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“Most people think prayer is the only fundamental sacrament of our faith. It's reductive,” he says, stroking his face. “But prayer is important. It teaches us how to thank God and how to ask for things. Perhaps that's where your difficulties lie: you don't know how to ask for it.”
He stares deep into Thomas' soul, not his eyes, and smiles. It's kind, reassuring, his Pope smile and human smile are all the same. “It's about time you learned it, don't you think?”
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Honor your father and mother
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- Part 4 of decameron
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11 Oct 2025
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Lawrence is considering the benefits of leaving the room to go throw up somewhere when Vincent finally speaks.
“I wouldn’t call it a crush,” he says, his voice even and calm, brown eyes sparkling.
Lawrence nods, slightly hysterical. “You wouldn’t?” He asks hopefully. Good, okay. Vincent agrees. All that’s here is friendship. Simple, easy, proper. Appropriate. Friendship.
“No.” Vincent shakes his head and sets his teacup down. “I would say that I am in love with you.”
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- Part 1 of the only way to heal now
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26 Sep 2025
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“I wouldn’t call it a crush,” he begins, bracing himself for the storm. Be calm, he tells himself. God is with you.
“You wouldn’t?” Lawrence squeaks. His eyes are wide, searching. Vincent would spare a thought for his beauty, if he had any to spare in the first place.
“No.” Vincent shakes his head and sets his teacup down. “I would say that I am in love with you.”
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Or, a companion fic to the love I’m given, from Vincent’s POV.
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- Part 2 of the only way to heal now
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26 Sep 2025
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Aldo has never really been one to think much about penance.
“We honor God in a multitude of ways,” he’d told Thomas once. “I agree that discomfort is useful. We learn to turn away from our sins and commit to do better. I don't understand what mutilating yourself in His name is meant to accomplish. We were not put in this world to suffer, Thomas."
Thomas had been quiet for a long time. "It is a different thing, though," he'd said finally. "You will agree on that much at least. Self-harm is a sin. Self-flagellation has a place in doctrine."
Aldo had winced. "Next thing you'll tell me is you've joined Opus Dei. You don’t think confession is enough? Prayer?”
“I think mortification of the flesh has its place,” he’d said absently, eyes faraway.
“Does it serve a purpose, though, apart from hurting you? Does senseless pain really bring you any closer to Him?”
Thomas had barely flinched. Aldo had felt possessed by the urge to grab his jaw and direct him forward, look at me, look!
“We must repent, Aldo,” he’d said simply. "By whatever means necessary."
He’s always thought Thomas did enough repentance as it was for the two of them. He thinks he understands better now.
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31 Aug 2025
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Thomas and Vincent are convinced that they're being absolutely discrete and professional about their relationship. The rest of the world begs to differ.
Or: Five times someone suspects the Pope and his Dean are madly in love and keeps their mouth shut about it, and one time Aldo finally reaches his breaking point.
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- Part 1 of Undeniable / Irresistible
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10 Aug 2025
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Goffredo Tedesco doesn't do graduate students, Americans, or flings with tourists. Aldo Bellini swore he wouldn't fall in love over a semester abroad. After a night out in Rome, suddenly everything is different.
Maybe one summer of shared cigarettes would be enough. Maybe it would have to be.
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una volta ogni morte di papa: lit., "once every time the pope dies." fig., "once in a blue moon."Series
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02 Aug 2025
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Behold the answer to your prayers by superworm
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
04 Jun 2025
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Aldo Bellini never intended to act on his shameful desires, least of all with the worst person he knows.
Goffredo Tedesco never expected that accidentally discovering his rival’s delightful proclivities would set in motion a chain of events that ends with him getting in way over his head.
Consciences are troubled, decisions questionable, loyalties conflicted, and if Thomas Lawrence ever finds out what his idiot friends are up to, he’ll probably walk straight to the nearest monastery and never look back. But other than that, what could possibly go wrong?
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- Part 1 of Sacraments for sinners
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04 Jun 2025
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Cardinal Lawrence’s salvation makes itself known through Pope Innocent XIV. It’s a shame that same salvation will be his undoing through the sixth circle of Hell.
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05 Apr 2025
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hand-fed to fullness by intothewildblueyonder
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
09 May 2025
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It is normal, in a happy and healthy relationship, for either partner to develop new appetites.
What is slightly less normal, in Vincent's opinion, are the desires now ignited within him - and how far Thomas Lawrence, who has finally learnt to hunger without guilt, will go to fulfill these.
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- Part 2 of walk hand in hand with faith
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28 Mar 2025
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you ache like god aches by intothewildblueyonder
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
25 Apr 2025
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Those at the Holy See have a lot to say about Thomas Lawrence's devotion to their new Pope - and unfortunately, not all of it is good.
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- Part 1 of walk hand in hand with faith
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28 Mar 2025
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walk hand in hand with faith by intothewildblueyonder
Fandom: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
11 Jun 2025
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28 Mar 2025
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A single night, lesson in physicality, reckoning with faith, between young soon-to-be cardinal and a man he was never meant to know beyond transaction.
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- Part 1 of Greek Love
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28 Feb 2025
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Cardinal Tedesco fucks Vincent Benitez. Then cries about it. That's it.
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23 Feb 2025
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… And They Will Open Up Like a Flower by Karellen
Fandoms: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
07 Nov 2023
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Gustave H.? Newly rich, needy, insecure, and pining after his lost youth.
Dmitri Desgoffe-und-Taxis? Emotionally maladjusted, full of ennui, and certainly not pining after Gustave.
Zero Moustafa? A concierge and loving husband; still confused.
(A sequel to Heart’s A Mess).
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- Part 2 of Stolen Paintings, Stolen Hearts
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03 Feb 2025
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Monsieur Gustave H. is now the richest man in the former Republic of Zubrowka, much to the displeasure of the disgraced Dmitri Desgoffe-und-Taxis. When their paths cross again, following the “Boy with Apple” debacle, will they be able to put their former rivalry aside?
(Or, at the very least, will Dmitri manage to endure Gustave’s presence without wanting to kill him again?)
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- Part 1 of Stolen Paintings, Stolen Hearts
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03 Feb 2025
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“You are not well,” Salvador returns. “You are overflowing with…” he pauses to search for the word and he finds it, “grief. You’re grieving. It has hollowed you out.”
“I have nothing to grieve for.”
“You’re lying, Thomas.”
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Vincent Benítez becomes Pope Innocent XIV. Thomas Lawrence stays behind.
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- Part 2 of Volo ut sis
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06 Jan 2025
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Following Tremblay's election, Thomas Lawrence is forced to resign and ends up in a refugee camp in Jordan, working side by side with Cardinal Vincent Benítez.
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- Part 1 of Volo ut sis
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20 Dec 2024
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In the Papal sacristy, Lawrence comes to know Vincent Benítez before he becomes Pope Innocent XIV.
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21 Nov 2024
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Lawrence walks home after spending the evening with Benitez
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14 Nov 2024
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Toothache. by TransparentStrawberry
Fandoms: Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022), Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice
18 Aug 2025
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“Daniel, are you still there? Is everything alright?” Louis sounded very worried now.
“Yeah I’m fine. It’s Armand…something is wrong with him.”
“Many things are wrong with him, my friend.”
Even if his friend tried to he couldn’t keep the malice oozing out of his thoughts straight into Daniel's brain.“He started talking to me in Italian. I don’t think he knows where he is right now, or who I am. He thinks I’m his new owner.”
There was a pause and for a moment he believed that his friend had cut the connection and abandoned him.“Oh… that means you’ve met Amadeo.”
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30 Oct 2024