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    “I leave for Seshat on Monday.”

    That forces Aventurine's eyes to open a little wider. He'd known the doctor was ultimately going to accept, but he'd still always imagined being memorable enough of a companion to warrant a little heads up. Even a text, a short one that just read, "I accepted." That would've been enough for Aventurine.

    “Before you make any ridiculous assumptions, I have not accepted the position.”

    Aventurine smiles. “Didn't say anything.”

    “Your face did.”

    “And here I thought you were a scholar, not a mind reader.”

    Dr. Ratio is offered the position of a lifetime. Aventurine knows he’s going to take it—so, after years of wanting something he never planned on asking for, Aventurine decides there’s no harm in having it once before Ratio leaves.

    He is wrong about several things.

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    19 Oct 2026

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    "How do you proceed?" Veritas asks.

    "I move there." Vasha leans forward to plant a finger on the game map. He then sighs dramatically, hand draped onto his chest in an obvious show. "But oh no! I bump into the doctor in the middle of this really tight corridor. And with him so close, I just can't help myself and I kiss him."

    Veritas visibly starts. Vasha is certain he's about to be turned down. Chided for being crass and forward, and kicked out for his audacity.

    But no, that's not what happens.

    "Roll for seduction," Veritas says.

    In which Kakavasha is a player in Veritas' Dungeons and Dragons game. Turns out, it's a lot hard keeping your head in the game when your Dungeon Master is this hot — and this dense.

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    14 Oct 2026

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    Caught up in his risky schemes, Aventurine comes back bruised and battered over and over again. Ratio begs him to stop, but his worry falls on deaf ears.

    One day, he's faced with an alternative method of communication that Aventurine understands... or so they both think.

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    11 Oct 2026

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    "Though I understand this is for safety reasons, I cannot approve of the mandatory bonding policy."

    As the first Sentinel-Guide pair in a decade to achieve a 94.1% compatibility rate, Veritas Ratio and Aventurine — both SS-rank elites — find themselves reluctantly conscripted into partnership by the Tower's ironclad mandate. From the moment their names were registered in the archives, they knew the illusion of choice had never been theirs.

    "This is for optimal resource allocation," the counselor said. "Your mental compatibility is the highest in the past decade. The Tower believes—"

    "The Tower believes we should hurry up and get laid," Aventurine interrupted, his smile unchanged. "We understand."

    Aventurine is secretly thrilled — and internally screaming. He's finally been officially paired with the colleague he's been pining over, but by the one mechanism he despises most: a mandated marriage.

    Heavens above,he wails in his head,I hadn't even started pursuing him—and now we've already gone all the way to the altar!?

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    14 Sep 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 49

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    “Ahhaha! Warn a guy first, would ya?”

    Veritas frowned in confusion, only to make the connection a millisecond later.

    Oh? Was he ticklish, or…?

    He squeezed Aventurine’s waist again, more intentional. Slower. This time, despite how Aventurine ducked his head, Veritas saw and felt the sudden hitch in the smaller man’s breath against his sternum. The way the swaying bough of Aventurine’s spine went stiff. The way a flush rose to the shell of his ear exposed by the sweet little tinted braid woven along his temple. The awkward, trembling laugh that followed, just barely audible over the pulsating music.

    An answering rush of heat came over Veritas, renewed arousal surging through him. That small, taut waist under his hands… Aventurine liked being touched there. By him.

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    11 Sep 2026