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  1. Public Bookmark 18

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    They do this sometimes, when they really, really can’t let work go and separate those worlds. As usual, Wilson gets sucked into the middle of it, as he always has when the lines between friend and lover and colleague blur to such an extreme. And ever since they started sleeping together, it’s not unusual for Wilson to literally be pinned in the middle of it, playing referee and bringing peace upon the nations using whatever orifice or extremity he needs to use to get the job done. Not that he's complaining about that part, not even a little.

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    04 Sep 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 18

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    The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes novel from Lucy Gray Baird's perspective.

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    This fic is now complete.

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    15 Aug 2025

  3. Rec 14

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    "We're not well, Haymitch. You and I. We're old and tired and we're not well enough to give any child the life it deserves. Not by a long shot."

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    OR; haymitch comforts a crying effie.

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    14 Jul 2025

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    true post-canon hayffie the way god intentes

  4. Public Bookmark 23

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    But what Lenore Dove hates is how her shyness changes the way people in the Covey treat her. Even as she developed breasts, even as the baby fat left her cheeks and the sound of her voice matured, they continued to treat her like a child, one whose “innocence” was never to be tampered with. If someone made a dirty joke, a Covey member would playfully cover her ears. If she tried to drink the liquor offered to her during concerts, they would snatch the bottle away from her, shaking their heads in mock disapproval. She knows it’s a joke, that they’re teasing her, but beneath the humorous remarks, there’s a hint of truth. That they believe her to be innocent, pure, too pure for sex or alcohol or any of the other numerous “adult” parts of life that others her age have begun to indulge in. This is their perception of her, and she has not been able to shake it, no matter how hard she tries.

    Lenore Dove does not feel innocent. She does not feel pure. At least, not in the way they perceive her to be.

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    Or: Lenore Dove and Haymitch explore the sexual aspects of romance.

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    04 Jul 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 10

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    “I only tell the truth now, Lucy Gray,” he replied, crossing one foot over the other, posing, preening, like a bird, “learned my lesson. It was Sejanus, by the way. My third.”

    “Well isn’t that something, you Capitol boys can learn after all. Color me astonished. You could have had them shoot me in the woods. Left my bones to bleach.”

    “That’s no way for a victor to go. Besides if I actually wanted you dead I think I’d have to prove it to myself, do it with my bare hands. Send you off like Desdemona. I think I prefer Beatrice, though, or perhaps Viola, they both had happy ends. Wouldn’t you prefer a happy end, Lucy Gray?”

    And damn her soul, she would prefer a happy end.

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    12 Jun 2025