decreasingentropy
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Between Sleep and Waking by decreasingentropy
Fandoms: The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley
03 Aug 2023
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What happens when Raphael has a little nap.
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AU where Merrick owns a plant shop and Raphael and Inti (who have for unspecified reasons emigrated to Mevagissey, Cornwall) run the coffee shop next door.
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Roundabouts and Washing Lines by decreasingentropy
Fandoms: The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley
11 Feb 2023
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‘Don’t you miss it? The rest of the world?’
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He understood well what grief meant to a markayuq. In the same way that they learnt languages, gathering knowledge carved into stone at the first mention and never forgetting, never lessening, they held sadness just as permanently.
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In which Merrick represses ideas, and Raphael un-represses them.
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right where you left me by dreamtiwasanarchitect, liadan14
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
19 Aug 2021
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Joe and Nicky have made a life with each other in their little house in Amsterdam Centrum. There’s a koi pond in the back courtyard, fresh herbs growing in the windowsill, and art on all the walls. Things are uncomplicated.
Then, one day, Nile Freeman shows up at their door.
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25 Jun 2026
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must be an imaginary love (to start with) by kaydeefalls for andrealyn
Fandoms: The Old Guard (Movie 2020)
03 Sep 2022
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In which Nicky joins a queer football club, makes some new friends, and offers to help Joe piss off his ex by pretending to be his new boyfriend. This is a very reasonable scheme that will definitely not lead to any feelings whatsoever.
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20 Jun 2026
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Historical AU set during the Fall of Carthage (2nd century BCE). When Carthaginian merchant Yusuf first met Nicolò in Rome, he thought him simply a pleasant night's distraction from the looming threat of war between their respective homelands. He did not expect to meet him again in battle outside the walls of Carthage—or, well…anything else that followed, really.
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10 Jun 2026
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The famous Italian short story 'La Realtà di Tutto' is the tragic tale of two men who fall in love in the rolling hills of Calabria and are then separated by forces beyond their control. Nicolo di Genova- one of the few openly gay actors in cinema - has spent years trying to adapt it into a film, and he has assembled the best in the business to help him shepherd the film to success. There's only one thing missing just weeks from day one of shooting: the other leading man.
When Joseph Al-Kaysani - a moderately successful comedian - is cast in what Variety calls, 'the most hotly anticipated film on Netflix's docket,' and what industry insiders call, 'that gay mafia movie,' it's a complete surprise. Joseph is best known for his unflinchingly honest storytelling style, but there's one thing he's never shared with his audience or his family - he is gay.
But Joe isn't the only one with secrets.
_______________Inspired by a KinkMeme prompt.
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07 Jun 2026
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All of this scared me. Yusuf scared me. He scared me with his easy repudiation of my beliefs, his laughter, the way he looked at me, the things he made me think. My belief in God scared me too, standing as it did on shaking legs. I had suffered for Him and suffering should have proven my love, but it never made anything better. But who was I, if I was not a God-fearing man? What would I become?
If you will not die, why continue to suffer?
I stopped walking and sat in the grass, looking out at the mountains as the moon and clouds cast dark shadows upon them. Beautiful and unknowable, like…
“Like God,“ I muttered to myself. But of course I really meant, like Yusuf.
______No longer a work in progress. Now just a work.
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- Part 1 of Centuries and Centuries
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