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Back in the Arctic, stuffed two to a sleeping sack and trying to keep each other alert, he and James used to name every good type of thing they would eat when they got back, knowing–as they thought–the time would never come.
'Cream puffs', James had sighed one frigid night in a partial feverish delirium. Francis could hardly see him but for the lightest starlight, yet he had heard the smile evident in his voice all the same. That close, he had nearly felt it.
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Hailed as heroes on their miraculous return to England, Francis and James fail to cope, but nonetheless manage to fall together.
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22 Jul 2026
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To Someone From A Warm Climate by onthearrow
Fandoms: The Terror (TV 2018), The Terror - Dan Simmons
31 Jan 2026
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On a particularly cold night aboard Terror, Crozier tells his second what transpired at Platypus Pond.
James Fitzjames, egregiously offended on his behalf, does not forgive or forget.
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21 Jul 2026
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If nothing else, James was a professional. Complete shit at relationships, yes, a therapist’s magic ATM, yes, genuinely afraid to take the “Narcissistic Personality Disorder Quiz” Dundy once sent as a joke in case he scored in the highest percentile, yes, basically an all-around sad shell of a human being, yes, but a white-collar seducer. He’d hooked Francis already. Now it was just a matter of reeling him in.
The office lads make a bet, Francis surprises everyone with a secret crush, and James finds himself in very big trouble.
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20 Jul 2026
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Before the rescue, and before James’s body had begun to break down in earnest, he’d started to find the nighttime cold on the shale unbearable. He’d shiver for hours before passing out from exhaustion—excruciating, when every movement caused him a spark of pain. One night the cold was particularly sharp—the flaps of their tent snapped loud as thunderclaps in the unforgiving wind—and he’d been shocked to feel his cot dip behind him, Francis’s solid form pressing up against his back.
“Francis,” he’d said, heart pounding, “what are you doing?”
“Whisht,” Francis had hissed. “Can’t sleep for the chattering of your teeth. Now rest.”
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19 Jul 2026
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When All the World Shall Melt by neverfaraway
Fandoms: The Terror (TV 2018), The Terror - Dan Simmons
27 Jul 2021
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I’ll not have a picture, he thinks, gazing grimly at James’ drawn, damaged face. I’ll not have a miniature to tuck inside my breast pocket, or a sketch made on a winter’s evening by the fireside. It will be my own burden to remember him, until such a time as this cursed land takes me, too.
Twenty five men return to England. For Francis, this means making a poor job of keeping James from scuttling his career, and working out what a sea captain might do with himself in the absence of a ship.
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- Part 1 of When All the World Shall Melt
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19 Jul 2026