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The years were speeding up, of that there was no doubt. But where once Laurence had marked their turning by the height and wildness of the currents of the oceans or the air, and the ebb and flow of military campaigns, his seasons now took a more domestic character. They were delineated by the nighttime tumult of lambing, or the first fine evening that after-dinner drinks could be enjoyed outside Temeraire’s pavilion, the deadheading of roses or the smell of the autumn’s first peat fire.
Laurence, now a retired gentleman of some means, is able to mark his friend’s birthdays as he has always wished.
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When the crew of the Reliant captures the Amitie and the dragon egg it carries, Captain Will Laurence is set ill-at-ease—not because he is unfamiliar with dragons, but rather the opposite. For, over a decade ago following an injury aboard the Shorewise, he discovered he bore a curse, one that would cause him to awake from his dreams as something other than human, if ever his attentiveness slipped. He was a weredragon.
But then the hatchling Temeraire chooses him as his Captain, and the course of his life is forever altered, to become an aviator of His Majesty's Aerial Corps...at least by day. By night, the question of his nature remains quite up in the air.
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- Part 3 of Dragons Together
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Great Expectations by backinyourbox for androbeaurepaire, TanTales
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
30 Jul 2025
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Emily has said no seven times, and it seems like a lifetime since the last time.
Demane will not ask again.
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[Art] Found Family by Syaal (IridescentFragments) for Snakespirits
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
27 Jul 2025
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Art for Temeraire Summer Exchange 2025
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Dating is hard on a desert island by backinyourbox for manonisch
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
19 Jul 2025
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It had been his idea to explore the island, to try and find something more useful than sand and cocoanuts and bugs. He had hoped she would come with him so that they could speak in private; instead she has stormed off ahead in a mood and left him behind. He ought to have just asked Sipho, instead.
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Napoleon is defeated and Lien is slain. A continent rejoices, but one dragon does not, for Laurence is dead. But death need not be the end of the story for a dragon and his companion.
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- Part 1 of Dragons Together
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Various shorts in celebration of the Temeraire Discord Server's 5th Birthday! (Aw)
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After the war is over, William Laurence and Temeraire go to live on the estate of Tenzing Tharkay. It is a brave new world.
30 days' worth of prompts -- ranging from drabbles to over-long fics in their own right -- all (mostly) in the same post-canon story I am projecting for them. Narrative is non-linear but canon-compliant, so spoilers for all 9 Temeraire novels.
(Ratings differ for each chapter so check the index in Chapter 1/Index. Any chapter-specific CWs/TWs will be listed in the chapter notes.)
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"I am pleasantly located in the deep sea, but love will row you out if her hands are strong, and don't wait till I land, for I'm going ashore on the other side." (Emily Dickinson, letter to Kate Anthon, late 1859?)
~~~ now complete ~~~
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Posted for the Yuletide Fic Exchange!
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When Sipho and Demane find themselves harassed, again, on their palette aboard the great English ship, they seek out what little sanctuary they can find.
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- Part 1 of Brotherhood
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Who teaches maths on the Allegiance? Probably the one who has read the Principia Mathematica multiple times.
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A collection of drabbles for the Temeraire 2024 Discord birthday challenge!
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Yoke of Diamonds by NonBinaryStars for T-Rex (tmishkin), VerdetCadet
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
24 Feb 2024
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"Will you write to her, or shall I?"
Demane & Sipho receive a gift from Lady Allendale. Standalone, though it flows directly out of River of Pearls.
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- Part 8 of The Compass
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5 times Tharkay kissed Laurence and 1 time Laurence kissed Tharkay by ReapersAngel
Fandoms: Temeraire - Naomi Novik
21 Dec 2021
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What the title says, and also it's a modern teacher AU.
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A grown-up Emily and Demane discuss the past, present and future, over a glass of wine.
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Silk like waves, hair like offerings, hands like tenderness -- eyes full of reverence -- "You have never not been yourself, Will."
Eyes full of reverence. "I like when you tell me my stories."
This fic went from a place to keep my stray thoughts -- mostly answers to internal questions that came up while writing Parts 1 & 2 -- to the actual Part 3 of the Compass Series.
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- Part 3 of The Compass
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Temeraire panics at the prospect of Laurence dying and accidentally acquires him nine lives. It comes with unexpected consequences.
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For Whrain, going with the prompts of "Everyone has a good day" and "Quality family time with Temeraire" (and also it's a modern AU because why not).
I don't know why Demane is there while Iskierka is still a baby, except that it's an AU and I wanted it that way.
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Five years after a certain aviator captain and his dragon have brought down an alleged tyrant, tensions flare in a thriving Britain. Tensions that force Emily Roland to lie low for some time in a London townhouse.
Though technically protected by her former Captain's growing influence and reputation, William Laurence makes always for good company and even better bait for trouble.