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    i write 30 fics in an equal number of days because i hate myself and want to suffer apparently

    edit on 11/30: its finished. i successfully wrote 30 fics in 30 days and didn't die. some of them werent my best writing, and some of them were rather concerning reflections of my mental state, but i had a lot of fun and it was a learning experience. thanks i love it

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    Guillermo de la Cruz cares about a lot of things. He cares about his mother, he cares about public transportation. He cares about the fight for unions, the way Nadja taught him how to braid, the record Laszlo gave him, the office supplies Colin brings him, the soft curl that escapes Nandor’s updo when he’s had a harrowing day. He cares about the stupid glitter portrait, he cares about his mini fridge, his crucifix, his coffee mug, he just. Cares. Guillermo de la Cruz cares. It’s what has made him a good familiar, a great bodyguard, an unflinching friend.

    So that’s what he does. He cares. He cares when Nandor lets blood flow into Gail’s mouth. He cares when he hits his knees and pulls out that stupid fucking ring. He cares when Gail says yes.

    He cares. He cares. He cares.

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    06 Mar 2026

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    Laszlo is either going to get his entrails ripped out, the sad virginal smell around Guillermo to go away, or both. Whichever way it goes, it certainly won't be uninteresting.

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    06 Mar 2026

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    Heinrich pushed his sunglasses up his wooden nose with his wooden fingers. Alice wondered if he was upset, and then remembered it wasn’t her job to console this child-murdering monster.

    At least, it seemed, that the novelty socks thing she’d made up seemed to be true. Heinrich seemed somewhat delighted by the colours and phrases on them, plucking them from the revolving stand and running them through his fingers until Alice forced him to stop.

    She bought him a consolation pair which he attempted to immediately don despite her protests, and then, after some consideration, she bought an English-German dictionary for herself, which she flipped through while they waited at their gate.

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    24 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 15

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    "She settles for looking at the white ceiling above her head for a minute or two, then grows horribly bored and takes back her phone to open Tumblr. Maybe tomorrow she’ll feel humorous enough about the whole situation to make a quick post about the whole falling into a fanfiction trope with my ex thing. No doubt that will get her some attention.

    Sam comes back into the room after a rather long time, still drying his hair with his towel, with absolutely no clothes on except his boxers. It’s official, Alice thinks. Karma is coming for her and whatever she might have done in her past life, it must have been really bad."

    (There's only one bed in their Manchester's hotel room. Alice and Sam happen to be genre aware.)

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    03 May 2025

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    Alice started to list off the order: for herself a cappuccino, for Sam an oat milk latte with hazelnut syrup, for Celia, a mocha. And then… she doesn’t know why she even hesitated, but for a moment she thought of Gwen. Gwen whose eyes had lit up when she had thought that Alice had gotten her a coffee. Who seemed to genuinely appreciate the mocha.

    Alice felt her face heat up. “And, er, another mocha, please.” She added at the last second.

    Or, like the title says, five times Alice gets Gwen coffee and one time Gwen gets Alice coffee.

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    21 Jan 2025