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Here’s what happened -
Well, first, actually, a really big terrible thing happened. Otherwise, nothing after it ever would have, but Jamie doesn’t really talk about that.
But after that, here’s what happened. And this story he does tell, in a funny practised soundbite way in interviews.
The bloke who was walking him through his first contract went “Tartt - huh. A little adult film, don’t you think?” (that’s the laugh line, for the reporters.)
And because he was already buzzing with excitement and rage and apprehension he heard himself say, “Waverly - just put Waverly, it’s my mum’s name.”
As soon as he said it, the whole thing became real.
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And dream when there's nothing to feast on by shampoobaby
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Apr 2024
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Eddie Munson thinks about erstwhile town golden boy Steve Harrington all the time - not how people would guess. More like rubbing a lucky penny.
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The day after Eddie and Steve hook up, Steve skips town. Now he's a teenage runaway. He thinks about Eddie Munson all the time. Like rubbing a lucky penny.
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The ethics are doing Roy’s head in. It feels like one of the stupid philosophy dilemmas Beard trots out, which he appears to think are an appropriate substitute for small talk on a pub night. Add this to the list - trolley puzzles and Roy’s weird sex problems:
1. Is it okay if your boyfriend gets off to the thought of you doing something that he thinks you wouldn’t think is hot but actually you do think it’s hot but he doesn’t know that so he’s all fucked up over it?
2. Furthermore, is it okay if you tell him you think it’s hot too, even if you know it’s going to make his dumb little idiot brain explode for some reason?
aka how to get your boyfriend to let you call him a princess
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A sort of alternate-history take where Varenechibel did let himself get talked into bringing Maia to live at the Court after his mother died - but Maia (now 18) still ends up in an arranged marriage to Csethiro, because of, you know, Plot Reasons. In his final year of studying at the university in Cetho, with a quiet life and a nice house in the city, the youngest archduke finds himself unexpectedly saddled with a friendly but emotionally distant bride who wants to join him at university. Navigating hopes, expectations, studies, friendships, and the danger of resentment, the two maintain a polite partnership while they figure out who the other is, what their developing feelings are, and what the marriage could be. Csethiro POV.
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(Throughout the ceremony, Maia was only ever respectful and considerate towards her. But there was a sadness in his eyes that hurt to look at, and it tinged everything about him. His posture was perfect; it should not have looked as if his spine had a disc missing somewhere. The tiredness in his face and the bags under his eyes might have just been from finishing a term at university; the impression of defeat he radiated might not have been.)
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28 Jan 2024
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The bubble had to burst. Every fucking bubble in his whole fucking life has burst at one point or another.
He remembers the game during his last season at Chelsea when the bubble burst and reality set in — he was slow; he was old; his career was going to come to an end sooner rather than later.
He remembers Keeley freaking out on the couch when the bubble burst and reality set in — he was smothering her; he was too much; they weren’t as “perfect and compatible” as he thought.
So, yeah. He knows it will burst. He know this thing (cause there is no way in hell he’s putting an actual label to it) that’s started to be the fucking bright spot of his life will have to burst at some point.
He doesn’t expect it to burst on a random Tuesday evening in early July, with Jamie laying next to him -- sprawled out, naked, and with that post-orgasm blissed-out gaze that Roy’s become all to fucking fond of.
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While in the midst of figuring out their relationship, Roy and Jamie must handle the sudden passing of Roy's sister.Series
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11 Jan 2024
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On Friday, November 26th, 1976, Steve's brother died.
He doesn't remember much about the day itself. It was cold and foggy, he thinks, but so is every day in November in Hawkins. He was in school, and then he wasn't. He was in the car, and then he wasn't. He was at home, and then he was in the car again, and then he was at Grandma's house watching TV on her soft pink carpet.
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29 Dec 2023
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After Jamie is benched partway through the match against Watford, he receives a call from his father, asking for a favour back in Manchester. It goes predictably poorly.
Or: in which Roy is reluctantly worried about Richmond's wayward striker, James Tartt Sr. continues to be the worst, and Jamie finally learns to stop battling the people who are just trying to help him.
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24 Dec 2023
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Jamie's trying to be good, is the thing. A good man would go visit his dad in hospital, no matter how much he'd rather not, right? If it were Jamie himself who were ill or hurt, Dad probably wouldn't come all the way to London for him... but Jamie is better than him. This proves it.
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jamie’s dad is ill.
they haven’t seen each other in a year.
things are complicated.
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06 Dec 2023