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  1. Public Bookmark 57

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    Thomas Lawrence has a nasty habit of never mentioning anything as it pertains to his life. He doesn't mention birthdays, familial situations, or even if he is actively bleeding out.

    But when his teenage niece comes to visit for the summer, she finds it incredibly easy to inspire havoc in the Curia, bring out a wild side to her straight laced uncle, and pushes together a relationship with her bare hands. This is all incredibly natural- it's the Lawrence way, after all.

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    03 Jun 2025

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    “It seemed cruel,” Thomas says, “for you to have not seen Rome properly. And so you shall.”

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    Thomas and Vincent sneak out of the Vatican to spend an anonymous day in Rome.

    (Also, Vincent doesn't want Thomas to resign. Thomas doesn't want to go.)

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    27 May 2025

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    When Thomas wakes up one day with an insistent itch on his back, he thinks nothing of it. The coming weeks prove this to be a mistake.

    Growing new limbs turn out to be a painful and stressful affair. Keeping them secret moreso.

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    On Hiatus indefinitely

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    24 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 31

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    Thomas has an emptiness in him. Vincent is more than happy to fill him- er, fill it.

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    24 May 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 42

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    Aldo and Goffredo are going to give Thomas a heart attack, and Vincent isn't helping.

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    24 May 2025

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    Innocent XIV has a crush.

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    23 May 2025

  7. Public Bookmark 79

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    As a country, more than half of the Vatican is made up of gardens. Innocent XIV admires all of the very fine work done by the landscapers, but in his heart he has a certain preference for the English Garden.

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    23 May 2025

  8. Public Bookmark 38

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    Vincent seduces Thomas one kiss at a time but none of them is on his mouth.

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    22 May 2025

  9. Public Bookmark 11

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    Thomas felt the familiar ease between them – a certain familiarity that only comes with a natural understanding of the other person. From his experience, that kind of effortless connection was something that you either have right away or you don't. It doesn't come, and it doesn't go. It just is.

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    The proximity made the dean temporarily freeze in place. To an outside observer, in that moment, he would look completely unaffected, but the surge of adrenaline started crawling through his body. He sensed that this was somehow a mutual acceptance of crossing an invisible boundary, completely consciously and intentionally.

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    Or, Thomas and Vincent go from friends to lovers.

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    22 May 2025

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    Lawrence is considering the benefits of leaving the room to go throw up somewhere when Vincent finally speaks.

    “I wouldn’t call it a crush,” he says, his voice even and calm, brown eyes sparkling.

    Lawrence nods, slightly hysterical. “You wouldn’t?” He asks hopefully. Good, okay. Vincent agrees. All that’s here is friendship. Simple, easy, proper. Appropriate. Friendship.

    “No.” Vincent shakes his head and sets his teacup down. “I would say that I am in love with you.”

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    21 May 2025

  11. Public Bookmark 17

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    If anything, Pope Innocentius deserved a fresh beginning, a clean slate. A Secretary of State who hadn’t already made peace with leaving it all behind. And yet, it seemed as history had a cruel affection for repetition. Because once again, as always Vincent Benítez saw something in Thomas Lawrence that Thomas simply could not, no matter how hard he tried.

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    or, the one where pope innocentius needs to elect a secretary of state and turns to the only man he deems worthy: thomas lawrence, the man who’s been trying to outrun the vatican becomes the one vincent cannot lead without.

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    20 May 2025

  12. Public Bookmark 5

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    Thomas looks at his reflection on his bathroom's mirror and is a little startled to see an elderly man. He could've sworn that he has been twenty again, excited about arts and his journey into and with faith - and not without uncertainty, but hopeful and thrilled regardless.

    "My, my," he sighs, but with a smile.

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    20 May 2025

  13. Public Bookmark *

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    Vincent is there beside him. The sun catches in his hair, briefly turning jet black into a golden halo. Lawrence has seen this before. It takes him way too long to realize, and when he finally does, it’s already too late.

     

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    It's been two months since Vincent Benítez became Pope Innocent XIV and finally, Thomas Lawrence feels like he can catch a breath. That is, until he starts getting the same nightmare over and over again.

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    20 May 2025

  14. Public Bookmark 48

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    Standing before him, just inches away, was a young man. He couldn't have been more than twenty, speaking haltingly with the vendor in broken Italian, his voice unsure, filled with pauses and missteps. It was obvious he wasn’t a native speaker—his accent dragged unfamiliar vowels, and his verbs were awkward, like someone who had learned the language from textbooks rather than the streets.

    But it wasn’t the voice that froze Thomas.

    The boy was beautiful. His black, gleaming hair caught the last golden rays of the evening sun that still bathed part of the square. That soft light gave him an almost unreal glow, as if he didn’t fully belong in this world. Thomas felt a twist in his stomach as he compared it, involuntarily, to his own thinning blond hair.

    It was then that the young man, noticing the light collision, looked up—and their eyes met.

    or: Thomas and Vincent meet in Rome as young priests, where they share a strange immediate connection that will mark their lifes.

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    20 May 2025

  15. Public Bookmark 53

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    “When I was younger,” Thomas says one evening as they begin a new chess game, before cutting himself off abruptly. “Never mind.”

    Vincent’s interest is immediately piqued. “No, please, go on.”

    Thomas flushes a little. He moves a knight. “It’s embarrassing.”

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    19 May 2025

  16. Public Bookmark 80

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    “I will be sad to see you go,” says Vincent. He twists a cord between his fingers, but his eyes are fixed on Thomas. “It will be… bereft here, without you.”

     

    “We will find you another Dean.” Thomas gets up, trying to appear as though he is doing anything but fleeing. At the last moment, he turns back and bows his head. “Holy Father,” he adds. Before Vincent can reply, he hurries into the dark hall and closes the door behind him.

     

    Or, after the conclave, Thomas Lawrence submits his resignation. Those closest to him have something to say about that.

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    19 May 2025

  17. Public Bookmark *

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    Vincent Benítez has far more radical thoughts about priestly chastity than Thomas Lawrence had expected.

    Or: Ah, fuck you calling me Holy Father like it doesn’t turn you on just to say it.

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    19 May 2025

  18. Public Bookmark 15

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    In his dreams, his beloved is always wearing white — an apparition of light in his darkened room. And he is always on his knees — on the floor, on a kneeler, it does not matter — his head bowed in reverence. And then his beloved descends, from the heavens, from the skies, floating in his white garments.

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    title and fic inspired by the second chapter of the song of solomon

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    18 May 2025

  19. Public Bookmark 30

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    In a Papal Visit to another country, Thomas forgets to get himself a room in the hotel! He resigns himself to sleeping on a cot in Aldo's room, but the Holy Father could not possibly let his friend sleep in such conditions, especially when he is sleeping on a bed fit for a king. He quickly finds a solution.
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    There was only one bed fic. Short n sweet.

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    17 May 2025

  20. Public Bookmark 48

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    “You are mischievous,” Thomas insists to María. “You’re just like your father.”

    “You know,” Vincent comments, “I was just thinking how much you are like your Mama.”

    Over the top of her head, Thomas meets his eye, and the pretty pink flush on his face speaks volumes. Vincent reaches over and cradles his face in one hand, lets his thumb stroke over that rosy heat blushing up beneath his skin, and lets himself rest into the pillows, relaxing, content.

     



    or: five traits thomas and vincent's child inherited from them, and one that is entirely her own.

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    3,226

    17 May 2025

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