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  1. Public Bookmark 98

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    Louis is shaken in the aftermath of the butcher shop. There are wounds even blood cannot heal.

    Fortunately, Lestat has never loved Louis by halves.

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    24 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    this fic truly has everything i'm craving right now. louis standing up for lestat against gabriella. lestat taking louis flying, louis having a flashback to the drop, and lestat doing it right this time by actually catching him when he falls. louis getting to share his hurt from what armand did to him, and lestat being outraged on his behalf. loustat gentle sex. louis using the cloud gift. loustat giggly sex. my gawd i could go on. but i'm saying all that to say that i'm just really happy this fic exists. now i'm gonna bookmark it so i can read it again and again and again -- especially when akasha shows up and really puts my emotions through the ringer.

  2. Public Bookmark 43

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    “He should’ve known, he just should’ve known.

    The maker fledgling bond was special but he just thought it was Louis coming back from getting more newspapers to sulk over Claudia some more but it wasn’t and he should’ve known because it didn’t feel the same: his heart didn’t fall into that comforting rhythm… the only comfort in this house these days.

    But he should’ve known it was Claudia at the door but when he opened it he saw her, still looking like that child he had turned so many years ago but the way she held herself, the look in her eye, was that of a woman.”

     

    Or what if Louis wasn’t home when Claudia came back in episode 5? What if the fight never happened?

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    17 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    the kind of dream scenario that only works in a fanfic. claudia finally getting the love, respect, and support from her fathers that she deserved. lestat opening up about his trauma to his unholy family while he still had the chance. louis being there for both of them but also getting to talk his shit about the affair. ughhh chapter 4 literally made my cry. i love this with my whole heart.

  3. Public Bookmark 27

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    When he returned to the hotel, dawn was bleeding into the sky. The windows glowed faintly. He opened the balcony doors and stepped out.

    The first rays touched the floorboards, shy but steady.

    He didn’t scream.

    Magnus had leapt into his own hell, laughing. Nikki had danced into his, singing. Claudia had looked into his eyes with defiance. And Lestat – Lestat had fallen into his, a hollow man adrift, burning like a curse he could never lift.

    5 times Lestat sees burns as self-punishment. Fire, pain and the compulsion to hurt. One time Louis is there to help.

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    17 Nov 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    omg for some reason it hadn't occurred to me that lestat lost so many people he loved to burning. and almost back-to-back! oh my sweet lestat 😭 this is the most beautifully visceral reading experience i've had in a long time. amazing!!!

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    He knows what Daniel is about to say before he begins.

    “Yeah, hey listen. I got some fact checking to do—”

    “I’ve told you, Daniel. I’ve given my story. He can give his. I declined to participate in this documentary—”

    “I watched you feed on Armand in Dubai, right? I’m not making that up?”

    Louis’s hands pause. That wasn’t what he was expecting at all.

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    For 114 years, Louis had an aversion to drinking Lestat's blood, but not for the reason Lestat thinks. Daniel reaches out to Louis for a fact check.

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    28 May 2025

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    i've lost count of how many times i've read this. but i just love it so much!!! loustat hurt/comfort with soft lovemaking just hits different. especially when handled by such an amazing writer <3

  5. Public Bookmark 58

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    When their father died, the remaining de Pointe du Lacs sat at their big, fine table in their big, fine house and went hungry.

    or: louis and disordered eating, through the years

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    15 Apr 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    a fantastic study of louis & his patterns of disordered eating over the years <3