DaniiButNotBeck
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She could pick one.
That was the whole point of being unhived—she was free, she had preferences now, she could reach out and take any bread she wanted off any shelf and put it in the cart and that would be fine. That was what free people did. They chose bread. It was not complicated. People used to do it every day before the Joining and none of them had a breakdown over it.
OR: Post-unhiving. Zosia goes grocery shopping with Carol, can't choose bread, and cooks dinner with a dead woman's recipe.
Bookmarked by MorganYuCore (DaniiButNotBeck)
11 Mar 2026
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The smart operating system said "Good afternoon, Carol" in a Polish accent, and Carol said "Absolutely not" before it finished the sentence.
OR: A smart home AU. Helen's last act of love is a kitchen appliance with a Polish accent. Carol's last act of stubbornness is falling in love with it.
Bookmarked by MorganYuCore (DaniiButNotBeck)
11 Mar 2026
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“Here,” she murmured, cupping the underside of Rhea’s jaw as she reached for her cheek. “Sorry about that.”
Rhea ducked out of her grip, and left her hand hovering. “No.”
Her fingers twitched apart, then back together. Confusion rippled across her brow, and a sharp pang of guilt struck Rhea in the center of her chest.
“Just—” she said quickly, shaking her head as she took a step closer. “Don’t be. I like it.”
(Critics' Choice Awards lipstick mark aftermath, and some foreshadowing of what's to come.)
Bookmarked by MorganYuCore (DaniiButNotBeck)
11 Mar 2026
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Zosia's drowning breaths shudder, then at last she finds her voice.
“Please, Carol,” she whines, and Carol grins.
Bookmarked by MorganYuCore (DaniiButNotBeck)
11 Mar 2026
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She looks at Karolina, and now she’s the one who’s smirking.
“This place has serial killer energy,” she says.
“Does not,” Karolina protests with a scoff, turning the car off and unbuckling her seatbelt. “This is where kids used to go, in high school. You know—to hook up.”
“That’s a classic serial killer location.”
“You’re so negative.”
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(Rhea and Karolina take a drive.)
Bookmarked by MorganYuCore (DaniiButNotBeck)
09 Mar 2026