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  1. Public Bookmark 15

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    Was it all just wasted? Or of a different kind.
    A different time, where we all knew the end came swift-
    -as mountain winds blew.
    And I knew you. In every shade as you grew.
    For all you struggled to do.
    And I knew you. Stars above, I knew you.
    And I loved you, for all I forgot to survive, for all that I tore to arrive-
    -at this place, scarred and twisted and cracked, with a new cast of names all here at my back.
    And I loved you, my dear, in all of your shapes.
    For all that you ached to fly.
    And you that I knew, though I’ll curse and I’ll lie.
    It’s all what I don’t know.
    Who the hell am I?

    {In which it's been a long time since I last saw you.}

    (Whumptober Day 11/16/22 - “Can you get through all the pain inside you?”/Repressed Trauma/“All the battles I want to win, nothing matters but giving in.”/Collars)

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    17 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 24

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    Hizashi, a merman, rescues a human from drowning and lets his curiosity get the better of him.

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    17 Sep 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 4

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    jimmy liked his mornings quiet — the kind that smelled faintly of rain and flour, where the streets were still half-asleep and the world moved slow. what he didn’t like was running out of fresh rosemary.

    pyramid bakery, rival to the place he worked at, the bread bridge, was warm and golden, spilling light across polished wood floors. steam curled from pastries that looked unfairly good, and the air was thick with butter and sugar. it was the kind of place you could lose a whole morning in, if you let yourself.

    he came for rosemary. instead, he found the man behind it all — messy blond hair, cheeks flushed pink, arms dusted with flour, a smile slow enough to make leaving feel impossible.

    the rain tapped gently against the windows, a soft rhythm that matched the quiet pull in jimmy’s chest. rosemary might have been the reason he came. it wasn’t the reason he stayed.

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    21 Aug 2025

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    "So... You killed Kang Tae-Shik?" He asks.
    "Yes, I did." The answer is still the same
    "You could at least pretend you didn't".
    "I wish I could."

    In a world where you can only tell the truth to your soulmate, Woo Jin-Chul realizes that Sung Jin-Woo has the inability to lie to him.

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    17 Aug 2025

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    Jin-Woo is not able to feel the effects of alcohol, thanks to the system; so it's quite a big surprise when the bottles from the Demon Castle are enough to make him drunk.
    Thankfully Jin-Chul is there to take care of him.

    (That won't stop the rest of the world from knowing about it, of course)

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    16 Aug 2025