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stay, i pray you by orphan_account
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Iron Man (Movies), Iron Man (Comics), Black Widow (Comics)
28 Sep 2019
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There is a tap on the table top and a quiet, “Scusatemi, signorina,” and she looks up. There is a boy there, no more than twenty, and he is undoubtedly American, though his Italian is so polished that even she would be unsure if not for his hesitant slouch— discomfort, it says I am out of place. His gaze is not demanding. It is not cold, either— but intelligent, distant. Not assessing, but calculating. As if she is made of code, and he is reading her.
“I speak English,” she tells him, “better than Italian.”
He slumps with something akin to relief. “Oh- that’s. That’s cool. I’m really sorry to ask-“ and he looks it, wincing and pulling his own fingers, “-but would it be okay if I sit with you? My mamma is in a formaggeria across the piazza and I desperately don’t want to stand in there and smell cheese for an hour so I was gonna grab an espresso but every other table is filled and I don’t want to impose but—?” He looks at her. He is sharp, ardent with a wisdom that puts her teeth on edge. No young man should look like that: as if he has stared straight into the barrel of a gun and laughed at the bullet, swallowed it whole.
He looks old for his age. He just. He looks.
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22 Sep 2023
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Under the curtain that separates the fitting room from the rest of the store, she can see him bouncing on the toes of the boots he is buying. They’re like hers, but brown. Thick soled. She wonders why he would need boots like these.
She opens the curtain and steps out.
He turns at the sound, a soft grin spreading across his lips. “Wow. Look at you. You look— great. Gimme a spin?” he asks, twirling his pointer finger in the air.
Natalia spreads her arms and spins on one heel, and thinks that it feels unnatural to spin this way. She misses her pointe shoes.
Tony whistles. “Bellissima, amo’,” he insists. “Casual, but refined. Cool, but classic. Edgy, but free-spirited. Very you.”
“How do you know what I am?” she asks.
Tony takes a surprised step back, and when he speaks, his words are calculated. “Well, I guess I don’t. Not really. Not well. Not yet,” he says. “That’s how you seem to me. Can’t be sure, though. I’d like to know. If you’ll let me?”
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As Queen, June has little time to pursue personal interests. Bebel is determined to change this.
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Stiles cannot fucking believe that Scott is hanging out at Allison's house while he's stuck driving Derek around. Derek, who is literally dying, who Scott saw get shot and decided not to say anything. Which, Stiles also can't believe, because it's not like they see people get shot every day, it's kind of a big deal! But apparently not to Scott.
Scott, his best friend, who is going to fucking die by his hand if he doesn't pick up the damn phone.
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- Part 1 of Season one rewrite
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Julian's reaction to Garak's memoirs (ASIT). Delves deeply into Julian's psyche and re-examines their relationship. Leans heavily on the contents of Andrew Robinson's "A Stitch in Time".
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- Part 1 of Blind Moon Verse
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Derek doesn’t want to call the window repair guy. He doesn’t want to sweep up the glass. He’ll inevitably miss a few shards and pull them out of the bottom of his bare feet for weeks.
He doesn’t want to try to make this place feel like home when it isn’t.
Derek stayed in Beacon Hills and tried to make it work because he wanted pack, wanted purpose. He gave his best effort and found himself back where he started: alone, with a few begrudging allies. He’s tired, and even though his werewolf body heals quickly, he feels the weary ache down to his center.
He packs his car with the few things he cares about enough to drag them from place to place. He locks the loft and calls a realtor about listing the building he’d bought in a misguided attempt to secure a future.
And then he leaves.
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It takes two weeks for Scott to notice Derek is gone. He texts one night while Derek is in Oregon.
Scott: wtf man went by the loft 2 times where u at
Derek considers not answering.
It took Scott’s pack awhile, but they eventually noticed Kate had kidnapped Derek, and they journeyed to Mexico to rescue him, even bringing Peter along to help. Derek knows if he doesn’t answer Scott will assume the worst.
Derek: I left
Scott’s reply comes almost immediately.
Scott: vacation????
Derek: Something like that.