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Dara sits up, but doesn’t get off the bed. Noam knows Dara’s not a relationship person; even if he hadn’t outright told him last night as they pushed through the door to the suite, his hands on either side of Noam’s face and his eyes more sober than they’d been the whole night, it was pretty damn clear to anyone with a hint of observational skill. Dara is not a lover. He is a jagged diamond sculpture that lovers throw themselves against and shatter, and Noam is the next in line.
Still, he can’t help but hope, hope, hope that Dara felt even a fraction of what he did last night.
Dara’s face turns just enough to glance at Noam out of the corner of his eye. Noam holds his breath, but Dara just turns away, pushing both hands through his hair and muttering a “Fuck” under his breath.
“Can you cook?” Dara asks, voice raspy. “Nevermind, that doesn’t matter. Invite me to stay over for breakfast. Now, before I change my mind.”
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Dara's the lead singer of the hot new indie-rock band The Fever King, and an alum of Noam's university. Noam gets dragged to a concert, and both of them get in too deep.
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Ames grins, tossing another gummy into her mouth. “You hate him.”
“I don’t hate him,” Dara says.
“You do--oh my god, you totally do!” She laughs. “You were all cold eyes at him--like that!--and you barely said a thing to him. You gotta admit it was assholish, even for you.”Dara shakes his head. “I don’t hate him.”
“But?”But Lehrer shoved a file on his background at Dara a few weeks back at a dinner reservation he’d arranged for them. First time in God knows how long they’d spent time together, especially since the campaign began, and despite everything Dara marked the date down on his calendar with red pen. Lehrer told him, between sips of vintage wine, “He’s an orphan--just like you.”
Except Dara isn’t an orphan, and his father doesn’t make slip ups. Lehrer’s marble eyes glinted above the rim of his glass.
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basically it's just the story if it was set in our time and there are no witchings. dara falling in love with noam w/out the telepathy and the need to take down a nation, but with the alcohol, the abuse, and the terrible communication.
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Ash was never good at asking for help. As he’s clutching Eiji’s letter in one hand and his bleeding stomach in another, he decides that maybe it’s time to learn.
Alternatively: Ash calls a fucking ambulance.
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“A Doctor of Chaos?” Aventurine echoes, rereading the letter Veritas has handed him. The seal of the IPC presses into the paper, accompanied by a torrent of words that, to the gambler’s eyes and ears, mean absolutely nothing.
Veritas shrugs, loosening his grip on the luggage. “That would be me.”
Aventurine arches an eyebrow and reads it again, for the fourth time:
As a Senior member of the Department of Strategic Investment and one of the Ten Stonehearts, we are pleased to inform you, Aventurine of Stratagems, that you have been assigned a Doctor of Chaos until you have recovered from the traumatic events in Penacony. Doctor Veritas Ratio will attend to your mental and physical well-being for as long as deemed necessary. Until then, your leave shall remain paid, for no more than three hundred and sixty-five days, at which point medical assistance may be renewed.
Respectfully,
Strategic Investment DepartmentOr: Aventurine and Ratio become roommates after the events of Penacony. And, it seems, Ratio is his Doctor of Chaos.
[Brief hiatus before Part II]
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- Part 3 of If you'd Dare to Gaze into the Abyss
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15 Sep 2025
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of hair and gnawed bone (you are never coming home) by prozvonits
Fandoms: The Darkest Part of the Forest - Holly Black
06 Jul 2022
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The Evans Family, Jack Gordon thinks, is made of wishes and dreams and magic.
or, five times Jack Gordon falls in love with the Evans family, and the one time he realizes they've fallen in love with him too.
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12 Sep 2025
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08 Apr 2025
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"On the day my loan got approved, I could finally relax. I was still too exhausted to cook, but I ordered food—all your dad’s favorites—from his favorite restaurant. And I took out more than two bowls for the first time in months and I plated up all the food nicely on the table. When your dad got home, he was so happy, so grateful, for this food that I didn’t even make myself, that he dropped to his knees and proposed. No plan, no ring, nothing. I was still in my sweaty, wrinkled work clothes. My hair was greasy. It didn’t matter. He wanted to marry me.
You’ll have to find someone who loves you like that too, okay Minju?"
Gong Minju, one broken engagement, two broken arms (not hers, so not to worry!), and three proposals.
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- Part 2 of play pretend
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07 Apr 2025
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throwing off sparks by zippkat
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
09 Jun 2023
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aka porch au
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05 Apr 2025