Malingsley
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This One Life is for the Living (and We Ask for Nothing More) by Malingsley
Fandoms: Operation Mincemeat - SpitLip
23 Apr 2026
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"Hester had all the military records handled, her and her 'complicated stamps.' Jean was giving Bill the 'womanly touch,' as Monty called it. Even Bevan's role was undeniably important —reviewing the records and receipts that were to be shipped with their body—despite the man hardly ever stepping foot into the basement.
And then there was Montagu and Cholmondeley."
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Charles and Ewen are bored and restless. Entirely against his will, Charles takes that into his own hands.
Or...
Charles has a seizure. The others deal with the fallout.
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5 Times Athena Saves Odysseus, and 1 Time He Saves Her by Malingsley
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
22 Feb 2026
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Athena's only goal is to create the greatest warrior of all time, and Odysseus is the perfect subject. He's tough, he listens to orders, and most importantly, he's smart. But despite all this, he seemingly always finds himself in danger, whether it's by his own clumsiness or because the world always seems to be against him. Athena didn't sign up to be his body guard--she knows she must let him learn how to save himself. So why does she always seem to be the one protecting him from danger?
And how come she starts feeling almost...happy?
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Wherever he is now by Malingsley
Fandoms: Hadestown - Mitchell, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
28 Apr 2025
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Orpheus turns.
Eurydice dies.
And he will never be okay again.
But time heals in unimaginable ways.
And sometimes, even when nothing is okay, life can find meaning once again. -
Don't ask where, Brother, Don't ask when (But I asked :)) by Malingsley
Fandoms: Hadestown - Mitchell
30 Nov 2024
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"Don't ask where, brother, don't ask when"
A genius way to start a show, puts people at ease before they even realize they have questions
However...
What about "Don't ask why, brother, don't ask how"?
Haven't you ever wondered how this happened? Why is everyone here? I don't have the answers to when or where, but I do have my own answers about how and why :)
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The story about how Hermes and Persephone end up in a industrial railroad station, surrounded by mortal artists, and how it came about in a world full of grief. Told by my beloved Orpheus, who, of course, managed the strength to walk out of the Underworld without turning around once.
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When Harry finds an injured Snape on his doorstep and must hide him from the Dursleys, he has no idea that this very, very bad day will be the start of something good.
Harry and Snape are thrown together by annoying relatives, a series of strange dreams, and Voldemort's latest hunt for Harry, but their greatest challenge may well be surviving each other. This will be a long summer unless the two can find a way to work together. A slow-burn enemy-to-mentor story.
Alternate 6th summer (and part of the school year): post-OotP; ignores HBP and DH. No slash, no romance. NOW COMPLETE!
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 373,223
- Chapters:
- 61/61
- Collections:
- 37
- Comments:
- 3,393
- Kudos:
- 19,563
- Bookmarks:
- 6,458
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- 840,325
Bookmarked by Malingsley
19 May 2026
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My favorite story from every fandom: Harry Potter edition
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Morpheus, the God of Dreams, takes pity on the King and Queen of Ithaca. Odysseus’s return is many years away, yet his and Penelope’s minds find each other in sleep. It’s both a blessing and a curse, and sometimes all that keeps them going.
Queen Penelope stepped into the dream as easily as crossing a threshold, and with her came the sun, as if Helios's carriage rode atop her billowing black hair. The carnage vanished in her presence, the ground no longer a battlefield but a sloping grassy hill dotted with olive trees. Her bright blue eyes almost glowed, searching the hillside with clear intent.
The King of Ithaca stood, gazing at her as if she were a vision of Aphrodite herself. The blood streaking his face and staining his hands evaporated in the wake of her sunlight, the dead bundle in his arms vanishing with it.
Morpheus stared as well, unable to believe that she stood before them. It was no shaped dream becoming a nightmare, no conjuration of the King’s mind to protect himself. It was her, slipping into his dream as if it were a room in their home. Answering her husband’s desperate cries.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 243,027
- Chapters:
- 22/22
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- 673
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Bookmarked by Malingsley
16 Apr 2026
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My favorite story from every fandom: EPIC edition
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Heads Down, Hands Up by swimthewholeriogrande
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies (1992), Newsies - All Media Types
22 Sep 2018
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Jack doesn't take the deal, Pulitzer's threats come to life, and when one door closes so does every other door.
Bookmarked by Malingsley
21 Jan 2025
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My favorite story from every fandom: Newsies edition
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for just a moment, a yellow sky by LailaLiquorice
Fandoms: Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical - SpitLip
15 Aug 2025
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Charles Cholmondely was a scientist; his purpose in life was to notice what a layperson could not. Big things about small creatures during his previous works became small things about big creatures once within the walls of MI5. But, with no bugs in a quadrat and no prospective corpses on a morgue table, the creatures he was left observing were the colleagues who had become closer than family.
It was Monty who worried him though.
[or, when tension cracks through the basement, secrets are revealed and apologies are made]
Series
- Part 1 of descend to brightness underground
Bookmarked by Malingsley
15 Apr 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
My favorite story from every fandom: Operation Mincemeat edition