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apotheosis of groundlessness by belishabeacon (ladymemebeth)
Fandoms: Blur (Band), Music RPF
26 Oct 2020
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A moment passes. Inside, the party continues, oblivious. If Damon doesn't say anything, it might be hours before anyone else realizes what has happened. No one else will know except for you and him. And you won't really know anyway because you'll be dead.
(that one night in august 1995.)
Bookmarked by softbirb
10 Nov 2024
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long contemplative commentary on art and being an artist and trust
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a life of smoke and silvered glass by dirgewithoutmusic
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
10 Jul 2017
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Albus Dumbledore rose to his feet, smiling at them in that way of his, like he knew something you didn't and he was proud of you for it. "Friends," he began.
The door thudded open and the Marauders burst in, late and pink-cheeked with cold. The headmaster smiled at them, too, and Sirius gave a cheery little salute back.
Severus sunk lower in his chair, staring witheringly over his butterbeer. "You told Potter about it, too?"
"He might as well put all that energy to good use," said Lily. "And, to be accurate, I told Remus."
"But Potter, really?" said Severus.
"He and Black cooked up a jinx that gives you a boil every time you say a slur to a Muggleborn," said Lily. "It was either invite them to Alice's war club or bake them cookies, and I know where my skills lie."
Severus sniffed. "Don't come crying to me if he tugs your pigtails."
"Come crying to me if he pulls yours, and I'll deck him," said Lily.
(Slight AU in which Severus apologizes, tries harder, and stays friends with Lily)
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- Part 15 of boy with a scar
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Bookmarked by softbirb
18 May 2025
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a love letter to snape and all the biggest what ifs in the universe (T__T) it’s so well-written and i love how much it uses show not tell to build on his character. the excerpts about his concern for his students (despite being forced to put on a facade)… the small, understanding moments between snape and professor sprout… the underlying attachment he has for the evans house… how dumbledore is the only person who has ever truly understood the sacrifices snape had to make… this is SUCH a magnificent work
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Snape rolled his eyes. "You're not scared of blood, Potter. For one, you're a Gryffindor. For another, you seem to face down the Dark Lord with alarming regularity. If you were afraid of blood, you wouldn't have made it past your first year in this castle."
"What do you want me to say?" Harry shouted, suddenly filled with the same irrational anger that'd been so hard to shake since Cedric's death. He jumped to his feet, unable to sit any longer. "What would you have me do? I couldn't make myself break skin, okay? Is that so hard to believe?"
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Or: a potion requires blood as an ingredient. Harry's afraid of a relapse. Snape just wants to know why Harry Vanished a perfectly decent brew. They come to an understanding.
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“An ability?”
— on the past, present, and future of one Edgar Allan Poe.
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25 Oct 2022
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this will go on in history as That One Poe Fic
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The Nervous Narrator by graveExcitement for Regency
Fandoms: A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
18 Dec 2017
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The Baudelaire children leave with the mysterious taxi driver who appeared at the Hotel Denouement, and find a guardian in the third of the Snicket siblings.