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1. Backlead by beauregret

   Fandoms: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   20 Feb 2021

   Tags

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   • Lord Asriel/Marisa Coulter
   • Marisa Coulter
   • Marisa Coulter's Daemon
   • Lord Asriel
   • Stelmaria
   • Lord Boreal (mentioned)
   • Pre-Canon
   • Post-Affair
   • Slow Dancing
   • not-so-slow dancing
   • part antagonism and part love
   • nothing says emotional release quite like dancing with your ex-lover

   Summary

   "What happened to avoiding prying eyes, hm? We're attracting an audience."

   "Are we? I hadn't noticed." He's lying. She's caught his eyes trailing across the watching crowd at least four times in the last couple of minutes.

   "Are you trying to cause a controversy?"

   "Don't flatter yourself, Marisa. Look at them - they're all too drunk on wine and heresy, and they'll forget that we were ever dancing together or even here a few days from now. So, if we have an audience...how about we give them a show?"

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   Asriel questions Marisa's motives when she shows up to a ball without warning, and the two of them revisit long-buried feelings.

   Series

   • Part 1 of The Sacred & The Profane

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