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It is Sir John and Lady Jane’s ongoing trial that Francis wished to marry Miss Sophia Cracroft. Oh, but there are so many more appropriate men - even those better matched within the Discovery Service! Why, a well-placed engagement could improve mutual reputations and cause quite the ‘it’ pair within the Admiralty. Thus, upon an embarrassing and early return to England, Sophia Cracroft and James Fitzjames are strongly encouraged by the Franklins that their pairing would be fortuitous, elevate their standing, and offset some of the detrimental press caused by another failed attempt at the Passage. Hilarity ensues.
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09 Oct 2025
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Captain Francis Crozier spends a fortnight in Positano.
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02 Aug 2025
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The post. It’s one of life’s little domesticities, isn’t it?
There’s a pile shoved so high in the letterbox that Francis briefly wonders if they’ve actually been on holiday for a week in some sort of fugue state and that’s why he doesn’t remember having ever been gone. The only thing assuring him of his continued sanity is that there was the same amount yesterday and there’ll likely be the same again tomorrow and the day after and the day after until he’s in the ground and it becomes James’ problem.
The perks of dating a younger fellow; he’s sure to go first and he won’t have to worry about dying alone in his flat anymore.
A story where James gets invited to his class reunion and Francis plans a holiday for them.
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24 Jul 2025
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where tears flow, and teeth gnash by cosmicevil
Fandoms: The Terror (TV 2018), The Terror - Dan Simmons
12 Jul 2025
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In the fall of 1844, months before embarking upon an expedition from which neither man will wholly return, the captains of HMS Terror and Erebus meet for the first time.
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15 Jul 2025
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A winter of going back and forth between the city and the court at Richmond. The King is a man in the Classical mould; the weather has turned, and he will be thinking now of his deer, Christmas, his horse and hounds, and it will be their job to bring him those things that pertain to a monarch of the here and now, and not just a chevalier of the Chanson des Saisnes.
I’ll draw the form and model of our battle, Limit each leader to his several charge, And part in just proportion our small power.
- Richmond, Richard III, Act V, Scene III.Series
- Part 1 of as well as we myght
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13 Jul 2025
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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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12 Jul 2025
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Flower Moon by vuas
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 May 2024
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In the shadow of the mountain, the Dark Lord waits for her, perched back on a rock, eyes closed and hands clasped across his middle as if only resting—he cracks one golden eye as her bow draws tight, the string quivering between Celebrian’s pinched fingers.
“You,” he says wryly, “are very much like your mother.”
Or: Sequel to Half-Moon. Galadriel falls ill. Celebrian asks her father for help.
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- Part 2 of Half-Moon
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14 Oct 2024
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Lady Jessica should have bore a daughter.
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10 Mar 2022
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What if the Sardaukar had never intercepted Paul and co. at the ecological testing center? What if Duncan and Kynes survived the journey to the Fremen?
A meditation on free will, prophecy, and wildly inappropriate dalliances.
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09 Mar 2022
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Here is a man who loves you. Here is his kind, tired face. Here he is, allowing you your secrets, your space, your arcana. Here is his grief. Here is his sorrow. Here he walks in his jet-black boots, silhouetted by the dark aureole he names duty.
Here is the place where the sisterhood left you. Here is the sweet-smelling sea. Here is your ringless finger.
Here is Caladan.
Here it is. And there it goes. There it went. So long. Goodbye.
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Hunger goes in a straight line (desire turns in circles) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Hannibal (TV)
20 May 2013
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For the prompt: Hannibal ties Abigail up using her scarf.
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03 Mar 2022
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gossamer, silk, spider’s web by Anonymous
Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
20 Feb 2022
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"Can’t you just torture me properly?" she snarls. "You have a knife.”
“Don’t feel embarrassed now,” he says, laughter in his deep baritone. “You flush all the way up to your neck like the petals of a magnolia when you come.”
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Alina spies on the Duke of the Black Valley, but gets caught and punished by him.
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20 Feb 2022
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"These underworld child-bride deals never end well." Pause. "Well, maybe once."
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15 Feb 2022
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Gifts, Stolen and Received by nagia
Fandoms: Labyrinth (1986), The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
03 Jun 2013
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"It's my step-daughter," she said, eyes wet with tears and hands trembling with fear. I heard a rush of air as if a thousand fairy tales had been turned upside down at once.
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- Part 4 of children's voices should be dear
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15 Feb 2022
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Born in a time of darkness, (you will learn the trick of making.) by Solo2814 for , TurduckenSandwich
Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
18 Dec 2022
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Duke Anatoly Keramsov has spent his life at the whims of those with more power than sense.
Perhaps he can spare his beloved Santka the same.
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06 Jan 2022
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One Thing Certain by artemisscribe for dogberrie, Madismen
Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
22 Jun 2022
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"I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die." - Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd
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After the sudden and tragic deaths of her parents, Alina Starkov does not know what shall become of her in her quiet little village, until her well-to-do neighbour Mr Morozov makes her a very decent proposal.
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07 Dec 2021
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This is the hawk that picks out the star's eyes. by orphan_account
Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
01 Dec 2011
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Ser Loras grows Sansa a rose at the tournament. Lord Baelish gilds it.
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05 Dec 2021
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Harry Hart has been in a coma for less than two days, and his loved ones are circling like sharks. Eggsy Unwin is just trying to stay alive.
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05 Dec 2021
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“What’s the catch?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, you’re rich enough to bribe God, so…what happens if I want to quit? What happens if we don’t get along?”
Aleksander dabs at his lips with his napkin and sits back with a visible huff.
“Alina, listen,” he sighs, “the fact is, I’ve got way too much money and I’d like to spend some of it on you. If you want."~~
A super indulgent good-times-only Darklina sugar daddy AU.
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29 Nov 2021
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Aleksander has been a thorn in Alina’s side since the moment she touched down in-country, and time has not made their relationship any less hostile and antagonistic. Alina knows her credibility — knows that the head of the NCTC back in Arlington had vouched for her when her name was put in the running for the operation — but she also knows that she’s young. Knows how she looks to these men, whose egos are rivaled perhaps only by their superiors. Aleksander Kirigan is no exception.
War brings out the worst in people — and on rare occasions, the best. Alina is never sure if she's looking at the best or the worst of Aleksander, but she's looking all the same.
British SAS Officer Aleksander and Military Intelligence Analyst Alina AU.
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29 Nov 2021
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Pucker Up, Buttercup (The Witcher Bride) by EvanHart
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher (TV)
09 Apr 2020
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That day, he was amazed to discover that when he was saying "as you wish," what he meant was,
"I love you."
The Princess Bride AU no one asked for.
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30 Oct 2021