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1. time can heal even the worst of wounds by tigerlilycorinne

   Fandoms: Shades of Magic - V. E. Schwab  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   20 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Kell Maresh/Holland Vosijk
   • Kell Maresh
   • Holland Vosijk
   • Rhy Maresh
   • Delilah "Lila" Bard
   • OC: New Ruler of Makt
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • Mutual Pining
   • POV Kell Maresh
   • Post-Book 3: A Conjuring of Light
   • Holland has Trust Issues
   • also he doesn’t really think of himself as worthy of love
   • so much pining
   • Kell just wants to help
   • no beta we die like men
   • AU-gust | August Writing Challenge
   • Angst with a Happy Ending

   Summary

   Kell finds out that Holland is still alive, that Makt has a new ruler, and that the new ruler is not Holland. These things cannot be left to stand, even if it seems like Holland wants nothing to do with him.

   Spoiler alert: Holland wants everything to do with him, of course.

   Series

   • Part 1 of AUgust 2026 Short Fic

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