RoadsandBurrows

a cartoon fly



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  1. Summary

    Aka the Canadian lawyers AU. May eventually have some crossovers with WoH. I don’t know what to expect of this series except occasionally roasting Canadian fast casual dining habits and car culture.

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    Lan Wangji wasn't privy to the conversations that took place among Yiling staff, but there was always an apologetic, tense edge to the tech's voice when someone else took over his missions. As if Wei Ying had put the fear of God into them if they let anything happen to Lan Wangji when Wei Ying was not personally available to oversee him.

    "Something like that," Mianmian told him. "Anyway, it's not like there's anything for either of you to be jealous over. None of the other agents prefer him."

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    18 Jun 2025

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    with added Good Xiyao, trust <3

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    This is bait, but the best bait is the truth; there is no lie in Jack's arm around her waist, in his fingers tangled through hers.

    Miss Phryne Fisher sets a trap, throws a party, and reconciles her differences.

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    18 Jun 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    oh shit as a MFMM AND an Ellis Peters fan this was a delight

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    Parenting is hard, but it's especially hard when it's not actually your kid and your sister who raised you died three years ago and you have to deal with your own abandonment issues at the same time as your new kid's abandonment issues and the guy who's raising the kid with you won't stop being a better parent than you.

    Or: Jiang Cheng has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week of birthday party planning.

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    30 May 2025

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    “Why are we even here?” Wen Xu groused.

    “Yeah! That’s right! Why are we here?” Wen Chao immediately chimed, very obviously taking his cues from his elder brother – much to the latter’s irritation, judging by his immediate scowl.

    Lan Qiren knew that he needed to pick his next words very carefully. With recalcitrant students, a teacher only had a few opportunities to really connect with them. If he allowed them to dismiss him or categorize him as an enemy at this early stage, it would be an incredibly uphill battle to gain enough respect in order to teach them anything, and in this case, given the strength of their background and the fact that this little teaching session was both likely to be short and definitely completely unauthorized, it would quite possibly make it completely impossible to ever get through to them.

    “You are here,” Lan Qiren said solemnly, each word slow and thoughtful, “because your father is an ass.”

    (a story of kidnapping and falling in love, reluctantly)

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    02 May 2025

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    Could you eat respect, if you were hungry? Would respect keep you warm at night when you were freezing? If a sword were held to your throat, could respect block it?

    When the laughter of your enemies filled your ears, could the respect of a single man let you ignore it? Did it really matter so much, to have someone see you as you truly were and to still decide you were worth something?

    …yes. It seemed that it did.

    (in which Meng Yao, who'd never met a single moral in his life, decides nevertheless to be a good person)

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    30 Apr 2025