winterchild49
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Die Kunst ist lang! Und kurz ist unser Leben by Jo (winterchild49) for peachabsinthe
Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
31 Dec 2025
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As the grandfather clock in the foyer struck midnight, the storm knocked out the power, and the guests at Morozov Manor - a newly engaged couple, two men who had been married for almost a decade now, and two friends who were still in denial of their feelings for each other - all gathered downstairs in the library where a stranger joins them and tells them the tragedy of an artist who made a deal with a devil and the muse he fell madly in love with.
"Die Kunst ist lang! Und kurz ist unser Leben" - "for art is long, and life so short" (Goethe, Faust Part 1, line 558-9)
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Starry Eyes Sparking Up My Darkest Night by Jo (winterchild49)
Fandoms: Wicked (Movie 2024), Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman, Wicked - All Media Types
30 Nov 2025
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She stared at Fiyero as if to make sure he was still here. As if he would dissolve into thin air when she turned her gaze away from him. The moment they had stepped out of the Emerald Palace, she had mounted her broomstick, and in a heartbeat, doubt seized her and she expected him to change his mind. But Fiyero didn’t hesitate for a second. In the blink of an eye, he got onto the broom behind her, wrapping his arms around her and giving her a reassuring squeeze.
After fleeing from the Emerald Palace, Fiyero and Elphaba talk for the first time in five years admit their feelings for each other. Or: the scene I was hoping for right before As Long As You're Mine.
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I Love You, I'm Sorry by Jo (winterchild49)
Fandoms: Wicked - All Media Types, Wicked (Movie 2024), Wicked - Schwartz/Holzman
27 Sep 2025
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SPOILERS FOR WICKED ACT II
Although he doesn't know why, something about the Wicked Witch seemed familiar to the Scarecrow, and after Dorothy's departure, he returns to the Witch's castle, hoping to find answers.
Finding out that Fiyero doesn't remember her, Elphaba sets out to set things right and tries to reverse the spell she put on him. -
The Only Exception by Jo (winterchild49)
Fandoms: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Movie 2023)
21 Sep 2025
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Coriolanus realised he enjoyed making her laugh and once more he couldn’t shake off that feeling of familiarity she gave him. “Have we met before?” Coriolanus found himself asking.
“I sure would remember if we've met, gorgeous,” Lucy Gray replied with a playful smile and moved a little closer.
Her response made his cheeks turn red, and he gave her a small turn, hoping she wouldn’t see his flushed cheeks. “Are you sure?”
She shrugged and said, “well, perhaps in another life.”Coriolanus and his friends go to Pluribus's club where Lucy Gray performs, and he's captivated by her. Or: how I imagine things might have been if they had met under different circumstances.
(Former title: Like We Had all the Time in the World)
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And I Forget Everything by Jo (winterchild49)
Fandoms: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Movie 2023), Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
24 Jun 2025
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Lucy Gray sings about Billy Taupe's betrayal at the Hob after her return from the Capitol. She forgets all about Billy Taupe's infidelity when she unexpectedly sees a familiar face.
Inspired by a scene from Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
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This Love by winterchild49
Fandom: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
19 Apr 2023
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Once, when no shadows divided countries and generals led armies, when Grisha were nowhere safe, there was a little boy with shadows between his hands and a little girl with light between hers.
The story of Aleksander and Alina in the time before the shadow fold, and the story of how Alina - without any memory of her past life - met Aleksander - now a different man than the one she once knew - fourhundred years later.
A girl without a past and a country without a future.
- Words:
- 104,216
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- 2
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Love Lives On by Jo (winterchild49)
Fandom: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
02 Sep 2023
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The fic "Would It Be Enough (If I Could Never Give You Peace)" - in which Alina and Aleksander have a daughter but things are complicated - and other stories set in that universe.
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- Works:
- 3
- Bookmarks:
- 23
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The Unmaking by goatsandgangsters
Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
21 May 2023
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The consequences of merzost are unpredictable. In the ruins of a chapel that nearly killed them both, Alina took more than she expected: centuries upon centuries of his memory. The Darkling may not remember the Fold, but that doesn’t mean he can’t help her destroy it—if she’s willing to press her advantage.
Aleksander has lived for 100 years and never heard of this so-called saint, this Sankta Alina. There’s something off about it, something he can’t quite recall. He’s never put his trust in saints and he does not intend to start now.
But the better they get to know each other, the more complicated it becomes.
—RUIN & RISING AMNESIA AU—
Bookmarked by winterchild49
09 Oct 2022
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Out of Time by destinies
Fandoms: The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone (TV)
30 Oct 2020
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Alina Starkov expected to wake up on a ship sailing across the True Sea, one that would take her far from Ravka, far from the Darkling and his mad crusade. Instead, she awoke in Os Alta to a devastating truth: the war was won nearly a century ago, her first love was dead, and she remembered nothing.
Not even that, as part of her surrender, she agreed to a political marriage.
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- Part 1 of Timeless
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 100,400
- Chapters:
- 25/25
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 1,789
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- 4,979
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- 1,157
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Bookmarked by winterchild49
17 Dec 2022
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no light, but rather darkness visible by judethethird for nocteacakes
Fandoms: The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone (TV)
20 Aug 2023
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The Darkling has been dead for three years, two months, and twelve days when the foundation of the Grand Palace begins to crack.
A guard notices it on his patrol, alerts the Materialki architectural team, and it ends there.
It should, at least.It takes three years for something in Alina's reign as tsaritsa of Ravka for something to go wrong. It takes even less time for it to get worse.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 12,514
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 22
- Kudos:
- 175
- Bookmarks:
- 36
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- 2,103
Bookmarked by winterchild49
13 Sep 2023
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Then Something Broke in Me, and I Wanted to Go Home by wingsofhcpe
Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV)
09 May 2023
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Now both light and shadow, but losing herself, Alina Starkov seeks out the only man who can offer her answers and redemption. The only problem is, that man is dead by her own hand. And so, she decides to bring Aleksander Morozova back for one last conversation.
[ written for the darklina fic exchange on twitter for @northernstarkovs ]
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 3,279
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 18
- Kudos:
- 44
- Bookmarks:
- 5
- Hits:
- 486
Bookmarked by winterchild49
11 Jun 2023
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My Little Sun by jennavievewrites
Fandoms: The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone (TV)
13 Jun 2022
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Alina Starkov felt like she had lost everything that day on the fold: her first love, killed by her own need for power. When she awakens in a room in the Grand Palace, she realizes her new life might be a bit more to deal with than she had expected. And then, there he was: not dead. The Darkling.
All Alina knew was that she didn't want to be alone, and she had never asked to be queen.
Post Ruin and Rising AU where Mal dies on the fold, Alina retains her powers, and the Darkling survives.
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- English
- Words:
- 116,319
- Chapters:
- 32/32
- Comments:
- 471
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- 1,293
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- 298
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Bookmarked by winterchild49
09 Jun 2023