Barnacle_Boys_Brastrap
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Brother Thomas Lawrence has resigned from his position as Dean of the College of Cardinals, seeking out a quiet life in a Franciscan order to reconnect with God. But his time there is marked with nightmares and horrific visions of the Holy Father (the man he left behind, the man who still haunts his waking moments and permeates his thoughts) - and he finds himself inexorably drawn back to the Vatican.
Vincent has been calling out for him.
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16 Sep 2025
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Thomas Lawrence experiences a hunger he's never felt before, in the months following the ascension of Pope Innocent XIV. It haunts him in his dreams, tempting him to sacrilege, until he learns that perhaps this feeling was not as dark as he thought it was.
An experimental piece featuring cannibalism as a metaphor for love and devotion, and the horror of owning a uterus and becoming the Supreme Pontiff of one of the world's oldest religions.
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- Part 1 of satiation and salvation
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13 Sep 2025
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Vincent is there beside him. The sun catches in his hair, briefly turning jet black into a golden halo. Lawrence has seen this before. It takes him way too long to realize, and when he finally does, it’s already too late.
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It's been two months since Vincent Benítez became Pope Innocent XIV and finally, Thomas Lawrence feels like he can catch a breath. That is, until he starts getting the same nightmare over and over again.
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22 Jul 2025
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De profundis by coulometric_titration
Fandoms: Conclave (2024), Conclave - Robert Harris
18 Jul 2025
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Thomas is interrupted from his work - the first somewhat free Saturday since the Conclave and even if he's done a lot, there's still work to be caught up on. Then the pope calls and Thomas goes to him as he always does, leaving plans for seating arrangements and a lonely evening behind.
The Papal Apartement contains one (1) emotional pope and a cardboard box it does not usually contain... that sets off a series of events - some unexpected, some expected, some good, some bad.Bookmarked by Barnacle_Boys_Brastrap
22 Jul 2025
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“It seemed cruel,” Thomas says, “for you to have not seen Rome properly. And so you shall.”
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Thomas and Vincent sneak out of the Vatican to spend an anonymous day in Rome.
(Also, Vincent doesn't want Thomas to resign. Thomas doesn't want to go.)
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04 Jul 2025