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“A strange unserviceable thing,/ A fragile, exquisite, pale shell,/ That the vast troubled waters bring/ To the loud sands before day has broken./ The storm arose and suddenly fell/ Amid the dark before day had broken./ What death? what discipline?/ What bonds no man could unbind/ Being imagined within/ The labyrinth of the mind?/ What pursuing or fleeing?/ What wounds, what bloody press?/ Dragged into being/ This loveliness.” - The Only Jealousy of Emer, William Butler Yeats
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In Mayo, Tom takes Cain and Terry to mass each Sunday. Every. Sunday. Cain has never learned so much about the Bible in his entire life. And he’s never been more confused about religion either. Tommy takes him to mass and they sit together, and sometimes when Tom goes up to receive communion he puts Terry on Cain’s lap. And Cain is sure that the little old ladies who coo over Terry’s curls and her pretty Sunday dresses know that they’re together. Tom had told them all that Cain was a good friend who’d needed a place to stay while recovering from “a heartache” (what a way to talk about his family life), and had carefully assured them that “though he is a prod, I can assure ye, it’s only cause he’s American.” -
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Una Burke's family is one of the Sacred 28, pureblood families with no muggle blood, but being from Ireland apart from the rest of those families, they are looked down upon. Her grandfather, Sean Burke, does everything in his power to raise his family's status, including working with some questionable, but powerful figures. Una battles between her loyalty to her family and her moral beliefs, as she struggles to pick a side in the war.
This fic spans 3 years. Mentions of the Northern Irish Troubles, but doesn't go in depth enough to serve it any justice. I encourage readers to do their own research on the matter.
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At Hogwarts in the 1970s, the lines between friend and foe are razor-thin, and allegiances shift like the tides. Everyone has something to hide. Still, the Gryffindors are fighting, the Slytherins are partying, and all the while, the Irish are questioning what they're even doing there.
Yet things are not as simple as that.
And it all begins to unfold when Remus Lupin crosses paths with a notoriously elusive Slytherin harboring a haunting secret. With connections to both sides of a magical world at war with itself, is she an ally, a threat, or something else entirely?
This is a story not of one hero but of many anti-heroes, each with a piece of the puzzle and each mysteriously bound to one another. Stories emerge, each built into the school’s web, blending magic and mischief. The looming shadow of dark forces outside Hogwarts ignites political and personal battles within, making every friendship a gamble and every gathering a danger.
Here, the mundane is laced with menace, money buys more than privilege, and loyalty is a luxury few can afford.
[COMPLETE REWRITE TO FOG+FIRE, CANON + OC CHARACTERS + WORLDBUILDING]
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Run to me and I'll hold you, hold out on me, I'll run to you. by SamClaflinismyhusband
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
21 Dec 2024
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Marlene's wretched, homophobic, abusive home life finally catches up with them... they can't keep up the façade any longer...
And they break down in the Hogwarts Express toilets.
Luckily... Dorcas is there to coax the information out of them and look after her partner.
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- Part 7 of Marauders One-shot collection.
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I Only Stick With You, Because There Are No Others by InHyxteria
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
05 Nov 2024
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You Are All I need.
It's All Wrong
It's All Right
It's All Right
It's All Right
It's All Wrong.
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Is cailín tinn í Caoileann.
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way."― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
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Time was when Wee John Feeney was a boy, a body couldn't walk down the street in Derry, but that he'd see a half dozen folks missing legs and arms. Burns down half their bodies. Twisted shrapnel from bombs. Just the way it was.
So many things just the way it was. Tired old back bore the cracks of a life of rough living. Wee John didn't see how that could settle anytime soon.
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- Part 9 of Our Flag is the Hero of its own Story
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As Sam’s time as a pathologist at the Lyell Centre comes to a close she reminisces on the moments that led her here, on her regrets and joys and secrets left unshared.
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After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union, the world finds itself in the 1990s - a decade of worldwide tumult. And while the British wizarding world seems largely indifferent to the outside world while dealing with its own affairs, a Durmstrang student has to deal with the defeat of Socialism and the annexation of East Germany in her own way while her mother takes up a diplomatic position in the United Kingdom's Ministry of Magic. Transferring to a new school, in a foreign country, with an anathemic way of thinking. East must meet West, and Katarina falls square in the middle of it all.
