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  1. Rec 6

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    natalie sheds her clothes like a second skin she’s desperate to leave behind. she feels the cold air hit her, the map of her body laid bare. she’s thinner than she was, her ribs casting faint shadows, her hipbones prominent. there’s a bruise on her thigh, a faded yellow-green, and a scratch on her shoulder that’s just beginning to scab.

    lottie doesn’t look away. she looks at nat’s body with a kind of reverence, the way a person looks at a holy relic. she walks into the water first, her ankles disappearing into the black, then her knees. she turns back and holds out a hand.

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    28 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 72

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    Nobody is there for Shadowheart when she tears her own world from her hands by throwing that spear into the abyss. None but the woman she nearly killed and a Selûnite she once reviled.

    Written for Kinktober Day 4: Threesomes

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    20 Jun 2025

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    She allowed herself to be guided through the copse of trees just outside their camp, deep into the dark. A quiet fear seized her throat but Shadowheart forced herself to take one step at a time, following the steady, easy glow of the moon cleric and the Moonmaiden’s daughter.

    “Do not be afraid, little warrior. The light needs shadow to persevere. You will persevere.”

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    Or: sometimes you need to be railed in a religiously affirming way by a demigoddess and her lover.

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    20 Jun 2025

  4. Rec 98

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    I’m sorry. Have I ever told you that? If I did, did you even believe it? I’m not sure if I would believe it if I were you, but I’m still sorry. I didn’t mean for everything to turn out the way it did with Javi, then Ben, then everybody else, but it’s still my fault. I don’t expect you to forgive me, but I want you to know that I’m sorry. 

    Out there, I thought that I was fearless. Here, I don’t think I’ve ever been so afraid. They claim that they’re making me feel better, but I feel like I get worse with every passing day. I don’t know when they’ll let me out, or if they even will. I don’t know if I should even be allowed to go out. Nothing feels real anymore. 

    OR: A series of letters sent between Lottie Matthews and Natalie Scatorccio over the course of several months, the moments in between, and what happens after.

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    20 Apr 2025

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    Lottie’s lips brush over her palm again, slow, pressing her teeth softly against the skin near the tiny cut. The sensation sends a jolt through Natalie’s entire body, her stomach twisting at the strange, unbearable intimacy of it.

    “Don’t bite it.” Her pulse pounds so loud in her ears she can barely hear her own voice as she mutters, low and warning.

    Lottie exhales, lips still grazing her skin. “I want to.”

    Natalie almost jerks her hand away this time. Almost. But she doesn’t—because Lottie’s looking at her like she’s starving, like she needs her, and maybe there’s something deep, deep inside Natalie that likes that. That likes the way Lottie clings to her like this, like she’s something holy, something worth consuming.

    “Lottie, don’t.” She grits her teeth, voice sharp.

    Lottie tilts her head, her thumbs stroking over the back of Natalie’s hand, soothing, coaxing. There’s something almost reverent in the way she holds her, but beneath it—hunger.

    Not just hunger. Desperation.

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    After Ben's trial, Natalie grapples with the brutal reality of survival while becoming increasingly entwined with Lottie in ways she never expected.

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    20 Apr 2025