CarnivalsoftheCity
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breathing, a little, and calling it a life by CarnivalsoftheCity
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
02 Apr 2026
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He’s been doing a lot of that recently - noticing things. It feels silly to him most days, on account of the fact that he’s older than her by more than a decade, broken where she is perfectly whole, and nothing to offer except his bleeding, aching heart, but he’s noticed her nonetheless.
(or, november through june, from the lonely halls of grimmauld place)
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- Part 2 of a fool such as i
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let this remain by CarnivalsoftheCity
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
30 Mar 2026
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His voice was hoarse, vowels stretching in a way that was obviously Ferelden but not noble, though he held himself like one. Shoulders back, jaw set. A proud man, with too much to prove and not much time to do it. A gust of wind swept ash towards them, catching in his hair, and Maeve’s nostrils flared at the sudden and unmistakable scent of lyrium.
Templar.
She raised her chin a fraction, almost defiantly. If only her soft scholar fingers and Chantry veil did not give her away as a Circle mage and nothing more.
(or, the inquisition from the perspective of maeve trevelyan)
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- Part 1 of a lifetime rolls by (maeve trevelyan)
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“It’s just a dinner,” she said, brushing the foolish thought away almost as soon as she said it. “Not a date.”
“Of course,” he agreed, lips curved in that irritating half-smile he always seemed to have tucked away. “Just a dinner.”
(or, it's 1994 and auror trainee nymphadora tonks is sent to yorkshire to interview one remus lupin)
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- Part 1 of a fool such as i
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and though i burn (how could i fall?) by CarnivalsoftheCity
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
19 Dec 2025
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There was never a way of knowing before her how his body could feel under the touch of another. She is a balm to a wound he wasn’t aware he had, a solve to the loneliness he knew but had not worried gaped within him. The Inquisitor is just a woman, but it is a miracle that he hasn’t crumbled under the rapturous weight of her touch.
Cullen is terrified of it most days. This thing that they have created is stronger than anything he has ever felt, and also so fragile that he is convinced that one day he will blunder into it and it will shatter. Like he has just now.
(or, in which cullen can almost let himself feel pleasure, except for all the times he can't)
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- Part 3 of a lifetime rolls by (maeve trevelyan)
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trapped between two lungs by CarnivalsoftheCity
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
04 Dec 2024
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Never before has he felt such a flood of emotion like this for another person, one that was not hate or agony or terror. She is perhaps the most beautiful creature he’s ever seen, and he breathes with her for one long, tenuous moment.
“I did not expect,” Cullen says very quietly. “For you to become as important to me as you have.”
(or, a series of moments between cullen and maeve, where he pines hopelessly and she's just waiting for him to catch up)
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- Part 2 of a lifetime rolls by (maeve trevelyan)
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a lifetime rolls by (maeve trevelyan) by CarnivalsoftheCity
Fandom Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
31 Mar 2026
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5B coda and speculation.
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butterflies by rowanisawriter
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
18 Dec 2022
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It would be more surprising to see someone step out of the Fade after an explosion that killed every person of note in the Chantry and not feel a thrill the first time he sees her. Or the second. Or third. After that, however, he starts to wonder just what is going on.
Bookmarked by CarnivalsoftheCity
07 Jul 2024
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"I always slept better when you were around," Steve says softly. "I think you did too."
Something within Bucky *knows* that Steve is right, because the only place in the entire world where he feels any semblance of safety is right here, in Steve Rogers's bed at 1am.
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Bookmarked by CarnivalsoftheCity
03 Apr 2021
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and i may be foolish to fall as i do by brahe
Fandoms: DCU, Justice League - All Media Types
04 Aug 2018
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Clark comes back, Bruce falls in love, and maybe it really is that easy.
Bookmarked by CarnivalsoftheCity
27 Dec 2020
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The ‘Flying Colours’ trilogy follows Lupin and Tonks’ romance across the canon timeline, from the beginning of the Order of the Phoenix until the end of the Deathly Hallows.
1. Flying Colours
26 chapters"It's funny" Said Tonks, pink curls grazing the scars on Remus' bare chest, as she peered into his face. "Last night I had the privilege of seeing you lose control and now I'm watching you try to reassemble yourself. Piece by piece" The Ministry's most unconventional Auror meets the Order's most self-disciplined werewolf.
2. Shadow Boxing
16 chapters“It’s hell,” said Tonks, hating every tear that escaped. “It’s hell feeling this way. People may have slapped a pretty name on the thing, but love is bloody breaking me" An indoctrinated werewolf army is rising, the war is spiralling out of control, and two divided lovers are haunted by their past.
3. Tearing Sky
27 chapters“It’s not goodbye. So don’t you dare look at me like that, Remus.” An extraordinary marriage fights for survival.
Comments of all shapes and sizes are welcome on my stories.- Words:
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Bookmarked by CarnivalsoftheCity
25 Aug 2020
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where dwells the breath of all persisting stars by absopositivelutely
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
07 Mar 2018
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they fall apart without him.
(or; the death of james potter.)
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- Part 1 of soul searching
Bookmarked by CarnivalsoftheCity
18 Aug 2020