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    With the basement to themselves, Jackie and Hyde can't seem to stay away from each other. Buried feelings rise to the surface. Jackie makes the first move, but Hyde blocks it. Rather than kissing, they end up in a chess match of escalating risks and consequences.

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    21 Feb 2026

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    She'd engulfed him like some kind of electromagnetic field. Her mere presence charged him up. Her voice accelerated his synapses, and her touch increased the energy of every electron he had. If he ever got to kiss her again, light would probably arc across his body like the freakin' aurora borealis.

  2. Public Bookmark 13

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    Matsukawa sits with his back against the wall, fanning himself with the collar of his shirt. His cheeks are rosy and radiant. He is ridiculously beautiful. “Is it hot in here, or is it just me?”

    “It’s just you,” Takahiro says instantly, then he winces. He wasn’t supposed to say that out loud.

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    26 Jan 2026

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    After the end of the Triwizard Tournament, Harry is alone and struggling to find a way to hang on to his sanity when an unexpected boon walks into his house and kidnaps him to Gringotts. The Most Noble House of Nott is attacked and Theodore is left with nothing but ashes, a single gemstone, and the burning fire of something bigger than himself lodged forever in his soul. Lucius Malfoy suffers a momentary lapse in sanity and raises his wand against the Dark Lord. The lines between light and dark, good and evil, blur together and disappear entirely. All the while, Harry goes searching for who "Just Harry" is and keeps coming back to a dark-eyed Slytherin he never thought he'd call his friend...

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    23 Nov 2024

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    They panted in each other’s faces for a second, and then John let out a low growl and butted his forehead up against Harry’s. “You’re a menace, Harry Potter.”

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    “He’s too good for this world, eh?” John said. Sirius glanced at the fae, embarrassed by how shaky he was after Harry's kind, sleep assurance.

    “Yes,” he managed to say, gently stroking Harry's scar. "And he doesn’t deserve this.”

    John closed his eyes, tucking his chin over his paws. “They never do.”

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    Maybe he is a boy-hero, he thought, reflecting on the mystery that was Harry Potter. Maybe there's something special about him after all.

    these out of all the many equally brilliant sections were the ones to give me the most visceral flashbacks to hiccup the third. absolutely incredible piece of fiction.

  4. Public Bookmark 17

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    Hiro finds his eyes tracking him, a sharp and moon-bright shape in the night. “Why’re you awake?”
    “Just thinking about you,” Issei returns, eyes so still and so earnest.

    or; the sleepy night after a late party turns into a downy-soft first time.

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    14 May 2025

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  5. Public Bookmark 20

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    Michiko rethinks what traditional means. She thinks of every overhead conversation, every deliberately chosen word, every syllable purposefully left out or reframed. The way sometimes her mama talks about Uncle Hiro in the past tense when he’s right there, smiling, just never alone.

    Michiko learns that love is not a choice, nor is it unconditionally given, and she wonders how something that has always been a part of her life could be so terribly cruel.

    or; issei and hiro, through the lens of their niece.

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    06 Feb 2025

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    “I hope that when I’m an adult I’m at least half as nice as you,” Michiko blurts, and Uncle Issei clicks his tongue with a smile.