13 Bookmarks by lsterling
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"Kaz opened the door, and the sight of her was almost enough to make him forget everything — the pain, the guilt, the turmoil of emotion this day had been. A string of tension snapped, releasing him. She was at the window, dark hair loose to the wind, casually perched on it just like she used to, before everything. The crows she’d taken the time to feed fretted around her, recognizing her careful fingers. A younger one had nestled in her lap, and gently, she petted its ruffled feathers.
'Pretty' was nowhere near enough. She was every beautiful thing in the world.
Kaz found the breath he’d lost, and felt a tired smile bloom on his lips."
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Six months after the events of Crooked Kingdom, Kaz Brekker begins to heal. It starts with a long-owed apology to a friend, and the return of the Wraith in Ketterdam.
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- Part 1 of canon compliant crows
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- 11,157
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08 Sep 2021
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"When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely as a lily, and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel. Or was it, maybe, a frost that had turned its sap to ice, and so it stood, bitter-sweet, still fair to see, but stricken, soon to fall and die? " (Return of the King : The Houses of Healing).
Eowyn and Faramir's meeting and courtship in the Houses of Healing, and their relationship up to their marriage and arrival in Ithilien. Starts mainly bookverse, with occasional movie-verse references, then goes off into the post-war world. Now complete.
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- English
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- 146,055
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- 29/29
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12 Jul 2021
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The Phoenix Quest I: A Kindled Heart by purplesky24
Fandoms: Tortall - Tamora Pierce, PIERCE Tamora - Works
04 Aug 2018
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Emmeline of Tirragen's family is shunned for the treason committed by an uncle she had never met. She vows to become a knight and bring glory to redeem her family name. But first, she needs to survive page training alongside fellow pages Vania of Conté and Fianola of King's Reach... (Eventual F/F)
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- Part 1 of The Phoenix Quest universe
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05 Feb 2021
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Through Rain Or Shine, Sleet Or Snow by sceptick for tsukara (AndThenTheresAnne)
Fandoms: Young Wizards - Diane Duane
23 Dec 2013
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Kit shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans, grinning sheepishly at her. “So,” he said. “I kind of thought you were maybe in trouble.”
“I am,” she said, rubbing her knuckles against her temple in a don’t-you-even-dare gesture at the headache she could feel threatening. “I have my biochem final tomorrow and I’ve been returned to active status. If that doesn’t spell trouble – for my GPA, and possibly the world -- then I don’t know what does.”
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11 Nov 2020
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Drink Bitter, Taste Sweet by devilinthedetails
Fandoms: PIERCE Tamora - Works, Tortall - Tamora Pierce
09 Aug 2019
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The first time Cythera has tea, it tastes bland, the second time it tastes bitter, or how Cythera acquired a taste for tea and court intrigue.
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14 Aug 2020
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Naxen Colors by devilinthedetails
Fandoms: Tortall - Tamora Pierce, PIERCE Tamora - Works
22 Jul 2018
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Gary gives Cythera the gift of Naxen colors.
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14 Aug 2020
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14 Aug 2020
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A letter from Crown Prince Roald, stationed at the Scanran border, was delivered this morning. It is addressed solely to his mother, and she is reading it silently.
Jonathan narrows his eyes, setting down his pen. Thayet looks particularly mild. That is never, ever good. He clears his throat. “What news from Roald?” he asks lightly.
His lovely, blank, dangerous wife keeps reading. “News,” she says neutrally.
— Or, why Kel was never charged with treason. Set during Lady Knight.
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14 Aug 2020
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The Tourakom-Goldenlake System of Communication by Emnot
Fandoms: PIERCE Tamora - Works, Tortall - Tamora Pierce
03 Aug 2020
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"How long have we known each other?" Her voice felt rusty.
Raoul was sprawled next to her on the bed. He blinked at the ceiling and cracked his neck. "Twenty years?"
"Twenty years," Buri sighed. She felt like steam was rising off both of them. "We could have been doing this for twenty years."
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Sometimes it takes a while to go from friends to lovers. But it helps if you can read each other's minds.
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- Part 1 of Coded
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- English
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- 1/1
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- 273
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14 Aug 2020
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The Realms of the Immortals by nirejseki for neveralarch
Fandoms: Tortall - Tamora Pierce, Immortals Quartet
21 Dec 2018
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Rikash knew he was signing up for a lot when he became Lord of the Stone Tree Stormwing nation.
But joining forces with the extremely dangerous, mysterious, and oddly intriguing Veralidaine Sarrasri, the famous Stormwing Killer, on a road trip through the Divine Realms to assassinate those immortals stupid enough to risk the destruction of the world by working with Chaos?
That's - unexpected.
- Language:
- English
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- 56,883
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- 6/6
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20 Jul 2020
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Telling the truth by Baozhale for lsterling
Fandoms: Tortall - Tamora Pierce, PIERCE Tamora - Works
29 May 2020
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In an AU where Duke Roger isn't regicidal, Alanna needs to actually tell people she's a girl.
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- Part 1 of Loyal Evil Roger AU
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01 Jun 2020
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Dairine likes to know things, and in the middle of her Ordeal she realizes maybe she didn't know that much about her sister. How the heck could NITA have signed up to be eaten by a shark?
[Prompt: Dairine's reaction to finding out what Nita signed up to do in Deep Wizardry, from the Crossingscon writing workshop]
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07 May 2020
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The Black-Robe's Black Lightsaber by Baozhale
Fandoms: Tortall - Tamora Pierce, PIERCE Tamora - Works
08 May 2020
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It's Tortall, but lightsabers are a thing. Numair has one. He's never used it.
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- Part 1 of Lightsabers in Tortall
Bookmarked by lsterling
07 May 2020