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   Sulfur in Our Bones by andes_hill

   Fandoms: ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Anime)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • F/F, F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   27 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Mejiro McQueen/Toukai Teio (Uma Musume)
   • Nice Nature/Original Male Character (Uma Musume)
   • Nice Nature & Toukai Teio (Uma Musume)
   • Daitaku Helios/Mejiro Palmer (Uma Musume)
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Nice Nature (Uma Musume)
   • Toukai Teiou (Uma Musume)
   • Mejiro McQueen (Uma Musume)
   • Original Characters
   • Buena Vista (Uma Musume)
   • Mejiro Palmer (Uma Musume)
   • Daitaku Helios (Uma Musume)
   • Minor Characters
   • Post-Canon
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Hopeful Ending
   • Slow Burn
   • Family Issues

   Summary

   “And what about your husband Hideyoshi?” Teio asked. “I know you said he was doing accounting work with the local businesses. Is he still in that business, or—”

   Ten sets of chopsticks stopped moving in sequence across the restaurant.

   Nature's smile crumpled. “He died, Teio.”

   ---

   More than two decades after the miracle at the Arima Kinen, a coincidence brings Tracen Academy trainer Tokai Teio through the doors of Nice Nature's restaurant. But a coincidence isn't what brings an ordinary woman and her former crush closer than ever before.

   Only pain could do that. Pain, and the urge to keep running, no matter how bad it gets.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   91,110

   Chapters:

   14/14

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