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    A prequel to Pink is The Flavor.

    When Charlie first meets Nick on campus, he’s not sure what to expect. There isn’t a bone in Charlie’s body that is interested in finding out more about the boy, and yet. There he is.

    Bright like the sunlight, inescapable.

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    20 Jan 2024

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    Charlie owes everything to his coins.

    For the life of him, he can’t figure out why he has this ability. But through them, the universe has given him everything he could have ever wanted, or needed.

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    06 Jan 2024

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    Mid-thirties Charlie is a Pilot who’s struggled to put down roots. Nick is an airport baggage handler after an injury ends his rugby career.

    Strangers become unlikely friends, friends become… well, you know the rest.

    The fic is E rated from chapter 5 onwards.

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    31 Dec 2023

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    At 28, Nick Nelson is living a life that should make him happy: he's got a good job, solid mates, and an on-again-off-again girlfriend he's known since secondary school. But for years, maybe as long as he can remember, he's felt like something was missing. Worse, he can't shake the nagging fear that he's the problem, that something might be wrong with him.

    Charlie Spring is only 27, but he's already divorced, burnt out halfway through his masters degree, and his mental health is held together by twine and prayers. The only thing that gets him out of bed most days (other than his menagerie of pets) is his work as a wildlife rehabber at the Haven. Saving those animals is his focus in life now; he can't be bothered to worry about saving himself. And after what he endured at the hands of his ex-husband Ben, he's sworn off love for good.

    ...Then Nick finds an injured duckling.

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    31 Dec 2023

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    Nick Nelson is fed up. With some encouragement from his beloved mum, he decides to head to Cornwall for the summer so he can reset and hopefully even cheer himself the fuck up. There, he meets Charlie Spring; sarcastic and self-assured and a little bit lost himself. It’s amazing what six weeks, near-constant rain and a little bit of opening up can do for you.

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    A love letter to Cornwall, to cosiness, and to love. Hopefully.

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    12 Dec 2023