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    After leaving home for the first time to compete in a cooking show, Charlotte Pudding is determined to make her mark. More than that, she’s resolved to sweep the competition to win the grand-prize of her own restaurant, with her own menu, to build wherever she wishes. Hailing from a large family of esteemed chefs and pâtissiers, she’s confident her skills will blow the judges away, breezing all the way to victory.

    That is until she meets a certain blonde-haired, curly-browed, overly-flirtatious chef with a penchant for cigarettes and wicked smile. Sanji doesn’t have a respectable pedigree like herself, and his main source of culinary experience was on a rickety ocean-going restaurant under the tutelage of an infamous (gasp) pirate! Defeating him should be a piece of cake, she thinks, until she witnesses him in the kitchen.

    Talent is not always something that can be taught, Pudding begins to learn. With the two advancing through each stage, they realize there is more than meets the eye when it comes to each other. And as they grow and discover what kind of chefs (and people) they want to be, they uncover an undeniable truth:

    That love is always the secret ingredient.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    You can’t shake the feeling that someone’s been getting into your apartment. There’s no obvious signs of break-in, but whenever you come home things feel just a little off. Your fresh bed sheets are all rumpled. A dresser drawer is found haphazardly closed. Your favorite perfume has gone missing.

    The only thing putting you at ease is your tough-looking neighbor. Bartolomeo’s been keeping an eye out for you since you moved in, and he swears he’ll beat any creep to a pulp for you if he catches them. It’s sweet, really — like having a friendly rottweiler next door.

    (Who also happens to be tall enough to reach the fire escape from the ground floor. But you’re sure that’s nothing to worry about.)

    ......

    In which Bartolomeo is your neighbor and has it really bad for you. Modern AU.

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    15 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 16

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    Truthfully, Gaban would love to marry her. A beautiful woman was a beautiful woman, whether she was mer-, mink or giant. He and Rayleigh have always shared an appreciation for pretty girls who could snap their spines in half.

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    16 Apr 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 30

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    She sat at a table by herself, watching the sunset, a hood and cloak hiding her features from view.

    "I apologize for the wait, lovely lady," Sanji greeted as he approached the table. She startled and before he could apologize for scaring her, she turned to face him. His heart skipped a beat in his chest when he recognized the beautiful chocolate-colored eyes peering back at him.

    "Pudding-chan?"

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    13 Jan 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 20

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    When it comes to Pudding, Sanji is happy to be in the palm of her hand. (Or not, as is more often the case.)

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    13 Jan 2025