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    Nesta hasn’t heard the sound of a voice—familiar or otherwise—in five days. Not since Cassian slammed the balcony doors behind him on his way out after a particularly nasty argument, wingbeats like thunder retreating into the clouds.

    It seems that all she can do these days is anger the ones around her.

    She hasn’t left the House of Wind in two weeks. She hasn’t been allowed to. Not since Rhysand told her, voice black with rage, “If it wasn’t for Feyre, if you weren’t my brother’s mate, I would have had you executed for what you did.”

    Not since Amren said she belonged in one of the cells beneath the Court of Nightmares, because, “Some monsters don’t stay tamed, no matter how hard you try to civilize them.”

    Not since Mor stared at her and said to her cousin, “I don’t know why you’re surprised, Rhys. You’ve always known she’s reckless and useless in equal measure. She never did become one of us.”

    Not since Cassian stood in that same room and stayed silent.

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    Even after the Mask is safely returned by Bryce, Nesta is confined to the House of Wind. Deciding enough is enough, she makes plans to sever something that was supposed to be her sacred forever.

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    06 Oct 2025

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    Cassian could only watch as she turned her forearm, and he took in the lines moving vertically up and down. They were all on top of each other, as if she’d tried again and again to open the wound. On a human, such a blow would have been fatal in minutes. But for a fae… it took every ounce of his ability not to fall to his knees.

    “Nesta,” he said carefully, so soft and delicate, but she just kept speaking quietly, as if he wasn’t actually there and she was instead addressing whatever version of him existed in her mind.

    “I was hoping not to wake you. Actually, I was hoping you would do it,” she muttered, shaking her head. “I thought that was why we were here. But then you just kept walking and walking, and I couldn’t fucking take it anymore.”

    “Do what, Nes?”

    “Well, you’re supposed to kill me, aren’t you?”
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    An ACOSF rewrite of the hike, in which Cassian's observation of Nesta's self-harming mental state is addressed/manifested and what it takes to heal from it.

    A post for Suicide Awareness/Prevention Month.

    CWs: Suicide attempt, self harm, blood, gore, trauma -- PLEASE BE MINDFUL

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    28 Jul 2024

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    Beard didn’t believe for a single second, that everything was alright, not anymore. His stomach turned. He recognized how Ted was fishing for every single excuse he could find to avoid asking for whatever it was he needed. Beard knew that admitting that he was at Jane’s, that he was busy, would mean Ted excusing himself and hanging up in an instant. Beard felt he couldn’t quite bear the uncertainties of the whole thing anymore. He sighed, at last.

    “What’s going on, Ted?” The way that Ted sounded like he was choking on a sob damn near broke Beard’s heart.

    “I need you to come get me, I’m…” Ted spoke quietly, struggling to continue. Beard stood up immediately.

    “Where are you?”

    “I’m alright, I’m okay. I’m… I’m at the E-... At A&E. They won’t let me go home by myself, so I just… I just need you to come and get me.”

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    01 Jun 2024

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    **MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS FOR HOGWARTS LEGACY***

    Hogwarts was falling. Fig was dead. Lodgok was dead. Sebastian in Azkaban.

    You had lost.

    But what if you could do it again? What if you could start off differently—right from the beginning? What if you trusted your friends more? What if you found a family to love and protect you? What if you decided that just this once....everyone lives?

    What would you say to yourself...to save yourself?

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    A very detailed re-write of entire main story line with severe canon divergence. This is gonna be a long, long one folks, so grab a snack ;)

    For lovers of all the happy endings.

    (Now cross-posted on Wattpad)

    **BOOK TWO IN PROGRESS & AVAILABLE NOW**

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    01 Jun 2024

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    When Sebastian heard about the arrival of the new fifth-year, he hadn’t paid it much mind.

    So if you told him that she would soon best him in a duel, cure his sister of her curse, and completely and utterly steal his heart—well, he wouldn’t have believed you.

    But, here they are.

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    01 Jun 2024