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  1. Public Bookmark 3

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    It was Charles who Monty put his arm around as the auditorium lights went dark. Jean couldn’t decide if this was a new pattern of behaviour, or if it was purely the stark contrast to their last theatre outing that had prompted her to take note. Monty had been a tactile person for as long as she’d known him, that wasn’t up for debate. But Charles relaxing into Monty’s arm rather than tensing beneath it was certainly a development.

    Jean let herself be drawn back into the chatter as they walked to the underground station, hugging them both tightly before they waved her onto her train. Her smile fell apart as soon as she disappeared into the tunnel, wondering when their little trio had turned into one matching pair and Jean trailing behind.

    [or, when Jean fears she's falling behind, misunderstandings threaten to tear them apart]

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    17 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 6

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    Charles Cholmondeley has always felt out of place: at school, in the RAF, and now in MI5. Then he meets Ewen Montagu, and finds a new confidence...

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    13 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 6

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    “But the last few days, it-it’s been happening again. I fall asleep and I see you, but you’re not breathing and there’s blood everywhere and then I wake up and I have no idea what’s real and what’s not or where I am or where you are. I’m just so… so tired.” Charles finished with a heavy sigh, shoulders sagging and eyes glassy.

    The feeling that they were too young to have such heavy burdens wasn’t exactly a new one, but it did feel more true in that moment than it ever had before. He tried, rather desperately, to think of something, anything, that would help ease that bone-deep tiredness he knew all too well, but he came up short. It wasn’t fair, Charles always seemed to know the perfect thing to say that would calm him down and Monty wanted to help this person who he cared for so much that it genuinely frightened him.
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    or; one year after the events of "by any other word would smell as sweet"

    OR; i tried to write fluff and failed immediately
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    title from “rock ‘n’ roll suicide” by david bowie - a song that fits this fic so perfectly imo

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    03 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 2

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    Hester Leggatt spends many evenings alone working in the typing pool with no problem.

    Tonight though, she finds herself thinking about her past, what she's lost, and falling into old routine before an unlikely guest visits her just before Operation Mincemeat is officially put in motion with the delivery of Bill.

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    31 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 5

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    monty has been working himself ragged since mincemeat, this all comes to a halt when hester discovers him in the basement late one evening
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    this is technically a prequel to "by any other word would smell as sweet" but you do not have to read that to read this!!

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    29 May 2026