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    Sandor never left during the Battle of the Blackwater. Stannis was defeated and killed. Robb returned to Winterfell to take back his home. He married Roslin Frey and there was no Red Wedding. Joffrey did not die at his wedding. Robb waited for the right opportunity to take Joffrey down. For Sansa, there was only waiting. Waiting for someone to take her from King's Landing... waiting for the rest of her life to begin.

    All characters, and their universe, belong to George R.R Martin.

    (New Username - Same Story)

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    05 Nov 2025

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    "I'd say I've gone mad, but I-" he cut himself off, something like a car engine stalling behind his eyes. "It's good to see you."

    It was an odd thing to say, but still, it cut her to the bone. He'd said it like he hadn't seen her in years, not just since last night at bedtime. "You, too," she offered, tightening her grip on her knees. "Do you know what happened?"

    Louis licked his lips. "I think I was hunting frogs." His accent slipped into groove on hunting, no G, all Louis. It did not relieve her. "Then—" he stopped. Looked up at the ceiling. Claudia pulled a loosed thread from the hem of her skirt, wondering if he'd ever talk again. "You ever felt like you slipped outta your skin?"

    Or: One night in 1921, everything changed.

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    24 Sep 2025

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    “I’m sorry for a lot of things, Admiral. I’ve given up trying to prioritize them. I try to deal with them in parallel instead.”
    Before the trial at the end of Star Trek IV, James Kirk tries to convince Admiral Morrow not to throw him out of Starfleet. Spock doesn’t appear physically in the scene, but of course it's all about him.

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    22 Sep 2025

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    Arthur doesn’t need practice.

    He has natural talent.

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    29 Aug 2025

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    “I never believed that you would betray me,” Arthur says, because Merlin knows him, even if the same might not be true the other way around. Merlin could tell when he was lying, when he was lashing out to protect himself, long before a bond tore down all the defences Arthur so carefully erected around himself. “Do not pretend that you ever believed me capable of truly hating you. I could not, no matter how much I may want to.”

    The way Merlin’s face twists reveals that there is another story there, and words echo within Arthur’s head, guttural and ancient—a half cannot truly hate that which makes it whole.

    He wants to laugh at the truth of it, at the absurdity of it all. Here they are, a prince and a servant, Uther Pendragon’s son and one of the most powerful sorcerers to ever walk the earth—caught up in a fight over who possesses more devotion, who is going to ruin themself for the other’s sake first.


    One hot summer day and an ill-advised kiss leave Arthur with an incomplete soul bond, panic about all his secrets coming to light, and the question of why Merlin is so afraid of Uther. Actually, scratch that—why is Merlin afraid of him?

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    27 Aug 2025

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