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    He simmers on this thought as he walks, turning it over and over in his mind until the sorrow has been smoothed away, leaving only a core of hurt that he can refinish with anger. It will be so much easier to carry this grief if he can cover it with rage.

    (Jaskier after the mountain is determined that he's done with witchers. All of them. Every last one.)

    (Naturally an injured witcher falls right in his path shortly after he makes this resolution.)

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    16 Dec 2024

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    “Please don’t do this, Yennefer.” She leans back.

    “Do what?”

    Jaskier swallows hard, bringing one knee up and pressing his forehead to it, his arms wrapped loosely around his leg. His voice, when he finally speaks, is soft, pain clear in his tone.

    “Don’t give me hope.” He tells her, swallowing hard after he says it. “I can’t do it again.” He turns his head to look at her from beneath his fringe. “I spent decades hoping, Yennefer. And it got me fuck all besides the dressing down of my life on top of that fucking mountain and a fun little session of torture later.”

     

    (Jaskier hoped that he could have more with Geralt once, and all it had gotten him was abandoned on a mountain. He won’t make the same mistake twice.)

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    16 Dec 2024

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    On New Year’s Eve in 2019, Henry never showed up to the White House Trio party and he stopped answering Alex’s texts. Six years later, he shows up at Alex’s house in Austin, adding an unexpected complication to what already promised to be one of the most complicated weekends in Alex’s life. Will this one weekend fix the mistakes of the past, or leave them worse off than they were?

    But what Alex is least expecting, in the entire fucking world, is for Prince Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor to step out of the car, as if this is something they do.

    As if they’ve talked, since Henry just never showed up to New Year’s back in 2019 and then ghosted Alex.

    “Your Royal Highness,” he says, something vicious inside him he’s learned to leash most of the time enjoying the minute flash of disappointment he spies in Henry’s eyes at the use of his official and utterly correct title. “It’s a surprise to see you here. What can I do for you?”

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    12 Dec 2024

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    Acclaimed mystery novelist Alex Claremont-Diaz is fresh off his latest bestseller and lacking inspiration when Detective Henry Fox brings him in for questioning about a murder. Suddenly, Alex has all the inspiration he needs for a brand-new set of books and Henry has a brand-new and unlikely tagalong. (and maybe, eventually, something much more.)

    or, the Castle AU.

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    13 Dec 2024

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    What does it mean to be brave?
    Or: Sherlock and John spend New Year's Day with a grumpy toddler and have a long overdue conversation.

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    11 Dec 2024