#the crane wives sentence prompts

[themythscometolife]

The Crane Wives: “Coyote Stories” Sentence Prompts

“When I was a child, my nerves ran wild.” “Nothing worth doing comes easy.” “No amount of fear will keep you safe.” “What if the step I take turn out to be mistakes?” “I loved you like the sun.” “I swear I didn’t mean what I said.” “You caught me in a moment weak.” “Sometimes I just can’t help myself.” “Are we allies or enemies?” “Do we bow out and take our separate roads?” “All is fair in love and ware, but I can’t fight with you anymore.” “But now my love is gone and I am left unraveling.” “I never knew that I needed you.” “I once loved a man who kissed me once before he left.” “I’m trying to make something of myself.” “I’m one deep breath away from a breakdown.” “The world is hostile, and I’m fragile and I need someone to kiss the cuts and tell me to keep trying.” “Does everybody have it together or are we all pretending?” “Can we all admit that we don’t have it figured out?” “But we best get a move on, or the devil we will meet.” “Drop dead sprint, my darling, now.” “That monster’s coming and it don’t care for you or me.” “You can’t trust a single thing I say.” “Don’t look too hard, cause you won’t like the scars he left in me.” “And all these words are sweet and meaningless.” “No man should stand to work all of his days and have nothing at the end of them.” “I got no money but the change that jingles in my pocket.” “My papa taught be how to howl, how to bear my teeth and growl.” “The hand that feeds deserves to be bitten when it beats.” “I swear that I loved you.” “I hear something calling me.” “Leave me weakened and dig my hole.” “But try as I might, I couldn’t bring myself to hold you.” “There are times where I still wonder about you.” “You are someone I have loved but never known.” “You’ll never see the reasons I had for keeping my claws away when they were close enough to hurt you.” “I am selfish, I am broken, I am cruel.” “Do you ever think of me and my two hands?” “Sometimes I feel like I’m lost in a desert.” “I want to believe there’s something left for me.” “I want to kindle a love that doesn’t age.” “I want you to prove me wrong.”

[babybulls15]

🥳🥳🥳 ES IST VOLLBRACHT!! I HAVE DONE IT!! 🥳🥳🥳

I'm actually quite surprised, but I really, truly, fully managed to finish the first entry for the Ship Week!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳

I don't know where most of the words I wrote came from, but they somehow made it onto the page and have stayed there for more than a few hours, so I've decided to keep them lmao.

Anyways, very excited to share 6 sentences from my (still unbetaed but at least fully written) Versainz baby!! It started out as one (1) single thought that somehow turned into something I'm pretty proud of, so I hope you'll enjoy this little snippet!! :)))

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Max is looking at Carlos, eyes filled with the same nervousness and uncertainty as his voice. He is looking at Carlos, like his world really is lying at his feet, broken into a million pieces. Like he has reached his absolute limit and can’t find the strength to puzzle it back together by himself. But also like he isn’t entirely sure if Carlos would be willing to help him with it. Like he thinks that there’s a possibility his teammate – his friend – will actually kick him out in a state like this. I didn’t know where else to go.

✨Stats✨

(real actual) title: hold on (hold on to me tight)

currently standing at 1435 words

prompt-fill for day 1 of the All-Ships-Ship-Week ("I didn't know where else to go")

previously titled true love is taking turns lying saying everything, everything is gonna be alright (which will now be the name of the series this is gonna be part of, all inspired by Taking Turns by The Crane Wives)

If you read any of this just know that I’m very grateful for you!! Thank you for giving me the time of day, I’m so glad you exist!! 💗💗💗

[decisivelyindecisivelibra]

Character Playlists: BAU Edition:

Not what they’d listen to necessarily, but songs that I think apply to them.  BLANKET STATEMENT: I assigned what I did and regret some nothing.

First of An Untold Number: Reid

Cringe by Matt Maeson

Initial Inspiration: I said I’m just tired/she said “you’re just high”. .  ./ Do I make you cringe?  

