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[faintingviolet]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

November 13th - Day 5: “I’ve got you, Eddie” + hurt/comfort and November 14th - Day 6: “I chose this family for a reason” + domestic (They decided they wanted to go together)

It’s just a sprained ankle. He didn’t even have to have it checked out beyond Hen wrapping it up for him, mostly to make her feel better since he was perfectly capable of doing it himself. But everyone had been watching him closely, warily.

He knew why, and he tried to be patient with them, to not let his frustration at the kid gloves and cautious voices the team had adopted get to him. Eddie knew that it was probably all subconscious, they weren’t doing it on purpose. Today he had landed wrong jumping down from a ledge during a rescue, a few months ago he had been trapped under forty feet of collapsed earth with no choice but to swim blindly and hope he made it out before he drowned. If the tables were turned, he couldn’t say he wouldn’t be behaving in the same way.

[faintingviolet]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

November 11th [Veteran’s Day] - Day 3: “Let go!” + Angst

Eddie never wanted to see Buck run into a burning building alone. He especially didn’t want to see him do it after Bobby had ordered everyone down. He might not survive if Buck ever did it again after yelling in his face “Let go!” and pulling his arm away from where Eddie was holding onto it at the elbow.

He wasn’t sure he was going to survive it this time.

[cannonballread]

Narfna is reading the Bridgerton series, by Julia Quinn. She’s up to Anthony and Kate’s story The Viscount who Loved me. It kept her up all night, but she doesn’t seem like she’s going to keep a grudge. Or well, maybe just a little one? 

I enjoyed this book so much I have a hard time believing that books three and four can get any better than this one, but they are apparently everyone’s favorite in the series. To that, I say: BRING IT ON, JULIA QUINN. But I will fuck your shit up if you make me lose anymore sleep.

You can read more of her review here.  The Bridgertons are one of CBR’s favorite/most reviewed series - You can also read Malin’s, faintingviolet’s, NTE’s, & Mrs. Julien’s take on them, too.  Considering Mrs. Julien calls them “the gateway drug to reading romance”, you might just want to read them yourself.