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  1. Public Bookmark 16

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    “Do you miss your mom?” Niko asks, and Edwin stiffens like he wasn’t expecting the question. Niko wasn’t really expecting to ask it, either, but it felt easier than rereading the letter, and she may be being brave but she can take baby steps to get there. It’s scary, and everyone should be proud that she isn’t just ignoring the topic of mothers altogether.

    Edwin reaches forward, carefully pressing the spacebar of the computer to pause the episode. Scooby Doo is left frozen on the screen, eyes wide in comical confusion, and Niko smiles a little. Edwin’s voice is quiet and measured when he speaks, not looking at her. “I have been dead longer than I was ever alive.”

    “That doesn’t mean you can’t miss her.”

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    09 Jul 2025

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    what happened when niko read her mom’s letters

  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    The throne room was silent, which was unusual on a Tuesday afternoon since that was when the Round Table had their weekly meeting.  Today, however, Arthur had dismissed his knights early, as there was no current crisis to manage or tricky problem for them to pick through, and it was a lovely day outside.  He only had a few more reports to read before he put down his work for the day himself and spent the rest of his evening with his family.  Merlin had no pressing matters to deal with today and was instead somewhere in the castle, playing with their daughter.  Arthur intended to join them as soon as possible.

    As if Arthur’s thoughts had summoned him, Merlin burst through the doors.  Arthur smiled at him, dropping the reports and standing, happy to have the excuse to give up on his duties early. "Merlin, I was just thinking -"

    “I lost Clara!”

    Merlin loses their daughter during a game of hide and seek, and he and Arthur have to figure out why she's so hard to find.

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    24 Jun 2025

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    fate found them an inate magical child

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    “Charles?” The boy asked, startling him from his thoughts. His voice was soft and kind, like his mum’s often was after a particularly rough night with his dad.

    Charles looked up, his good eye blinking owlishly. “Who’re you?”

    He looked back at Charles, lips set in a wobbly frown. If Charles had to guess, he’d say the strange, stuffy-looking boy was trying not to cry.

    There was a long beat of silence. And then:

    “Oh, my dear. What has she done to you?”
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    Or, after tangling with the spirit of a mad scientist, Edwin is left with a seven-year-old Charles that has no memory of him or their afterlife together. Edwin learns about Charles’s childhood in steps, as Charles finds his way back to the family he’s built by working through the trauma of his past.

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    31 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 6

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    Charles decides to check how Niko is doing after comforting Crystal at the end of The Case of the Two Dead Dragons.

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    25 May 2025

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  5. Public Bookmark 8

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    “If you’re not here for Crystal, is there something you were looking for?”

    “I’m here for you, actually,” Charles says, and he gives a small laugh like he isn’t sure how well that will go over. “We’re friends too, yeah?”

    “Oh!” Niko’s eyes are wide for a moment, because she knows that she is friends with Charles, she is friends with lots of people, and she is especially friends with Crystal and Edwin which would make her friends with Charles by virtue of the transitive property. She hadn’t quite realized that they were friends who go out of their way to check in on each other, but she doesn’t mind it at all. “We definitely are.”

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    24 May 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    the most perfect charles x niko friendship slice of life