Explanation: Tied for 1st place for Prompted Me To Do This.  I couldn’t get over how well the questions encapsulated the entire BAU’s reactions/non-reactions every time drugs, addiction, or Reid’s squirrelly behavior came up in late S2/early S3. 

King by Years & Years

Initial Inspiration: Don’t wanna have to lose/all that I compromised to feel another high. . . I was the king under your control/I wanna feel like you let me go, so let me go

Explanation: Tied for 1st place in what kickstarted this.  If Cringe was the BAU’s outsider reaction, this was Reid’s insider reaction.  

30/90 from Tick Tick Boom! (Andrew Garfield)

Initial Inspiration: This was almost Quarter Life Crisis by Taylor Bickett; no specific line so much as Vibes.  

Explanation: True Genius had a significant hand in this.

Dear Reader by Taylor Swift

Initial Inspiration: Can I just say the entire chorus?  “Bend when you can/snap when you have to.”  Sure, definitely.  “The greatest of luxuries is your secrets” I’m dying over here.  “When you aim at the devil make sure you don’t miss.”  Ah.  

Explanation:  Even the title sounds like it’s addressed to Reid, I don’t know what more you want.

Never Love An Anchor by The Crane Wives  {Actually about Diana and William Reid)

Initial Inspiration: On some level, I think I always understood/That these hands of mine were clumsy, not clever.   And I tried to do the best that I could/But try as I might I couldn’t bring myself to hold you.  

Explanation:  This is Diana and William regarding Reid, with admittedly a more sympathetic reading of William.  I love complicated family dynamics & these three more than fit the bill.

We Are the Champions by Queen

Initial Inspiration:  I’ve paid my dues/Time after Time. I’ve done my sentence/But committed no crime.  

Explanation:  Needed something not wholly depressing, and this really includes the whole BAU when you think about it, just. . . Some more than others.

I Miss You by Blink-182

Initial Inspiration:  Don’t waste your time on me/You’re already the voice inside my head (I miss you)

Explanation:  Do I really need to enumerate the revolving door of more-or-less important people in Reid’s life?  

Cough Syrup by Young the Giant

Initial Inspiration:  I’m losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control

Explanation:  Although accurate for Dilaudid Reasons, considering the prevalence of mental illness and emotional turmoil Reid has, it also fits those.

Magic by B.O.B. 

Initial Inspiration:  No specific verse per se, but how could i pass up the title?  

Explanation: This list was too depressing and despite everything, Reid is pretty cheerful.  At least, when nothing’s happening.  Besides, he’s Mister Magic Tricks, and Intellect-Wrought Pseudo Miracles, it seemed appropriate.

Still Breathing by Mayday Parade

Initial Inspiration: “Cause I’m standing here alone/Trying to make this life my own

Explanation: I feel like this is reasonably accurate throughout many of Reid’s early endeavors.  Going to Caltech?  Sure.  The FBI?  Absolutely.  The way he comes into his own over the course of things?  Yeah.  

Migraine by Twenty One Pilots 

Initial Inspiration: Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat/ . . But I know we’ve made it this far, kid.

Explanation:  Like Magic, the title says a lot, but also, the words my god.  The chorus obviously fits, and a decent amount of the rest, but the vibe and the fact “Kid” is still one of Reid’s nicknames from the BAU, even towards the end.  I can’t.

That’s all for now folks, we’ll see when the rest come together. Feel free to do as you will, criticism will be received and ignored.

