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Beyond the Open Window by etymologyplayground
Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian
08 Jul 2026
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Diana said, "It's alright with him, since it's you."
"Is it?" Stephen managed.
"Isn't it?" said Diana, draping herself over Jack, her head turned to look at Stephen over her shoulder. "If it's Jack. And me."
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Clarissa, dear, shall I tell you something about our evening?
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The Dream of Reason by etymologyplayground
Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian
08 May 2026
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The hoopoe flew far beneath them, a mere speck of rust with its handsome black bars, no larger than a beetle; and then he saw it was quite close and truly was no larger than a beetle, its whole wingspan eclipsed by the length of his thumb alone. He caught it gently in his cupped hands, as if a butterfly, and very cautiously opened a gap between his fingers for its tiny head to poke out, the size of a grain of rice. "Sure even the least of all weevils will be too large for you, my friend," Stephen told it, and having nothing else to offer he released it; it was visible for only a breath, then disappeared, too small to see at any distance.
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Stephen Maturin has hit his head.
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"Well, now I must know what you have hidden under there," Diana decided, hoping for some sort of ghastly nautical tattoo. She used her physical advantage to shove his shirt up before he could move to stop her, and abruptly she understood.
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The first night of Diana's second marriage was in some ways not exactly traditional.
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Before My Bed, Clear Moonlight by etymologyplayground
Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian
11 Feb 2026
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Jack did not forget what he had meant to say. But he felt the words were suddenly quite a long way off, minuscule white sails disappearing fast over the horizon, while creeping up on his lee was a great hot dark storm.
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Stephen is full of surprises.
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Jack, who had been made anxious by Stephen's comment about his own nerves failing, grabbed him lightly by the shoulders, spun him round, and pressed him down to sit on the edge of his sea-chest. "You can sit there," he said, and grabbed his own pillow off his cot. He dropped it to the floor and then knelt on top of it. "And I'll sit here. And we'll go from there, yes?"
"Yes," Stephen managed. "All right. Yes. How practical."
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Stephen says three astounding things.
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The Road by etymologyplayground
Fandom Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor (Movies)
26 Jun 2018
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Abandoned WIPs by etymologyplayground
Fandom ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
25 Mar 2018
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101 Amazing Sea Creatures! by etymologyplayground
Fandom ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
25 Mar 2018
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A kiss slowly rising to the eyes of the sea by Dorinda
Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types
02 Dec 2019
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In the heart of the enemy’s country, Jack is guest of honour at an elegant night in the grand home of Adhémar de La Mothe. La Mothe is a strange and marvelous host, and he certainly seems very fond of Stephen...
Could it all just be cover for one of Stephen’s secret missions? Or is there some deeper truth to be revealed?
Bookmarked by etymologyplayground
29 Jul 2026
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can't belieb i didn't have this one bookmarked already. dorinda you will always be famous
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Most Musical, Most Melancholy by Dorinda for Apathy
Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types
01 Feb 2021
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Would he die? Was he in fact dying right at this moment? And Jack not there?
Jack forcibly steadied himself. He thought of Stephen's heart beating beneath his hand. Rapid, straining, like a—
—like a trapped bird. He looked up. At once he saw, tangled in a line, a pale and blotched little bundle, feebly thrashing.
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Admiration by ashinae, cruisedirector
Fandoms: Master and Commander (movie), Master and Commander - All Media Types
02 Dec 2003
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Stephen tells Jack the truth; how could Jack be other than honest in return?
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Jeeves and the Ribald Romance by Wotwotleigh
Fandoms: Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves & Wooster
16 May 2018
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Aunt Dahlia recruits Bertie and Jeeves to help enact a plan to save her floundering weekly women's magazine, Milady's Boudoir. Despite his reservations, Bertie agrees to help. But where will he find a writer willing and able to take on the project Aunt Dahlia has in mind?
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Crowley knew Aziraphale. Crowley didn't need to read his mind or his heart, like he did with the humans, to know what Aziraphale wanted: for the world to continue to exist, and to continue to exist in the world.
And if there was one thing Crowley knew how to do – if there was one thing, depending on how you wanted to interpret Ineffability, that he was created to do – it was convince people to do exactly what they had wanted to do, anyway.
One last big job before retirement. Tempting an angel to disobey Heaven. Hell help him, this was going to require craftsmanship.
(Aziraphale is leaving. Crowley tries to convince him to stay.)