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    When Yor’s colleagues organize a couples-only beach getaway — no children allowed — the Forgers have no choice but to go. To safeguard their cover, Loid and Yor undergo rigorous training: holding hands, embracing, kisses... every affectionate gesture must look natural.
    But between awkward encounters and forced proximity, these three days and two nights without Anya will push their contract to the breaking point. Acting is one thing, but what happens when the mask starts to feel real? To make matters worse, how will Loid handle the sudden rivalry with a man from Yor’s past, determined to disrupt their staged domestic bliss?

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    14 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 19

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    "It's just a dance."

    "It's your final dance at Eden Academy," Martha replied. "It may not mean much to you right now, but you might look back on it when you're older and see it as a turning point in your life. The end of one era, and the beginning of something new."

    Becky sighed, staring out the window in silence for a time. Eventually she said, "What if the person I want to go with hasn't asked me?"

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    10 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 9

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    They clinked glasses gently, the sound crystalline in the intimate silence. As they sipped, their eyes remained locked, both acutely aware of how precious these quiet interludes had become.

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    06 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 3

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    “Don’t try to comfort me. Don’t pretend this isn’t my fault.”

    Liara inhaled sharply, pain flickering across her face. “You think I blame you?”

    “How could you not?” Shepard whispered, a tear slipping down her cheek. “Thessia is gone. Your childhood, your memories, every place that made you who you are—gone. And I… I wasn’t enough to stop it.”

    Liara took another step, closing the distance by degrees, not wanting to push. “Shepard…”

    “There were children on that planet,” Shepard choked. “And I let them die. I told myself I could save them. That I would. But every time I look in the mirror, all I see is someone who’s supposed to be this great hero, but I’m not! I’m just somebody who keeps surviving!"

     

    Or, following the fall of Thessia to the Reapers, Shepard is tired. So, so tired. She was weak, she was a coward, and Thessia had paid the price. She should have been better, stronger, tried harder. And now she's even too weak, too big a coward to face her girlfriend.

    Liara must hate her...

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    06 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 7

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    Jonah chuckled, letting the air rest between them. “You don't like men, do you, Lara?”

    Lara gave him a long, weird look, like he had just unhinged his jaw and swallowed a goat. “But… I like you?”

    Jonah chuckled again. “Not like that.”

    “Oh.”

    “Hmm-mm.”

    “I don't know…” Lara shrugged after a thoughtful moment. “I've… never really thought about it before.”

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    05 Feb 2026