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James is an aging professional tennis player making the run of his career at Wimbledon when his longtime coach, Sir John Franklin, dies unexpectedly. Left without a head coach and grasping desperately for what might be his final chance at glory (and personal validation) James begs retired legend Francis Crozier to step in as his coach, just for one match.
It’s a long shot--Crozier infamously dislikes James for reasons that remain opaque, and James isn’t helping matters with a long-simmering and ill-advised crush--but, miraculously, Francis agrees. Tensions run high, societal norms are challenged, sparks fly, and their unlikely partnership might just prove a winning combination.
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19 Feb 2026
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For a man who never shuts up about it, Francis has certainly never seen this legendary bullet scar James is so goddamn proud of. In fact, for a man Francis regularly takes to bed, he's not seen very much of him at all.
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18 Feb 2026
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with freedom, books, flowers and the moon, who could not be happy? - de profundis
on dignity, and liberty, and truth.
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- Part 1 of to be as one is
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16 Feb 2026
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Post rescue, James is in need of a new occupation. He finds an unusual one.
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15 Feb 2026
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In the aftermath of Sir John's death and Francis' involuntary leave of absence from the office, James reaches out to Francis by email; a correspondence begins. And doesn't stop.
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Francis Crozier is doing his best to retire from the bodyguard business. That is, until he's put in charge of protecting rising star James Fitzjames.
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the last link is broken that bound me to thee by WyvernQuill for NightmareGiraffe
Fandoms: The Terror (TV 2018)
06 Oct 2024
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"It will be best for us both, going our separate ways," James finished - decisive nod, now, the Captain making his call - and briefly touched Francis' shoulder with his hand. "I only wish you happiness, Francis. You must understand."
My happiness is at your side, James Fitzjames, Francis thought, and said "of course, James. I'm sure you have the right of it."
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03 Feb 2026
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Back in the Arctic, stuffed two to a sleeping sack and trying to keep each other alert, he and James used to name every good type of thing they would eat when they got back, knowing–as they thought–the time would never come.
'Cream puffs', James had sighed one frigid night in a partial feverish delirium. Francis could hardly see him but for the lightest starlight, yet he had heard the smile evident in his voice all the same. That close, he had nearly felt it.
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Hailed as heroes on their miraculous return to England, Francis and James fail to cope, but nonetheless manage to fall together.
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James knew then, with a devastating certainty, that there was nothing awaiting him in England. This shell of a man he had become, or rather what yolk had run out once the shell was broken, had no friends there. All who once knew him would look at him with this same pity, and excuse themselves from his company. He no longer had anything to offer them to keep them by his side.
A story about longing and belonging.
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03 Feb 2026
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Notes on a Nondescript Vegetable by Dorinda for seularen
Fandoms: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Master and Commander - All Media Types
07 Jan 2022
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Stephen took hold of Jack's face again, but not this time to cherish. He held him still—Jack making a mild complaining sound—and moved back far enough for the lantern-light to fall upon Jack and bring him into focus. There—there, on his jaw, where Stephen's hands had grabbed him—a faint smudge of the silvery dust. And on the side of his neck where the shirt lay loose, another trace of it, glittering like assassins' knives; Stephen remembered how he had combed all of his treacherous fingers through Jack's hair, stealthily savouring him. Contaminating him.
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02 Feb 2026
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Below the waves, the ocean by Dorinda for DestielsDestiny
Fandoms: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types
01 Jan 2024
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How long since the bubbles had died? It felt too long, a deadly eternity. But Stephen couldn't count, and didn't: he simply rolled himself over the edge of the gaping hatchway and fell.
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02 Feb 2026
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A kiss slowly rising to the eyes of the sea by Dorinda
Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types
02 Dec 2019
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In the heart of the enemy’s country, Jack is guest of honour at an elegant night in the grand home of Adhémar de La Mothe. La Mothe is a strange and marvelous host, and he certainly seems very fond of Stephen...
Could it all just be cover for one of Stephen’s secret missions? Or is there some deeper truth to be revealed?
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oh my heart, how can i face you now? by zipegs for Lyrstzha
Fandoms: The Terror (TV 2018)
25 Dec 2019
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In the aftermath of Carnivale, James and Francis set their differences aside and start to make amends.
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01 Feb 2026
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And on the seventh... by Dorinda for Kohaku1977
Fandoms: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Master and Commander - All Media Types
15 Dec 2017
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This decision might be considered the luckiest, as standing near Jack meant that Stephen was not alone in his fall overboard.
Or it might be considered the unluckiest, as standing near Jack meant that Stephen was foremost in the splinters' path, when the ranging shot abruptly found its range.
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31 Jan 2026
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Truth is a concept with which James Fitzjames has been variously acquainted.
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30 Jan 2026
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Before the rescue, and before James’s body had begun to break down in earnest, he’d started to find the nighttime cold on the shale unbearable. He’d shiver for hours before passing out from exhaustion—excruciating, when every movement caused him a spark of pain. One night the cold was particularly sharp—the flaps of their tent snapped loud as thunderclaps in the unforgiving wind—and he’d been shocked to feel his cot dip behind him, Francis’s solid form pressing up against his back.
“Francis,” he’d said, heart pounding, “what are you doing?”
“Whisht,” Francis had hissed. “Can’t sleep for the chattering of your teeth. Now rest.”
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28 Jan 2026
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In the half-year since their return, Francis had become aloof, impassive, withdrawn. There was no logic to this strange metamorphosis. At Greenhithe, Francis had promised to look after him. Had told James: Come find me. Yet Francis had never been further out of reach.
On a cold spring day in 1849, Francis drops everything and flees London for his sister's farm in Ireland. James, hurt and hungry for answers, gives chase.
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27 Jan 2026
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James Fitzjames wakes up, choking on petals.
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26 Jan 2026
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When All the World Shall Melt by neverfaraway
Fandoms: The Terror (TV 2018), The Terror - Dan Simmons
27 Jul 2021
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I’ll not have a picture, he thinks, gazing grimly at James’ drawn, damaged face. I’ll not have a miniature to tuck inside my breast pocket, or a sketch made on a winter’s evening by the fireside. It will be my own burden to remember him, until such a time as this cursed land takes me, too.
Twenty five men return to England. For Francis, this means making a poor job of keeping James from scuttling his career, and working out what a sea captain might do with himself in the absence of a ship.
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- Part 1 of When All the World Shall Melt
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26 Jan 2026
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“Thank you for last night,” James says, because it’s easier to say that than it is to say what he’s actually thinking.
“I wasn’t…you’re welcome,” Francis says, his gaze going to the sideboard a moment before re-focusing on James. “Did it help?”
“Yes,” James lies. The second batch of nightmares, after all, hadn’t been Francis’ fault any more than the first ones had been.
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25 Jan 2026