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    It’s while she’s turned to face Dylan, and Mark still has his eyes on her, that he sees it. Just when the collar of her shirt shifts slightly and exposes her collarbone. A small, round bruise. Purple, no bigger than a quarter. And it takes a few moments for Mark’s brain to slot in the name for it— there’s been no use for him to think of the word before now. A hickey. Someone put their mouth on Helly’s neck and left it there long enough to leave a bruise.

    And Mark’s suit suddenly feels uncomfortably warm, as his brain unwillingly places himself into the position of being the one to give it to her.

    Helly comes into work with a hickey. Mark is distracted.

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    14 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 34

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    They have these moments, and after each one, Lois starts to think maybe, just maybe, he feels for her just a fraction of what she feels for him.

    Lois tries her hand at growing up, moving forward, and moving on. Nobody ever said it was going to be easy.

    Set in a future and written directly after 8x10 "Bride".

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    29 Aug 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 15

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    “Have you ever seen a waterfall?” The girl asks. They're sat side by side in the shadow cast by a broken wall, watching as the mutt prances round and round in circles: chasing her own tail, acting a fool rather than the killer she was trained to be.

    A oneshot based on the Ghoulcy Prompt account on twitter.

    Prompt: Water.

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    21 Jul 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 90

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    Everyone thinks Eddie and Susie are together. It's not a problem, until it is.

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    14 Jul 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 39

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    Arlo simply didn't want a girl because they never really made back what they cost you. You couldn't set them on the mines during the summer and they weren't suited to his 'businesses', couldn't crack knee caps or stand shoulder to shoulder with him, block a doorway and put a fist against a face. They were useless, and he growled as much often enough; gave his girl the name Raylan so everyone would know he didn't have a say in the matter, but it was clear as crystal what his say would have been.

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    29 Sep 2024