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  1. Public Bookmark 14

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    She had warned him this would happen. She had warned him in her wedding vows.

    “...and I'll love you from the depths of the ocean all the way up to the sky.”

    To the sky, but not above. Because Comfrey MacLeod’s first and truest love was the endless blue that robbed you of breath and warmth of your blood the more it embraced you.

    Daisuke knew that when he married her. He thought he was fine with that.

    (He wasn't.)

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    30 Jun 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 8

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    The reason why Maxwell talks shit about Monty's books isn't quite what people think.

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    30 Jun 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 71

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    Spoilers/spec-fic for 8x18 "Seismic Shifts"

    Buried alone under his grief, his guilt, and, now, the debris of a collapsed building, Buck isn't even sure if he has the strength to move. He definitely has no idea which way to go. Then, out of the darkness, someone unexpected arrives to help him find his way out. His way home.

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    Buck takes a shuddering breath as he fumbles for his half-broken flashlight still buckled to his harness. It takes an age to even switch on, and when it does it flickers more often than not, but it’s enough to show Buck exactly what he wants to see.

    Beyond the intermittent light that illuminates every particle of dust still circling in the air, Buck can see a man’s face watching him. He frowns, and the smile the man gives him in return is kind. Fond, even. Familiar.

    “Cap?”

    “Hey kid.”

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    15 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 27

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    “Not much point asking if you've a girl back home, is there, Paddy?” David says.

    It’s not said with any particular malice in the tone. If anything, it sounds fond. But Paddy still feels a very familiar lick of danger travel up his spine. “Why’s that,” he asks, flat.

    David looks to Jock then shrugs and spreads his hands. “Well. You know.”

    “In fact, I do not know,” Paddy says. And then, the devil taking hold of his tongue, he lies, “In fact there is a girl for me, back home.”

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    12 May 2025

  5. Public Bookmark *

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    In which there's a much-needed trip out of Hawkins, some seasonal snow, a little miscommunication, a lot of pining, and only one bed.

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    19 Jan 2025