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Baz takes in the all-too-familiar sight of his roommate: with blue eyes and golden curls, Simon Snow is the very opposite of what he is named for. He radiates warmth, bursting with magic and heat and life; he is the opposite of Baz, who is, quite literally, cold and dead. / Snowbaz one-shot.
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an awful danger by the_speed_reader
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare
08 Apr 2016
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Magnus reaches out, brushing a bit of hair out of Alec’s face. “Darling,” he murmurs, feeling his heart clench with grief. “Why do you do this to me?” / Alec gets hurt. Magnus panics.
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a trick or three by the_speed_reader
Fandoms: Shadowhunters (TV), Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare
07 Apr 2016
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“I’d like to kiss you again,” Magnus whispers, his breath on Alec’s lips. “May I?” / Missing scene from 1x13, in Camille's house.
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He is three years old, and he remembers thinking that his mother no longer loves him. / A timeline of Carlos De Vil's life.
(Jaylos. One-shot. Another really, really, really long one-shot.)
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No,” he admits, and Carlos can feel something flourish in his chest – relief maybe, that he’s not alone in his mental torture. “I didn’t think–“ Jay stops then, his gaze darting around the room. “I didn’t think that I would care so much.”
(Jaylos. One-shot, set the night before the coronation.)
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“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” Peggy says, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”
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12 May 2022
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There are husbands, and then there are Husbands.
Anthony Bridgerton is a Husband.
At least that’s what Kate insists when she stumbles home from Lady Danbury’s latest soirée, slurring her words and smelling of sherry.
Apparently it’s a compliment.
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07 Apr 2022
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That one-night stand with Draco Malfoy was a mistake. Hermione doesn't make mistakes, or at least she isn't supposed to. She's working hard at her Ministry career, however frustrating and pointless her job may be, and she's also got to live up to everyone's expectations as Hogwarts's most famous Muggle-born and a top-tier War Hero. So, why is she still sleeping with Draco Malfoy, ex-Death Eater and infamous pureblood? And why isn't she certain that she wants to stop?
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25 Dec 2021
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Years. Broken into months into weeks into days—into hours, minutes, seconds—into moments. Simple at one end, complex at the other. In Draco’s experience, moments, even when simple, had a habit of becoming irretrievable. Moments grew, stretched, multiplied into ages and eras that defined whole stretches of measurable time. Draco regretted several moments in his life, some within his control, some without: all of them irretrievable in nature. At a certain point, wedged between ‘what-ifs’ of his own devising, he’d stopped trying to keep track of those regrettable moments: now and then, pushing and pulling, coming and going, beginning and end. Moments were only moments for just as long. After that, he had no control.
[In which Draco is forced to work with Hermione, falls in love, makes many mistakes, and eventually becomes his own man. A Draco POV prequel to Wait and Hope.]
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23 Dec 2021
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It's not about being unmade; it's about remaking, one aching step at a time.
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25 Nov 2021