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  1. Rec *

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    Finally, Zoey blurted it out, voice soft but sharp:

    “Have you ever thought of… something besides monogamy?”

    Mira’s thumb stilled on the screen. She looked up, slow. “…What?”

    Zoey’s hands twisted in her lap. “Like—not open relationships. Just… not just one person. Have you ever thought about being with more than one person and it still being okay?”

    She wasn’t looking at Mira. Her voice was tight, like it hurt to speak. Mira watched her with a furrowed brow, still quiet.

    “I feel so guilty all the time. Because I love you, Mira. I love you, and this doesn’t change that, but I see her and I want to make her smile and I want her to hold my hand and I think she’s beautiful and weird and sweet and I—”

    She finally looked up, tears shining in her eyes.

    “I think I ruined us. And I’m so sorry.”

    Mira just stared at her. Wide-eyed. Silent.

    Zoey’s heart dropped. “Say something.”

    Mira exhaled like she’d been holding her breath for a month.

    Then she visibly deflated—shoulders dropping, head tilting back against the wall—and let out a quiet, choked laugh.

    “…Oh thank god.”

    or.

    Rumi moves in with two strangers and they fall in love boom

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    22 Jul 2025

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    A collection of loosely connected Polytrix stories set in the same general canon compliant timeline. Most of the series is set after they've already gotten together but some might be pre-relationship or even pre-movie.

    They're written so they can can be enjoyed independently and in any order, but sometimes there might be a joke or reference to an event in a different fic in the series.

    Fluff, angst, and lots and lots of thirst.

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    17 Jul 2025

  3. Public Bookmark *

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    Mira has worked at Sunlight Scoops for upwards of two months now, and if someone put a gun to her head and told her to name three things about Rumi, she could maybe give them two:

    1. Rumi worked at Sunlight Scoops
    2. Rumi was absolute shit at small talk

    (Zoey and Mira get jobs at an ice cream parlor and cannot figure out why their manager can't talk to them.)

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    16 Jul 2025

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    No, that… that can't be it. If it's been here, like this, the whole time, she would've known. She would've understood. She would've…

    Wouldn't she?

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    Rumi is still figuring out how to live in a world where she isn't constantly under pressure... and, as it turns out, safety comes with processing. And processing comes with mental breakdowns and triggers she had no idea existed.

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    15 Jul 2025

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    “Your…” Mira trails off, uncharacteristically stumbling over her words, “…shoulders.”

    Rumi blinks, “My shoulders?”

    “They’re…” What was with Mira today? It was like she couldn’t even complete a sentence when she was often so witty. In fact, being chill was her whole persona. Right now, she was being the complete opposite! “…out.” Rumi can’t help but allow an amused smile break out across her features, a small snicker escaping her lips as well.

    OR: The six times Rumi cannot figure out for the life of her why Mira and Zoey are so obsessed with her demon marks and the one time she does.

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    27 Jun 2025