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Elizabeth Harlander has lived almost all the life she can recall within the safe, secluded walls of Saint Margaret's, a convent school for girls of means in Calais, France. Despite her dear uncle's attempts to wed her off, she remains-- but tragedy strikes. The wind blows cold from the North. And soon... something finds her.
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Or: Elizabeth gets her happy ending.
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Frank is a logger living a life of isolation up in the mountains of Seward, Alaska. Running from his grief, he has retreated so far into himself that he couldn't find his way out if he tried.
Karen is an author who has rented the cabin down the way from Frank’s in order to get away and write her next novel in solitude. Having suffered severe writer's block, she's hoping that the quietude of Alaska will help her find her muse.
After years of falling apart, the universe has decided that it's time for these two to fall together.
"Frank watched her, with her head thrown back, fascinated. It had been a minute since he’d made anyone other than Curtis and David laugh. He was surprised at how easily it was coming to him—how relatively effortless it was to talk to Karen. He supposed, in part, it was because of her profession; he was sure that someone who spent most of their time studying people and writing dialogue would be a great conversationalist. But it also felt like he was dusting off the parts of him that used to be really good at this—the parts of him that were capable of making Maria laugh; were comfortable joking around. The parts that, while creaky and unused, were still there."
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Emotion is weakness — we cannot be rid of it. Desire is reality — we cannot escape it. Love is a storm — we cannot fight it. (Originally posted on ff.net)
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Persephone Unchained by Jareths_tight_pants
Fandoms: Phantom of the Opera - Lloyd Webber, Phantom of the Opera (2004), Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera & Related Fandoms, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux, Phantom - Susan Kay
22 Apr 2017
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Two years have passed since Christine left him for Raoul. Erik continues to reside underneath the burned down remains of his abandoned opera house where he has resigned himself to live alone as the Angel in Hell. Sophie stumbles into Erik's underground world one day quite by accident when Erik saves her from a fate worse then death. But he can not risk another angry mob coming for his blood, and so Erik takes Sophie prisoner and keeps her locked away underground where the two of them must learn how to live together.
Erik/OFC centric and Christine/Raoul friendly. Based on Leroux/ALW/Susan Kay. A Hades and Persephone inspired tale. Complete.
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Scars of Silver and Gold by NiennaWept
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
03 Mar 2024
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Palariel has been a healer in the Southlands since the aftermath of the War of Wrath and the sinking of Beleriand nearly a millennia ago. When an uruk is gravely wounded, she must hold to her oaths and heal the speaking peoples of Middle-earth—including him. But as she gets to know these battle-hardened people, an understanding of the depth of their suffering and their need for a healer grows. And all the while, her regard for their enigmatic leader, Adar, deepens.
At the site of every disaster, there are those who stay to help rebuild, but what will it cost?
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