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    “You know, for months, Shiro — since Allura put you back in — the only things you’ve said to me are about fighting,” Keith says, and his voice is level, only betrayed by the way it cracks over the middle of his sentence.

    “I —“ Shiro says, wanting to deny it.

    “I’ll cross the universe to save you,” Keith says, fierce. “And if you don’t want to talk to me, that’s fine. I’ll still be here. But I’m done pretending it doesn’t fucking hurt, being treated like a tactical asset.”

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    14 Dec 2024

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    Decades ago, a disease that rendered the majority of humanity infertile swept through the world. Now, a generation later, governments are taking action: national systems provide significant incentive for those who have children, offering them stipends, tax cuts, and other opportunities the average person might not be able to afford.

    Shirogane Takashi has been avoiding these expectations for a few years now, despite frequent attempts by the government to court him. He has impressive genes, or so he’s been told, with a body of remarkable childbearing capability. But he’s always had his own goals, his own ambitions, and raising a family didn’t fit into that.

    But everyone has their price, and Shiro is eventually offered his. Though nervous, he has to admit that he’s more than a little excited, too—biological instincts don’t go away, after all, and it’ll be nice to have someone during a heat.

    The catch: he’s spent so long declining that now he’s expected to report to the local breeding center to verify that he’s playing along. The second catch: he’s as far from the stereotypical omega as you get, and he’s learning that most alphas don’t enjoy that.

    The third catch: he wasn’t expecting to fall in love.

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    13 Dec 2024

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    All he sees is Keith. Keith, who believes not only in himself, but in Shiro. Keith, who is hopelessly, irrevocably devoted to him. Keith, whose emotions are the edge of his blade rather than his downfall. Keith, who would rather fall into the end of the universe with Shiro than go on living without him.

    He smiles and it is beautiful and clean and perfect, like he holds the stars between his teeth.

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    08 Dec 2024

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    Gabriel Reyes, consummate monster hunter, contends with a quarry unlike any other he's found in all his years.

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    12 Oct 2024

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    Here is the sink to wash away the blood,
    here's the whiskey, the ripped-up shirt, the tile of the bathroom floor,
    the disk of the drain
    punched through with holes.

    - The Dislocated Room, by Richard Siken

    In the past: Jesse and a man with the world on his shoulders fall in love. There is no happy ending to this story.

    In the present: Jack tries to bring his best friend home. There are possibilities for this story.

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    08 Oct 2024