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He watches light float in through the windows from cars and streetlights. He ignores the slurred rambling of bar-hoppers and conversation of late-night workers that cross under their apartment. He smells the soap Arthur used to wash up and the odor of smoke and gasoline from the lifted window.
John inhales all of it, holds it, and lets it out.
The body that was once his lays four inches from him.
And he wishes he could return to it.
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John gets a body.
He now has to deal with not being in Arthur's.
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02 Jul 2026
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"You can see the color," Arthur says sharply, cutting off John's uncertain descriptions.
"I have always been able to see colors Arthur, is this not something humans are capable of?"
Arthur lets out a huffed breath, something John can't decide is frustration, exhaustion, or humor at his expense. "No John, most humans are not able to see color until they meet their soulmate. Some never get to."
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02 Jul 2026
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Kangaroo Care: the method of holding a baby to a parent or caretaker’s chest for skin-to-skin contact in order to stabilize heartrate, improve breathing, support a healthy sleep cycle, encourage growth, relieve pain, and strengthen their bond.
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Still newly-separated, both John and Arthur find they cannot seem to fall asleep.- Language:
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01 Jul 2026
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(PART 34 SPOILERS) In which Larson takes a little longer to call back, and the Butcher learns something new.
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30 Jun 2026
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The shitty motel room was bathed in shadows, the sole light trickling from the partially ajar bathroom door, dabbing a stripe of maize over the sheets and stained wallpaper.
But the glaring light in the otherwise dark room was not what had drawn John's fading attention.
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Arthur had done that.
Arthur, who had scrubbed his face in what was likely cold water from a too-old tap, who ran his fingers through his mussed hair, who slowly discarded layer after layer of clothing, bundling coat, tie, and shirt neatly on the counter.
Arthur, thin as a rail, weariness clinging to every jutting bone, battered and bruised and separate and…
Freckled.
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John finds something else about Arthur to be completely enamored by.- Language:
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29 Jun 2026
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Arthur wakes up. So many of his memories lately start with this. He wakes up, and everything hurts, and John is saying something—but John’s not saying anything this time, and there’s someone in this room with Arthur that sounds a lot like his friend.
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John’s voice always rose and fell, low into a deep growling bass and high into a rough yell. But one constant, one word that never sounded different no matter the tone was how he said Arthur’s name. Emphasis on the ‘ar’ and ‘ur’, the ‘th’ in the middle always smooth like wind. Other people tended to hiss that sound, the ‘th’. With John, it seemed he knew exactly how to say it to make it glide.Based on all that, he deduced it was in fact John saying, “Arthur!”
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29 Jun 2026
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In a world where Arthur Lester and John Doe are two normal men who run a bar together, The Butcher celebrates a kill with a drink and leaves with a crush.
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25 Jun 2026
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for malevoween prompt: cursed jewelry, bells, & treasure
Being in a relationship with someone who is also in a relationship with a voice in his head is complicated, especially when Parker can't hear the voice in Arthur's head. Still, Parker is slowly coming to understand John a bit better.
While investigating another of Arkham's seemingly endless cults, Parker finds a ring that has the potential to make things a lot simpler.
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25 Jun 2026
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Post-26, John and Arthur leave Addison. Arthur gets to sleep, and John gets to think. They also talk, a little bit.
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25 Jun 2026
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fics set vaguely in the same post-canon au :) mostly fluff bc i write these to cope with eps as they come out
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25 Jun 2026
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losing something important by rosesofenvy for BonesoftheTrees, IchthyOccult
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
06 Jun 2025
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"What's John saying?"
Tell him I'm asking what's wrong with you!
"I don't…" Arthur screws his eyes shut and John groans in irritation. It's cut off when Arthur finishes with, "Who?"
Who?! John! Me!Bookmarked by MarblesMaster
22 Jun 2026
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“Hey, Arthur,” Noel says casually.
