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1. Control Isn't Given, It's Earned by ShyButInspired

   Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   20 Jul 2025

   Tags

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   • Dain Aetos/Xaden Riorson
   • Dain Aetos
   • Xaden Riorson
   • hate sex kinda
   • dain is wingleader
   • dain is touchstarved
   • Mildly Dubious Consent
   • Denial of Feelings
   • No o/s spoilers

   Summary

   Dain has been struggling to get people to listen to him as the new Wingleader. So he approaches Xaden to see what made him so different.

   Language:

   English

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   4,256

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