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  1. Public Bookmark 10

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    Like every morning they don't spend together, Dunk wakes up to a text from Lyonel.

    Unlike their normal good morning text, what he gets today has Dunk squinting in confusion at his screen.

    Or, Lyonel gets folded like a lawnchair.

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    18 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 12

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    He's spent eight years standing guard over a king he's a little in love with. Now they might make it official — the guard part, anyway.

    Slowish burn Baelor/Duncan, background family drama and politics, and one (1) bald teen who is done being patient with both of them.

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    15 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 9

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    "Good," Baelor chooses to say sharply. "That man needs to hear how much of a brazen, impolite, impertinent—"

    A hand suddenly rests on Baelor's shoulder and his words tumble to a halt.

    "I hope you're not speaking of me, your Grace."

    The rest of Baelor's ire die on his tongue just as soon as he leans back ever so slightly to feel that familiar warmth. It is akin to the lick of a flame, sweet on his skin but gone quick, replaced by coldness as Sir Duncan takes a step back.

    "My apologies, I'd meant to find you first but I'd...I haven't been to a ball before and I wasn't sure where exactly to go or what I might do," Duncan explains faster than Baelor can comprehend. "And then they all started gathering 'round me asking questions—"

    "Maekar sent you an invitation?"

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    15 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 26

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    He is suddenly thrown back to that terrible moment at Ashford Meadow when Baelor had collapsed against him, blood gushing from that awful wound to the back of his head. Dunk had thought him dead, then, pleading to any who would hear him for forgiveness, that he had not meant for a prince to die just so that he might keep his hand. But the wound had not been fatal, as grievous as it was, and when finally Baelor awoke nearly a week later, he had refused Dunk’s apologies, throwing his own words back in his face. Does not every knight make the same oath? To protect the innocent?

    Dunk had never fully rid himself of his guilt over the trial, even all these years later. Baelor may have forgiven him for putting him in harm's way, but he could not forgive himself so easily. And now, he is frantic as he searches for any sign of life in his king, for he has sworn countless oaths to him and to have failed him now… He would beg the Stranger to take him as well.

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    15 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 3

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    "Hey, relax. I'm not asking you to hit me," you murmur, sitting up to throw a leg over his and settle in his lap. "Not this time, at least. It's just-- you're so strong, Dex, I want to feel it." You punctuate the words with a squeeze to his bicep. "And the mask is hot." He rolls his eyes at that, and you playfully slap his chest, smiling shyly. "Come on, it's sexy! And the gloves, and the holsters… just hear me out."
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    reader asks dex to be a little rough with them

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    12 Jul 2026