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Jejune Stars by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe)
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
14 Oct 2025
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Desire stares at him, their golden eyes heavy lidded with a cat-like amusement.
"Oh, darling," they say. Hob wrinkles his nose.
"What do you want?"
"What do I 'Desire'?"
"Just tell me, mate. I don't have much desire to play twenty questions with the person who directly contributed to the suicide of my best friend."
Desire opens perfectly painted lips, the exact colour of a bruise, and then closes them again. They look to Despair, who shifts anxiously.
"It is a delicate matter. We'd like to come in, Hob Gadling. It is about our late brother."
An accusatory silence settles for a few seconds, and then Hob disrupts it like a startled flock of birds, shoving the door open wider.
"Fine. Make it quick though, I've got stuff to do."The twins come to Hob at the behest of their late brother, to fulfil his final wish - with Hob's help.
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The Fox Bride by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe)
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022)
06 Oct 2025
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When Dream cannot shake the unwelcome advances of a man dressed all in white who follows him onto the London Underground, he hurries onto the first train he sees, and prevails upon the kindness of a stranger to help warn his pursuer off.
It goes better than expected.
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X Marks the Spot by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe)
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
17 Aug 2025
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For reasons best known to themself, Desire of the Endless pays Hob Gadling a visit one fateful night. The results are a curse, and a race against time for Dream.
(Part one of a tumblr fic, based on the prompt: Fake marriage - though this is an admittedly meandering journey to that point)
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- Part 3 of Dreamling Tumblr Prompt Ficlets
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Metamorphose by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe)
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV), Hannibal Lecter Tetralogy - Thomas Harris
30 May 2025
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A queer(er) remix of the events in Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon.
Will needs a psychological profile drawing up, and to catch a whiff of a particular scent. An old friend can provide him with both, but enlisting Hannibal's help has had near fatal consequences before, the after effects which Will must now weather if he hopes to understand the Red Dragon.
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In the Salt and Swell by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe)
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV)
05 Apr 2025
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After a brief tryst with Hannibal, Will flails for balance amidst the many blows he's dealt, from his incarceration to the deaths of Abigail and Beverly. Warring between his undeniable kinship with Hannibal, and the resentment for his actions, he tentatively resumes his therapy.
Meanwhile, he's forcibly befriended by Margot Verger, whose oscillating motivations are never as simple as they seem.
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A continuation of examining Will's character through the lens of transgender identity throughout canon events, with a twist. It is not essential you read the first part, but recommended. :)
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- Part 2 of Hidden Heaven
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wrapped up in ribbons by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe)
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), The Sandman (Comics)
20 Sep 2023
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An off-screen imagining of the events following Dream finally going to visit Hob after their missed appointment, and Hob deciding it’s finally time to shoot his shot.
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Sweet Morphine by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe)
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
21 Aug 2023
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Hob Gadling finds a familiar face whilst wandering the hallways of the Louvre.
(Based on a tumblr prompt: Hob finds out more about Morpheus in mythology)
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- Part 2 of Dreamling Tumblr Prompt Ficlets
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Word of Mouth by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe)
Fandoms: The Sandman (Comics), The Sandman (TV 2022)
21 Aug 2023
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Speculative whispers about the nature of the relationship between one Hob Gadling and Dream of the Endless reach the ears of those who might not wish them well. All the while, the two of them have yet to even establish their relationship between themselves.
(A ficlet based on a tumblr prompt: outsider POV of the relationship between an immortal human and the eldritch being who loves him)
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- Part 1 of Dreamling Tumblr Prompt Ficlets
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The Law of Meat by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV), Hannibal Lecter Series - All Media Types
25 Apr 2022
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Hannibal wakes alone in a hospital bed, barely able to move, and even less able to accept what Tattlecrime tells him - Will did not survive the fall.
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petals for armor by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Hannibal Lecter Series - All Media Types, Hannibal (TV)
29 Aug 2021
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Special Agent Wilhelmina Graham gets stuck doing canvassing with her new colleague, Doctor Hanna Lecter. In the aftermath of their confrontation with Garrett Jacob Hobbs, Hanna has some unconventional means of grounding Will in reality.
