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with its wings pinned by goldenthunderstorms
Fandoms: Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)
19 Jan 2026
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When Essek first pitched this, Caleb was not opposed. The idea of being bound did not arouse him the same way that binding Essek does, but it wasn't abhorrent to him. He was willing to try. He could tell, despite Essek's carefully neutral tone as he asked, that the idea appealed to him very much. Caleb wanted—always wants—to make Essek happy. So, even as Essek assured him that he would not be upset if Caleb refused, Caleb agreed.
Now, Essek sits perched at the end of their bed, grinning wickedly as he unwinds a length of glistening silver silk rope
"Excited?" Caleb teases, raising an eyebrow.
Essek bites his bottom lip, which does nothing to stifle his smile. "Perhaps. Are you?"
"I am intrigued, certainly," Caleb says. "It will be a learning experience one way or another."
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Essek wants to try tying Caleb up for a change. It dredges up unwelcome memories for Caleb in ways neither of them expected.
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i can see you (waiting down the hall for me) by goldenthunderstorms
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
28 Jun 2024
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Henry has a very convincing poker face, but Alex can tell he’s feeling similar. When Alex offers to take Henry’s empty glass with his own, effectively trapping Henry in his current conversation with no means of escape, Henry shoots Alex a look that Alex can only describe as a small, shaky dog stuffed in a handbag. Instead of subjecting himself to another ten minutes of small talk when he comes back, Alex leans in and informs Henry that he’s stepping out into the hall with a mostly-empty supply closet tucked just past the restrooms, punctuated with a firm squeeze to Henry’s ass.
Ten minutes later, Henry slips into the closet with a furtive glance over his shoulder, shutting the door silently behind him. He leans back against it, crossing his arms as he takes in Alex sitting on the ground, blazer thrown carelessly over the rung of a ladder in the corner. “Might I ask what was so urgent?”
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don't by goldenthunderstorms
Fandoms: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Series - Mackenzi Lee
28 Jan 2023
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The first two times he asks, Monty is able to more or less deflect the question. He makes a show of offering Percy his better ear. “What’s that, darling?” and “Didn’t quite hear you the first time.” as if Percy’s position on one knee isn’t telling enough and Monty hadn’t been hearing perfectly fine all night because Percy always keeps to his good side when he can.
By the third time, Percy loses some of his patience and is no longer asking. But because he is Percy, he is still a perfect angel in the way he says, with a fond smile, “I want to marry you, you goose.”
To his credit, Monty realizes his response is perhaps the worst possible thing one can say to a proposal about a second before he says it. However, detracting from his credit, he says it anyway.
He laughs, a shrill combination of shock and disbelief, and says “Don’t do that.”
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The first time Percy tries to propose.
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your ivy grows and now i'm covered by goldenthunderstorms, wizardcatwhimsy
Fandoms: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Series - Mackenzi Lee
02 Jan 2023
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I know logically that there is no good reason to cheat on your husband, no matter how insufferable he is or how much you despise each other. But my marriage to Richard wasn’t about love or commitment. I know that. He knows that so some extent. I don’t think he would be pleased, as he’s always been a little too possessive for my tastes, but he wouldn’t be devastated. In fact, he would probably jump at the chance to divorce me on such solid grounds.
I just have to decide if that’s a risk I’m willing to take.
Percy breaks our kiss, smiling against my lips as he rubs the nape of my neck. I find myself leaning forward, chasing his mouth with mine. He laughs a little but indulges me with another kiss. His hand on my neck goes to my hair. Every touch is so gentle that I never want him to stop touching me. I want to be covered by him and his soft kisses.
As a last-ditch resort, Henry marries his childhood enemy-with-benefits Richard Peele. In need of a distraction from his tumultuous marriage, he joins a local Shakespeare production where he forms an unexpected, and risky, connection with a member of the orchestra.
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humors! madman! passion! lover! by goldenthunderstorms
Fandoms: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare
04 Aug 2022
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Benvolio is kept awake by his thoughts, recalling the night before over and over again. He thinks of Mercutio in the orchard, all goading and bravado.
Humors! Madman! Passion! Lover!
Benvolio knows that Mercutio was trying to coax Romeo from his hiding place, yet it almost feels like Mercutio was describing himself. For as long as Benvolio has known him, Mercutio has been a man of many faces. He pretends that he hasn’t a care in the world—and maybe he doesn’t, if the world were all Tybalts—but Benvolio knows how hard he tries. He throws himself into the battles of others. He performs for an imaginary audience. He wears his heart on his sleeve to keep his soul close to his chest. Mercutio needs to be everything to everyone.
Humors. Madman. Passion. Lover. Protector. Guide. Adversary. Gentleman. Showman. Needed. Wanted. Loved. Loved. Loved.
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the ficpocalypse (challenge fics) by goldenthunderstorms, goldenthunderstorms (orphan_account)
Fandom Hadestown - Mitchell, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Series - Mackenzi Lee
04 Nov 2020
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a series for the fics I write as part of the au challenge with em_gray and pinstripedJackalope
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Kintsugi by goldenthunderstorms
Fandom The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Series - Mackenzi Lee
13 Apr 2020
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the original fic Kintsugi and any fics that follow its timeline
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"Unfortunately, our progress has stalled out somewhat," Ikithon says, slowly circling the beacon on its stand. Under any other circumstances, that would be the thing that drew Essek's eye.
Instead, his gaze is fixed on the man sitting in a chair at the circle's center. A picture of misery, he is bound hand and foot to the chair with thick iron cuffs. His face is mottled with bruising, his rust colored hair hangs in limp, tangled clumps, and his clothes are torn and burnt. Wide, frightened eyes the color of daylight sky whip frantically back and forth between them.
Essek knows that face. He knows it all too well. Not two months ago, that face kissed him on the forehead and told him that he was still capable of good.
The bottom drops out of Essek's stomach. Please not him.
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After the peace talks at sea, Ikithon approaches Essek with an offer he can't refuse... But dearly wishes he could.
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25 Jan 2026
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In an unhealthy pursuit of answers about his missing years in Vergesson, Caleb asks Essek to do something terrible. Essek, well practiced at doing terrible things, agrees.
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24 Jan 2026
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His skin feels too tight over his body; like his heart is being pulled forward, like it could burst through his sternum.
“What are you doing?” he breathes, barely audible. The words feel like they’re coming from somewhere else.
“Being brave,” Caleb replies.
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On the eve of Trent’s trial, Caleb calls Essek and asks for a distraction. He doesn’t specify what kind. Essek has always been good at seeing possibilities.
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23 Jan 2026
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If Essek were to kill Caleb, he would do it with a spell.
None of the intimate agony of feeling the last flutters of his heart with his own skin. He cannot even afford himself the painful honesty of knowing that if he were to do it, it would be impersonal and practiced, something Essek has done to many before and will do to many others. This knowledge is not enough to stop him imagining it.
In the months following the events of Cognouza and the Somnovem, Essek fails to come to terms with the fact that he is a dangerous man.
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18 Jan 2026
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The weapon shudders in Thanatos’s hand, anticipating death. “You must hate me,” he whispers, “to keep doing this to me. To keep making me do this.”
Zagreus is still, and Thanatos finds himself leaning in, chasing the warmth. He hesitates. His scythe shakes in his hand again. Impatient.
“I don’t hate you,” Zagreus says, his voice and his face even, determined. “But I will break you.”
Thanatos as the Asphodel boss AU. It’s snowing on the surface, the Phlegethon burns, and Zagreus’s infernal heat slowly melts through Thanatos’s icy resolve.
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Bookmarked by goldenthunderstorms
19 Apr 2025