reculer pour mieux sauter (A Carmilla AU Fanfic)
knenok95
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Previously titled 'Punching Bag'.
Hollstein AU where everyone's human and a certain relationship goes on a three year hiatus after a member of said relationship "disappears". Also, Carmilla's an artist with anger issues and a motorcycle and Laura's dealing with a lot of shit.
There's a lot of feelings.
Also, only the titles are in French.
(For the sake of this story, Silas is a small town in the middle of nowhere in the Northeastern United States.)
You can also find this on fanfiction.net and AO3.
The majority of this fic is unedited. All edited chapters will be marked as *edited*.
reculer pour mieux sauter
/rəkuːˌleɪ pʊə mjəː səʊˈteɪ/
noun
Withdrawing in order to improve one's chances of subsequent progress or success; making use of a withdrawal or setback in such a way as to advance further.
origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Dudley Carleton (1574-1632), diplomat and letter writer. From French reculer pour mieux sauter, lit. 'to draw back in order to leap better' from reculer + pour for, in order to + mieux better + sauter to leap.