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1. Midnight in a Perfect World by goodbye_horses

   Fandoms: Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   12 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Dedue Molinaro/My Unit | Byleth
   • Felix Hugo Fraldarius/Sylvain Jose Gautier
   • Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd & Dedue Molinaro
   • Ashe Duran | Ashe Ubert & Dedue Molinaro
   • My Unit | Byleth & Rhea
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Dedue Molinaro
   • My Unit | Byleth
   • Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd
   • Blue Lions Students (Fire Emblem)
   • Original Characters
   • Spoilers (All Routes)
   • Azure Moon | Blue Lions Route (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
   • Azure Moon retold through Dedue's POV
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Expanded Duscur Lore
   • Tragedy of Duscur (Fire Emblem)
   • Slow Burn
   • Mutual Pining
   • Political Intrigue
   • Character Study
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Tags May Change
   • Felix is a jerk in this I'm sorry
   • Canon-Typical Racism
   • Religious Content

   Summary

   “Respectfully, Professor, strength is not enough,” he said. “It is my sworn duty to protect His Highness. I must not only be his shield, but also his sword.”

   “You are not a sword nor a shield, Dedue,” she said. “You are a man.”

   Dedue survived Duscur believing his life belonged to the prince who saved it. As war closes in, he must decide whether our worth is measured by the lives we give away — or by the ones we finally choose to keep.

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