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    Dr. Kiramman steers her through the chaos and plants her in a chair. Does something to her arm that hurts like fuck, then drapes her in bags of ice and wraps her in a sling. Blinds her with a pen light—“Called it,” she mumbles when he confirms she’s concussed—and presses two pills and a warm mug into her hand. It smells herbaceous. Familiar.

    “I brought the good stuff from home,” Dr. Kiramman confesses, and it takes her a moment to understand he means tea. “Extra honey for you. I know you haven’t acquired the taste.”

    He’s right in that she only actually drank it once, the first time it was offered—the afternoon they spoke to the Council, several lifetimes ago. But she tasted it just this morning in Caitlyn’s mouth, grassy and sweet. So she pops the pills and takes a sip. Tries not to think about whether that terrified kiss over breakfast was their last. “I want to see her.”

     

    After the war, Vi and Cait recover, and rebuild.

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    17 Apr 2025

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    “It still doesn’t feel real,” Caitlyn said as they walked. “That the worst is over, that we’re standing on the other side.”

    A flock of starlings swept free of the cliffs, and they paused to watch them go. Caitlyn adjusted the shawl again, the same wind that kicked the surface of the water into peaks blowing the hair back from her face. Vi’s breath lodged against her ribs, like a hand over her heart.

    “Maybe there is no other side,” Vi said. “Maybe it’s all one thing.”

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    Caitlyn's got a house in the country, and Vi's got time.

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    16 Feb 2025

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    After ten years in Stillwater for a crime she didn't commit, Vi breaks herself out and goes home. Her homecoming doesn't go like she thought it would.

    Two years later, she's out of control and out on the streets. She's now a champion pitfighter, a raging alcoholic, and completely on her own. Despite her family's best (and desperate) efforts to help, Vi's on a one-way track to ending up either dead or back in prison.

    At the same time, Caitlyn arrives in the undercity to collect data and information for her thesis. She starts her research from a local bar called The Last Drop, which puts her right into Vi's path. Vi might have been out of her family's home for years, but she's still not going to let a topsider put them in danger.

    Canon divergence (everyone lives!), enemies to lovers (barely, the lovers aspect happens fast), angst, trauma, addiction, and also fluff and humour (because these things can co-exist!)

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    22 Apr 2025

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    Actually healed my depression, anxiety and every undiagnosed mental issues I have. I need this fic tattooed in my soul.

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    Vi grabbed a stack of books from the top rows of the crate and set them aside so she could reach what was underneath. She was already grinning, cheeks already pink, as she wiggled free one of the leather-bound selections from below. When she saw the bold, curling font on the cover, imprinted in gold leaf into the darkened leather, she laughed and clutched it to her chest. She grabbed a second title from the bottom of the crate, then a third and fourth. By the time she pulled a fifth one and registered the silhouette of intertwined bodies pressed into the binding, her laughter had turned into a breathless giggle that probably would have been embarrassing, should anyone other than Caitlyn have been around to witness it.

    “Are all of these…?”

    “…steamy romance novels depicting passionate love affairs between women?” Caitlyn offered helpfully, her smile somehow even brighter than it had been just a moment ago. “Yes. The entire bottom half of the crate is full of them.”

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    Vi comes home to two very special surprises: Caitlyn - who has on exactly zero occasions managed to beat her home from work before - and a wooden crate in the library, packed to the brim and tied with a giant bow.

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    03 Mar 2025

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    Caitlyn Kiramman is an exceptional lawyer with imposing track record and even more imposing family history. Although the Kirammans are no longer as influential as before, Vi is certain that a lot of people will still line up to marry into the family.

    So, why is Caitlyn, their sole heir, putting out a discreet request for a temporary spouse with the promise of cash reward? And more importantly, why is Vi considering this madness?

    Or: Vi agrees to fake a marriage with Caitlyn and soon finds herself in all sorts of trouble.

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    09 Feb 2025