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  1. Public Bookmark 48

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    “Ughhhh,” said Ben a few minutes later. “Ugh, it’s so sappy and, and cliched and she’s gonna think I’m joking—“

    Apparently, they could stop pretending this wasn’t about Beatrice. Balthazar appreciated that. “Maybe tell her you’re not, then.”

    Ben’s eyebrows knit together. “Like, in the lyrics themselves? Or some sort of fine print disclaimer beforehand that you hold up on a notecard while playing an intro on the kazoo?”

    “In the lyrics,” said Balthazar. He strummed a C chord, then a G. E minor. A minor. “When you’re writing a song for someone, probably helps to get specific. It’ll mean more to them, y’know?” He tried for F minor 7. It didn’t sound right. “If you stay vague and mysterious, they might not know it’s about them. In, like, a you-and-them sense.” He rearranged his fingers on the frets, pressed harder. “Or they kind of—have the option of pretending they don’t know.”

     

    (Or: two times Balthazar Jones helped his friends express their feelings via song, and one time he did not.)

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    09 Sep 2020

  2. Public Bookmark 7

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    What really takes the mick, Sam thinks, what might make him laugh if he wasn’t so damn upset about it, is that now he can’t even enjoy the women on the tv screen. He’s not interested in the slightest; can’t even pretend to be.

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    18 Jun 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    This place isn't one of Sid's usual haunts.

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    11 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 8

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    Sid opens the caravan’s door and stops short on the threshold.

     

    Inspector Sullivan stands on the crate Sid uses as a step, looking – well. Awkward’s a given whenever Sullivan’s around, but this is something else. Hat clutched in his left hand, stubbornly refusing to look Sid in the eye, a pretty blush dancing on his cheeks.

     

    Intriguing.

     

    Inspector Sullivan needs a shave, but an injury means he can't do it himself. Who better to ask than Sidney Carter?

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    07 Mar 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 4

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    Sid's always had a feeling there was a little more than just antagonistic, insufferable lawfulness when it comes to how Inspector Sullivan feels about him, and he's proven right exactly twice: once under extreme duress, and once right as they say goodbye.

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    Two missing scenes: the snogging that ABSOLUTELY should have happened in "The Owl of Minerva," and the proper goodbye that should have happened between s3 and s4.

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    07 Mar 2025