humanveil

Illustration by Andy Virgil, for story “A Day for Remembering“ c. 1960s



Recent works

Recent series

  1. Summary

    Variations on a theme.

    Words:
    915
    Works:
    1
  2. Summary

    Curiosity killed the cat.

    Words:
    29,185
    Works:
    1
    Bookmarks:
    4
  3. Summary

    “Dad wants you to mould me into a normo,” he says. He’s at her desk, now, idly picking at her things as he continues. “He’s ordered the whole Corporate Cunt makeover — you know, cut me up and see how I grow back, whatever it takes to make me an acceptable face for the company.” The last part is mimicked, like he’s repeating something back at her. He curls his fingers around a paperweight, wrist rolling back and forth as his eye catches hers. “Some real Pygmalion bullshit.”

    Gerri doesn’t bother swallowing the sigh that swells up inside her. “I doubt I’ll fall in love with you,” she says.

    Words:
    650
    Works:
    1
  4. Summary

    One foot in your bedroom, one foot out the door.

    Words:
    1,130
    Works:
    1
  5. Summary

    “Why does a Princess’s son need to have sex with people for money?” Hux asks.

    “I don’t,” Kylo admits, honest. “It’s just…”

    He waves a hand as if to say, Well, you know… But Hux clearly doesn’t know. His curiosity has returned, his eyes pale blue-green and bright. They narrow lightly, assessing. Kylo tries his best not to squirm.

    “It’s what?” Hux asks, and Kylo swallows another sigh.

    “I like it.”

    Words:
    9,350
    Works:
    2
    Bookmarks:
    7

Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 3

    Tags
    Summary

    Now he calls to you again, is able to. Always so needy, your boy. A small, loud creature with sticky fingers trying to grasp at your skirts. The feeling builds in you as his desperation grows, the bond between you in the blood, the cord. And so too, that familiar flavor of resentment. He would never call you maman now, a well trained dog; and yet you know why he calls you.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,144
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    5
    Kudos:
    16
    Bookmarks:
    3
    Hits:
    90

    13 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 3

    Tags
    Summary

    Warm in her arms, now, like it was as a child. Like he’d imagined it to be— see above, no touching, none of this in the Auvergne days. This, he tells himself, is the fruit of several hundred years of magnificent labour. Physical and emotional. Neither? Both. You have been through many, many trials and tribulations, Lestat. But weren’t they worth every second? This is what you get when you drag yourself up and out of the rubble, and her with you: you get to lay with her as equals again.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    688
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    5
    Kudos:
    14
    Bookmarks:
    3
    Hits:
    112

    12 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Her heart beats in her chest next to his left temple. He is so, so thirsty. Would she mind? Is the blood not his by right, even if she did? He put it there. Made it what it is— made her what she is.

  3. Public Bookmark 64

    Tags
    Summary

    AU from 2.10 "Rendezvous". Mahone tries to inhale through his mouth, his jaw stretched uncomfortably, and he half-chokes. Dirty cloth, he realizes, jammed between his teeth – he claws at it, yanks it away, panting in abruptly relieved panic.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    13,944
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Comments:
    15
    Kudos:
    404
    Bookmarks:
    64
    Hits:
    6,134

    17 Feb 2026

  4. Rec 30

    Words:
    10,224
    Works:
    3
    Bookmarks:
    30

    07 Sep 2021

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  5. Public Bookmark 40

    Tags
    Summary

    "To trudge: the slow, weary, depressing yet determined walk of a man who has nothing left in life except the impulse to simply soldier on."

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,206
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    33
    Kudos:
    483
    Bookmarks:
    40
    Hits:
    5,257

    10 Jan 2026