Mulmangcho



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  1. Rec 5

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    Martin is a blacksmith. A quiet man with rough hands and too much silence. He’s lived alone at the edge of town, counting strikes against the anvil, naming all his favourite tools.

    Then, a boy washes up on his doorstep during a tempest. Martin takes him in.

    The boy is beautiful. Barefoot. Unsettlingly kind. He listens to the forge fire like it’s singing. He's curious. Strange. Also, possibly a god.

    Martin does not have time for any of this, or for feelings, or the sudden all-consuming urge to be known. In fact, he tries very hard not to care, which works right up until the boy starts smiling at him like he hung the very cosmos, touching everything like it’s hallowed, and sleeping at the foot of his wingback like a stray cat. There’s tragic history Martin won’t talk about, a temple that won’t stay quiet, and a wish the boy doesn’t remember (until he does).

    Or,

    A god fell. A man named him.

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    14 Dec 2025

  2. Rec 21

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    "If I may—this is getting tiresome, Umemiya-san. I may not be alive but even I find this tiresome."

    Umemiya-san purses his lips, his brows creasing with a look of sympathy. He takes Sakura's hand in his own, a gentle touch of finger tips calloused over with burn scars (from a soldering iron, Sakura's background analysis supplies helpfully), of real skin over flesh and bone, a course beating steady through each and every blood vessel.

    "This will be the last time," Umemiya-san says, letting go of Sakura's hand to ruffle his hair, "I promise."

    Something twinges deep inside Sakura's chest. A prickling sensation. He cannot tell if it's unpleasant.

    "Don't humans break promises often, Umemiya-san?"

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    02 Aug 2025

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    Half a year ago, Hikaru went to the mountains, something else came back, and Yoshiki thinks that a part of him died that summer, too.

    or: does love make us human?

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    14 Jul 2025

  4. Rec 11

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    Authentic pleasure clashed with involuntary violence, and though Chika’s body thrashed and his eyes squeezed tight against the pain, the cut somehow remained squarely under Endo’s probing fingers.

    Endo cocked his head, staring into the blurry line between the crimson of Chika’s skin and his own. He prepared himself to ask a question he’d asked a million times.

    “Do you like that?”
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    In the aftermath, Endo makes strides and pledges his devotion.

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    19 Dec 2024

  5. Rec 37

    Mystery Work

    Part of Shadow realm 2
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    This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!

    05 Nov 2024