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He’d had hope, after those talks, that when the sting of Olympic loss had faded he and Auguste would be able to salvage something of their old friendship. This doesn’t seem likely now. Sorry I gave you a concussion when I checked you is one thing; sorry I beat you out for the gold medal and then had your little brother wear it while I fucked him is another.
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Daniel sees life like a river. Thinks he is caught up in a current that only goes one way, that will eventually sweep him out to sea. It’s easier for him to think so. It keeps him alive to think so.
He doesn’t know that he could stand up and reach the bottom. He doesn’t know he has a choice.
Drugs don’t work, sex doesn’t work, New York hasn’t worked. Somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, an improbable number of suicides have taken place. Somewhere in a bar in New York, Daniel hears about them. He wants to fill a void. The difference between what is real and what isn’t matters as little to him as the things he’ll find to throw into the darkness. Which, as it turns out, is quite a lot.
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03 Oct 2024
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in the deafening polar province called You by shineforthee
Fandoms: Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022)
24 Sep 2024
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Daniel is sprawled out across the bed, loose-limbed and lazy, somehow filling all the open space it has to offer and leaving Armand to nestle into the gaps. His cheeks are flushed, blood pooling like it knows what comes next. Maybe it does. Armand was reading about classical conditioning the other day. About dogs who become accustomed to getting food when their handler rings a bell.
Perhaps Daniel is the dog, Armand’s teeth sharp bells reverberating in his veins. Or perhaps Armand is the dog, Daniel’s blood a song rattling in his ears. He has been a dog before. He runs his tongue along the bow of Daniel’s collarbone, gathers the salt-sweat there and imagines what it tastes like because Daniel does.
Armand remembers he loved Daniel, once, and that Daniel loved him. Or a version of them did, at least. It isn't his intention to go back to that, but it's not not his intention, either. Such is the prerogative of an immortal: to hold two contradicting desires simultaneously. If nothing else, it passes the time while he waits for this miserable interview to end.
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15 Jul 2024
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the physicians of a mind diseased by athousandwinds for Ji
Fandoms: Secret History - Donna Tartt
21 Jan 2011
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Francis loves words. He just wishes they worked for him.
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Not On A Map, But In His Heart by greenJeanKirstein for noahwhelk
Fandoms: Secret History - Donna Tartt
11 May 2016
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Richard reminisces how him and Francis became close after Henry's passing. He values their friendship, but it seems that Francis has a different outlook to their relationship.
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Had I not known Francis was a hypohondriac, I would have been seriously concerned, but hearing his voice, and being tempted with seeing my friend again, were what influenced me to agree to meet Francis. Of course he did not suffer from diabetes, as all five doctors we visited explained, but commuting from clinics to hospitals had brought us closer than we had ever been. Perhaps the irregular visits and Francis needing a permanent place to stay was what brought us together and what helped us to set our sights on a two-bedroomed middle class house in the neighbourhood Henry had once lived in.
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“Do you like animals?” Laurent asked quietly.
“Pardon me, exalted?” Nikandros answered.
(Laurent gets a cat.)
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10 Jun 2023
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Steve’s striking out. It’s the summer after his graduation, he’s working 9-5 at Scoops Ahoy, and hey, did you hear? He’s striking out. Enter Robin, her ‘you rule/you suck’ board, and a promise to romance the next girl through the door. Except, that’s no girl. That’s Eddie Munson.
Or: One double scoop of pining, please!
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- Part 5 of masterlist of my stranger things works
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22 Jul 2022
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SO GOOD ISTG
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never fallen (from quite this high) by crystalcrow
Fandoms: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic
02 Jun 2021
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For most people, a problem is a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful that needs to be dealt with or overcome.
For Andrew Minyard, it’s the word that fits Neil Josten with a capital P.
(or, aftg from andrew’s pov)
((this fic is now getting edited - chapters marked with a ☾ have been worked over. slight chances might apply, but nothing too drastic!))
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25 Apr 2022
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gotta admit I'm not done with this yet but do I need to explain why this is genius
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"Okay, so you lose a little convenience," Kojiro tries, taking the pep-talk approach. "Plug in a lamp, light some candles. That's not too bad, right? Cozy, even," he assures him, plopping down on Kaoru's stiff designer couch. "And hey, you've got your backup phone, and your computers still work, and—"
"Have you considered," Kaoru interrupts, "That this isn't about convenience?"
In which Carla stops working, and Kaoru comes unglued.
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Joe and Cherry run into a problem. Conspiracy theories have started to surface in some fan forums of "S" that the two of them are secretly dating one another.
Both of them agree that the idea is absurd, but can't agree on which one of them would be the better boyfriend if they actually were dating. So they decide to have a competition, to see who can be the better romantic partner when pitted up against one another.