ArabellaStrange
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After the war is over, William Laurence and Temeraire go to live on the estate of Tenzing Tharkay. It is a brave new world.
30 days' worth of prompts -- ranging from drabbles to over-long fics in their own right -- all (mostly) in the same post-canon story I am projecting for them. Narrative is non-linear but canon-compliant, so spoilers for all 9 Temeraire novels.
(Ratings differ for each chapter so check the index in Chapter 1/Index. Any chapter-specific CWs/TWs will be listed in the chapter notes.)
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"I am pleasantly located in the deep sea, but love will row you out if her hands are strong, and don't wait till I land, for I'm going ashore on the other side." (Emily Dickinson, letter to Kate Anthon, late 1859?)
~~~ now complete ~~~
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Tharkay returns from a mysterious mission on the Continent. London is much as he left it, as are Temeraire and Laurence. Why does everything feel different?
[Originally posted as Day 28 of love will row you out]
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Orym is exhausted. Two conversations while he tries to keep watch, and hold himself together.
(Set immediately after the [speculative] events of c3e99/*Downfall*, with a take on how they all process where this leaves them.)
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For the View by ArabellaStrange
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
16 Sep 2020
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Through the ages, here are some of the thing humans have tended to get wrong:
• the nature of Heaven (because humans are paranoid)
• the nature of Hell (because humans are thick)
• the importance of loyalty (because humans are sentimental)
• the inevitability of progress (see above)
• what's right in front of themCrowley, of course, is a demon. He doesn't get things wrong. He's 99% sure of that.
(Or: Crowley spends the course of human history wondering about touch.)
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Patrick thinks about New York. How do you plan to be unhappy? How can you avoid it?
(coda to "The Pitch"—because why not, all the kids are doing it.)
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Ode to Broken Things by ArabellaStrange
Fandom Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
11 Apr 2017
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A series in (at least) three parts.
'With Mary, he’d done everything in the right order — if at breakneck speed: flirting, sex, seriousness, rude and awkward realism, proper caring. He and Sherlock, though, had spent so many years loving each other quietly, imagining fantasy versions of each other, in amongst the everyday of bad tempers and absent-minded scratching, that never were interrupted by mismatched desires or poor communication. Was it possible (he thought, in a slightly out-of-body way, scrawling out a prescription) they had missed the opportunity to be in love with each other?'
*Thanks to a tremendous gift from @Hamstermoon, the series now has COVER-ART!*
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The Swiss National League doesn’t care about the legendary Hollander-Rozanov rivalry. When the MLH can’t negotiate with the Hockey Players’ Union in time to prevent a hockey lockout at the start of the 2015 season, the Zürich Lions jump at the chance to sign both Shane and Ilya to short-term contracts. For four months in Switzerland, they share a team, a line, a house, and a bed.
Then the lockout ends in January, and it’s time to go back. Back to different countries, cities, lives. Beds.
Reentry is harder than expected.
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- Part 8 of my heated rivalry anon fics
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Hollanov; AU: TOW Zürich.
You wondered, maybe, how quickly they could fall in love if they actually had time together earlier—real, sustained time, alone together? Okay but did you then wonder what would happen if that time was *just long enough* to fall in love, and just short enough to make the secret relationship an open wound? DID YOU?
Unbelievable. One chapter in the most, erm, economical prose you can imagine... if the thing you're trying to imagine with your very economical imagination is *pining*. Walking around with a broken heart. Yearning, even.
NOW FINISHED. Already re-read. Incredible. An AU in the best sense—because "When I don’t touch you it’s a mistake in any life, / in each place and forever."
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Spock and Jim both have their doors. Jim wants his to be open. Spock wants his to be closed.
An alternative STID thing. With more literature. And esoteric faffing. And sex.
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17 Feb 2026
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Kirk/Spock.
WHY wasn't this in my bookmarks?! Gotta fix that. Insane levels of writing here. Need to re-read when I feel ready to go through a psychological wormhole. (In the best way.)
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Which is of greater importance - a first officer’s duty and responsibility to his captain or Spock’s duty and responsibility to Jim?
That would be much easier for Spock to determine if his captain wasn’t injured, and Jim’s thoughts weren’t…red.
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Kirk/Spock; TOS; mind meld.
Kirk needs to be on prolonged vocal rest, so what better solution than Spock serving as speech translator?? And sure, doesn't that mean Spock is also going to be left interpreting the peculiar, nonverbal, deeply over-determined language of colors of emotion?! SURE DOES, my friend. Or -- Spock slowly becomes fluent in the emotional hues of others (and one beloved other, in particular). I'm a sucker for Vulcan mindscapes meeting Kirk's mindscape in particular. x
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and there are some like us,
just walking, making our feet move ahead of us,
a little bored, a little lost, a little angry,
walking as though we were really going somewhere,
walking as if there was something to see at Adelaide or maybe on King,
something that will give a fair return for this use of shoe-leather,
something that will make us smile with a strange new
happiness, a lost but recovered joy.- Raymond Souster, “Yonge Street Saturday Night”
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22 Aug 2019
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David/Patrick: absolutely fucking ***incredible.*** The depth of care and love for these characters -- for Ray and Ronnie! who are (IMO) better developed here than in the show, and incredible just in general -- is oceanic. The arc of this is magical, and so well done, so under control (narratively speaking), but so insightful and interesting and fun and moving. Lots of the time, just say here with a smile on my face. Also a lot of grimacing, too, for Patrick going through it. Plus like... *scalding* hot. Beyond belief. CANNOT RECOMMEND FAST OR HIGHLY ENOUGH.
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Patrick loves this motel, much more than he’ll ever say out loud. Thousands of people have slept and fucked and laughed and cried in these rooms. He feels a funny sort of peace, knowing that the story of how he and David fell in love will live between these walls, too.
This is the tenth installment of the Sex Motel series, and takes place the night before 4.12 Singles Week.
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- Part 10 of The Room(s) Where It Happened
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02 Mar 2020
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David/Patrick. DAMN. I mean this entire series is fun, but this piece (from a terrific author) is -- PHEW. All the laughter + 100* heat.