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  1. Public Bookmark 40

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    When Evie moved to Mistria, she hadn’t expected everything to be all sunshine and rainbows. The adventurer’s guild had emphasized that this was a special case—Mistria desperately needed help after an earthquake ravaged the town. Lot’s of it. Loads more than what one person could feasibly do. But Evie is always up for a challenge with a can-do attitude.

    But for March, when Evie moved to Mistria, he anticipated the worst. Some vagrant freeloader that would seem like a blessing at first but then would turn tail and run the moment things got hard and he wasn’t about to let that happen.

    It would seem that fate has other things in mind for the pair of them.

    A retelling of what we know of the story (so far!) with minor tweaks and additions to flesh it out. March's POV heavily inspired by the song "despair" by leo.

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    04 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 10

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    Caldarus needs his hair brushed, and you are too happy to help.

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    31 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 12

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    “Why’d you stop coming?” He blurted out before he could think.

    She stopped, glancing back a moment, “What?”

    “...To the forge…” He muttered, already losing the gusto he built up. ‘Drunk words are sober thoughts’ his ass, he was spewing nonsense.

    “...You made it pretty clear you didn’t want to see me again,” She reminded him, a guarded look returning to her face. His stomach flipped.

    “...I…did say that…” March spoke numbly. He had said that. Very clearly, actually. He had just never thought she would listen.

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    When March realizes just how close he's gotten to Farmer Joann, he panics and cuts her off...only to regret it immediately as she actually leaves him alone. Over the course of a week, he tries to gain back her trust, but can't help but fall into self sabotage and jealousy as he lets his emotions get in the way of their friendship...and the feelings growing that he can't ignore any longer.

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    26 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 10

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    March can't help the sick sense of satisfaction he gets from riling Ari up. But
    with his focus on saving the town he loves - March shouldn't be making time to tease the new farmer. Ari is everything he dislikes: optimistic, persistent and impossible to ignore. What will become of them as the seasons change?

    A retelling of the events of Year 1 and beyond in Fields of Mistria. As the full game isn't released yet and we only have 6 heart events, this is going to be an ongoing project - but I'm excited to keep updating as the game develops! Although this will be a pretty PG project for a good while, there will be some light swearing and some eventual smut.

    I hope you enjoy reading Frost Lilies in Winter as much as I'm enjoying writing it!

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    12 Jan 2026