[exhausted-enby-vibes]

thanks for the tag!! this looks so cool!

but also you’re gonna get all my commentary about this

how would you describe yourself in one sentence?

it's 4 AM and i'm fucking tired - gut punch/don’t meet your idols - everybody’s worried about owen

so real

what kind of (redacted) are you?

and i'm sorry i left, but it was for the best, though it never felt right - fourth of july - sufjan stevens

don’t really know what this one means but it’s a good lyric

you’re visiting your favorite spot, what are you thinking about?

you were supposed to be my light and keep me safe against them all, how could you leave me here - welly boots - the amazing devil

dang ok that’s sad

if your life was a movie, what would the first review say?

you'll be walking out early, but the show must go on - i/me/myself - will wood

that would be such an interesting review lmao, i can’t tell if it’s a compliment or not

what would you title your memoir?

heavy is the head that gets no sleep (we carry our lives around in our memories) - cold is the night - the oh hellos

it’s ironic because my memory is shit

what would you say about your best friends?

fuck, i’m sorry you feel all alone - nights like these - pigeon pit

yikes

what was your life motto when you were a teenager?

there is love that doesn't have a place to rest, but it would have buried you if it had settled on your shoulders - never love an anchor - the crane wives

or

i am selfish, i am broken, i am cruel - never love an anchor - the crane wives

still am lmao

describe your current aesthetic

like you're not really happy but you don't wanna die, like you're hanging by a thread but you gotta survive - numb little bug - em beihold

love this song!

a lyric they'll quote at your eulogy

in the wreck of all we burnt stands our piano like a wound, i play our song to see if it's in tune - ruin - the amazing devil

or

i’ll sing silence - ruin - the amazing devil

or

nothing quite prepares you for when they don’t come back - ruin - the amazing devil

i love this song so much it’s so sad! and the last one fits the prompt so much

what would your soulmates first impression be upon meeting you?

why are we so young with tired, sunken, baggy eyes - mawce - everybody’s worried about owen

another great song!

GUYS THIS IS SO COOL I LOVE IT

no pressure tags: @trans-dwightschrute @thatonesongyouretryingtoremember @sorry-i-panicked @pimplepogue @stellarismidnight

Music thingy

(thank you @murderoushagthesequel and @shipsgaysfordaysfor the tag)

so the rules are: you put your playlist on shuffle. for each question, choose a lyric from the random song that comes up (if the song has little to no lyrics you can skip) also make sure to put the name of the song and the artist

how would you describe yourself in one sentence?

"even in the dust, we shine with fire and gold in our eyes" (fire and gold by bea miller)

2. what kind of (scorpio) are you?

"im sure that i could be a movie star if i could get out of this place" (piano man by billy joel)

3. you're visiting your favorite spot, what are you thinking about?

"in another life" (the one that got away by katy perry)

4. if your life was a movie, what would the first review say?

"i swear this town's a battlefield" (weapons by ava max)

5. what would you title your memoir?

"well, then you might not like me" (might not like me by brynn elliott)

6. what would you say about your best friends?

"Divas, queens, we we dont need no man, salute" (salute by little mix)

7. what was your life motto when you were a teenager?

"nothing ever hurts when you feel no pain" (fighter by the score)

8. describe your current aesthetic

"paint your lips that way...you are a monster from hell" (michelle by sir chloe)

9. whats a lyric they will quote at you eulogy?

"this is brave, this is bruised, this is who i'm meant to be" (this is me by keala settle/the greatest showman)

10. what would your soulmates first impression be upon meeting you?

"watched my favorite shows on your tv" (fingers crossed by lauren spencer smith)

lightly tagging my friends (optional ofc) @romanticeulogizingelegies, @silentwillowwhisperer, @rhmis-user-2020, @siriuslybea, and @not-rab

[rpsentencememblog]

the crane wives “safe ship, harbored” sentence memes

“You won't find me where you left me.” “I won’t bargain, I won’t break.” “My mind’s made up, though my head still aches.” “I am not afraid of anything.” “I will drown for you.” “I am all in now, no matter how it ends.” “I am not afraid to give you everything.” “When it all turns sour, only love can turn you back.” “Something within you is fast asleep, afraid to be who you will be.” “It’s a losing battle, so why are you still fighting?” “If there’s a hole in the silver lining, I’ll be the one to find it.” “Leave your doubt at the door.” “Watch me give up, honey, watch me give up.” “Don’t waste your blessings on me.” “Come, my dear, and be a part of my home.” “I’m nobody’s daughter.” “I pray when it’s done, when it’s through, I’ll have something left for you.” “Can anyone hear me?” “I am consumed with selfish wanting.” “I have all the time I need to repent my wicked deeds.”

