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The tables have turned in a haunting reversal of the past. Once, Emily was the Handler tasked with monitoring a broken Cal; now, she finds herself the Asset. Branded a traitor by a web of synthetic evidence, Emily is thrust into the very shoes Cal once wore, experiencing the crushing weight of the leash she once used to bind him.
Following the same brutal psychological path Cal once walked, Emily must submit to the crushing weight of physical and digital restraints, proving her innocence through total vulnerability.
While the trauma is deep, she is left at a crossroads: will she resent the man who holds the keys to her cage, or will this shared vulnerability finally allow her to understand the terror she once put him through?For Cal, the challenge is even greater: he must overcome the 1% doubt that his training demands he never ignores. He is caught in a war between his tactical training and his heart, struggling to be the Handler he once feared.
In this crucible of surveillance and submission, their shared pain becomes their bridge. By experiencing each other’s greatest fears, will this shared trauma heal their old wounds, or shatter their relationship beyond repair?
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- Part 5 of The Trust Series
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The FBI has officially cleared Cal Isaac, but as Emily nursed him back to health, a chilling realization took hold: his exoneration could have been planted as easily as the crime.
Their bond has reached a depth that makes traditional suspicion impossible, yet Emily cannot abandon her oath. They forge a radical, heartbreaking partnership: Cal becomes an active participant in his own investigation, submitting to her scrutiny to protect her integrity as much as his own. They enter a dangerous game of survival that tests the very fabric of their trust and affection, threatening to scar their souls forever, regardless of whether they uncover the truth.
Now, caught in a crossfire of planted evidence and deep-state conspiracies, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice. In a world where every answer is a weapon, the truth may be the one thing their relationship cannot survive.
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- Part 4 of The Trust Series
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The evidence was airtight. The digital ledgers were flawless. For Special Agent Emily Byrne, the mission was to bring in the man she thought she knew—a man the Bureau branded the ultimate deep-cover spy. But when the moment of truth arrives, Emily makes a choice that defies every protocol: she takes a leap of faith to help him prove his innocence.
But faith has a high price. After a brutal tactical extraction goes sideways, Emily is forced to play a dangerous double game, leaving Cal to wonder if she is his savior or the architect of his downfall. Now, trapped together in a high-stakes sanctuary, they must navigate a web of trauma and paranoia. With her own weapon in his trembling hands, Emily has only a matter of hours to prove her loyalty to a man who no longer knows who to trust—before the real conspiracy catches up to them both.Series
- Part 3 of The Trust Series
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Directly following the events of Trust, this story offers a crucial moment of reprieve. After the harrowing events, Cal and Emily finally have a chance for quiet. This fic focuses on their immediate interactions and emotional aftermath, offering them a well-deserved period of fluff and tenderness. But the calm is only temporary; this story also serves as a poignant prologue to the coming conflict in Trust Back.
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- Part 2 of The Trust Series
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Emily is forced to partner with Cal, the operative she believes is a hostile agent. Crippled by deep-seated trust issues, she demands total, unyielding operational control, treating him as a suspect under surveillance, not an ally. Cal, urgently needing her strategic mind to complete their mission, submits completely to her authority. He agrees to cede every decision and movement, knowing that his unwavering compliance is the only currency that will buy the temporary trust necessary to survive. Their partnership is a fragile, high-stakes pact based entirely on Emily's command and Cal's absolute obedience—but how long will he be willing to endure this submission before he takes back control? Will she ever be able to fully trust him?
The story happens on its own timeline and off canon plot. There's not enough Absentia fics, so here it goes. It can also be read independently of the show, so if you're new, welcome.
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- Part 1 of The Trust Series
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Five books. One evolving bond. It starts with an act of faith (Trust) and the foundation built in its wake (Trust After). But when the direction of trust is forced to pivot (Trust Back), the roots must grow profound to survive (Trust Deep). To save their future, the original gift must be mirrored with an equal, shattering intensity... if they can survive the Trust Reverse.”
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The Trials of Mairon by bynightmylove
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
25 Sep 2024
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After the end of it all, ages after, Galadriel is called to Aman where a prisoner dwells in the shadows. A prisoner whose trial is at last approaching. And he will talk to one alone: Galadriel.
Galadriel must devise three trials to put Sauron through to prove he is worthy of redemption - and failure is not an option. After the first two trials were less than a success, Galadriel has to pull out all the stops for the third and she does not like it, at all. For the third trial will not only test Sauron but her as well. Because for this most crucial one, she will have to live through a time where when Sauron asks her to join him, she tells him yes.
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07 Apr 2025
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With more time to plan before the Death Wave hits, Clarke and Roan need to find a way to get the Coalition to work together and save more people to from the second Praimfaya. What will it take to get the 13 clans to work together and find a way to survive together as life on planet Earth rapidly approaches it's end?
Sorry summaries really aren't my strong suit at all. Starts in 4.08 and goes off canon from there.
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Erik and Sigefrid were never defeated, and now they have conquered many Mercian territories, each day getting closer to Wessex.
While the lord of Mercia licks his wounds on Winchester, the King of Wessex makes an irresistible offer to the brothers: his daughter’s hand in marriage in exchange of an alliance.
They accept.
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Or: Aethelflaed marries Erik instead of Aethelred.
Bookmarked by jessytemple
16 Feb 2019
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Fire and Ice by Calleva
Fandoms: Aethelflaed/Erik - Fandom, The Last Kingdom (TV), The Warrior Chronicles | The Saxon Stories - Bernard Cornwell
26 Jul 2017
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Educated, intelligent and accomplished, Aethelflaed fails to impress her husband as much as her father. Locked in an abusive marriage, she longs for the heroes of myth and legend but they seem to have all gone. Then her world is turned upside down when she is kidnapped for ransom. Fighting the attraction, she finds herself falling for a man whose life and values seem so opposite to her own, but who strangely resembles the heroes in her storybook. But can they have a future together?
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13 Jan 2019