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  1. Public Bookmark 5

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    He should be surprised, Carmy thinks. He should be appalled to discover that even when he’s not trying, his brain weaves Sydney into everything he does anyway. But when he sees the reflection of her scarf in his sauce, the first words that cross his mind are there it is, that’s what this is, finally.

    OR: Carmy has a revelation when Sydney leaves him alone in The Bear's kitchen. Set during *that* scene in Season 3's "Apologies."

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    05 Dec 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 3

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    Syd works through her complicated feelings about The Bear and Carmy. Set in S3 and S4.

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    01 Dec 2024

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    Every night before bed, she’d pray and pray, hoping for the same things:

    First, she’d always be smart and have all her friends because she loved them a lot. She also wanted her family forever, and to fall in love when she was older and boys weren’t so gross and annoying. Second, she prayed that Carmy’s stutter would get better, and kids wouldn’t be so mean to him. Third, she prayed that her mom would get better, and things would be less scary. Fourth, and finally, she prayed her dad would come home so her mom and Mikey wouldn’t be so tired all the time.

    (Later, Natalie would realize how adorable it was that she attempted to pray away alcoholism and a stutter, as well as manifest a happy life for her and her family with a present father. Childhood was a strange experience.)


    or: a study on natalie berzatto, religion, and moving on.

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    25 Nov 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 16

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    The Illinois State ID card in her pocket with the name Sydney Adamu-Berzatto burns a hole through her. “Have you considered I don’t want any of your shit? And I don’t want you to speak for me. You’re such an asshole sometimes, Carmen.”

    “I’m an asshole?” He huffs, stepping toward her. She does her very best to ignore how dizzy he still makes her when he’s this close, what a stupid color his eyes are.

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    carmy, sydney, and a love story told in reverse.

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    24 Nov 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 36

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    “Coriolanus Snow intrigued by the sight of a died-out battlefield, who’d have thought?” Livia hums sweetly as she joins him by the painting that he is admiring.

    Coriolanus’s lips twitch to a hint of a grin "they’ve perfectly captured the hopelessness of such a situation” he tells her.

    “You speak like you’ve seen battle yourself”

    "I've seen more than you have"

    “Where, pray tell? In your play days as a peacekeeper in 12?" a malicious grin plays on her lips as she turns to him. "Isn’t that why you stick to the lower-class girls? Because you’ve gotten too used to the feeling of district filth, after your little taste of that songbird of yours?"

    When his fingers snatch her wrist, her sky blue gaze finds his with determination. “Try as you might, Coriolanus Snow, but I am the very last person who will ever be frightened of you”

    Coriolanus's gaze is venomous when it collides with hers and his lips brush against the shell of her ear. "I do urgently advice you to be"

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    A detailed study of the relationship and marriage of Coriolanus Snow and Livia Cardew.

    From both POVs.

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    23 Nov 2024