[occasionalrpmemes]

The Crane Wives sentence starters: lines taken from the 2016 album Foxlore

“Happy is the man who wants for nothing.”

“Happy is the liar.”

“Do you ever want nothing at all?”

“Do you ever feel nothing at all?”

“I would not wish that on you.”

“I talk in my sleep, when the night is listening.”

“You are dreaming dreams that have not a thing to do with me.”

“I will finally say that I am not okay.”

“I’ve been wishing that you’d prove me wrong.” 

“Come clean and rue the damage done.  Restore my faith in you.” 

“Sure, you can forget about all the things you’ve done.  But what about the rest of us?”

“I’ve been hearing that you’re leaving town.” 

“The dust never settles when you’re around.”

“Tell me, when you start again, where will you house your skeletons?”

“The dark doesn’t frighten me.”

“I chose to close my eyes.” 

“The dark doesn’t frighten me.  I chose to close my eyes.”

“Little girl, don’t let them sell you any armor - all your ribs are still your own.”

“How lucky we are.” 

“How lucky you are.”

“It’s time to learn to be more forgiving of yourself.”

“You’ve got to try to take the lessons away from them and leave the rest behind.”

“All the self-loathing in the world won’t change a thing.”

“You can’t go back, darling.  The time has come for moving on.”

“You can’t be always trying to dig up what you’ve already buried.”

“You’ve got to carry on.”

“It’s not fair.  It’s not fair.  It’s not fair.”

“When have you ever known the world to be a fair place?”

“All things end and all things change.”

“You’ll look back and laugh one day, or at least you’ll learn to be okay.”

“There’s a fire in my brain and I’m burning up.”

“Every word I say is kindling, but the smoke clears when you’re around.”

“Won’t you stay with me, my darling, when my walls start burning down?”

“There’s still cobwebs in the corners, and the backyard’s full of bones.”

“Won’t you stay with me, my darling, when this house don’t feel like home?”

“The devil’s after both of us.”

“All my aching bones are trembling, and I may yet fall apart.”

“Won’t you stay with me, my darling, when the war starts in my heart?”

“Tell me I am good enough.”

“You don’t have to believe every single thought that tumbles through your head.”

“Sometimes all you can do is say goodnight and tuck your demons into bed.”

“They’re not worth fighting.”

“What good has ever come of it?”

“What answers will you find?” 

“Past loves linger like phantom limbs.”

“I cut straight to the heart.”

“I don’t believe the pretty little things that you say.”

“Don’t buy me flowers. It pains me to watch pretty little things wilt away.”

“There are lessons in life no one should have to learn.”

“Trust is now something I make people earn.”

“I know a trick to make a man’s colors show: if he sees something he wants, tell him no.”

“Maybe you’re right.”

“Maybe I’ve been used up.”

“Maybe I’ve been ruined.”

“But maybe I’m the one who’s right.”

“I am not brave.”

“I keep my focus on what is safe.”

“I gotta wrap my head around what my heart is telling me.” 

“Just because I know what I am supposed to do now, doesn’t mean I know how.”

“I blind my eyes to what won’t stay.”

“I’ve been trying to drown it out.”

“Keep the light so dim that you can’t see what’s out there ahead of you.”

“My dear, there are secrets here.”

“If only I could break the chain of disappointments, weighing me down - ” 

“I won’t be afraid.” 

“I won’t be afraid of all the things that I’ve wanted.” 

“It’s the fear and not the ghost that leaves me haunted.” 

“You’re an anchor for all the heaviest regrets inside of you.”

“We collect mistakes.”

“The crows in the garden are laughing at my expense.”

“My stone, my shield, my steady hand - hold your light to the darkness in my head.”

