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  1. Public Bookmark 43

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    “How do the common folk court, Partitio?”

    For a moment, Partitio just blinks at Hikari in bewilderment. Across the table, Temenos’s grin is unbearably wide.

    “Yes, Partitio,” he says. “Do inform us.”

    (or: from watching throné and castti flirt, and with a little help from partitio, hikari picks up a thing or two)

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    17 Dec 2024

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    "We’ve been through literal hell," he reminds Salim, probably harsher than is strictly necessary. "I’ve lost my whole team and almost had my ass kicked by fucking vampires. So excuse me for not being peachy keen."

    As if to stab him in the fucking back, his throat seizes up as cough after cough rattles from his lungs.

    "That doesn’t sound healthy," Salim points out.

    "Tough fucking shit."

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    06 Dec 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 12

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    The phone rings for a long time, long enough that Jason almost hangs it back on the cradle before he can be faced with the daunting click of an answering machine, his knuckles already clenched white with how tightly he’s gripping the plastic, the cord looped around his fingers. His heart beats wildly against his sternum as the dial tone is cut off before he’s even able to move, line crackling in its connection, a brief silence on the other end that is worse than any worries of getting the machine. Then, a sound he hasn’t heard in two years echoes tinny through the landline, that low voice answering, “Salim Othman.”

    In a testament to how much he has held on to thoughts of this man, simply hearing Salim’s voice again brings such a warmth to Jason’s chest, brings an unexpected sting of emotion behind his eyes. He breaks into an involuntary grin, sure that his tone betrays all of it as he says, “Hey, Salim.”

    A slightly fluffy, slightly smutty reunion.

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    06 Dec 2024

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    “Shall I make a case for evolution?” Viktor asks. “Will you allow me this?” Viktor’s other hand creeps around Jayce’s neck, fondling the lump of his Adam’s apple. “I think you will enjoy it.”

    If there are infinite universes out there, then it stands to reason that there must be one where they have sex.

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    28 Nov 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 38

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    “I have missed you beyond measure,” Viktor says. He looks it too, eyes soft and smile small. It is so far from the Viktor that walked out of their lab as to be another person.

    It is another person. This Viktor has been alone, lonely.

    Jayce is not sure what he thought he'd find at the top of the Hexgate, but it hadn't been this.

    Longing curls in his gut.

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    25 Nov 2024