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  1. Public Bookmark 98

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    in the skies, turbulence isn’t just outside the plane.
    captain ruan mei is composed, brilliant, and frustratingly unreadable—earning admiration from everyone but one: herta, the clever and sharp-tongued flight attendant who thinks ruan mei is the coldest woman to ever wear a uniform.

    every flight, herta rolls her eyes when ruan mei speaks in her usual calm, clipped tone, especially when she makes oddly specific requests. but behind herta’s annoyance is a reluctant fascination... and behind ruan mei’s icy exterior, something much softer starts to stir.

    what begins as awkward layovers and stiff interactions at 35,000 feet slowly shifts—until one of them starts looking forward to turbulence.

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    23 Nov 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 80

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    Ruan Mei’s life is nothing short of disastrous. Her research is underfunded, her career stagnant, and, to make matters worse, she’s fresh out of an engagement she never even wanted.

    The solution to all her problems comes in an offer too perfect to refuse: a blank check, unlimited lab access, and full creative freedom.

    Sounds ideal. Except for the small detail that she has to marry the woman offering it.

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    04 Nov 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 73

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    Absently, Ruby is aware of Saccharina moving almost cautiously towards her—the way one might approach a wild animal. Ruby doesn’t even have it in her to send all of her anger and hate Saccharina’s way right now. She doesn’t know how to even begin to explain what she is feeling in this moment, other than the fact that she is dealing with an absence so loud that she doesn’t think she can even speak. Saccharina must intuit this, somehow.

    (In the small part of her brain that isn’t overwhelmed by loss, Ruby considers that Saccharina, a girl that grew up alone, without a castle or her family, might actually know a thing or two about loss).

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    10 Nov 2023

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    It starts with quiet good mornings and stilted how are yous, awkward invitations to brunch in the gardens and hesitant offers for yet another tour around the castle. They orbit each other so carefully, mindful not to start another war and desperate to find the kind of peace that they both desperately crave.

    Ruby and Saccharina in Castle Candy, trying to figure out how to be sisters.

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    10 Nov 2023

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    Hi new neighbor! You are cordially invited to a spitroast!

    (at 429 Peach this Saturday 7/25 at 11am)

    (Just bring your appetite and yourself, we've got everything else covered!)

    "What the fuck," Lena whispers.

    OR

    Lena moves into the suburbs and gets a very interesting—and probably totally accidental(?)—proposition from her hot neighbors.

    OR

    the spitroast fic

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    02 Oct 2023