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She's got her back pressed against worn sticky plastic in a swan boat of dubious structural integrity. The swan in front of them is cracked nearly in half, one sad wing drooping awkwardly to the left. It must be out of order. The tunnel is humid and dark, and she can smell the subtle spice of Karadec's cologne over the reek of dielectric grease, warm and piquant, and it's driving her nuts. Bruce Springsteen is still singing in the background, piped through the shitty speakers, on and on in that slightly flat tone he affected on the whole Tunnel of Love album, always a little off from where she expects the notes to fall. It oughta be easy, oughta be simple enough, he croons. Man meets woman and they fall in love.
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Outside, the rain keeps falling. It pours down in torrents, a muted roar against the thatched roof. If she keeps her eyes closed, she can almost pretend they're somewhere else. A cave in the woods. A clearing beside a waterfall. Safe in the past, skin to skin, far away from all the pain that haunts them now.
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It’s been three years since the wedding, and he’s run out of excuses not to visit. They’re expecting him today. Marge said as much in her last letter, the lovely slant of her cursive telling him she’d have supper waiting for him. The faintest whiff of her perfume clung to the paper, something soft and floral.
Five o’clock on the dot. Italian, she promised. Your favorite.
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the very blood of you by redbelles for opalfruitsx
Fandoms: Kate Daniels - Ilona Andrews
18 Dec 2024
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Sloppy, Hugh.
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how it lingers by redbelles for something_ignites
Fandoms: Song of the Lioness - Tamora Pierce
18 Dec 2023
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Her hands ached.
Or: Alanna and Jon, before she rides south.
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don't you hear me howling, babe? by redbelles
Fandom Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
17 Aug 2021
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“Aleksander,” she tries, “Sasha—”
“Sleep, lisichka. I’ll see you soon enough.”
Or: Deep in the snowy forests of Tsibeya, a fox cries out in the darkness, and the world begins to change. A canon-divergent au that takes a left during the search for Morozova's stag.
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Who better to shape the future? Who better to see underneath the underneath?
Or: five women who built Konoha.
(title loosely translated from changgan xing by li bai)
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