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The little things are infinitely the most important. -- "A Case of Identity," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
What if His Last Vow never happened?
This fic picks up a few months after John and Mary's wedding, in an alternate universe where Magnussen doesn't exist, but Mary is still pregnant. Life continues -- just in a different direction. And slowly, Sherlock and John find their way to each other.
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John Watson has writer's block. Sherlock Holmes is the world's best consulting editor.
Whether John can write a book is another story entirely.
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Sherlock did not believe in marriage, but he wanted to be married.
He found this something of a surprise.
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- Part 2 of Damage
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No damage could ever be truly repaired. John would not be the same.
Or, what happened after the tarmac.
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- Part 1 of Damage
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There are thirteen possible ways to approach John Watson, and none of them are right.
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A Stroll on Sunday by Antiquarianne
Fandoms: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera & Related Fandoms
24 Oct 2021
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Despite his best efforts after Christine leaves, Erik finds himself alive and well and turning fifty. Well, if he’s bound to stay alive, he may as well start living. Of course, any great undertaking requires a first step, which Erik takes literally as a nice morning walk. He may not have a wife to take out on Sunday, but it seems as good a place to start as any.
Nora Farley has enough money and years on her to live life on her own terms. And if one of the things she wants to do in life is walk by herself to and from early morning mass at Notre Dame, she will. And if she wants to say, “Good morning, Monsieur!” to the shy man who covers his face every Sunday…
Well, everyone must learn to live with the consequences of their actions, mustn’t they?
A quiet romance in which Erik takes it upon himself to learn how to live and may, perhaps, find someone to share that life with.
Chapters 45 through 49 are new, for the tenth anniversary.
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14 Jul 2025
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Enjolras presses his lips together. He already looks pained, and Grantaire hasn't even opened his mouth yet. That's got to be a record, even for them.
"I need a favor," he says at last.
"With what?" says Grantaire. "Ooh, are you forming a cult? Can I join? I'd be awesome at cults, I just know it." He ticks off his qualifications on his fingers. "I love chanting, I look great in robes—"
(High school AU. Grantaire the disaffected stoner is pulled into a cause bigger than himself. Or: in which there are pretend boyfriends for great justice.)
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- Part 1 of World Ain't Ready-verse
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04 Jan 2025
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So Fair a Gift by bespin_clouds
Fandoms: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera & Related Fandoms, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux, Phantom of the Opera - Lloyd Webber, Phantom of the Opera (2004), Phantom - Susan Kay
24 Mar 2024
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AWL post canon. In a night of shortsighted lust before the premiere of Don Juan, Christine chose to share herself for the first time with Erik. Frightened in the wake of the fire and destruction, she still decides to leave with Raoul. Faced with the consequences of her actions two months later when she finds out she’s with child, she’s cast out of the de Chagny château in disgrace.
In her desperation, Christine knows there’s only one man who can help her, and she sets out to reunite with her maestro.
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07 Dec 2024
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Louis de Pointe du Lac's hard-won independence is at risk. He's out of a job, out of money, and out of time. When he is offered a position in rockstar Lestat de Lioncourt's household as his daughter's live-in teacher and nanny, he's grateful. He can't know he is totally unprepared.
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- Part 1 of cord of communion
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07 Jul 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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- Part 2 of Mercurial World
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29 May 2024