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  1. Public Bookmark 6

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    “Alright, explain it to me, O Angel of the Lord,” Crowley snapped. “Tell me how exactly I’ve been going too fast after six bloody millenia.”
    “I wanted to take your offer!” Aziraphale exclaimed, stepping forwards. “Of course I did. But it was the wrong time, everything was wrong, and I had just given you a— a suicide pill, Crowley, and I couldn’t be the reason you stopped existing.” He blinked back the sudden flood of tears. “Please believe me. It was never my intention for my words to hurt you.”
    There was a beat of stunned silence.
    Then Crowley spoke. “I believe you, angel,” he said, his voice unexpectedly soft.

    OR: two times after 1967 that they finally went at the right speed. Chapter 1 (1977) is full of angst and yearning and UST, Chapter 2 (2027) is just self-indulgent spicy fluff.

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    19 May 2026

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    29 Apr 2026

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    AU after season 3. Garak is killed during the Obsidian Order's attack on the Founders' homeworld; at least, that's what everyone believes. When Julian is captured by the Dominion and sent to Internment Camp 371, he's shocked to see the former tailor again.

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    29 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 24

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    It should have been easy enough to shrug off, once they awoke on the changelings' planet and knew none of the preceding events had taken place, but the thing about it was,

     

    the thing was, thought Julian,

     

    the thing:

     

    Julian braced himself against the wall, shaking. The thing was: he saw Garak die.

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    26 Apr 2026

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    The elders of New Vulcan decide to resurrect an ancient custom, and suddenly Jim must help find his First Officer an honorable Vulcan husband.

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    23 Apr 2026