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    Goro lives in and tends to a water-locked lighthouse alone. He is used to solitude--numb to it, even. But one night during a raging storm, a handsome stranger bangs on his doorstep, seeking refuge. Now Goro must grapple between his aching need for human companionship and his deep hatred for his own sins.

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    04 Jun 2024

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    Lord Kusanali was safe. Azar was exiled, Cyno and the Traveler were bouncing around Sumeru finishing off the remaining Fatui hanging around, and Tighnari had recovered from his injury. On paper, everything was going well.
    So why was Alhaitham shaking as he attempted to unlock his front door for the first time in weeks?

    In the vulnerability of injury and exhaustion, Alhaitham can’t quite find the strength to deal with his emotions and spirals.

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    13 May 2024

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    When Akira sees Akechi again in Shibuya, a whole year after the collapse of the false reality, it is a surprise to literally no one when he immediately chases him down. It's still not a surprise when it happens again, and again, and again. It's even less of a surprise when the two decide to make a game out of it.

    It's round three; the game is on. And as if Akira would let his rival slip away from him again this time.

    [or, the inherent romanticism in playing cat and mouse with your rival who thought you were dead, except from the pov of said rival, with the addition of his merry band of friends.]

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    10 May 2024

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    Heirs, heirs, heirs, Laios is told constantly that he needs to continue he bloodline as if it's the most important thing in the world. Excuses for his denial of proposals are running out, his love for his advisor is growing by the second, and now, it seems as though the older court members are getting what they wished for, just not in the way they thought.

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    03 May 2024

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    “The whole world became my garden! But the sea which no one tends is also a garden when the sun strikes it and the waves are wakened. I have seen it and so have you when it puts all flowers to shame.”
    —William Carlos Williams, “Asphodel, That Greeny Flower”

    “Monsieur Chief Justice, why do you think His Grace has gone out of his way to send you so many lovely gifts?” Navia asks.

    Neuvillette hesitates. “Because he is my friend?” he offers, and Navia finally laughs out loud.

    “Has it not occurred to you that he is trying to woo you?”

    At this declaration, Neuvillette feels as though the air has been knocked from his lungs. Woo him? Duke Wriothesley?

    “No,” Neuvillette says faintly. “No, it has not.”

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    28 Dec 2023