benítez is much briefer than his predecessor. And yet, his speech feels fuller, somehow. He pins them all under the darkness of his gaze. When his eyes land on Aldo, he feels as if Benítez has stripped him bare, that he can see the horrible, green monster that writhes beneath his breast. He speaks of love and light, a desire to move them forward into the future while paying homage to the past. Aldo feels trapped in that damned vote, watching the world crumble under his feet.

    The morning after Vincent Benítez is elected Pope Innocent XIV, Aldo Bellini attends morning mass. He tries to grapple with the scale of everything he's lost to Benítez: his role as Secretary of State, the Papacy, and Thomas Lawrence.

    Or, the one where Aldo is still sore about the conclave, and he has to navigate his new place in the Curia while trying to sort out his feelings for Thomas and Vincent. They all have feelings about this, separately, and then together.

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    18 May 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 11

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    Happily in love Thomas Lawrence and Vincent Benitez fuck. That's the story. Written in English and in latin because I'm a classics major with too much free time.

    Chapter 1 is in latin and chapter 2 is in english

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    09 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 38

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    Joan of Arc heard the voice of God, and led France to war.

    Thomas Lawrence heard the voice of sex columnist Naughty Nancy, and led the Pope to near-absolute ruin.

    Theologians disagree on which event was greater proof of the divine.

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    08 May 2025

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    Lawrence is considering the benefits of leaving the room to go throw up somewhere when Vincent finally speaks.

    “I wouldn’t call it a crush,” he says, his voice even and calm, brown eyes sparkling.

    Lawrence nods, slightly hysterical. “You wouldn’t?” He asks hopefully. Good, okay. Vincent agrees. All that’s here is friendship. Simple, easy, proper. Appropriate. Friendship.

    “No.” Vincent shakes his head and sets his teacup down. “I would say that I am in love with you.”

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    08 May 2025