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  1. Rec *

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    Ominis Gaunt didn't expect Sebastian Sallow to be the person who would drag him down the dark paths of Magic, but he also didn't expect the new fifth-year to be the one to lead him back into the light.

    Follow the story of Ominis, Sebastian, and the Ancient Magic Keeper as they go through dark paths, dangerous trials, and everything in between. Family names need to be outrun. Trials need to be won. And there are fine, fine lines one must walk when it comes to doing the right thing. And through it all, after the trials of dark magic and ancient family lines, an entirely new legacy is built.

    A story of magic, healing, loyalty, and steadfast love.

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    12 Aug 2024

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    Merlin, he's just... happy. And content. And there's something else wrapped up in it all that he thinks can only be one thing, but he's not quite brave enough to name.
    Maybe one day he will. Maybe one day, in the future, he will find some sliver of a Gryffindor inside himself and be able to call it what it is. Not even aloud, and definitely not to her, but to himself. In his head.

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    Amelia Swann, the new fifth-year, arrives in a flurry of rumours and throws the delicate balance of Ominis's life into turmoil. He doesn't have many friends, protects the ones he does have, and doesn't quite know how to deal with this warmth she evokes in his chest.

    Amelia's future had always seemed rather hopeless - until Professor Fig shows up at her door and introduces her to a whole new world. Now she has a purpose, and friends, and everything else she's ever wanted. Her heart shouldn't dare ask for more, but it does. She wants him, even though she knows she will never deserve him, even though she has a hundred other - more important - things she should be dealing with.

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    26 Jan 2024

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    The Company shows their affection for Bilbo in accordance with dwarvish tradition. Bilbo... has no idea why everyone keeps giving him gifts.

    (Dwarves give gifts of craft to start friendships or romance. Everybody lives AU, canon-compliant through the first movie.)

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    06 Jan 2024

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    When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself in his old bed in his old home in his old body. Is this death? Or a trick of magic? Either way, Bilbo recognizes a second chance when he sees one, and this time his adventure with Thorin is going to go a bit differently.

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    31 Dec 2023

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    “Oh, gods forbid they respond positively to you doing a good thing,” Neve deadpans. She squeezes him a little again. “That’s sort of how it works, Astarion.”

    She can’t even see it. Believes the best of them all so earnestly, himself included, that she can’t see how it would all fall away without her at the center. It’s enough to make a person feel like they might actually deserve it.

    “And by it, you mean…?” he asks instead.

    Her huffed laugh of disbelief ruffles the hair at his neck. “Friendship, you idiot,” she answers. “And the general acquisition thereof.”

    Astarion cuts a sideways look at her as best he can with her still nestled so close. “And is that what we are? Friends?”

    He’d meant it to tease her, and yet finds that the silence before her answer twists his stomach. Because…he doesn’t actually know, either.

    “Yes, Astarion,” Neve says gently, after a moment. “I think we’re very good friends.”

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    Neve and Astarion, continued. She's not a victim. Not a target. Not just one night it's better to forget. But then...whatever in the world could she be?

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