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    He lifts his hand, fingers hovering just over the slope of Tony’s nose and side of his cheek, blue light washing over it. There’s a hesitation there, in Steve’s eyes, as he inquires, “Can I touch you, or…?”

    Tony can guess what Steve doesn’t have the heart to finish: Can I touch you, or will I pass through you like you were nothing?

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    04 Oct 2024

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    He feels, sometimes, like a junkie, waiting for the needle to slide in, for the poison to hit his veins, and then--

    The portal clears, and Tony grins up, laughing at something Steve can't see, and the air rushes out of him.

    Staring at his husband, a version of him--Earth 21982, he reads absently--Steve feels almost lightheaded with relief, and he whispers, "Hey, sweetheart."

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    22 Sep 2024

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    “I know I ought to be here,” says Will, “I just don’t think ‘ought’ has very much to do with it.”

    Another quiet, still, changing-everything moment, and Hannibal leans back in his chair, the long, lithe lines of his body betraying nothing but exactly what he wishes them to betray, and then--

    --and then Hannibal Lecter smiles.

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    21 Sep 2023

  4. Public Bookmark 39

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    “The story goes that the Hawk froze in a moment of hesitation after truly meeting the eyes of his old comrade again, remembering the memories they had shared together long before they became fierce enemies. The Beast, seeing his chance, then drove his behemoth of a sword through the Hawk’s chest and then succumbed to his injuries soon after.”

    Griffith became more and more impassioned with every word.

    “Historians of all types have kept up the narrative that the Hawk of Light and the Beast of Darkness were mortal enemies, former brothers in arms whose once close relationship ended in tragic bloodshed,” he stated.

    His voice took on a softer tone, quieter, as if he was telling Guts a secret. “But I think they were lovers.”

    or: While visiting a museum, Guts meets an eager curator.

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    25 Jan 2023

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    (or: Tom Riddle cares rather a lot, actually, embarrassingly)

    Featuring a dead girl in a forest, little-soldier-boys, some tenuous grasps on reality, straw mothers, a ghost in a bathroom and, slowly and sadly, kindness from a boy who’s just passing through time.

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    25 Sep 2022