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  1. Public Bookmark 33

    Mystery Work

    Part of HoldingAE
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    This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!

    12 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 10

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    Erik had been through a lot in his life, but accepting touch and kindness without fear might be the biggest battle yet.
    Ever since their wedding Erik had feared that the day would come. The day where Christine would want "more". The day where she wished their "union would be consumed".

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    Chapters:
    2/3
    Comments:
    13
    Kudos:
    40
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    10
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    07 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 91

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    College dropout Christine Dee lands what appears to be a dream job in taking care of a reclusive rich man’s seven year old boy. As she settles into her new life, however, she discovers a mysterious secret about her boss’s former wife that threatens to unravel everything.

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    123,281
    Chapters:
    27/27
    Comments:
    552
    Kudos:
    640
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    91
    Hits:
    15,973

    21 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 27

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    There was nothing left to do but put this strange woman from his mind. She was, after all, nothing more than another pretty woman in Paris, doing what all Parisians of a more attractive build did: forget they were dying slow, happy lives at the expense of others’ misfortune. He told himself that he would not fall vulnerable to the whims of such creatures. Not when they served no purpose in a monster’s life, save to bring him false hope.

    But Erik was always horrible at keeping promises—especially the ones made to himself.

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    A companion piece to All Imaginable Pangs. Leroux-based. Canon-compliant.

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    English
    Words:
    58,653
    Chapters:
    8/?
    Comments:
    60
    Kudos:
    83
    Bookmarks:
    27
    Hits:
    2,589

    19 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

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    A disfigured man on the edges of society with a good heart, Erik has been Gustave Daae’s closest friend for years. When Gustave realizes his time is almost up after contracting an incurable disease, he leaves his two most prized possessions to his friend—his violin, and his daughter.

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    Chapters:
    48/49
    Comments:
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    914
    Bookmarks:
    107
    Hits:
    28,381

    19 May 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 31

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    Christine Daae. Known professionally as Christine, 30, singer-songwriter. Four Grammys, all between 2010-2015, 20 billboard singles, 10 studio albums. 1 stalker.

    Erik could already feel the headache forming beneath his mask. If Nadir hadn't called in his favor, he would still be at home, enjoying the silence that comes with years of solitude.

    But it was good money. Money enough to earn a lifetime of peace and quiet. All for 6 weeks of babysitting some pop star with too much money and not enough rules.

    What could go wrong?

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    Chapters:
    8/?
    Comments:
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    107
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    Hits:
    2,453

    18 May 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 50

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    Modern AU. The tragedy of his mother’s death drives Erik, a once-famous pianist, into extreme isolation. Angry and alone, he avenges her in the only way he knows how, a tragedy that will follow him for years, until he comes face to face with the victim of his mistakes: Christine Daae.

    Complete.

    Language:
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    Words:
    125,989
    Chapters:
    30/30
    Comments:
    570
    Kudos:
    292
    Bookmarks:
    50
    Hits:
    9,931

    14 May 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 88

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    “The sound of her sobs echoed through the silence, carrying through the thin walls to the hollow space beyond. Her voice and all its sorrow was heard, but not by an angel. That night, while the rest of Paris celebrated, two souls broken by the world wept together.”

    A retelling of the classic tale, in which Christine and the Phantom end up together, but it works. Original work but with elements of Leroux, Kay, ALW, and 2004 movie blended in.

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    English
    Words:
    102,214
    Chapters:
    20/20
    Comments:
    331
    Kudos:
    455
    Bookmarks:
    88
    Hits:
    17,170

    10 May 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 13

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    A story of Erik's childhood, and the quiet beauties and quiet horrors that help shape him into the man he ultimately becomes.

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    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    14
    Kudos:
    47
    Bookmarks:
    13
    Hits:
    676

    19 Apr 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 4

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    Christine, grieving the loss of her father and the premature end of her vocal studies, takes up urban exploration and along the way encounters an aggravating, intriguing man in a mask. Boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. Boy lives in the basement of an aging watch factory along the Charles River...

