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    In his dreams, they were young again, and he was picking cherries with Mu Qing underneath the shade of a sunlit tree, and then he was showing Mu Qing how to wield a blade, his hands on Mu Qing's hands, watching Mu Qing's footsteps flit across the ground, light as swallows.

    Those easy days of his youth, when Mu Qing's presence was still something he did not know to fear the loss of; a lifetime before Xianle's demise, a lifetime before the slow but inexorable unraveling of their friendship.

    He had been so naive back then, to assume that they'd have the luxury of time, the privilege of a future together.

    (Written for Dewdrops At Dawn — a Mulian Zine)

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    28 Sep 2025

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    “I promise this is real,” Madara murmurs. He shudders at the kiss pressed to his temple, broad hand gently stroking his hair, cradling his head. “I’m here with you now. I won’t ever leave.”

    The pounding ache in his skull sinks its claws deeper, vision fuzzy around the edges. He can’t breathe like this. His mouth tastes of grave dirt and ash. His fingers draw tighter. The cloth feels dusty beneath his hands, sand slipping through his fingers, gritty on his skin.

    This position is familiar by now. Stuck in a cage of flesh, bone, and sinew that wound its loving arms around him, that rubbed soothing circles on his back. Poison filters through his ears. It’s a slow decay. A controlled fall.

    He takes a breath.

    “This is never going to end.” It’s an absent-minded remark. A reconciliation of two conflicting halves, however brief. He’s ripped free from the embrace.

    There is no happy ending to be had.

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    10 Aug 2025

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    Years after a brief meeting that saved Solaria from ruin, Dante is reunited with Aster when a new Grand Sorcerer comes to Klein. Their affinity leads to a friendship that quickly deepens after Dante offers his blood, even though he knows a future with someone else’s familiar is impossible. He’s prepared to accept what he can have when a strange essence bruise in the shape of a rose appears on his skin and begins to interfere with his fire magic.

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    01 Aug 2025

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    After his affair with Dante ends, Aster loses his taste for blood.

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    01 Aug 2025

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    “Why don’t you let me cut your hair?” Aster asked. He hopped up onto the top of his packed trunk. His legs dangled off the edge and kicked idly. The sleeve of his oversized jacket draped over the side. “After all, I’d hate to leave things so...” He waved his pretty, manicured hand abstractly, “...tense between us.”

    It took temperance to keep the sneer from his mouth. Dante cocked an eyebrow, “Since when do you know how to cut hair?”

    “I control all the trends in the Light Territory,” Aster flipped his pink fringe with a flourish. “I have some skill. Plus, if I cut your hair, absolutely no one in the Water Territory will see you before you have your ‘disguise’ on. It makes things easier, no? One less leak in the pipeline.”

    Before Dante departs for his meeting with Barbubble, Aster gives him a haircut.

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    31 Jul 2025