Orszula
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- Downton Abbey (6)
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Thomas Barrow fumes a little, but in truth mostly for show; Guy Dexter just wants to go sailing and show his love a rather pretty corner of the world.
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Four times Thomas Barrow tells a little white lie and the one time Guy tells a whopper of a one.
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How to put over a luxury hotel, with high standards — expensive standards — in the midst of the nation's big economic shakedown? If you ask Tony Burke, it involves coercing Guy Dexter into spending two weeks in September in, of all places, Palm Springs.
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After six grueling, work-filled weeks at the very height of summer heat, Thomas Barrow is determined to put his exhausted partner to bed and keep him there.
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On a balmy summer night in Santa Monica, Thomas Barrow seeks refuge from the sparkling, dizzying crowd of partygoers at an empty beach.
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An exploration of the statement “no one living is more important than you”.
Bookmarked by Orszula
20 Jul 2025
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Everyone seems to think that she should be done now. That she's got everything picture perfect; two smart kids, handsome husband, successful business, huge house in Short Hills. So she should stop? No way.
Bookmarked by Orszula
15 Jun 2025
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The Measure of A Man by maembe13
Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
03 Jun 2023
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After the Netherfield Ball, Darcy never meets Elizabeth again. In the years that follow, he is forced to evaluate the reasons he left Netherfield and if his advice to Bingley was sound. The marriages of those closest to him and coincidental meetings with another Bennet sister make him question what he truly values in a wife - and what this reveals about his own character. Mr. Darcy/Jane Bennet pairing. Darcy POV
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- English
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- 19/19
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Bookmarked by Orszula
29 May 2025
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Lawrence is considering the benefits of leaving the room to go throw up somewhere when Vincent finally speaks.
“I wouldn’t call it a crush,” he says, his voice even and calm, brown eyes sparkling.
Lawrence nods, slightly hysterical. “You wouldn’t?” He asks hopefully. Good, okay. Vincent agrees. All that’s here is friendship. Simple, easy, proper. Appropriate. Friendship.
“No.” Vincent shakes his head and sets his teacup down. “I would say that I am in love with you.”
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- Part 1 of the only way to heal now
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- English
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- 9/9
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18 May 2025
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Finally, they arrive at the homily. Benítez is much briefer than his predecessor. And yet, his speech feels fuller, somehow. He pins them all under the darkness of his gaze. When his eyes land on Aldo, he feels as if Benítez has stripped him bare, that he can see the horrible, green monster that writhes beneath his breast. He speaks of love and light, a desire to move them forward into the future while paying homage to the past. Aldo feels trapped in that damned vote, watching the world crumble under his feet.
The morning after Vincent Benítez is elected Pope Innocent XIV, Aldo Bellini attends morning mass. He tries to grapple with the scale of everything he's lost to Benítez: his role as Secretary of State, the Papacy, and Thomas Lawrence.
Or, the one where Aldo is still sore about the conclave, and he has to navigate his new place in the Curia while trying to sort out his feelings for Thomas and Vincent. And Tedesco is there too, just to aggravate him.
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- Part 1 of Sanguis Christi
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- English
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- 45,482
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- 15/20
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Bookmarked by Orszula
18 May 2025