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    Six years after he and Viktor part ways on antagonistic terms, Jayce wakes up in the Machine Herald’s medical clinic.

    Jayce desperately wants to rub at his forehead, but the binding at his wrist stops him. He settles for squeezing his eyes shut. “Why?” he asks.

    Viktor is silent for barely a moment. He says, tonelessly, “I assumed this was preferable to dying.”

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    28 Dec 2024

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    Grian hadn't ever been expecting someone to follow through on courting ritual with him. He'd been crushing hard on his co-worker turned crime-fighting partner for years at this point, and Scar certainly had no idea that avians had that sort of thing. Specific little thoughtful gestures that would send a sign that whoever was doing the deed was interested. And as much as Grian would adore being spoiled by Scar performing all these little things that made his wings ruffle under his red sweater, pleased and basking in the attention, he knew it would never happen. Scar didn't know about avian courtship ritual.
    He didn't.
    Grian knew that he didn't know.
    So if he didn't, why was he doing every ritual so perfectly?

    {In which Scar stumbles ass-backward into performing all 5 of the typical avian courtship gestures in his attempts at wooing Grian, Grian is desperately trying to convince himself he's still in the friend zone, Jimmy's busy having his own relationship crisis, and Pearl will meddle all she needs if it'll get these idiots together already.}

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    30 Sep 2024

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    “So… Mumbo is married.”

    “Yep.”

    “To Grian.”

    “Uh huh.”

    “That we thought he’d broken up with.”

    “Yes.”

    “And we thought Grian married someone else the same day.”

    “Yeah, that’s right.”

    “Because Mumbo replied ‘Grian is no longer my boyfriend’ when we asked how his boyfriend was doing in preparation for the move.”

    “Got it in one.”

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    Fate walks many paths – but for each person, it only wears one face. Sheriff Jimmy Solidarity’s fate is a handsome red-eyed highwayman who saves Jimmy from a group of bandits. Despite being on opposite sides of the law, something keeps bringing them together, tangible as gravity and inevitable as death.

    Which will get to them first? What will win out – a growing relationship between them, or their obligations to the life they’ve chosen for themselves?

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    11 Jul 2024