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    To devour, and be devoured, he thinks, as he slips the key into the lock. To devour and be devoured, he muses, as he helps unclasp Laios’ cloak with hands far steadier than his nerves; this close, he catches the vague scent of candle flame, the iron tang of wet ink - the fresh, crisp smell of a new book. To devour, he thinks - as he catches Laios’ gaze, tracking his movements, before the other averts his eyes - as if he as been caught, cheeks a pale shade of pink; and be devoured, he thinks - as Laios sits on the edge of his bed; thinks how easy it would be, simply to step forward, to tilt his chin up and kiss him, what might happen if his feelings were reciprocated -

    - arousal lances through him; white-hot, fist-clenching - his stomach lurches.

    “No,” he says, instead - keeps a respectful arm’s length apart, as he watches Laios tug off his boots, his eyes tracking the flex of muscle under his tunic sleeves, the careful concentration in his eyes, as he works to unlace the tops. “No, I think I understand what you mean, when you say that.”

    Or: the adventures of Kabru, master overthinker.

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    17 Mar 2024

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    After dedicating years to the service of an empire, Zhou Zishu has walked away to spend what's left of his life wandering the galaxy. And if that freedom has come at a cost . . . doesn't everything?

    His plans did not include getting entangled with a dangerous man on a mission of his own. A man who not only looks at him, but sees.

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    08 Mar 2024

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    Astarion has kissed people before, of course. He’s kissed quite a lot of people, thank you very much. Some of them even survived the process.

    Some of them he even enjoyed. Not that that’s here nor there.

    Astarion successfully seduces Wyll, but Wyll is less interested in taking Astarion to bed a second time than he is in kissing him senseless. Astarion has no idea what to do with that.

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    08 Mar 2024

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    The largely accidental courtship of Edgin Darvis, or: Edgin and Xenk negotiate over a question of genre.

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    06 Mar 2024

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    The way Shang Qinghua's voice changes throughout the years when he says "my king," and this is Mobei Jun's experience of it.

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    06 Mar 2024