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  1. Rec 19

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    foggy nelson is surprised when he meets his new roommate for many reasons: matt is handsome, tall and (to foggy's horror) very very catholic.

    basically
    catholic guilt au but foggy also has catholic guilt this time. also foggy thinks matt is straight for way too long, but to be fair so does matt.

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    11 Apr 2024

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    “And then,” Ambrosius finally stops, to take in a great gasp of air, but he’s off again before Ballister can stop him, “I chopped off your arm. I - how are you just - how are you just sitting there? I deserve - I don’t even deserve you looking at me, I chopped off your fucking arm, for Gloreth’s sake.”

    Ballister blinks at him. “I don’t care about the arm,” he says quickly, before Ambrosius can get another word in edgewise, “I really don’t. It’s what we were trained to do. Isn’t it? Protect the Queen, protect the Institute above anything else. You were just - doing what you were taught to do. I can’t… hold that against you.”

    “But I cut off your arm.”

    “I made a new one.”

    [Or; Ballister forgives Ambrosius for his arm because it was what they were 'trained to do.' In the midst of this conversation, a relationship is rekindled.]

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    09 Jul 2023

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    Ballister looked up from his hands to see his boyfriend standing rigidly a few feet away. He looked ashen, hands shaking slightly. Ballister’s own face was streaked with tears and no doubt puffy. What a pair they made. His hands were beginning to feel numb again, the world a little distant.
    They couldn’t stay like this at this moment. It would only make things break more than they already were.
    Honey,” he placated, voice thick with emotion. “Honey, I need some space. This will just get worse if we don’t take a break for today.”

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    Ballister has a panic attack in front of Ambrosius and discovers the fact that he might need to set a few boundaries after his boyfriend cut off his arm.
    Or: I make these idiots (affectionate) communicate.

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    09 Jul 2023

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    In fact, Ambrosius does just fine at love languages.

    (Or: Bal and Ambrosius's first meeting through to after the wall comes down, one love language at a time.)

    ‘Try gripping it more like—here,’ Ambrosius says, and sheathes his own sword, taking a step closer.

    Bal’s about to protest that he’s fine, he doesn’t need help. But Ambrosius’s fingers hover above his on the sword’s hilt, and when he asks, ‘May I?’ suddenly the last thing Bal wants is to tell him no.

    He feels so acutely aware of the gentle fingers on his as they adjust his grip carefully on the handle. No one’s ever really been gentle or careful with him before, so he doesn’t know if it’s always like this, like there’s shimmery warmth dancing between them, little pinpoints of electricity everywhere Ambrosius’s fingertips touch his skin.

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    09 Jul 2023

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    "Things were good for Ballister.
    Nimona was alive. Nimona was living with him. In the house that he shares with Ambrosius. Funny, handsome, sweet Ambrosius. Who, somehow, after everything, still loved him.
    Ballister had a family. Things were good.
    So why did he feel so poorly this morning?"

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    Ballister has bad days. 'Off-days', Ambrosius calls them. Days where difficult memories resurface, and everything's just a bit much. Thankfully, when those days do happen, he has a family who takes care of him.

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    07 Jul 2023