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    Ekko first met Jinx in juvie.

    Ten years later, Ekko has built a completely different life, one where his past is buried deep. To his friends, he’s perfect—the boy savior who always does the right thing. And he plans to keep it that way.

    But when Vi decides it’s finally time for Ekko to meet her little sister, he isn’t prepared for the girl standing in front of him—he isn’t prepared for it to be her.

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    17 Jan 2025

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    After a magical mishap (that was barely her fault), Jinx the professional cupid ends up shooting her target a few too many times. As a result, his overloved heart opens up to the wrong person… HER. Now she gotta gradually dose him with anti-love magic so he'll go back to normal and can fall in love with a human, like he's supposed to. But how will she get close enough to regularly feed him the anti-love?

    Why, by dating him, of course.

    “This… is insane,” Vi says.
    Jinx shrugs. “All my best plans are.”

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    10 Jan 2025

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    In the bustling streets of modern-day Manhattan, Jinx thought she’d left her old life behind—her past as Powder, the fire that destroyed everything, and the sister who abandoned her. Now an NYU freshman by day and Silco’s secret engineer by night, Jinx is determined to prove she’s more than her mistakes. But when an unexpected reunion with Ekko, her childhood friend-turned-stranger, brings buried memories rushing back, her carefully constructed world begins to crack.

    Ekko, now a fellow NYU student, has his own reasons for being in the city—and Jinx is the last person he expected to see. Torn between the girl he once cared for and the person she’s become, Ekko confronts her loyalty to Silco, the man he believes destroyed their home.

    As old wounds resurface and tensions rise, Jinx and Ekko must navigate their fractured relationship in a city that never stops moving. Will they find common ground, or are they destined to remain on opposite sides of the chaos?

    A modern AU exploring redemption, betrayal, and the delicate balance between the past and the future. For fans of Arcane and stories that follow friends to academic enemies to lovers.

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    08 Jan 2025

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    Forced to join the war effort after a tragic attack, Ekko manages to capture the leader of the terrorist group that plunged his world into chaos, and is tasked with bringing her back to his own universe for trial. Unlike the lover he lost two years earlier, Jinx has a lot to atone for, but doesn't seem burdened with remorse.

     

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    After nearly seeing his military spy unit dismantled in the relentless search for Powder, Ekko finds Jinx instead.

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    08 Jan 2025

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    Slowly, she turned to look at him. “They’re engaged.”

    “Huh,” Ekko muttered. “Didn’t take Vi as the married type.”

    “Me neither." Her voice was a mere lull. “But people…they change. They go.”

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    Jinx and Ekko are childhood best friends and roommates who share a complicated history — Jinx struggles with fear of abandonment while Ekko clings to a savior complex he can't always fulfil.

    Isha is a foster kid in need of a home.

    Together, the three of them find ways of redefining family.

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    04 Jan 2025