    Romance/humor...for now.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,776
    Chapters:
    1/?
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    13
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    4
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    109

    11 Apr 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 2

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    The sheriff, Nadir, met a masked loner making trouble. He locks him up but can't help but love his presence. Thankfully, Erik plans to keep annoying him.

     

    This is technically a Red Dead Redemption AU but you don't need to play the game to understand, I only used location names. This is really just gay cowboy times hehe

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    Chapters:
    10/?
    Comments:
    31
    Kudos:
    25
    Bookmarks:
    2
    Hits:
    458

    07 Apr 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 11

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    Though Leroux never graced me with my given name in his retelling, calling me only the Persian, still I was there, sometimes the sole witness to events so fantastical, so otherworldly that I myself omitted them from my report to the police, for fear they would think me a madman.

    I was there – and Erik died in my arms. And his burial – his first burial, at which Christine Daaé was decidedly not present – confirmed a strange truth that I have never spoken of until now.

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    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    13
    Kudos:
    47
    Bookmarks:
    11
    Hits:
    408

    05 Apr 2026

  13. Public Bookmark 6

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    A western AU where Christine becomes involved with Emir (the Daroga) after the death of Erik from tuberculosis. Both of them had been in his lovers in the last years of his life, and in their grief they learn to love each other for who they are, and not only for how Erik loved them. Run into the Sea is Erik’s PoV on loving both of them. Christine/Daroga. Erik/Christine/Daroga. Erik/Daroga.

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    6

    05 Apr 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 26

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    Canon-divergent Leroux retelling • slow-burn redemption • psychological drama & gothic romance • updates every 2–3 weeks

    Paris, 1881.
    Erik is spiralling down, and someone unexpected steps into his ruin.
    What follows is a dark journey of longing, emotional honesty, and the fragile hope of belonging.
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    I traced the Greek on his palm while he bled on my skirt.
    “Kaleidoscope,” I said.

    'Kalos - beautiful. Eidos - form. Skopeo - the eye that seeks.'

    'The eye that seeks the beautiful shape.'

    I looked straight at him.

    "That is you, Erik. The beautiful shape.”

    He understood.
    But he did not believe me.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    119,107
    Chapters:
    32/50
    Comments:
    327
    Kudos:
    179
    Bookmarks:
    26
    Hits:
    4,373

    04 Apr 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 7

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    Some things simply are not meant to be, no matter how desperately one might wish they were.

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    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    24
    Kudos:
    33
    Bookmarks:
    7
    Hits:
    406

    30 Mar 2026

  16. Public Bookmark *

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    What if Madame Giry hadn't come to the rescue? Erik is raised as the hated son of Michel de Chagny, and seeks comfort in the arms of a young prostitute named Christine.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    29/29
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    236
    Kudos:
    645
    Bookmarks:
    135
    Hits:
    16,958

    27 Mar 2026

  17. Public Bookmark *

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    Think of this as Down Once More: the extended, modern-day, jet set remix. Gunshot wounds, fast cars, first class flights, FBI in pursuit - but it's the quiet moments, the conversations, that leave Christine shaken. Hurtling towards her inevitable decision.

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    Chapters:
    25/25
    Comments:
    103
    Kudos:
    323
    Bookmarks:
    131
    Hits:
    9,118

    23 Mar 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 47

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    It's summer festival season and PHANTOM is the biggest hard rock band on Earth. Mystery surrounds the anonymous lead singer who writes every song but performs onstage only in silhouette. His temper is legendary and dangerous; his demands are impossible to contend with - and as the story always goes, he's about to meet a soprano who will bring him to his knees. All kinds of AU… and yet. Leroux/ALW

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    8,615
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    34
    Kudos:
    207
    Bookmarks:
    47
    Hits:
    1,894

    23 Mar 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 6

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    It is a cold morning when Gustav meets Erik for the first time.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
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    Chapters:
    32/32
    Comments:
    80
    Kudos:
    26
    Bookmarks:
    6
    Hits:
    1,047

    21 Mar 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 9

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    A quiet evening at the Rosy Hours brings Erik face-to-face with a truth he has long been avoiding.

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    Words:
    2,443
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    9
    Kudos:
    63
    Bookmarks:
    9
    Hits:
    996

    13 Mar 2026

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