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“You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature” - The Song of Achilles
Hadrian is a spear- there's no denying it. He is sharp, he hurts those around him (near or far, it doesn’t much matter) and most of all, he stabs the feet that mistake him for a stick.
Against the clock, Hadrian must learn the difference between living and surviving, love and hate; sacrifice and surrender.
How does a boy reared for war and forged in hate learn to love?
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Have you heard the story? Of the Mad King and the Sorcerer?
They say that they were destined for greatness.
They call them Magic and Madness.Denial is a river in Egypt- and apparently Arthur's greatest skill. It's not true if he doesn't remember, right?
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And he’s shaking even harder now and he’s pretty sure that his bones are rattling and there’s a voice that’s screaming, wailing, distracting him from thinking ...if John were here...
“I am dying,” he tried to growl, but it just came out quite pitifully. “Please, I am dying and I need a doctor. My doctor...my John…”
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Loneliness is an insidious thing. When Merlin looks at Arthur, he sees not just a prince waiting for his time to rule, but a young man struggling to find his place in the world, with little help from anyone else.
The truth is, Arthur needs more than the friendship Merlin can offer. He needs people he can trust: men and women who will become his court and his confidants, and if he is going to survive to take the throne and lead Camelot into its golden age, he needs them sooner rather than later.
Finding loopholes in Uther’s laws is no easy feat. Court life is a dangerous game, but it’s one Merlin has every intention of winning so that Arthur can have knights of his choosing by his side.
And then there is the matter of his magic…
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04 Aug 2025
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AU. The Potter twins survive Voldemort’s attack. However, Albus Dumbledore knows that the root cause of the war, pureblood bigotry and hatred against Muggles and Muggleborns, will endure even if Voldemort never returns. He therefore asks Lily and James to send one of their sons to grow up in the Muggle world while training the other to battle Voldemort, so that together the twins can smooth over the differences between the magical and Muggle worlds in the political arena. And perhaps it might have worked, if not for abusive Dursleys, Harry’s inability to fit into the magical world or his family when he learns of his heritage, and a boy named Theodore Nott.
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27 Apr 2022
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Fearless Child; Broken Boy by sweet_tangerine_dreams
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
05 Dec 2023
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Blood had dripped down his hand then too. Into the white porcelain sink. Like red paint ruining the purity of white sheets. It's this endless cycle of pain and torture. Here, he feels weak, aches enough to want comfort, love. Aunt Petunia won't give it to him. Not then, not now. And he understands. Everyone who comes into contact will someday die. If it's not later, it is soon.
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.When Harry fails his attempted suicide, the only place for him to go is Snape, a man who is bitter, and hates his guts.
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but also of healing and solace, and laughter.
Where contentment is found in the most unexpected place)- Language:
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22 Jun 2021
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The summer after Harry's fourth year has become the worst of his life. The haunting memories of Cedric's death and Voldemort's revival were terrible enough on their own, but then came the strange visions of Death Eaters, the worsening pain in his scar, and the uncontrollable emotions that don't feel like his own. After fleeing Privet Drive, he finds himself stuck in an isolated cottage with his most hated professor: Severus Snape.
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Snape mentors Harry, no slash.
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07 Jun 2021
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Harry’s first memory at Wool’s Orphanage is of Tom Riddle.
He thinks Tom Riddle makes many exceptions for him. (He’s right.)
Featuring: poverty, death, racism, the slow corruption of morals and a mutual obsession, and meddling old men and their wars. And (a dash of) social commentary and justice, for those who are interested.
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06 Jun 2021