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  1. Public Bookmark 2

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    ‘Oh. All on your own, then.'

    ‘I was hoping not.’

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    16 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    Cassian would not have appreciated the fact that K-2 had applied the label of ‘fragile’ to him, but it was a valid one -- and in more ways than almost every organic K-2 had ever met counted as fragile compared to him. Cassian was worth the extra effort, though, even if he wouldn't understand why that was.

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    29 Sep 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 26

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    “I broke things off with Nai’o,” Kenyatta says, pretty much out-of-the-blue.

    She’s sitting at the bar, a sweet-root smash in her hands, and Reth, who is just trying to get through the early evening and into his next shift, freezes in place.

    “Whoa,” is all he can think to say.

    Slinging drinks and making soup is easy. The therapist part of being an innkeep? Challenging.

    Nai’o hates Reth. Reth didn’t have strong feelings about Nai’o, really. But after a steamy storeroom encounter, his opinion changes. For the worse.

    Then, eventually, for the better.

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    27 Jul 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 3

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    Post-series.

    It's Labor Day, again. Jack is not okay, again. But he has to be.
    (He's not so good at that.)

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    14 Jun 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 2

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    Phil’s glare was ice. He didn’t want to do this—not to Jack. But they left him no choice.

    Slowly, deliberately, he lifted his metal arm to Jack’s temple. Not to hurt him. Never to hurt him. But they didn’t know that.

    Jack choked out his name—just a breath, no sound. But the tone… it was the same cute, confused voice that Phil had fallen in love with all those years ago.

    Phil’s heart twisted painfully.

    His hand twitched, aching to reach up and brush Jack’s hair, to whisper comfort into his ear. But he didn’t move. His eyes stayed locked on the others.

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    A rewrite of the reunion in ep 6
    Got stuck on the idea of Phil actually managing to take Jack with him.

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    13 Jun 2025