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    Four case-control studies that are about control, in four different ways.

    Each story stands alone and can be read independently of the others, but they are interwoven and personally I think (hope!) some of the fun is the multiple POV on certain moments that comes from reading them all.

    The timeline follows a span of events that overlap, but from 'earliest' to 'latest' the Cases follow posting order, ie 35 first and 143 last, and if you don't have a preference then that's the order I would recommend reading them in.

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    Jeongin has always known he’ll be married to an offworlder and end up settled far away from home. Sedaora Selene I is nothing like his own planet, with its lush jungles and warm climate. A moon orbiting a gas giant, the homeworld of his new fiance is cold and grey and worships a god with no face, its surface covered by a black, choppy ocean that never settles. Selene I’s grim and strange reputation far precedes it, but Jeongin has gotten no other offers and no longer has a choice. At least Prince Chan seems kind, and is near enough to Jeongin in age.

    Minho has been betrothed to the omega son of his father’s closest advisor, Felix, since he was eight and Felix was merely five. As the only child of the Dityodos, expectation and duty weighs as heavily on Minho as his crown. He and Felix are the darlings of Selene I, a match blessed by the Maker himself. With his cousin, Chan, now finally betrothed and soon to be wed, it will not be long before Minho, too, is expected to make good on the promise his father made sixteen years ago.

    And then Chan comes back with his new intended in tow, sun-kissed and vibrant. Jeongin is a perfect match for Chan in every way. But that does not stop Minho's head from turning.

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    11 Oct 2024

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    It’s desperation that drives Felix to place himself at the mercy of someone he has no right to expect kindness from. Six months on the street with his funds running low, if one of his father’s men doesn’t kill him then the oncoming winter will. Going to Chan is a decided risk, he might put a bullet in Felix's skull instead of taking on the job he's offering, but— well. At least that death will be quick.

    But Chan doesn’t kill him. He gives Felix shelter, gives him a home. And Felix finds himself in way too deep with a man who doesn’t even fully know who he’s falling for.

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    03 Aug 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    FOR FREE?????????????

    I will never be normal about this piece of art, not for as long as I live

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    BURR
    Secretary Hamilton, belay that shouting!
    You protest too much, there's certainly no doubting
    the other figments of your own brain would agree,
    and so far there's been seven, plus me--but who's counting?

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    10 Jul 2020