Refracted Memory
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La Chambre Ardente de Mon Cœur by SavageWilderness
Fandoms: Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Interview With the Vampire (Movie 1994)
08 Jun 2025
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Summary
Nicolas de Lenfent's perspective, starting two nights after Lestat's onstage breakdown at Renaud's till the start of The Children of Darkness.
Follows Half of Myself and Intermezzo, but only requires familiarity with The Vampire Lestat.
Reading The Wings at His Throat first is recommended for the full impact of emotional and symbolic motifs.
If you desire to crawl inside (my) Nicolas de Lenfent's head, heart, and soul and witness what he thought, felt and endured in the wake of Lestat's disappearance - Come with me...
Content warnings (entire work):
Suicidal ideation, self-harm ideation, self-loathing, religious trauma, drug use and addiction (opium, laudanum, alcohol), emotional codependency, trauma, dissociation (including derealisation and depersonalisation), depression, anhedonia, complex PTSD and attachment. Recurring intrusive or corrupted thoughts, memories, visions, and sounds.
This story explores the psychological fallout of abrupt, total abandonment by someone deeply loved. It may resonate with readers who've experienced ghosting, emotional manipulation, gaslighting, or destabilisation after trauma.
Additional chapter-specific warnings apply.Series