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    "You," Scar sighed at the sight of the villain, a mixture of a groan and an insult as he cursed internally at his rotten luck.

    "Me," his nemesis smiled, sharp grin clearly visible with glinting yellow eyes half-hidden by his ridiculous mask, wings stretched behind him in a familiar silhouette. "Hey there, little hero."

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    Grian's alter ego, Cuteguy, is known across the city for being three things: dangerous, insane, and completely obsessed with his hero counterpart, Hotguy. Scar is a café worker who spends his nights in a blue and orange visor to become Hotguy, the city's greatest hero with a past no one speaks of, who regularly battles his greatest nemesis, Cuteguy.
    Cuteguy is notoriously obsessed with his nemesis. Scar is head over heels for the friendly avian who regularly visits his café. Both of them are hiding things, and one holds a secret that could change the very city they live in.
    Between layers of endless lies, social media drama and rumours of government programs, two people trek the dangerous and unpredictable pathway of love between one whom it should be impossible to have it with.
    But both of them have conquered the impossible before.

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    23 Mar 2026

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    Oh my gosh bro!! This is so good like yess we love crazy grian<3!!!

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    Grian’s hopelessly in love with his coworker and fellow architecture professor—Scar. He knows nothing's going to come from it, but when he finds out Scar’s got a thing for his vigilante alter-ego, Grian can’t help but use that to his advantage.

    Hotguy is infatuated with his vigilante pseudo–nemesis, but Cuteguy keeps blocking his advances and he isn’t anywhere close to getting through to the man. When his civilian coworker Grian winds up in the hospital for something he should have been able to prevent, he can't stop himself from falling for the man he'd overlooked for years.

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    Or: A hero/vigilante story that starts as a messy romantic comedy but evolves into something far darker. Where two idiots fall in love twice without realizing they're already in love with each other—as the city they're trying to save slowly burns around them.

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    10 Mar 2026

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    THE ANGST!!

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    Scar has transferred to start his second year at Hermiton University of Craft and Engineering in London, ready to leave America behind. What he doesn’t expect is to recognise one of his fellow students from his flight –Grian, and his adorable cat.

    Grian is back in England after a decade in the States, settling into business classes and hiding his cat in a dorm he technically shouldn’t have. Seeing his friends again is a breath of fresh air and meeting an attractive dude on his flight that happens to be attending the same university him was certainly a bonus.

    With Scar adapting to the differences between America and England, and Grian finally feeling at home after ten years, the two grow close.

    But not everything can be a fairy tale.

    A University AU full of pining, miscommunication, and gayness

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    This fic now has a discord! https://discord.gg/cFU7PCYrAc

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    08 Mar 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Lowkey forgot bookmarking was a thing and also super great slowburn AHHHHH