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    It was probably stupid to go out with him again. But, Aemond could suffer through one more evening with Luke if that made this easier. If he didn't agree to it, he would have to spend the next week anxious about Luke calling him or, Seven forbid, showing up to his place. It was easier to keep the peace until Aemond left for King's Landing.

    One more date, and then he was back to King's Landing and there would be miles and miles between him and Luke.

    Luke was just supposed to be a summer fling. Unfortunately, for Aemond, Luke didn't see it that way.

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    16 Sep 2025

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    In a misguided effort to heal the bitter divide in his family, King Viserys marries an unwilling Aemond and Lucerys off to one another before the Dance of the Dragons. It doesn't work. When Aemond is captured and brought to the Red Keep after Rhaenyra's victory, they find that the marriage is much harder to put aside than anybody could have imagined.

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    04 Sep 2025

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    After Gi-hun wins the first games, he tracks down a certain young detective to figure out what all he knows. This leads him on an emotional journey deep into the past of missing man, Hwang In-ho.

    Turns out, the man isn't quite what he thought.

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    10 Aug 2025

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    "You take risks without thinking," In-ho mused as he watched Gi-hun's fingers tighten around his last chip. "That's why you always lose."

     

    "And yet, here I am. Still playing."

     

    The faintest smirk curled around In-ho’s lips. "Because you don't know how to stop." He leaned in, voice quiet but dangerous. "Tell me, Gi-hun—what happens when there's nothing left to bet but yourself?"

    Gi-hun is drowning in debt, In-ho is swimming in wealth as the owner of an exclusive high-stakes casino. Two worlds that should never collide—until one desperate gamble pulls Gi-hun into a life he has yet to understand.

    But when the devil asks you to play, can you really afford to say no?

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    09 Aug 2025

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    "Here was Gi-hun, with his lifetime of tragedy and difficulty, picking up strangers in the rain and campaigning for the inherent value of mankind. And if that existed, if it was possible to sustain that even in spite of immense hardship, maybe it wasn't circumstance that had turned In-ho into something bitter. If Gi-hun was possible, if his worldview was somehow sustainable, that meant that whatever In-ho became was not a result of a bad situation; it was inherent. He was always empty, or capable of emptiness, and wasn't that the same thing?"

    FAKE DATING AU. No Squid Games, just other trauma and the power of grief competing with the audacity of hope.

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    14 Jul 2025