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Engrave Our Names on Tomorrow by Needled_Ink_1975 for law_nerd, mayIreadtoday, chainofclovers
Fandoms: Devil Wears Prada (2006)
02 Jul 2016
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1943. Under the German Occupation Paris is a city blacked-out at night, and dark even on the sunniest days. The rest of France fares no better.
Andy Sachs and her friends came to Paris in 1938, during the last peaceful fall that the City of Light would know for five years. Several years on, their stay can no longer be termed a 'working vacation.' Andy's begun to see things as they are, instead of the way she'd like them to be, and she's realized that she should've become angry quite some time ago.
Miranda Priestly came to France in 1918, just after the previous war, and what she rebuilt from ruin is under threat of destruction yet again. She's been aware and angry for a long time, and all the while she's been putting that anger to use. Miranda is someone that the Nazis both hate and fear but whom they dare not attempt to harm, not overtly, anyway.
Andy's heard of Miranda, but just a mention, and she never guessed at the time what that mention would one day spur into existence.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned; scorning two is a really bad idea.
I was told to say the following: this story is by turns exciting, funny, and it has a happy ending. There. Tis now said.
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This is just a bit of fun. I've been known to complain that if I don't keep a tight leash on these characters, they just go off at a tangent and talk about whatever interests them at the moment. Someone (who's a smart-ass) asked to see what that looks like. Seeing as I had several bits that were rated as Darlings and got 'killed' by being consigned to File 13, finding a starting point for this piece wasn't hard. I opened the document, read to the end of it, and just waited for a while. Going off at tangents happened as easy as pie. The hard part was getting them to quit. They're all still hanging around telling me that the conversation continued during dinner, and they talked over ice-cream afterwards, and the guys didn't go home until after midnight.
So is there any point in reading this? I think so, because you'll find out things about Ziva, Jen, Gibbs, Tony, and McGee that are really difficult to put into more structured stories, and things that are impossible to include in more serious stories. So prepare for some giggles. And as for tangents... You count 'em.
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Then he remembers that the world ended yesterday and stops pushing. He lies there for a minute instead, staring up at the hardcore canvas he'd decided to go with instead of nylon, because it's easier to repair. "Fuck," he says, a lot more weakly, and Hobbes licks his face again - this time just a flick of the tongue - and then lays his head down beside Calvin's, tiger-breath hitting Calvin's neck.
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Follows directly after Complexity.
Tony's in trouble, and he doesn't want to talk about it. So Ziva kidnaps him. Sort of. Because that's what a good friend would do.
Advisory: This story will make more sense if you read Kidon, Between Hammer and Anvil, and Complexity first.
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"In her head Calvin says, Hobbes told me and Su can't really handle that. She'd got up and hid in her tent because she can't really handle it. How can anyone be expected to?"
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Of pianos, and music, and how little Grace Inman seems to take after Ruby more than she does Ada. Stand-alone one-shot.
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Miranda and Andy meet again two years after Paris at Runway's 120th anniversary gala. Andy is there in search of forgiveness but Miranda waylays her with a surprising confession.
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The Reckoning by Needled_Ink_1975 for law_nerd, Perks123, chainofclovers, soukup, kerowyn
Fandoms: Cold Mountain (2003)
14 Dec 2010
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Ruby had never cared for wasting around, so she reckoned that the wait shortened was better than wondering when the Home Guard was going to come bash down the door and shoot her... And when other trouble presented itself, she was ready for that, too.
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The Entirely Beautiful by Needled_Ink_1975 for law_nerd
Fandoms: Devil Wears Prada (2006)
27 Jun 2010
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Miranda is not, in fact, a biter. Reality, however, has very sharp teeth.