Hiii! Is there a kind sansan fan out here who has downloaded these fics by Aurora0331?
The titles are:
Into My Arms
Rock Out On The Sea
I'm desperate y'all. I always come back to these fics for inspiration but now they're gone. I think the author deleted their ao3 account. I was able to find them on Way Back Machine but can't download them.
This song was commissioned by a certain Anthony J. Crowley. The message did not say to whom it was dedicated:
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I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candle burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
Soooo since people liked the post about sharing detes about WIPs....
Been listening to both the original NOGLY playlist and a general "Nomad Love" one a lot, and one particular song kept standing out to me for the next title in Into My Arms, Beck's "Golden Age". The sound echoes the vibe that I want for the story.
Tonight I was thinking once more about PWP, aka porn with plot. There is so much to be told about a relationship through the lens of sex. The next story is about surrender, about Mitch accepting that he can't prevent Val's death, about Val accepting his unconditional love, and it's told through the "plot" of escaping from camp for a couple of days.
And in the meantime "Golden Age" plays on repeat in my head. Just now I looked up the lyrics. The first verse:
Put your hands on the wheel
Let the golden age begin
The window down
Feel the moonlight on your skin
Desert wind
Cool your aching head
The weight of the world
Drift away instead
That is how the fucking story starts. It starts just like that. They leave camp, drive through the desert, and Val leans her head against the window, and she falls asleep.
That line in normal people where Connell says “I’m not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me”… If you love that then listen to Into My Arms by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. The lyrics have such amazing parallels and it really is Marianne and Connell’s song.