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  1. Rec 19

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    Qifrey doesn’t have a way of measuring the time, can’t pinpoint exactly how many seconds or minutes pass between the moment of him waking up and the man resting his head against Qifrey’s shoulder doing the same.

    All Qifrey knows is that he wakes first. If he says something, if he moves, Olruggio does too. But if he lies absolutely still, breath shallow as a held note, his friend stays asleep a little longer, impossibly near, warm and alive and infinite and perfect.

    But the moment can’t last forever. Eventually, Olruggio always wakes.

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    Stuck in a dungeon with no way out, Qifrey gets to wake up with Olruggio resting against his shoulder — and gets to lose him, over and over, time and time again.

    OR: a non-linear time loop fic, inspired by the game In Stars and Time

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    12 Aug 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 51

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    Every heat Qifrey spent with Olruggio was a mistake. It was a line he had sworn never to cross again. Neither regretted crossing it. They only regretted how impossible it became to stay on either side afterward.
    But some bonds are stronger than memory. Some promises are made twice. And some people will find each other, even after being forgotten.

     

    Or, Qifrey discovers that keeping secrets from the person who knows him best is difficult, especially there is now a baby involved.

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    10 Aug 2026

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    Something, equal parts wariness and weariness, stirs in Olruggio’s eyes whenever Qifrey makes some reference to the future — when he indirectly promises a tomorrow, a next week, an ‘after your commissions are done’. It’s the subtlest thing, a flicker, a spark; someone who knew him less well might not pick up on it. But Qifrey knows Olruggio as well as he knows himself, and he can hardly in good conscience begrudge him his flinch of cynicism. Not when it’s wholly his own fault for having put it there.

    Fool you once, shame on me. Fool you twice, still shame on me. Fool you thrice… well, if it’s any consolation whatsoever, I was fooling myself most of all.
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    The night Qifrey returns to the atelier for good after his wandering days — old promises kept, new promises made.

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    10 Aug 2026

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    "You don't have to wait up, by the way," Olruggio tells him. "I'm spendin' the night at Hiehart's. Should be back by tomorrow afternoon."

    Qifrey rejects Olruggio for the first time and deals with the consequences.

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    05 Aug 2026

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    01 Aug 2026