“Put your ear to my heart or set your teeth against my throat.”

“The devil knows my name.”

“When they come for us, they’ll come with hammers and nails.”

“Get your hands dirty.”

[morgwensolsticefest]

Morgwen Solstice Winter 2020 Masterpost

Thank you everyone for a lovely fest and for participating in the first Morgwen Solstice fest! Authors have been revealed and the full list of fics can be found below or in the Ao3 Collection! :)

Title: every word I say is kindling by lordvoldemortsnipple​

Recipient:  Sable_Nakahara (@sable-nakahara)

Rating: G | Warnings: No archive warnings apply | Medium: Fanart

Summary:

A knight, a princess, and a sword laid to rest.

Ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28718958

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Title: all of my truths by greenforsnow

Recipient: Trojie ( @trojieface)

Rating: T | Warnings: No archive warnings apply | Word Count: 4,227

Summary:

Morgana and Gwen encounter the unicorn from The Labyrinth of Gedref

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30006903

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Title: Happiness Is a Butterfly by SlantedKnitting

Recipient: Polomonkey ( @thepolomonkey)

Rating: Explicit | Warnings: none | Word Count: 17,245

Summary:

It’s time for Camelot’s hottest nightclub to host its annual couples contest. This year, Morgana and Gwen are competing, and Morgana is determined to win—and beat last year’s champions—at any cost.

Notes: Thank you to Polomonkey for the incredible prompt, and thanks to the mods for running this fest!

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29997894

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Title: when the hairpins start to drop by Trojie

Recipient: Morgwen Solstice Community

Rating: M | Warnings: None | Word Count: 1,729

Summary:

There are the unwritten rules of society, and then there are the things Morgana does. Gwen tries her best to skirt the edges of the inherent problem, but her mistress is never one to let things just be.

Notes: title from Lorde's 'White Teeth Teens'. Beta-read by the incomparable kickflaw.

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29907441

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Title: my hardest goodbye by TheDragon

Recipient: Morgwen Solstice Community

Rating: E | Warnings: n/a | Word Count: 3,127

Summary:

"Morgana?" Gwen asks, bringing one hand to her mouth, eyes wide with shock. She's even more beautiful now than she was when they were both back at school. "H—how…?" "Gwen," Morgana replies, struggling to keep her voice steady. The feelings she'd tried so hard to rid herself of all those years ago rise to the fore, refusing to be held back any longer. "I can't believe my eyes," Gwen breathes.

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30068049

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Title: With Eyes Wide Open (A Tragedy in Three Acts) by queerofthedagger

Recipient: Atlanta_Black ( @atlantablack)

Rating: Mature | Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings | Word Count: 18,200

Summary:

Everyone has a breaking point, and Morgana has always known all too well how to find each and every one of Gwen's. The enchantment Morgana tries to weave in the dark tower does not work as intended, not entirely. It's in the aftermath, though, that Gwen has to make a row of hard choices; where she has to decide for herself what she wants and what she needs. It's not easy, and they might not end up being the right decisions, but for once they are all hers and maybe that's all that matters. A story of grief, rage, (the absence of) forgiveness, and loving someone who is still alive but does not exist anymore. Of maybe taking a wrong turn that leads to the right destination.

Notes: Please mind the tags!

AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30100563/chapters/74138448

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Title: You Cheer Me Up by Sable_Nakahara

Recipient: TheDragon ( @lair-of-the-dragon)

Rating: Not Rated | Warnings: no archive warnings apply | Word Count: 1,896

Summary:

Gwen’s been enamored with Morgana for about as long as she can remember. Today, she’s decided, is the day she will tell her. But will she have the nerve? And how do you court a royal lady anyhow? Or in other words: Gwen brings Morgana flowers and feelings are revealed.

