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There was a cardboard box sitting on her office chair when she arrived. A yellow Post-It was stuck to the top, bearing the words “help yourself” in sloppy handwriting that Carol immediately recognized. She knew what she would find inside, but she opened the box anyway. Sure enough—it was a collection of business casual attire, clearly pre-owned but seemingly devoid of holes and stains.
Helen Umstead can go fuck herself, Carol thought.
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The story of Carol and Helen.
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21 Jul 2026
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Myosotis: (/ˌmaɪəˈsoʊtɪs/), genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, colloquially known as forget-me-nots.
Two love stories give rise to another.
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20 Jul 2026
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put your emptiness to melody (your awful heart to song) by wanhedalycia
Fandoms: Pluribus (TV 2025)
06 Jul 2026
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“You’re the maniac that wrote The Mast?”
“You must be Carol. Yes, that’s my piece.”
“Well, it’s impossible.”
“So you’ve said.” There’s a pause, and her eyes dart down to her instrument. “Well. My guitarist in Poland never had a problem with it.”
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zosia is a visiting musician at carol's uni, and part of her jazz quintet. carol has a problem with her music. there's absolutely no other reason her stomach keeps twisting when she's around her. none at all.
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10 Jul 2026
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“Double espresso, Chantilly cream and Armagnac. On the house. I hope you don’t have any allergies.” Carol doesn’t realize her hand is shaking until she sets the coffee onto the table.
There is one quick beat of silence. She expects a thank you or a nod of appreciation.
Instead Zosia says, “Just to mediocrity.”
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Carol Sturka, head chef at one of Toronto’s hottest restaurants gets an abrupt reality check when she gets a surprise visit from local but notable food critic and influencer, Zosia Nowak.
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10 Jul 2026
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Carol and Helen pass an afternoon in quarantine.
Written for the prompt: Rusty Nail, Confused and Contrast
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- Part 3 of Pluribus Cocktail Prompts
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09 Jul 2026
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“I didn’t keep most of the memories. Other people’s memories. I get flashes of big things, births, deaths. Except about you.”
Carol feels the confusion slip onto her face. Nervousness creeps up her spine again. “Me?”
“I know everything that anybody has ever thought about you, Carol. Every memory. Every feeling. Helen. Your ex-girlfriends. Your dentist. It’s like I have a Carol encyclopedia in my head.”
Carol had thought that she was done experiencing fresh horrors. What a nightmare it is to realize that she is not. “Oh, god.” She says.
“Oh, god,” Zosia agrees.
After they manage to break Zosia free of the hive, Zosia and Carol try to navigate the field of landmines that is their relationship.
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02 Jul 2026
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i like my girls just like i like my honey (sweet, a little selfish) by nutmeg101
Fandoms: Pluribus (TV 2025)
09 Jun 2026
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“Careful, Detective,” Zosia says lowly, taking a deliberate step forward. She places her hand on the metal bar next to Carol’s and their fingers brush together. Neither of them pulls away. She tilts her head down ever so slightly. “That almost sounds like a compliment.”
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All you need to know is that Detective Carol Sturka is a little sad, a little sarcastic, and a little horny.
And Lieutenant Zosia Nowak is rude and hot.
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01 Jul 2026
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After the death of her wife, nihilistic and closeted romance author Carol Sturka descends into a stupor of drunken depression which is only compounded when her fanbase finds out she’s a lesbian and erupts in outrage and deems her disingenuous. Her publicist has the perfect solution to rebuild Carol's public image and free her from the "romance slop" genre forever, but Carol isn't going to like it.
She's right. Carol hates it. (Until she doesn't.)
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01 Jul 2026