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Every morning Carol wakes up and tells her it's doomed.
But Zosia has been Tibetan monks and olive farmers; Zosia has been Carol’s swim instructor when she was four years old and flat refused to let the water above her neck. She knows patience.
This is a one-shot of the kind of day they have together.
This is a one-shot of the love you can't let in, can't let go.
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11 Aug 2026
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i don't smoke except for when i'm missing you by shapeofyourbody
Fandoms: Pluribus (TV 2025)
08 Feb 2026
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She could probably count on two hands the number of times she’d smoked in her adult life, despite Helen’s unwavering commitment to habit. It endeared Carol in the way that she’d managed to romanticize the rest of Helen’s quirks after decades together but it never felt like it was for her, a remnant from a rebellious childhood she didn’t want to re-summon, a molotov cocktail of superstition and religious guilt that had never quite left her. Helen had her vices, and so did she.
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Carol picks up a new habit during the gap, which sparks a few memories she'd rather forget.
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09 Aug 2026
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Carol is kidnapped (?) by hive!zosia
"We wanted to be closer to you." She reaches out, brushing away sweat-damp blonde hair. "We love you so much, Carol. More than you could comprehend."
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27 Jul 2026
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What is a house?
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20 Jul 2026
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Hershel takes on a personal mission to deliver a souvenir to Melita.
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04 Jul 2026
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A drunk phone call, a lot of waiting, and a first meeting. Melita and Hershel have been orbiting each other 14 years and counting, but the events of the game throw them into uncharted territory.
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28 Jun 2026
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Laudna had always had an affinity for broken, discarded things. Sometimes she mended them, sometimes she found the beauty in their brokenness and turned it into something more, sometimes she just loved them as they were. The cracked crockery left behind by some previous inhabitant, she had mended. The broken windows, she had replaced with shards of colored glass carefully pieced together to fill the empty window frames. Imogen, she had loved.
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Imogen and Laudna settle in for their first winter together at the foot of the Kaal Mountains, but the local townsfolk aren't exactly welcoming to neighboring witches. Driven from their burning cabin into the harsh mountain winter, they search for a new place to make a home.Bookmarked by cq_rt
26 Jun 2026
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Penumbra Occulta by Vrylium
Fandoms: Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies (Video Game)
20 Aug 2026
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What is worse than the end of the world? For CASCADE, it is surviving to feel the tall consequences of her deeds. When the Opera calls upon her to manipulate the scales of the very war she triggered, she deploys to a developing nation under EMTERR’s thumb, and there she falls back into the hands of one who would show her that the abyss within is to be embraced, not feared.
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24 Jun 2026
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Poetry is a contrivance with no inherent value. Zoe knows this to be so. Yet invasive symptoms of poetry keep arising whenever Hershel is on her mind, hinting at a deeper issue: she cares about what will happen to her.
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16 Jun 2026
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sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste by PoeticallyIrritating
Fandoms: Pluribus (TV 2025)
01 Jun 2026
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The world loves Carol more than she can fathom.
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01 Jun 2026
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[SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 65]
In the soft darkness of Zhudanna's room, Imogen whispers: "Laudna?"
"Yes, darling?"
"What are you thinking about?"Bookmarked by cq_rt
01 Jun 2026
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“You look like—” Carol's voice broke from no use. “You look like someone who isn’t real.”
“It was the most efficient way to—”
“Stop,” Carol snapped. The woman—they—stopped. It was the first time since Helen’s body went cold she'd said stop and the world had listened. “You’re not allowed to use my—” She gestured uselessly at the woman’s face. “You can't puppet this poor woman around to show up here like a goddamn consolation prize.”
The woman took a small step closer. “We only want to help.”Or,
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25 May 2026
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wild horses running through your hollow bones by PoeticallyIrritating
Fandoms: Pluribus (TV 2025)
20 Dec 2025
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Carol Sturka backstory/coming-of-age by way of a relationship chronicle.
For a long time she thinks she will never be able to tell the truth.
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21 May 2026
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Odd birds flock together.
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11 May 2026
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won’t you let me love you like a dog chasing a bone? by creampuffs
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
20 Oct 2024
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The lover as a haunting, the lover as a home—won’t you let me love you like a dog chasing a bone?
In which Laudna tries to tame love and intimacy to lack the shades of violence or haunting that she has come to expect.
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01 May 2026
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“Hi,” says a gruff voice. “This is the Just-Been-Kissed PD. Anyone in your house who might’ve just been kissed?”
Carol laughs at the put-on accent, her toes curling against the carpeted floor. “Helen?”
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21 Apr 2026
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19 Apr 2026
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There isn't a single part of them that doesn't love Carol, that doesn't desire her even at her worst.
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Takes place post-kiss in Episode 8.
Day 7 of Pluribus Week: Creator's Choice
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27 Mar 2026
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A smattering of moments as Imogen catalogues Laudna as best she can: her shape, her gaze, her sound, her touch.
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23 Mar 2026
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What was the difference, really, if Helen was there? Could she find her in there, somewhere? Her Helen inside of Zosia’s mouth, those pinkish lips that were parted around white teeth, a warm tongue.
Hands reached out in search of her, climbing up Zosia’s body until Carol found her neck and reached around it, pulled her closer all at once.
“Carol—”
“Don’t say anything,” she said, slurred words still harsh in delivery. “Just kiss me.”
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22 Mar 2026