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Ryland looked down at his clipboard, where he had written a reasonable script, supplied earlier that day by Adrian. Unfortunately, the moment his eyes landed on the words, his brain supplied only terrible ways to say them.
He chose the worst one.
“I need flowers with prominent reproductive structures.”
The man went completely still.
Ryland could feel his soul attempting to leave his body.
“For a plant anatomy lab,” he added quickly. “For my students. Middle school students. Not–” He cut himself off, because there was simply no end to that sentence that would improve his situation. Instead, he just weakly smiled, and added “Science.”
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Ryland Grace is brilliant with biology, awkward with adults, and far too invested in giving his students the lessons they deserve. Simon Fleischer is a guarded florist who trusts plants more than people and has no interest in being needed by anyone again. But when a forgotten school lab brings Ryland into Root & Thorn, their lives begin to tangle in quiet, unexpected ways – through flowers, roots, and the terrifying possibility of being cared for properly.
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- Part 1 of Rootbound Cinematic Universe
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27 Sep 2026
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Spring, '46. The fallout of the first time Satellite-Officer Vicquemare kills a man.
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24 Jun 2026
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In which Harry and Kim return from a week-long stakeout, Jean and Kim have a secret, Harry and Jean push each other’s buttons, and Esprit de Corps is a tattletale.
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19 Jun 2026
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Everyone has their thing that they do to keep the darkness at bay. Some people have houseplants, some people fall into marriages that they shouldn't, and some people ingest every substance they can get their hands on. Jean wears women's clothing, sometimes, and that is no one's business besides his own.
So when Lieutenant Kitsuragi does a wellness check on him because he hasn't shown up to work in a while and has a well-known history of playing chicken with a loaded gun, he is surprised at what he finds.
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- Part 1 of making yourself up as you go along
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14 Jun 2026
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Set during a single night in maybe ‘53 or ‘54. Jean’s not doing good. Harry got injured wrapping up a case, just a concussion, but it’s an overnight stay at the lazareth. Jean’s doing bad. He asks Kim for a favor, expecting a firm no and lots of negative social and professional consequences, hoping for a no and violence.
“Jean, I’m not going to shoot you.”
“What, Harry teach you to read minds too?”
“Nobody can read minds. You’ve been staring.”
“Maybe I’m checking you out. Why are you still armed?”
“You’re not checking me out. You know why I’m still armed.”
“Because you’re a faggot and I’m your suicidal straight coworker who asked you to fuck me, and you don’t think I want you to fuck me, you think I want you to fucking shoot me. Which you’d have to because you can’t take me in a fight.”
“Yes, very good. I like when we’re on the same page.”Bookmarked by gloomygenesis
10 Jun 2026