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Sitting on the curb, it's funny how life keeps repeating for you.
Time moves forward, yet nothing changes. It's been a year since your siblings met you again and you were dragged back into that life, now you're working with family again.
Though, the line was muddy. This was certainly better than Jackson's way of work.
Let's hope the buyer shows up soon.
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- Part 113 of Machine Theory (Continued)
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Is this the M.P.L.A.?
Or is this the U.D.A.?
Or is this the I.R.A.?
I thought it was the U.K.
Or just another country.The Sex Pistols, “Anarchy in the U.K.”
(This is for everybody who asked me to write an unabridged version of the Margaret Thatcher letter in “Political Realities.” 14 mostly-drabbles from Muggle media, 1983 to 1995.)
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- Part 17 of There is Nothing to Fear
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October, 1987. With the Thatcher government entering its third term, Defence minister Sir John Franklin looks to offload two of his dockside London properties: one, a successful dance school directed by celebrated principal danseur James Fitzjames, and the other, a century-old boxing gym helmed by former middleweight Olympic hopeful turned disgraced misanthrope Francis Crozier.
In a show of generosity, Franklin offers Crozier the chance to buy out the gym he's poured over a decade of work into. It should be the opportunity he's been waiting for – except Crozier's barely keeping the gym afloat as it is, and Franklin's asking price far exceeds his means. With only one month to cough up the funds or forfeit the gym, Crozier finds himself backed into a corner, fighting for a piece of history he refuses to let go and against a past that's just waiting for him to give in.
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- Part 1 of but the fighter still remains
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In the Northern Ireland city of Derry (or Londonderry, if that's your persuasion), 4 native teenage girls and a wee English fella transplant come of age amongst decades of inner conflict.
This is a continuation of the British teen sitcom Derry Girls (2018-2022), set primarily after the end of the series, but will also include or make mention of events during the original run. I do not own the show or characters, I am merely a fan wishing to expand on the story. Please support the official release, that would be real class of ye!
WARNING! Story contains adult language, semi sexual, and other mature themes. Reader discretion is advised. Also there will be spoilers, so ye best be caught up before reading, you should.
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The 2nd installment of Derry Girls; A new arrival. The story continues for the gang. With the beginning of their A levels. A sinister plot is hatched by an unscrupulous school board member. Meanwhile, Marco is gifted a gateway back to Derry, and to Orla. The story takes place before and after the Halloween episode in season 3.
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- Part 2 of Derry Girls: A new arrival
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Her name is Meg, lucky to have reached the age of 17, disowned, carrying a dead boy's child. That is, until a stranger offers to take his place.
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A spate of bloodless bodies keep turning up in the morgue, and Jane is suspicious.
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"I burn very easily," Maura reminded her.
"Yeah, you said," Jane said, rolling her eyes. She held the umbrella still, though, looking down at the other woman. Pale, pale skin, the kind that would burn easily. Dark clothes - although Jane was also in dark clothes they didn't seem to contrast so starkly against her tanned skin. Red, red lips. Maura looked up again, and Jane looked away quickly, swallowing. She saw Maura's nostrils flare, a little smile on those taunting lips.
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Under the Shelter of Each Other, People Survive by AloneButNeverLonely
Fandoms: Supergirl (TV 2015)
05 Oct 2023
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Lena and Kara are married, working and living happily together in Austin, TX. Things are good... almost too good. Literal blasts from the past show up and turn everyone's 'happily ever afters' upside down, but the Sisters Danvers will move heaven and earth to protect their families. At any cost.
[A sequel to Lone Star Lover]
Secrets, betrayals, twists, domestic fluff, emotional transformations, lots of danger, and lots of sex.Series
- Part 3 of The Lone Star Saga
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Neill O'Shea hears strange things. An injury in his childhood led to a strange sense of hearing that leads Neill to discovering something disturbing.
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How can you outrun a monster when you are the monster? Not in the Upside Down, fantastical sense of monster. In the very real, fucked up human being sense of monster. You can only outrun your past for so long. What happens when it catches up to you? Because try as you might, hide as you might, it will find you, and you fear that it will ruin everything. Because how much would Eddie or any of the others for that matter really love you once they know the truth?
TW: alcoholism, recovery & relapse.