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The Vice Principal stands—all dark hair, dark clothing, and sharp eyes, cold and not at all like she’d expected Frank’s replacement to be—and holds out her hand.
“Ms. Roy, I’m Dr. Novotney,” she says, then glances toward Emma, discreetly and briefly. “We were expecting Mr. Wambsgans.”
Shiv knows within about ten seconds of meeting her that she does not like the woman.
or, the shivlina single-parent-x-school-teacher but not-quite-because-tom's-still-there au of my dreams
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"It’s terrifying—the things I’m willing to do for you at the detriment of myself.”
Shiv wipes a tear from Karolina’s cheek. Laughs softly. Her voice is low, teasing, despite it all.
“I don’t think that’s the issue,” Shiv says.
“No?”
Shiv shakes her head.
“I think you just like winning.”
or, tom and shiv have the messiest divorce in the history of messy divorces, and karolina is right by shiv's side through it all
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- Part 2 of Red Side of the Moon
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“You’re the environmental science replacement?”
“Sure am.”
“Like—long-term?”
Rio cocks her head. “It would seem that way, wouldn’t it?”
“Okay,” Agatha says, still in disbelief. “Just—exactly, how long is long-term?”
Rio crosses her arms then, backing into the counter as she shrugs.
“I don’t know, Agatha,” she says. “Longer than short-term?”
(or, a modern teachers au where agatha and rio haven't seen each other since calling off their engagement ten years ago and suddenly find themselves working at the same school)
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“I’m not a monster,” Shiv says, repeating Tom’s words from the night before last, as if saying them out loud to someone might actually make her believe it. Karolina’s eyes soften in a way that punctures her, and familiar words buzz around Shiv’s ears, Karolina’s soft and soothing voice flitting between I’m so sorry and it’ll be okay repeatedly, perfunctory in the name of crisis.
Karolina sighs, gripping her mimosa like her next words are something to celebrate. “I never said you were.”
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“Hey, Shiv,” Karolina says. She’s sitting on the bench in front of the flower shop, halfway through a lit cigarette. “Hope you didn’t catch a late-night demo bug.”
Shiv’s confused for only a moment, and then she remembers the hammer in her hands. “What, the tenant next door wouldn’t be too pleased if I started hammering away?”
Karolina laughs quietly. “She might even be vindictive enough to file a complaint with the city without warning.”
“Interesting. You didn’t strike me as a narc.”
(or, the almost-but-not-quite flower shop au where shiv and karolina both just need to sleep xx)
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these memories are tinted gold by duskfalls, gnarleyquinn
Fandom The Haunting of Bly Manor (TV)
31 Oct 2020
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