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1. the philosophy of rome by ladybird (leyendeckerian)

   Fandoms: The Secret History - Donna Tartt  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Francis Abernathy/Richard Papen
   • Richard Papen/Henry Winter
   • Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran/Henry Winter
   • Marion Barnbridge/Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran
   • Francis Abernathy/Charles Macaulay
   • Francis Abernathy/Original Character(s)
   • Richard Papen
   • Henry Winter
   • Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran
   • Francis Abernathy
   • Charles Macaulay
   • Camilla Macaulay
   • Mary Katherine "Bunny" Corcoran
   • Marion Barnbridge
   • Priscilla (The Secret History)
   • Julian Morrow (The Secret History)
   • Cloke Rayburn
   • Judy Poovey
   • Original Characters
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • episcopalian priest! bunny
   • Professor! Henry
   • doctor! richard
   • unemployed! francis
   • henry and bunny have a very weird affair
   • everyone has very weird affairs with everyone
   • francis needs to stop sleeping with the catholic clergy
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • Crack
   • Humor
   • Alternate Universe - 1990s
   • Priests
   • Catholicism
   • Not Beta Read
   • Not Edited
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Homophobic Language
   • Homoeroticism
   • Homophobia
   • Ancient Rome
   • Ancient Greece
   • Mythology References
   • Mythology
   • Philosophy
   • References to Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
   • Roman Catholicism
   • References to Ancient Roman Religion & Lore
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Religious Discussion
   • Religious Fanaticism
   • Religious Cults (you know why)
   • im swinging at grammar with a bat
   • orgy still happens bc ofc it does this is a TSH fic

   Summary

   It’s the 1990s. The end of an era, stock market prices are high and the twin towers are still standing.

   A doctor, a priest, a professor, two twins and one trust fund baby day drinker walks into a bar in Rome.

   Really. This sounds like the start of a bad (possibly offensive) joke. 

   (And if you happen to be Edmund “Bunny” Corcoran, then it absolutely is.)

    

   // or; set during the 1990s, if the greek class had never met in hampden and were all pretentious idiots well into their thirties on a vacation to italy 

   (or or, richard is a bisexual in denial, the twins haven’t been seen for the past three days, bunny and henry have something really fucked up and homoerotic going on, and francis keeps seducing the catholic clergy whilst being two feet away from the vatican. go figure) 

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