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  1. Public Bookmark 13

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    Wendell has a particular habit of burrowing beneath his covers. And as usual, Emily has some scholarly things to say about it.

    A rambly take on some of Emily and Wendell's more intimate moments, including the tent scene. Because I'm fine with closed door, but I just needed a little bit more of it, you know?

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    05 Jul 2025

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    Buck doesn’t think that if he were to say, “I’m in a bad place”, that anyone would turn him away. Really, he doesn’t. The 118 has too many good, kind people for that.

    But every time he wants to open his mouth, to say something, to reach out to Eddie or Bobby or Hen or Chim, he hears Eddie yelling, “you’re exhausting.”

    —you’re exhausting, you’re exhausting, you’re exhausting—

    So each day he does his job and he laughs and he jokes and he pretends he’s the care-free goofball he’s always been. And each day he packs away his bruises and his worries, takes them home to his empty loft with its quiet rooms, and licks his wounds in silence.

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    15 Jun 2025

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    “It’s yours,” Eddie had finally said, looking down at it for a moment before handing the phone to him. “I… There’s a lot of stuff you might want to go through on there.”

    Buck frowned, confused, but when he looked down at the screen, he saw it.

     

    [250 missed calls]
    [635 unread messages]

     

    “Wha–”

    “A lot of people used it as a… A way to communicate with you while you were gone.”

    Eddie’s voice was tense. Buck couldn’t stop staring, reading the top message from Eddie over and over again, the only one that he could see. It didn’t make sense.

    “You don’t have to go through it all but… We missed you, ba– Buck.” Buck slowly looked up from his phone, and there was that look again. Eddie had reached out, the same way he had when Buck came back, fingers brushing across his face gently. Buck wanted to melt into it. He did, later, but in that moment, he had to keep himself together.

    “I want to.”

    “Okay,” Eddie’s hand had dropped. Buck’s skin felt cold. “Come get me when you’re done.”

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    Buck gets blipped. Eddie's left behind. A love story told through what Eddie did in his absence.

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    06 Jun 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 88

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    He sees Louis’ eyes flit between Claudia’s body next to him, Antoinette’s bloody corpse on the ground, and Lestat against the wall. The dagger is still in his hand.

    Louis finally gets up and takes a step towards Lestat.

    Lestat’s knees buckle, and he lets himself fall to his knees. He raises his head in acceptance, bares his throat, and says, “It’s okay. I see that now.”

    The plan doesn't work. Claudia falls. Lestat doesn't. Louis has to figure out where to go from here.

    Everything changes - maybe for the better, but it won't be easy.

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    26 Jan 2025

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    Set immediately after the stormy NOLA reunion scene in S2 Episode 8. Louis and Lestat talk, kiss, grieve, bicker, banter, flirt, and make love.

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    03 Sep 2024