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    Finally, they arrive at the homily. Benítez is much briefer than his predecessor. And yet, his speech feels fuller, somehow. He pins them all under the darkness of his gaze. When his eyes land on Aldo, he feels as if Benítez has stripped him bare, that he can see the horrible, green monster that writhes beneath his breast. He speaks of love and light, a desire to move them forward into the future while paying homage to the past. Aldo feels trapped in that damned vote, watching the world crumble under his feet.

    The morning after Vincent Benítez is elected Pope Innocent XIV, Aldo Bellini attends morning mass. He tries to grapple with the scale of everything he's lost to Benítez: his role as Secretary of State, the Papacy, and Thomas Lawrence.

    Or, the one where Aldo is still sore about the conclave, and he has to navigate his new place in the Curia while trying to sort out his feelings for Thomas and Vincent. And Tedesco is there too, just to aggravate him.

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    17 May 2025

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    Aldo Bellini is still going through it. Somehow it is worse?

    This is a much longer fic about going on a journey with the man you love who you think is in love with someone else and you keep dreaming about the dead pope. God is still there.

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    29 Apr 2025

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    Aldo Bellini, the newly elected Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, is thrust into a situation which will forever alter his views on faith, the world and his fellow Men in Christ—especially a certain aggravating Venetian Cardinal with a bad temper and a worse attitude.

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    29 Apr 2025

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    The Vatican. A city-state of unshakeable faith, immovable power, and inescapable drama. Behind the gilded doors of the Apostolic Palace, alliances are forged, betrayals are whispered, and centuries of tradition rest in the perfectly manicured hands of men who can quote canon law and hold a grudge for a lifetime. Here, gossip is a sacrament, pettiness is a sacred duty, and even the holiest among them can’t resist a little scandal over afternoon tea. Welcome… to a new season of... The Real Housewives of Vatican City.

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    He startles out of his thoughts when Tedesco coughs. He is grinning, now, like he knows something Aldo doesn't. “No?” He takes a pointed drag. He must think blowing out plumes of flavoured smoke makes him look attractive. “I always thought he had very beautiful blue eyes, our Tommaso. A fine face—one might think he is a continental man. Do you think he's kept to his vows of celibacy?”

    “I'm sure he has,” Aldo says neutrally. Thomas is not an easy man to tempt.

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    Cardinals Bellini and Tedesco consider Thomas Lawrence, the Virgin Mary, and each other.

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    19 Mar 2025