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“I don’t smoke.” You tell him, holding out the money, only just refraining from begging him to take it. He pockets it, offering you a wry half-smile in return, one side of his mouth quirking up.
“This is Paris,” he says. “Everyone smokes.”
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a fallen satellite (that keeps me awake at night) by ch1maera
Fandoms: The Pale Beyond (Video Game)
24 Jan 2024
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“Do you remember,” says Kurt, in the tone bound to make Hammond raise an eyebrow before he raises his head, the tone previously reserved for overly optimistic promises and feigned degrees of energy, “the first fruit we got our hands on coming home?”
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That was his job. And he was good at it, and to his knowledge he’d never ruined anyone’s life, so it was alright enough.
But nothing had made him regret it, made him wish he’d never become this person, like working at AFC Richmond.
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Poor Morfin shakes his head, then hisses with the pain of it, curling in on himself. He looks dreadful, like finding a wounded dog - the kind where you can’t do anything for the wretch, just grimace at feeling the pain of another so sharply, so suddenly, and regretfully go on.
Mr. Collins does not go on.
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There’s blood under the new kid’s nails.
That is the first real detail you notice about your new partner, the first little thing you crack open.
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A short study in Harry and Jean as time goes on
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Three Coffins Drabbles by ch1maera, Holliday_inn
Fandom Steam Powered Giraffe, The Mechanisms (Band)
02 Oct 2021
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For any writings involving the Three Coffins. See Ursa Majora for context.
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Had We but World Enough and Time by fiendlikequeen
Fandoms: The Terror (TV 2018), The Terror - Dan Simmons
24 Jun 2020
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"Francis gives a tight nod. He is chewing at his tongue – does he fear he will weep, if he speaks?
James nods, too. He even smiles. His hands climb higher. They rest on Francis’s shoulders. 'I am glad. But in the spirit of honesty, Francis, I must be plain. I shall speak this once, and never again. But I must say it. Will you allow me that?'
Francis nods again.
'I hope you do not think less of me for it, but it is not only friendship I desire from you,' says James."
February, 1848: Francis and James work certain things out, for the good of the expedition.
The sequel to "A Debt Repaid" and "The Seeled Hawk."
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- Part 3 of The Terror Triptych
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autumn's flourish, fruit that falls for you by norvegiae for wildcard_47
Fandoms: The Terror (TV 2018)
13 Nov 2020
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There had been lime juice and rich broths and hot sweet tea to spare, once James Clark Ross had found the ragged remains of Franklin’s men, and it had been enough to bring James back from the brink – to bring them all back – but he is far from the picture of health he had made in his halcyon days.
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“What’s the lecture on?” Henry asks, letting himself relax as the smell of soap reaches him. “Liked that one you did about lichens. Very soothing.”
“Soporific, even,” Goodsir replies, with a hint of amusement. “You’re fortunate not to snore, or even more of my students would lobby for your removal than already do.”
“You’d never make me leave,” says Henry. He knows that, if nothing else.
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- Part 1 of mistaken for trees
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have you heard the news that you're dead? by wizardlover
Fandoms: Disco Elysium (Video Game)
09 Sep 2022
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“Kim,” you say, and he blinks at you in the middle of putting out his hand. “There’s something fucked up going on.”
“You must be from the 41st. I’m Lieutenant Kim Kitsuragi—though you seem to know that already.” He seems tense, for some reason—and his hand is still out. “I’m afraid I wasn’t told who you are.”
“It’s me, Harry! Kim, don’t you remember me? Fuck, there’s something really wrong happening.”
“If you’re referring to the dead body that has been hanging from a tree for seven days—then yes, I agree. It is pretty wrong.” Kim is looking at you with his mouth slightly pursed. There’s no recognition in his eyes—he looks at you like you’re a stranger.
“This can’t be happening." Kim clears his throat.
“You are clearly going through… something. But I would appreciate it if we could focus on the case for the moment.”
“Oh my god,” you say. “We did it already, Kim, but for some reason I’m the only one who remembers! This is some—some cosmic joke from the universe, I’ll tell you that.”
“Okay,” Kim says, slowly. “I’m going to give you a moment while I talk to the manager. You’re going to sit down and sort out whatever it is you’re doing. And then we’re going to take down that corpse.”
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Running Up That Hill by PositivelyVexed for finkpishnets
Fandoms: Disco Elysium (Video Game)
25 Dec 2021
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PECEPTION (SIGHT) [Easy: Success] - Ahead of you, Kim is stretching. The lean muscles of his bare shoulders shift as he bends down in a toe-touch before you start. His control over his body is unmatched. He straightens, adjusting his glasses, and starts running.
PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT [Medium: Success] - He’s been holding out on us. This is a man with a fine physique.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY - Maybe this wasn’t a mistake after all?