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  1. Public Bookmark 81

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    “I’ve gone crazy,” he concludes aloud.

    This must be the answer, because his dreams are never this stable, and he doesn’t believe in ghosts. He’s finally lost his ever-loving mind. The grief must have been too much. He’s become one of those men driven insane by tragedy.

    “It’s me,” Arthur says, voice raspy around the edges. “You’re not crazy, John.”

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    John spends two years trying and failing to move on. Returning to the States, he makes the most unlikely and infuriating discovery of the new century. Life has provided a second chance, and John refuses to let it go to waste.

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    23 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 88

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    “Dutch and I are older. You’re closest to his age.” Hosea puts a hand up to halt Arthur’s protestations at that– “I know you’re an adult Arthur, you’re still the youngest. He can see an easier path to being you than to being me or being Dutch. That’s a valuable thing for a young man that’s been through what he has.”

    He moves his hand to pat Arthur’s arm. “I’ll still be showing him things, but I want him taking your example, too. We all have to pitch in.”

    Arthur grunts, and frowns, and gnaws at his lip. But ultimately he acquiesces and bows his big head in deference to his fathers’ wills.

    John Marston starts, to him, a burden.

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    Things change for Arthur over the scale of years. John Marston worms his way in to parts of him he thought long dead.

    **UPDATE 12/22/24**: NOW COMPLETE! Explicit rating beginning in Chap 7.

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    12 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 20

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    “I’m no good,” John says, voice cracking. “Why d’you even…” The words for what they are stick. 

    Once something is real it’s easier to lose.

    Arthur pulls John’s face back around, shifting his grip to one side of his jaw and raising the other to mirror it, tilting him firmly towards Arthur’s soft blue eyes. “Y’mean why do I love you?” 

    He says it almost angry.

    John remembers Arthur’s lips in his hair while he lay in that cot in the mountains, wrapped in bandages and half-insane with fever. “Love you,” they’d mouthed against his skull, through unwashed hair and flecked by blood when pulled away. “Love you John Marston, you stupid bastard.”

    Now, he shudders apart like a fresh-shot hare. And then he nods, small.

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    A gift for my new friend cokobi, who gave me the prompt for this fic: an insecure John receiving reassurance from Arthur, after some jealousy regarding Charles. (Note that there's no Charles bashing here, because in this house we love Charles.)

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    12 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

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    As Rocky and Grace head towards Erid, a transmission comes through over the ship's comms.

    A human voice.

    After (rightfully) freaking out, Rocky and Grace have a new friend to rescue. Will they make it in time? And if they do, what will it be like to have another human aboard?

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    10 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 76

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    Simon wasn't sure he had ever felt loved in his life, but he certainly did now. He was appreciated, respected (debatable), and cared for by Rocky. But he was loved by Grace. It scared him.

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    10 May 2026