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30033372

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Title: Let My Hope Grow Cold by elissastillstands

Recipient: queerofthedagger ( @queerofthedagger)

Rating: G | Warnings: N/A | Medium: Art

Summary:

Come, my dear, and be a part of my home / Missing stitch and flowers on a headstone. Gwen and Morgana, the past they shared, and the present they chose. Lyrics from "October" by The Crane Wives.

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29768025

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Title: this graveyard of forgotten love by Atlanta_Black

Recipient: elissastillstands ( @elissastillstands)

Rating: Mature | Warnings: Creator Chose to Not Use Archive Warnings | Word Count: 10,840

Summary:

"Gently, she leads you out into the darkness / and makes you drink rain." -Patricia Smith, from "Prologue --And Then She Owns You,"

☀︎

Gwen has never fully managed to shake her love for the lady who had once sworn to keep her safe. Now locked in a tower by that same lady, she must face a truth she's long kept buried (even from herself).

An exploration of grief, anger, and the inability to let go of someone you once loved (even when you should).

Notes: This is for the lovely elissastillstands and I dearly hope you enjoy it! I hope I crafted a Gwen that's similar to the way you envision her!

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30107856

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Title: Flirting With Disaster by Polomonkey

Recipient: TheLastLonelyWriter ( @thelastlonelywriter)

Rating: Teen | Warnings: None | Word Count: 2,055

Summary:

No matter what anyone said, Gwen was not a gay disaster. A movie night at Morgana's might prove her wrong.

Notes: TheLastLonelyWriter, thank you so much for your lovely prompts, I really hope you like it <3 Somehow Morgana ended up very eccentric in this, I hope that's okay!

Impossibly huge thanks to the mods for their patience while I was being a disaster all of my own, and thank you so much for running this wonderful fest!

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30193737

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Title: Letting Go (I Want You Closer) by queerofthedagger

Recipient: @lordvoldemortsnipple

Rating: Teen and Up | Warnings: None | Word Count: 2,400

Summary:

Morgana swallows. Tells herself that the sudden shortness of air is nothing but the exertion after a long winter and tries to find the right words. Tries to find the sentences to relieve Gwen of her worry without interfering, without letting her own damned feelings get in the way of Gwen’s happiness. 

 “Morgana,” Gwen says, soft and pleading, even as her blow is strong enough to reverberate up Morgana’s arm. 

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Gwen has been spending more time with Arthur, and it's fine. Really, it is. Morgana stays silent, and gives Gwen space, and tells herself that seeing Gwen happy is more than enough. Gwen's not ready to let her go so easily though, and a sparring match might bring more than one secret to light.

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30228252#main

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Title: Did My Heart Love Till Now? (I Never Saw True Beauty Till This Night) by TheLastLonelyWriter 

Recipient: SlantedKnitting

Rating: General Audiences | Warnings: None Apply | Word Count: 22,622

Summary:

Gwen thought maybe the best day of her life was finding out that she had gotten the job working for the Camelot Ballet. Or maybe when she found out that Morgana Pendragon-De Bois was dancing there. As it turned out, the best day of Gwen's life would be the day that Morgana finally kissed her.

AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30030675/chapters/73946865

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Title: a cage of their own making by Atlanta_Black

Recipient: greenforsnow

Rating: Gen | Warnings: no archive warnings apply | Word Count: 1,519

Summary:

Gwen supposes, in retrospect, she should have guessed that Morgana also remembered (remembered it all, the castles, the betrayals, the beginning, the end, everything in between).

But she had not and now they're here, Morgana once again turning her back on her Gwen.

☀︎

Gwen won't give her up as easily this time.

Notes: This is for the lovely greenforsnow <3 This is my first time writing a modern setting or reincarnation setting for this fandom, but I really did enjoy writing this! I hope you enjoy it <3

AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30245478

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Title: Giants of Albion by lordvoldemortsnipple 

Recipient: Trojie ( @trojieface)

Rating: G | Warnings: None | Medium: Fanart

Summary:

Giant of Albion's third album 'Avalon on the Horizon' was a hit, and the band prepares for another show.

Ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28797210