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    Essek clung to her; his fingers gripped the front of her coat. He looked small in a way he never had before, frightened in a way that Caleb hadn’t fully processed he could be. It wasn’t Essek’s nervousness, the anxiety of a brilliant man who could see danger all around him, who could see the falling dominoes and the way the web he had woven had entangled him. It was the fear of a small child, or indeed, a stray cat—the fear of a creature trapped in a terrifying world it did not understand.

    Essek, brilliant Essek, Essek who believed he could find the answers to everything, unable to understand a thing—the thought of it stabbed at Caleb’s heart.

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    In a world where Trent makes it back to Eiselcross before the Nein do, Essek spends a night under the effects of the Feeblemind spell. Caleb undertakes a duty of care, and the Nein learn how Essek feels about them beneath everything.

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    05 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 28

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    I have been loving all these fix-it fics and so I thought I’d contribute my own humble attempt!

    Ch 1: Tom attempts to graciously step aside. Mary gets in his way.

    Ch 2: Ryder attempts to interrupt. Mary politely declines.

    Ch 3: Ryder swims out toward the boat. Mary tells Tom to seize the oars and row.

    And now a “Mr Tom Hayward is having none of it” chapter:
    Ch 4: Mary attempts to distract him with bird calls. Tom gets the conversation back on track.

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    29 May 2026

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    Night has fallen on what has been one of – if not – the happiest day of Tom Hayward’s life, and he is unable to sleep.“

    Companion piece to ‘all’s fair in love and war’.

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    23 May 2026

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    ever since tom sat outside of mary's sickroom, nightmares of losing her plague him. he's always relieved when he wakes, but nothing can fill the hole in his heart.

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    21 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 25

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    When a letter from Mrs. Bennet casts doubt on Mary’s capacity to be loved, Tom makes the mistake of trying to carry it alone.

    Mary, meanwhile, spends one evening remembering exactly what it feels like to be the problem.

    They work it out…….. but not gracefully.

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    21 May 2026