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His father spoke of it once, years ago, with the same care he used when explaining a wound that never quite healed — factual, respectful, and deeply mindful of the person beneath it.
Someone who cannot be touched. A person people fear before they know him. A boy made into a boundary long before he could decide what he wished to be.
Standing here now, looking at Joshua through silk and distance, Clive finds himself wondering what kind of person grows inside that shape. What it must be like to learn restraint before desire, composure before comfort. To be watched not for what one does, but for what one is. He wonders how much of Joshua’s stillness is choice, and how much of it is learned survival.
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The Phoenix--a boy cursed by fate from his first breath, Heir to a nation that fears him beyond measure-- is once more in need of a Shield to guard him. Someone good. Someone trustworthy. Someone steady.
Clive Murdoch, son of Rosaria's Lord Commander, has returned from the military on honorary dispatch, with healing scars and idle sword hands. He is no trained Shield. But perhaps it is time unorthodox measures be taken.
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04 Feb 2026
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After being away for so long on a diplomatic trip, Clive finally makes it back to Rosaria, wanting to surprise his younger brother with his visit, only to be the one surprised.
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"You're my present this year" cue to some Game of Thrones-esque dialogues and brother on brother sex :)
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29 Dec 2025
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The Bridegroom, the Brother, and the Big Royal Mess by regulus3 for TheMythOfLove
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XVI
17 Jan 2026
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The Archduke bypassed the ornate prologues, the flowery diplomatic pleasantries, and launched into the heart of the matter. "To ensure the enduring strength of our alliance, the Emperor proposes a bond beyond treaties—a union of blood. On behalf of his son, the heir to the Sanbreque Empire, the future Emperor himself, he seeks the hand of the Archduke’s own heir—Clive Rosfield."
Joshua finally mustered the courage to escape his gilded castle prison—only to stumble straight into a chance encounter with Dion. Panicked and a terrible liar, Joshua did the first thing that came to mind: he blurted out his older brother Clive’s name. What a brilliant idea! No trace, no consequence… or so he thought.
Turns out that fleeting lie snowballed into a binding political marriage contract, and the Empire now expected “Clive” to honor it. Oops.
Trapped in a royal mess of his own making, Joshua faced an impossible dilemma. With everything on the line, could he finally confess his true feelings to Dion? Would their one chance at happiness be destroyed? And in the end, would love truly conquer all?
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"Clive, you must understand, this isn't just for you," Asta's tone rising with earnest conviction. "It's for Jill. It's for everyone. The Hideaway needs this, you need this, before you leave for the Origin. To see a sweet love sanctified into marriage, to witness the vows…"
Once upon a lifetime ago, long before the weight of the world knew their names, the three of them played a wedding game. Joshua, not entirely grasping the significance of the bride, cried and insisted on taking on that role, for he understood at least that the bride was the most important to the groom, who was played by Clive.
Growing up, Joshua was certain that he had no right or position to object to his beloved brother marrying someone else before their departure, so that Clive wouldn't have any regrets.
The very vow he had treasured as a golden memory now mocked his silent despair—the heartbreaking certainty that his lifelong, hidden pining was destined to remain unrequited.
Or, was it?
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12 Nov 2025
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Desperate to find his little brother, Clive Rosfield sets out to venture into the depths of the Twin's darkest pit. Dubbed the 'Dungeons of Fear&Hunger', these ancient ruins of a former military fort are home to rot and decay and anything wicked that lingers within. After the betrayal of his homeland at the hand of his own mother, Clive was sent to fight at the frontlines of Sanbreque. Unwilling to lay his role of First Shield to a rest, he follows Annabella and Joshua after rumour had reached him that his mother had taken Joshua into the dungeons.
Her plan? Unclear. His goal? Survive and save Joshua.Bookmarked by ApoxyomenosTheScraper
02 Nov 2025