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  1. Public Bookmark 90

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    The immediate firing of his neural network lights Cortana's awareness alive. Dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine bombard her — the chemical reaction is enough to make her code swim. His vitals hitch and the AI tries to gain her metaphorical footing. Then: your voice.

    "Good afternoon, Master Chief. Step up when you're ready."

    A flood of liquid, golden Oxytocin makes Cortana's not-there-mouth run dry.

    John offers a cordial nod to you. His face is set into a hard mask. "Thank you, Petty Officer."

    ...Oh.

    ...Admire from afar, indeed.

    ( drabble series set post-s1, slight canon-divergence, game & book references )

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    06 Apr 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 55

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    Emily clutched the book carefully to her chest. “Thank you so much, Alastor! I promise I’ll return it in great condition!”

    “Yes, I’m sure you’ll take excellent care of it. And in exchange, you’ll have to tell me what you thought of it over coffee sometime.”

    “It’s a deal!” she said, before her own words caught up to her. Her eyes rounded.

    Alastor, though? His expression was all teeth. “Tempting, but I’ll have to pass. You ought to be a little more careful with those words around here, doll. A dealmaker could get to thinking that you don’t find him dangerous.”

    “Oh, no, no! I know you are! You’re like, the most dangerous demon in H—” Her voice got a bit too breathy at the end there and hey, was the room spinning a little? Also, was Hell in another heatwave? Because the world was tilting and she was sweating, barely managing to shut up before she dug herself a deeper hole. The hallway’s shadows deepened, Alastor’s eyes gleaming brighter to pierce through the gloom.

    “Oh? You think so?” The casualness of his tone was a courtesy at best. He had never sounded more threatening, not even when he’d been matter of factly monologuing while dismembering those alligator demons last week.

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    24 Feb 2025

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    The first time she sees him again after the trials, he is in a glass cage.

    [Inspired by "Untouchable", from Taylor Swift's album "Fearless". For Fic Fest (Taylor's Version) 2022.]

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    23 Dec 2024

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    Hermione makes it her prerogative to see Draco smile.

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    12 Dec 2024

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    “Oh, gods forbid they respond positively to you doing a good thing,” Neve deadpans. She squeezes him a little again. “That’s sort of how it works, Astarion.”

    She can’t even see it. Believes the best of them all so earnestly, himself included, that she can’t see how it would all fall away without her at the center. It’s enough to make a person feel like they might actually deserve it.

    “And by it, you mean…?” he asks instead.

    Her huffed laugh of disbelief ruffles the hair at his neck. “Friendship, you idiot,” she answers. “And the general acquisition thereof.”

    Astarion cuts a sideways look at her as best he can with her still nestled so close. “And is that what we are? Friends?”

    He’d meant it to tease her, and yet finds that the silence before her answer twists his stomach. Because…he doesn’t actually know, either.

    “Yes, Astarion,” Neve says gently, after a moment. “I think we’re very good friends.”

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    Neve and Astarion, continued. She's not a victim. Not a target. Not just one night it's better to forget. But then...whatever in the world could she be?

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    14 Oct 2024