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    Most of the time, Rafayel doesn’t even need an introduction; such is the life of a world-renowned painter, after all. But there’s a difference between introducing him as Rafayel, the painter who you’re contractually obligated to keep safe, and Rafayel, the guy you’ve been seeing for a while, or even Rafayel, your boyfriend. Just like there’s a difference between introducing him to Tara and Simone, who caught him idling outside headquarters on more than one occasion and were dying to know about the guy whose car you keep getting into after work, and bringing him along as a plus-one to your friend’s wedding.

    You don’t bring just anyone to a wedding.

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    Or: Rafayel will do anything for you. Including attending the thing he hates the most.

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    05 Oct 2025

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    “Come on,” you tell him, slipping the photo into the chest pocket of his suit jacket. “This’ll give you a boost. I promise.”

    It is so captivating, satisfying even, to watch Rafayel's face quirk with curious doubt—then drain of all color—then flush the deepest red you’ve ever seen, all the way up to the tips of his ears. He clears his throat, sandwiching the photo in his hands, protecting it from prying eyes or wayward camera lenses, and his voice drops to a hiss. “What is this?

    “What does it look like?” You shrug, a curl falling into your eyes, and you playfully tuck it behind your ear. “It’s a boudoir photo. Duh.”

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    Or: Rafayel needs a little motivation to get through another event. You might have something that will help.

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    05 Oct 2025

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    You’ve known Rafayel long enough to gather three things.

    The first is that you’ve never seen him paint a portrait. More often than not he submits himself to the abstract, to smears of color that, according to him, never fully capture what he feels but at least get close enough. Sometimes, he allows himself a landscape here and there. But never a portrait. Never a person. No matter how much someone offers to pay him.

    The second is that he refuses to wake up at dawn if he can help it. He’s never told you why. Just that there’s something about the sound of the morning bells that he hates.

    The third is that there is a door in Mo Art Studio—just one—that Rafayel has never opened.

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    Or: The manifestations of love as history, art, civilization, and the sheer horrors of yearning.

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    05 Oct 2025

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    A story in which Lucy has a harder time stepping away from the toxic mentality that followed her as an heiress even after she runs away.

     

    Or in which:

    - Happy is the therapist we all need in life.

    - Lucy wants so desperately to be free.

    - And Natsu just wants this weirdo who's quickly becoming his best friend (and perhaps more, he isn't sure yet and feelings were weird) to realize that it's alright to show emotions.

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    28 Apr 2023