A S1, E01 deleted scene: Aperitif.
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from a hemlock tree by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV)
01 Jun 2021
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At this point in his life, Jon thought he might be finished with secrets, but when he agrees to a green card marriage with friend and coworker Tormund, he finds himself with many more - too many, including the realization that his feelings for Tormund are much more than platonic.
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walking after midnight (searching for you) by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Michael Kohlhaas | Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013), Elizabeth I (TV 2005), Hannibal Extended Universe - Fandom, Hannibal (TV)
25 May 2021
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Michael is a Baron but a gentleman, not quite. The drunk lordling he meets late one night on his estate, Robert Deverux, Second Earl of Essex, is unmistakably a gentleman - but like none Michael has ever met before.
(A Regency AU)
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Silence in the Summer Night by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Flammen & Citronen | Flame & Citron (2008), Deadline Gallipoli (TV)
11 Apr 2021
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After the British military vessel he's aboard goes down off the coast of Denmark, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett wakes in a Copenhagen hospital for veterans.
His slow and frustrating convalescence is brightened by the appearance of another patient, the mysterious, intense Jørgen, a freedom fighter, and man of few words.
The two of them are inexplicably drawn together, resulting in a much-needed taste of sweetness for them both.
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death by diamonds and pearls by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone) for solamentenic
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV), Hannibal Lecter Series - All Media Types, Hannibal Lecter Tetralogy - Thomas Harris
13 Jan 2021
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Will is working a party of lawyers at the opera when Hannibal Lecter spots him. A game of cat and mouse ensues, but it soon becomes clear to Will that he's up against more than just a common house-cat.
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rekindle all your dreams by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Hannibal Extended Universe - Fandom, Hannibal (TV), Polar (2019), Trial & Retribution (TV)
21 Dec 2020
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Duncan wants some company on a job. Roberto wants a lot of things. They work it out in Madrid.
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- Part 3 of Red Right Hand 'verse
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rebuild all your ruins by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV), Hannibal Lecter Series - All Media Types
07 Dec 2020
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Seer Will, a chieftain's son, is married to the warlord Hannibal in exchange for the lives of his clan. He's taken far from home with only his faithful hound Fen for company, and finds himself the husband of a ruthless Jarl who seems to embody every whisper spoken of his bloody deeds. Will is determined to use every weapon at his disposal to earn his life and his place.
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Sleek Demons for Good Times by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV), Hannibal Lecter Series - All Media Types
03 Nov 2020
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The one where they all work in a restaurant instead of for the FBI, and it's nearly Halloween, and costumes are required.
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living for the fall by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Hannibal Extended Universe - Fandom, King Arthur (2004)
01 Nov 2020
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The world has been overrun with zombies the survivors call Shamblers. The living scrounge for food and supplies, and band together in compounds they can hold with relative safety. The Knights are one such group, and one day they find a lone survivor at a grocery store. He's injured and has no memory of how he came to be there. Tristan takes him under his wing and teaches him what he needs to know to survive.
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Between the Pines and the Silence by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV), Hannibal Lecter Series - All Media Types
22 Oct 2020
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With a wedding on the horizon, a devastating fiancé, and another kitchen refurbishment underway, Hannibal finds himself in the unusual position of being uncertain of his own deserving. Will seems too good to be true, wholly accepting and understanding, as well as ceaselessly surprising.
When his secrets put unexpected and unwelcome space between them, Hannibal must decide whether to close it, or risk casting Will adrift.
This is the sequel to our fic, 'A Past of Plank and Nail', we really recommend you read that first. It is a completed work that will post Mondays and Thursdays.
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- Part 2 of The one where Will is a carpenter
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it's oceans that I want by gleamingandwholeanddeadly (something_safe), printersdeadly, printersdevils (tuesdaysgone)
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV), Hannibal Lecter Series - All Media Types
25 Sep 2020
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After they've slayed the Dragon, Will makes a different call and decides to throw himself and Hannibal into life, rather than death. Hannibal rewards him by throwing down the gauntlet.
The second place winner of Fannibal Fest's #BottomHanniBonanza challenge!