Salva Me
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Finally, they arrive at the homily. Benítez is much briefer than his predecessor. And yet, his speech feels fuller, somehow. He pins them all under the darkness of his gaze. When his eyes land on Aldo, he feels as if Benítez has stripped him bare, that he can see the horrible, green monster that writhes beneath his breast. He speaks of love and light, a desire to move them forward into the future while paying homage to the past. Aldo feels trapped in that damned vote, watching the world crumble under his feet.
The morning after Vincent Benítez is elected Pope Innocent XIV, Aldo Bellini attends morning mass. He tries to grapple with the scale of everything he's lost to Benítez: his role as Secretary of State, the Papacy, and Thomas Lawrence.
Or, the one where Aldo is still sore about the conclave, and he has to navigate his new place in the Curia while trying to sort out his feelings for Thomas and Vincent. They all have feelings about this, separately, and then together.
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- Part 1 of Salva Me
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As the bells of St Peter’s Basilica ring out three in the morning, Thomas Lawrence, Secretary of State for His Holiness, leans back into the comfortable embrace of Pope Innocent XIV’s deep, wide sofa. Ensconced by gentle candlelight, wine and fatigue weigh on his sleep-heavy limbs. Beside him, curled under a thick, woollen blanket, the Holy Father lounges. At some point in the last hour, his feet have migrated across the sofa. They’re safely tucked under Thomas’ left thigh, and Thomas has long taken up the absent pastime of drawing nonsense into the skin of Vincent’s ankle with his thumb.
A quiet moment on Christmas morning in the Pope's private apartments turns into something much more enjoyable for His Holiness, Pope Innocent XIV, and his beloved Secretary of State, Cardinal Thomas Lawrence.
Or, the one where Vincent and Thomas drink wine after mass and have sex in a very God-honouring way. That's it. That's the fic.
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- Part 2 of Salva Me