He’s looking at us with a sly smile, having just glanced at something under the table.
“Hm?” Arthur hums, setting down his coffee. John’s rolling his hand against the table in a steady ‘tap tap tap tap’ of fingernails.
“John’s got control of one of your feet, yeah?”
Arthur raises a brow, trying to figure out where this conversation could possibly be going. “Yes?”
“Okay, so he’s the one that’s been playing footsie with me for the past twenty minutes, right?”
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19 Jun 2026
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Something bad is happening to John.
He can’t put his finger on it, but he knows two things. One, it started at some point between getting his own body and now— and two, it isn’t going to end well.
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19 Jun 2026
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"His arms still felt tense without the connection to Arthur. Anxiety – was that what that was? – was brewing in his gut at the distance between them, despite it only being two feet at most. At least in Arthur’s eyes he had a better position to warn him should something approach; now there were too many distractions, and the angle was off. He had an almost overpowering urge to grab onto Arthur again, hold him tight against his body and never let him go ever again. That way they could be close again, close enough to protect against any threats, close enough to feel… whole."
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John and Arthur finally separate and temporarily stay in New York to get used to this new arrangement. It doesn't go as well as they might have hoped.
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16 Jun 2026
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John isn’t a fucking idiot. He doesn’t hand the razor over, just lifts his own hand and then freezes when Arthur’s fingers circle his wrist delicately, guiding it on the next pass. It’s shakier this time; John can’t keep his fingers steady, all too aware of the pulse in his wrist and thumb and the touch of skin against his own. Not the novelty of it, but the strange intimacy of the contact, never mind that he and Arthur have been sharing a body and half-sharing a mind for months now.
“Better.” Another swipe of his fingers, and John for a single, desperate second wishes he had Arthur’s throat too, just that swathe of skin, so he could know how it feels.
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16 Jun 2026
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“I know I haven’t been the most forthcoming with information, and I’m sorry; I do trust you, it’s just… These forces that surround me, Oscar, they’re not to be trifled with. You’ve witnessed firsthand the damage one creature can do, let alone the dozens, thousands of entities in worlds far more dangerous than anything you or I could imagine.” He hesitated. No. John had wanted this. He deserved to make his own choices, as much as he was able. “Earlier, you asked who…‘John’ was.”
“‘No one you’ll ever meet,’” Oscar echoed quietly. “Aye. I didn’t mean to pry.”
“No, no, you didn’t. I—” He stopped.
You can say it, Arthur.
He took another deep breath. And took the plunge.
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After a surprisingly cordial conversation with Detective Noel, John decides he is finally ready to tell a certain friend about his existence.Bookmarked by MarblesMaster
16 Jun 2026
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The Neighbors by Llwyden ferch Gyfrinach (Llwyden) for SupposedToBeWriting
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)
08 Jan 2023
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Lester and Doe are known for taking the odd cases. Well, Lester is; Deborah's not so sure about Doe. When one lands on her doorstep, it seems a good opportunity to sate her curiosity and help out.
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15 Jun 2026
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Arthur and John are staying with Noel until they figure out what to do with themselves. The two of them each long to form their own relationship with him, but struggle to find the balance between their own. Noel's just happy to have them there.
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14 Jun 2026
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Before they reach Albany, Arthur and John stop at a motel room to get their bearings. Arthur manages to get some rest. When he wakes, John is curious to get Arthur's opinion on a book he read overnight: a cowboy love story. Like he always seems to, Arthur reveals some things about himself, and they come out all the better for it.
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13 Jun 2026
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The King in Yellow has a plan.
The first part works, and Arthur Lester is broken.
The second half blows up in his face. John has gone mad, and Hastur’s adopted daughter is upset, but that’s not all.
It turns out a certain Outer God wasn’t done watching that show, and when he arrives with director’s notes, not even the King in Yellow can refuse him.
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- Part 1 of Surrogate: The Director's Cut
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12 Jun 2026