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you could perhaps call it a routine by usually_verity
Fandoms: Discworld - Terry Pratchett
07 Aug 2025
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A bedtime routine is hard to kick, and hard to create.
Soft Sybil/Sam sleepy vibes.
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It's a hot summer, and Commander Vimes tries to escape his office.
The palest attempt at a casefic.
Warnings for disordered eating and self-loathing.
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In which Sam Vimes is forced to take a seat.
Brief description of broken bones.
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Part of a larger (unwritten) hospital AU.
Intensive care doctor Aziraphale makes it to the end of a particularly difficult night shift, only to find a familiar face on his way home.
Mention of fat shaming and Covid.
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Somewhere in Aziraphale's pockets is a reminder of home.
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Captain Bird and her navigator (and wife) Fran. Stories set between the Sunless Sea and Fallen London universe.
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Verity does Inktober 2023 by usually_verity
Fandom Discworld - Terry Pratchett, Doctor Who (2005), Fallen London | Echo Bazaar, Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Sunless Sea
25 Oct 2023
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1. dream
2. spiders
3. path
4. dodge
5. map
6. golden
7. drip
8. toad
9. bounce
10. fortune
11. wander
12. spicy
13. rise
14. castle
15. dagger
16. angel
17. demon
18. saddle
19. plump
20. frost
21. chains
22. scratchy
23. celestial
24. shallow
25. dangerous
26. remove
27. beast
28. sparkle
29. massive
30. rush
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Nix Gottlieb has been working for the RCM for thirty-nine years - since its very inception - and never has he seen a bigger bunch of idiots than the current cohort.
You have the twin fools McLaine and Torson, who are constantly in for the stupidest things, a real revolving door. Gottlieb suspects they like the company. Then, you have McCoy, who has never met a fight he wouldn’t pick. There is Minot, who tends to hide things until it’s nearly too late. There is Kitsuragi, who is the stubbornest man Gottlieb has ever met, and there is Vicquemare, who, when he is not actively trying to die, is not working very hard to prevent it. The consultant, Heidelstam, who is worth too much for how often they let him go out on calls and get stabbed. Even the horses which Gottlieb takes care of are exceptionally stupid this year.
And then, Gottlieb sighs, you have Du Bois.
Well, at least there is never a dull moment.Bookmarked by usually_verity
10 Feb 2026
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the indefiniable weird expeirnece of being a doctor, captured beautifully here
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When Harry's job takes him to a crime scene with the body of a young boy who looks just like Cuno, his despair over the state of the world sets in again, and he starts to drink more and more. But Kim - his new partner - cannot lose someone he cares about again. He is determined to show Harry what it truly means to have a purpose.
With obvious expertise, Kim walks Harry through the immediately diagnosable faults with the car. For starters, she’s missing both her engine and battery, and her interior has been thoroughly picked clean of anything valuable, leaving her riddled with empty wounds where a radio or mileometer would be. Her paint is scratched, presumably from minor crashes or general damage at the scrapyard. Her windows are smashed, and one of her doors has such a large dent by the handle that it won’t close fully.
If she were Harry’s car, he’d probably leave her running with the unit door closed and let her pass away peacefully. But Kim’s hands are all over her, pointing out her every flaw like a surgeon determined to save her life.
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“Boots, Costa, Greggs, Leon, Waitrose, M&S, Caffe Nero, Pret, Prezzo, Starbucks, UpperCrust, Wasabi, WHSmith. Also something called Giraffe Stop? I don’t know what that is, but it says “Eat in or Take Out” on the logo so my superior deductive skills tell me that’s an option too. O-or, we could just hope that there’s a buffet service on the train? I’m… I’m not being told either way, ha – and even if I was, I don’t think even the Eye knows for sure whether the announcements are true or not –”
“Stop,” says Martin, in a voice that puts Jon in mind of hearing the television play from the next room.
'I don’t think I can,' he thinks, rather desperately. 'I’m not very good at this bit.'
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Jon and Martin take the 18:29 Avanti West Coast Service to Glasgow Central.
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Sometimes the best stress relief is sitting on a roof under the stars.
Set somewhere around Raising Steam, timeline-wise, but not particularly spoilery for any particular book.
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30 Mar 2025
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sam vimes feels helpless/frustrated with work, family life and his own health. vetinari takes him for a quiet rooftop moment.
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A platter of ham sandwiches and assorted snacks tested gravity on Vetinari’s forearm. He was wearing - ye gods, he was wearing sandals and sunglasses. Black sandals and black sunglasses...
Vimes’s mouth dropped open. “Respectfully, sir,” he said, gesturing vaguely at Vetinari’s entire being, “what the fuck.”
(Vimes and Vetinari spend a day at the beach.)