[DUNE]

Fleshed in the Wife

It is crucial not to be seduced by your own significance.

Irulan has survived these past years by understanding that to Paul, she is only significant as long as she is an effective political tool.

Allowing herself to think of her worth beyond this role is ruinous.

by thefudge

Mature

kick in the teeth

@thefudge | rpf | walton goggins/ella purnell; mature (2, 744 words)

[RPF]

Barbe Bleue

Old Bluebeard was a melancholy sort of trickster.

She pictured him trailing his feet down by the gas station. Dusty tracks. Granite Peak rising in the distance like a weary tower. He kept searching for a loyal lady to take up there...

But going inside a woman was a dangerous thing.

by thefudge

Mature

[HOUSE OF THE DRAGON]

Eye to Eye

Aemond’s eye glints with a feral light. His smile is predatory. “I don’t need a crown. I have Vhagar.”

“She’s mine.” The childish cry wrenches from Baela's throat, she grips the hilt of her dagger foolishly.

Aemond’s eye stares pointedly at the folds of her dress.

“Try it, Cousin. Let’s see if you can land a scratch.”

by thefudge

Mature

[AHSOKA]

within you will be everything i am  

She falls through the blood-strewn sand and the groaning earth. She falls through the bright veil of stars.

But he is the eternal child, the little boy who never grew up, who only grew harder.

And she has felt it, his theft. Now that she allows herself to think of it, there were times when he fed on her light, because his was dimming.

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Anakin's ghost trains Ahsoka in the World Between Worlds, leading to some painful revelations. 1x05 AU.

By @thefudge

Mature

[SUCCESSION]

I Bet On Losing Dogs

Ken asks Jess to come to Tuscany.  3x08 AU.  

By thefudge

Mature

[SUCCESSION]

The Kids Can Wait

And then Ken says, out of the blue, “What, you think I’m just gonna let you go?” (4x09)  

By thefudge

Teen

[BRIDGERTON]

The Girl Inside the Diamond

What's one more forbidden romance? 

Edwina/Benedict  

By thefudge

Teen