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    Ask her if she reads. No, dumb—she clearly reads.
    Say something about the weather. What are you, eighty?
    Comment on the book. Too obvious. She’ll know you were staring.
    Just say literally anything—

    “Here you go.” Vi set the coffee down gently, voice a little hoarse. “Black. No sugar. Same cupcake as last time.”

    Cait looked up at her with that soft, surprised smile again—like Vi had done something remarkable just by remembering.

    “Thank you,” she said, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. “You’re very kind.”

    Vi scratched the back of her neck, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. She didn’t want to leave. She wanted to stay right there.

    But her throat went dry. The café buzzed around them, and Vi’s brain—usually quick, sharp—offered nothing.

    Idiot.
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    As December nears, Cait arrives in Zaun, hoping to find a sense of home—something to anchor her through the harshness of military training. She finds it in a quiet café, and in the girl behind the counter who takes her breath away. Truth is, they leave each other breathless.

    Neither of them is prepared for what fate has in store for their tragic, yet beautiful story.

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    02 Sep 2025

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    “Houston, do you copy?”

    Caitlyn panicked, feeling extraordinarily unprepared having been thrust into her new position without so much as even a handbook to consult. What were the formalities? What was she supposed to respond with? Where was the damn push to talk button…

    “Hellooo? I said Houston, do you copy?”

    Caitlyn fiddled with her headset, having finally found the green button on the side and hastily letting out a rather breathless reply. “Um, yes. Hello? This is Houston. I copy.”

    There was a long pause in which Caitlyn sat twiddling her thumbs, anxiety pushing the frantic pulse of her heartbeat through her eardrums. Was that wrong? Did she already fuck up? She took a steady deep breath, finger hovering over the talk button until the familiar voice of the astronaut came through her headset once more.

    “Damn, Houston. I didn’t expect you to sound so sexy.”

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    Caitlyn has been assigned as the personal capcom to one of the astronauts currently on a year long expedition at the international space station. Cue long months of pining and desperate longing.

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    09 Feb 2025

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    Adaine just wants to be somebody to someone.

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    28 Dec 2024

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    Fig and Adaine find comfort in talking to each other on several bad nights, starts before Sophmore year with Fig on tour, then a few chapters set during the events of Sophmore year, with (what was supposed to be) the final chapter set the night after they return from the Forrest of the nightmare king.

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    27 Dec 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 15

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    “Can I say something?”
    “Experience has taught me that there’s not much that could stop you.”
    Fig’s laugh at that one remark makes this entire experience worth it.

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    27 Dec 2024