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  1. Rec 17

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    Cassian Andor has grown to be an expert at ignoring his own discomfort in service of the Rebellion. Bacta keeps the physical scars almost unnoticeable and compartmentalization allows him to ignore the gaping wounds left in his psyche after years of fighting. It works for the most part; the medkit mends and his training holds.

    But while trying to enjoy a quiet night alone with Melshi, it all catches up to him.

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    10 Sep 2025

  2. Rec 13

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    If Melshi is at all shocked that Cassian grabs his collar, tugging him forward until their noses crunch together, he doesn’t show it. Cassian goes cross-eyed from trying to look at Melshi directly. They’re close enough to inhale each other’s sour breath. Panting, Cassian licks his lips, torn between pressing them to Melshi’s or bashing their heads violently against one another until he passes out.

    “I need you to wake up,” Melshi says, voice breaking. Cassian can taste every word. “Just wake up.”

    Cassian Andor is reliving the same day over and over.

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    25 May 2025

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    He wades in it now, eyes still open, fixed on the speckled ceiling, begging himself not to crave bomb blasts and artillery fire in his childhood bedroom. Although…there might be something beautiful about it all, Johnny supposes, those noises in the thick. The gasps in between discharge that say: I’m here, I’m a part of this song too.

     

    After a near-fatal injury, John MacTavish finds himself back in his hometown in Scotland. Fresh off an untimely discharge, he's forced to cope with disability, his dysfunctional family, and the lingering knowledge that there are some things he's just not ready to leave behind...

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    20 May 2025

  4. Rec 8

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    There are only two places you can go once the Empire catches you: to prison or to your grave. Ever the optimist, Nemik chooses prison.

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    14 Jul 2024

  5. Rec 6

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    Things never stop hurting, and they never stop being hard. It's—easier, maybe, when they struggle in tandem. They can hold each other up.

    “Cass,” comes Nemik’s voice eventually, slowly drifting down the hall. Then, a little louder, “Cassian.”

    Relief is the hitch in Nemik’s voice when Cassian goes over. Relief for Cassian, mostly. It’s not a victory for Nemik today. There is no quiet celebration.

    For many things, there may never be.

    But Nemik tries, and he lives. They both live.

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    18 Jun 2024