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  1. Rec 90

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    John Lester. Arthur thought about him carrying that name around everywhere he went and grit his teeth like he was chewing sand. It was his own damned fault for telling John to pick whatever he wanted; he’d had plenty of opportunity to lay down ground rules, it wasn’t John’s fault Arthur had run out of other Lesters quite some time ago with no plans to bolster numbers.

    Not that he’d been much more enthused to gift his name to Bella. Why couldn’t he seem to stop comparing the scrap of the King in Yellow he’d stolen to his dead wife?

     

    (In which John and Arthur take up private investigating together once they find their way out of the Dreamlands and into separate bodies.)

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    08 Jan 2026

  2. Rec 3

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    The first time it happens it catches you completely off guard.

    The day is bright, sunny, and warm. In hindsight you think you should have seen it coming. You remember that day all those years ago when the too bright sun had beamed down like an omen of the tragedy the day would bring, but things are different now. The tragedy never happened and you had no reason to find anything but enjoyment in the warmth that day’s sun brought.

    [A look at the year of attempted corrections on Edgar's death]

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    17 May 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 18

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    John is frustrated because he can’t figure out what his body wants

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    06 Feb 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 25

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    “A dinner out, with drinks, music, and dancing,” John continued almost bashfully. “You said, someday, when we returned to Arkham…” His sentence trailed away.

    Suddenly, everything slotted into place, as did the meaning in that now-so-distant promise. It hadn’t just been about returning to Arkham, but when they were no longer running for their lives. When they were no longer threatened by insane, all-powerful gods from other planes of reality. When they weren’t bleeding, and broken, and feeling more and more inhuman as the days went on.

    When they had finally scrounged up a scrap of peace.

    And they had. Somehow, miraculously, they had that, now. Peace. Calm. A life of their own—lives of their own—separated and comfortable and, dare he even think it, stable. By comparison, of course.

    How had he allowed that promise to slip by the wayside?
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    Arthur and John find themselves with a gramophone and a night off.

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    27 Dec 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 72

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    Arthur and John have become Doe & Lester, private detectives. Finally in his own body, John is eager to see what the rest of his mortal life holds -- Arthur, on the other hand, believes that John should spend his life without Arthur holding him back. Arthur is not the sort of man who can provide stability, warmth. A family.

    On a case, they find a baby clutched in the arms of her dead father. John grows attached quickly, and together, the men discover that the baby is in fact Emily MacFarland from another timeline... and that the universe is much more breakable than they thought.

    The sky falls around their ears, strange flesh monsters crawl from portals, and the world seems to be nearing its end. John begins to realize what exactly he wants out of life, as Arthur faces the constant enemy to his own happiness: himself.

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    07 Dec 2024