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For: violaobanion 

"I was his only sweetheart"- Viola O’Banion

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Nelson got zossimas some lemons and an iron for Christmas. What a bummer. For the Speakeasy Secret Santa Exchange!

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For: rosetiel

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        26/28 : lenore white (temperance)

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For: holly-gofightly

Richard & Julia

lyrics from Laura Marling’s ‘Rest in the Bed.’

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For: rosetiel

‡  BOARDWALK EMPIRE ‡    seven sins & seven virtues   

        21/28 : benny siegel (sloth)

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Holiday Shopping (Meyer/Charlie)

For: mysticjc

Characters: Meyer Lansky, Charlie Luciano

"Credit goes to the wonderful Holly"

An icy draft cut through the menswear department at Gimbels. Meyer clenched his fists, growing more embarrassed with each passing second. This was a mistake; he had work to do; what was he doing here, anyway? He had half a mind to march right back out onto 32nd Street and forget all about this crazy scheme.

“Charlie!” his mother cried, pulling the young man in for a kiss.

Meyer stared, slack-jawed on the verge of a smile. His friend stood bashfully on the threshold, a small box in his hands.

“Buccellati,” he said, reading Meyer’s mind. “I, uh, wasn’t sure what to bring. We always have these at my house on Christmas, so I thought…”

His mother had exclaimed cheerily in Yiddish and ushered him into the apartment. Meyer simply stood, shaking his head, floored by the gesture. When his friend approached with a sly smile, he could barely eek out a greeting. He hadn’t asked how Charlie had known he would be here; he didn’t care. It was enough that he was.

“Sir?”

Startled, Meyer looked at the sales girl with an apologetic grin and concentrated on the task at hand. It needed to be elegant, the kind that would nestle into the pocket of a Rockefeller like a second skin. But it also had to be strong, strong enough to hold the fortune they would make together, partners til the end. “That one,” he said, pointing to a handsome Italian leather billfold. “Giftwrapped, please.” He smiled as he saw himself placing the little box at the foot of Charlie’s tree, and laughed when he wondered if his friend even had one. Perhaps he would surprise him with that, too.

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For: bourbonandbiscuits

Chalky White, seasons 1-4

"I ain't building no bookcases."

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For: rosetiel

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        6/28 : sigrid mueller (patience)

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For: rosetiel

‡  BOARDWALK EMPIRE ‡    seven sins & seven virtues   

        1/28 : arnold rothstein (pride)

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The Happy Ending (Charlie/Meyer)

For: boardwalkempress

Characters: Charlie Luciano, Meyer Lansky

What a rough day it had been. Long meetings with some of New York’s biggest shots but nothing was accomplished. Some of them didn’t like their business, some of them thought it would be too risky. It was hard to be the man with the thousand ideas but the empty wallet.

"Don’t ever call me Luciano again. It doesn’t suit you." It was a whisper, almost. But it sounded loud in the small room. 

"Doesn’t it? What is it that suits me then?" As soon as the words had left his mouth, Meyer knew that this could either go very good or very bad. 

"You know what suits you." Charlie started to walk towards Meyer until his back was against the wall. "Kissing me suits you. Getting on your knees suits you. Begging me to fuck you suits you."

With every sentence he undid one button. And thank God they were short sentences, because Meyer knew that would go very good and was anxious to feel Charlie’s skin against him. He knew what suited him. 

Oh boy, how Charlie suited him,

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For: rosetiel

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        3/28 : jimmy darmody (envy)

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For: caponewithane

bone for tuna, gyp

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Christmas at the Artemis Club - Part Six

For: bourbonandbiscuits

Characters: Gillian Darmody, Richard Harrow, Tommy Darmody

A/N: this is part six of several--one more to go!

Christmas Eve, an icy chill crept through the lonely manor halls. The girls had retreated God knows where for the holiday, leaving behind a makeshift family masking all too fresh wounds with feigned mirth and thinly-veiled insults. And yet…

“From his sister!” Tommy chimed in, saving Richard from the labor of responding. “She lives in Wisconstin.”

“Wisconsin, dear,” she corrected, but here attention barely strayed from the man before her. “I wasn’t aware you had family.”

His throat clicked as he swallowed in response. She found the reflex both endearing and repulsive, though at the moment it erred towards the former.

After dinner, she decided to retreat to the parlour to bask in the glow of her beloved tree, only to find it  not the pristine confection she’d envisioned but a storm of mismatched ornaments grouped in odd bunches on the lower branches. She needn’t ask to know it was Tommy’s doing, his tiny hands struggling with the prickly branches. Perhaps it was the spirit of the season, but she suddenly felt a rush of guilt at her recent spats with her son’s partner; she made her way to the stack of boxes that held the surplus of decorations and let her hand hover over a fancy one before scooping up a rough-hewn angel instead, fingering its fat little wings tenderly. She raised it to the tree and let it droop from a high bough, then stepped back to admire her work with a bashful smile.

A hum from behind made her turn to find the boys watching her. She blushed. “I see we’ve had a little elf sneaking around,” she said with a mischievous smile, bending down to her grandson. “Come. Why don’t we give him a hand?”

She lifted the child from the ground and let him choose an ornament from the box, holding him high so he could hang it with pride. She glanced back at Richard and thought she caught a hint of a smile cross his lips as he strode towards them, plucking a glass ball gently from the crate and following suit.

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For: rosetiel

‡  BOARDWALK EMPIRE ‡    seven sins & seven virtues   

        24/28 : chalky white (charity)

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For: rosetiel

‡  BOARDWALK EMPIRE ‡    seven sins & seven virtues   

        8/28 : june thompson (diligence)

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For: caponewithane

CAPONEWITHANE’S FAVORITE CHARACTERS (1/5) — Manny Horvitz 

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For: desenfocada

The Three Stooges - Capone Style!