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Perhaps her kitchen had looked more like Aunt Petunia’s.
The thought made him frown.
No, that couldn’t be right. Harry disliked imagining his mother as anything like Aunt Petunia—shrill, horse-faced, and obsessed with cleanliness. Aunt Petunia’s kitchen had always smelled faintly of disinfectant. Everything in it had been kept in its proper place. Tea towels hung in perfect lines. Plates were stacked with their edges aligned. If crumbs appeared on the counter, Aunt Petunia seemed to take it as a personal insult.
Lily, in Harry’s mind, was better than that. Kinder. Warmer.
Maybe she would have tolerated a little mess. Maybe there would have been flour left on the counter after baking, or mugs abandoned where they cooled, forgotten. Maybe her kitchen would have looked lived in, like the one in the Burrow.
That was the thing about not knowing. His mother existed as a shape rather than a person. A woman who had stood between him and death, and vanished before he could form a single memory of her. He could imagine love bright enough to stop a Killing Curse. He could not imagine whether she had sighed when she found muddy footprints on a floor.
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- Part 1 of mothers that we never talked about
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50 Facts about Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto by sdhwes
Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)
05 May 2025
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Before they became the parents of a kin-slayer and the shadow of the Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto had lives of their own.
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"Okaeri."
"Hina," Naruto said anxiously, almost a whisper. The wrinkles on his forehead made him look older than usual. "Hina, I'm sorry I didn't inform you. But this is an emergency, and the boy needs closer supervision. Katasuke's facility is no place to confine a child who has been through so much. He needs normal things—having dinner together, a friend, things like that, so he doesn't get so angry because of loneliness. You know how painful those things were for me when I was a child. Hina, Hina, I can't let that happen to another child I can save." His tone was tense and almost desperate, and for a moment, Hinata felt like a child again, gazing at Naruto alone on the Academy swing.
"I understand, Naruto-kun," Hinata said, squeezing his hands. "Regardless, we will discuss it later in the evening, hmm?" After the children were asleep. Any husband and wife disputes should be kept within the four walls of their bedroom, Hinata had been taught. "Now, bring the boy inside. Surely, you two can use some tea to calm your minds."
(Twenty-seven days after their fifteenth wedding anniversary, Hinata’s husband brought home a stray kid with sharp, bony elbows for her to raise.)
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- Part 1 of four seasons of love, out of grief
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Sasuke hadn't finished the novel when Sakura threw the anmitsu box and container into the trash. She studied him for a moment, then commented. "In the library, there are several books with similar themes. You can borrow them."
He snorted. "Village prisoners don't have library cards." Then he looked briefly at her as if hoping.
Sakura rolled her eyes. “No, Sasuke-kun, I need my card. Borrow Naruto's."
(Sakura and Sasuke, after the war and before exploring the world)
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o little falcon, where do your wings carry you? (you have dragon's scales) by sdhwes
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
15 Jan 2024
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"I don't want to go," Aemma said, her trembling lips showing a deep distress that nearly swayed Elys to take her to Gulltown. She would enjoy the seaside, Elys thought. And it was still spring; when autumn arrived and Aemma turned sixteen, perhaps Elys would allow her to come to the court.
But who was Elys to dictate that? She had no control over Aemma's life. She wouldn’t have better life in Gulltown. But in King’s Landing Prince Viserys and Prince Daemon were yet betrothed—either one would make a suitable bridegroom for her half-sister. Aemma was a Targaryen as much as she was an Arryn. Elys had made sure of it.
"Your queen grandmother has summoned you, Aemma. It is a royal command."
Aemma lowered her gaze, fidgeting with her ring again. "But I'll be alone." When their eyes met, Aemma's shimmered with unshed tears. "Can't I come with you? Here, Kyla has baby Jeyne, but you only have sons."
"Don't be foolish," Elys said, steadying her tone. She shan't see my doubts.
(After Daella Targaryen died on the childbirth bed, her eldest stepdaughter took over the upbringing of the babe to prepare her for the uncertainty of Iron Throne’s heir in Jaehaerys and Alysanne's withering court.)
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four seasons of love, out of grief by sdhwes
Fandom Boruto (Anime & Manga), Naruto (Anime & Manga)
31 Mar 2025
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there's a house we can build (please fill it with things that make you smile) by sdhwes
Fandom Naruto
03 Oct 2021
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In one world, Naruto is alone and lonely, grows up unloved, and returns to an empty house.
In this world, Naruto grew up loved. This makes some things different, but some things don't.
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"It is a wise father that knows his own child."
William Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice
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Edmund Bridgerton lives to see his first-born grow into the man he becomes.
Day 3 of Anthony Week 2021. Anthony with Violet and/or Edmund
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16 Feb 2026
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The Morning After Death by fabalafae22
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
15 Oct 2023
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An unmarried and bereft Anthony Bridgerton is right about his own mortality and dies suddenly at age thirty-eight just like his father. This time, Benedict is left to pick up the pieces.
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16 Feb 2026
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Curtain Story 2: "Bee" is for Billionaires by orangepeelshortbreadcookies
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
05 Feb 2026
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- The Experienced Experts’ Ultimate Guide to Guaranteed Success -
by Miles Sharma-Bridgerton, VSC and Charles ‘Seong Ho’ Baek-Bridgerton, VSC*
*VSC: Very Successful Child
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Miles Sharma-Bridgerton finds a beehive.
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13 Feb 2026
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stop, you're losing me (i can't find a pulse) by darkesky
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
30 May 2023
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When he sits back down at the head of the table, he kisses Gregory on the cheek. “Do you want to make a wish too?”
Gregory gurgles, entranced by the flames of the eighteen candles, tears still drying on his reddened cheeks. Gregory rarely cries—a trait that does not run in the family, something the older four make a point to remind Eloise and Francesca—but when he does, he seems to pick the worst moments.
Anthony wraps one hand around Gregory’s tiny fists as a safety precaution, and he reaches across the table, tugging the cake closer to them. He mimes it once before he starts blowing out the candles. Gregory copies him with a joyous coo.
And, mid-laugh after Gregory manages to take out precisely one of the candles, Anthony realizes he does need to make a wish, and he has nothing he wants to wish for. So, he wishes for more of the same.
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Vignettes of Anthony as an eighteen-year-old
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13 Feb 2026
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The Madam and the Child by aquietjune
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu
04 Mar 2025
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"Upon reaching the third week of their return, the old madam of Verdigris House receives the summons for a visit. Officially, Maomao is requesting a consultation regarding some old story from the pleasure district, but the madam has seen and heard enough to understand it is just an excuse to make her meet the new baby."
(No real spoilers for anime watchers/manga readers other than a certain title used to refer to Jinshi.)
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07 Feb 2026