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He had to get out of here. He slept for too long, last time, and Sky had tried to leave him, and it was his responsibility to save her mother, to save Thisbe, so he had to wake up and stop her from leaving again.
The dark-eyed woman stopped him before he could properly get to his feet, though even just the attempt had taken him a solid few minutes of trying, he was still so groggy.
"Uh-uh," she said, easing him back down onto the makeshift bed on the floor. It was a lot like the cot he'd slept in as a child, in his little bedroom in Quill, though there was no Aaron across the room, just out of arm's reach. "You need rest. I promise, you're safe here. Back to bed with you."
Lani, Meghan, and Samheed had their "holiday" on Warbler. Aaron had his on the Island of Shipwrecks. Sky had hers six feet under that stupid volcano. Now it's Alex's turn, in a run-down, mostly-abandoned palace, nestled between apple trees and a river. Besides, when the Quillen idea of a "holiday" includes sending children off to their deaths, he feels like this is pretty par for the course.
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- Part 3 of unwanteds quests: rewrite
- Part 1 of i wanna be loved, i wanna be whole again
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The broken tip of the pencil made his letters streaky and difficult to read, even moreso than his poor handwriting usually made them. He'd clean it up.
I know an apology means little from me.
So why was Liam writing this? What, in the end, would this do? Reopen the wound?
Liam learns to apologize, even when it's not enough.
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"Then go hunt down the tale yourself." Grimwold waved her away, his eyes never leaving the page in front of him.
Ivy pressed her lips together. How unfair! There were thousands upon thousands of books down here, centuries upon centuries of knowledge, surely. How in the world was she meant to find one specific book about one unremarkable teenage boy? It would be easier to just ask Jacques outright.
"That's an idea," she muttered to herself.
Ivy can't get over how familiar Jacques looks, and convinces him to reveal his tragic backstory.
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a portrait of you with marigolds by heyitsnotquitedusk (helloitsdusk)
Fandoms: The Unwanteds Series - Lisa McMann
17 Dec 2025
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"The girl's irises were a deep golden orange—like a marigold thrust into the sunset, a color Alex had tried dozens of times to perfect."
— The Unwanteds: Island of Silence - Lisa McMannAlex had to get this right. The eyes were the window to the soul, the marigolds held in her hand were the focal point of the piece, and this color—this vivid, striking, breathtaking, devastating color—was vital to capturing the whole point of the painting in the first place.
Alex tries to capture a color in a moment before it passes.
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- Part 2 of with you
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"It's not that I hate myself or anything," Aaron mumbled. The dog's ear quirked up at his words, then lowered again. "I like who I am, don't I? I worked hard to get here. To be a better person."
The dog shifted, then rolled himself onto his back, stretching his legs out. The skin drooped off of his face, revealing his big, wide eyes as he looked up at Aaron. He wagged his tail. Aaron took that as an agreement.
He sighed, hand reaching up to pick at his necklace, starting to run it back and forth across the chain. "It's like… I don't want to not be me. It's just… Is that me really me, you know? Do you ever feel like that?
After the end of the end of the end, and all the secrets that it brought to light, there is one last revelation to be uncovered, and one last puzzle piece to fit into place: Aaron realizes that she is a girl.
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where daydreams filled the space between our simple dramas by helloitsdusk
Fandom The Unwanteds Series - Lisa McMann
15 Oct 2025
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A princess is taken from her home and finds herself trapped in another land. She attempts to make the best of it.
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A collection of short scenes about Sky and Alex.
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i wanna be loved, i wanna be whole again by helloitsdusk
Fandom The Unwanteds Series - Lisa McMann
02 Apr 2026
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Alex's epilogue.
Somewhere Icarus crawls out of the sea, unburned and alive. Somewhere we are polishing the word absence with our tongues and learning not to be terrified of all we lack.
— "Wisdom Teeth" - Keaton St. JamesSome reunions, some arguments, some joy, and some sadness post-Quests with everyone's favorite guy.
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but soon you'll like the sound by helloitsdusk
Fandom The Unwanteds Series - Lisa McMann
14 Nov 2025
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Thisbe, for what it's worth, really does want to reconnect with Alex—but he's making it very difficult by insisting on overreacting about her having thoughts that she cannot control.
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A collection of scenes from a world where Quests went a little bit differently.
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Holyroodhouse Palace by fofoqueira for kaelio
Fandoms: Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice
15 Jul 2024
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Set after Blood & Gold, Marius comes to Maharet's compound to visit Thorne.
Wergeld, love and regret mix up in a bittersweet reunion and Marius is left to wonder not only Thorne's chosen destiny, but his own position as a Maker.
A character study with lots of conversation.
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Bookmarked by helloitsdusk
20 Jun 2026
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In 1990, Armand gets a rude visitor.
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Bookmarked by helloitsdusk
20 Jun 2026
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Armand contemplates Marius' turning of Sybelle and Benji. Benji helps
Bookmarked by helloitsdusk
20 Jun 2026
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Chased a Ghost, I Guess. by flowersgrowingfromthedead
Fandoms: Interview with the Vampire (TV 2022)
15 Jun 2026
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"Fuck you," Claudia says to Louis, unable to help herself.
Or, Claudia watches, time and time again, as the world moves on without her.
Bookmarked by helloitsdusk
20 Jun 2026
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I’ll Find a Way or: Do Vampires Sleep with Blankets? by GonewithFantasy
Fandoms: Vampire Chronicles Series - Anne Rice
27 Apr 2026
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Benji is excited to meet Armand after Marius has turned him into a vampire, because surely his dybbuk will be absolutely thrilled, won’t he? The aftermath of Benji and Sybelle getting turned, from Benji’s perspective.
Bookmarked by helloitsdusk
02 Jun 2026