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"Death always matters. It is not a game, it is not casual, it is real and it is painful and it is not a thing to be chased, not ever!"
After Merrick, Nicky can't stand seeing any of them die. It takes Joe a while to put it together.
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01 Mar 2024
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“It really is freeing, you know, to make something that’s of no use at all. Even if it is a bit silly.”
Modern!AU. In which Joe is trying to figure out how to enjoy his own art again, and accidentally befriends the guy who builds weird stone sculptures in his local park. And maybe develops a bit of a crush or something.
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29 Feb 2024
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“And it didn’t bother you that the guard thought you were -- that we were -- ?” Nicolò asks, for what is definitely the fourth time, as they bed down, hopefully hidden from view by the reeds and trees of the Nile delta.
Yusuf sighs, rolling onto his back. “Do I mind that he thought I would be foolish enough to abandon all reason and take up with one of the men who helped sack Al-Quds? Yes, a little. Not enough to stop from using it as a perfectly serviceable escape route.”
“No,” Nicolò says, “I mean, that you would prefer the company of other men at all.”
Yusuf blinks, bemused. He hadn’t even thought of that. “As a rule, I try not to be insulted by accusations that are true,” he says drily.
OR: Five times they were faking it and two times it was real.
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25 Jan 2024
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“What did you see today?” Nicolò asks.
He’s reclined on his side, back turned as Yusuf finishes changing into his sleeping clothes. Yusuf smiles at him even though he can’t see it.
“I saw,” he says, “an old woman.”
It’s a testament to how well Nicolò knows him, after these five years together, that he doesn’t call this into question.
Or: 10 + 1 conversations before bed.
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22 Jan 2024
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our footsteps sing a reckless serenade by ThirtySixSaveFiles
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
14 Feb 2020
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In the wake of intracity warfare, Jiang Cheng finds himself engaged by proxy to Nie Huaisang in an effort to build ties between their sects. The fragile peace is short-lived, however, and with the strands of magic and the alliances that hold the city together fraying apart, Jiang Cheng must decide where he stands in order to save what he loves.
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24 Nov 2023