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  1. Rec 44

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    After a poison steal Hans of his memories of the previous years, he wakes with a wife he doesn't remember marrying and a toddler he doesn't know.

    There is also something he cannot figure out about his bodyguard.

    Hans first noticed the man during his recovery, a strong figure who never seemed to leave his side. He carried himself like a soldier, though his posture was looser than the guards at the gate, and his tongue far less disciplined. He spoke to Hans with a boldness that bordered on insolence, his words more fitting for a comrade than for a servant.

    In time, stern words and the reminder of position were enough to put him in his place, and his boldness was curbed. Still, the unease lingered. Hans could not recall ever appointing Henry, nor why the man seemed to look at him as though mourning something unspoken.

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    01 Sep 2026

  2. Rec 13

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    “Where is Henry?” he repeated—this time with a sharper edge of panic in his voice.

    A maid stammered something about checking the courtyard. Someone else mentioned the stables. A third suggested he might already be at the St. Matthew's church.

    Hans’s pulse spiked.

    What if Henry had gone?

    What if the thought of seeing Hans wed to another had undone him? What if he had left, ridden toward Kuttemberg or far away God knew where, unable to watch the man he loved bind himself to someone he did not?

    No.
    No, Henry wouldn’t.
    Not like that. Not after the promises of last night, and the nights before.

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    31 Aug 2026

  3. Rec 13

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    Hans watches Henry even when he knows he shouldn’t.

    It’s an old habit, formed sometime between their first campaign and the long rides that followed through forests scented of pine sap and damp earth. Watching is safer than wanting, after all. Watching requires no confession, no absolution.

    Or, Hans wishing—not for the first time—that he weren’t Lord Capon but a damn wooden spoon.

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    30 Aug 2026

  4. Rec 16

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    Henry's nightmares have been worsening, and running away from them isn't helping.

    Before… everything… Henry never had trouble sleeping. If it weren't for the nightmares that unfurl behind his eyelids each time he closes them for longer than a blink, he’d sleep like the dead. His ma used to say that the house could splinter and fall to pieces in the middle of the night and he would sleep through it all.

    But now, Henry wakes up in a cold sweat most nights, back sticking to the bed, shivering from the chill that sweeps over him as his skin meets the air.

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    30 Aug 2026

  5. Rec 7

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    Henry goes hunting with the lord of Rattay.

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    30 Aug 2026

  6. Rec 11

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    Hans' nerves mount at the prospect of being alone with Henry for the first time since their night in Suchdol.

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    19 Aug 2026

  7. Rec 16

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    Hans isn't a light sleeper, but some things are more important than rest.

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    Set in a quiet moment between Exodus and The Lion's Den

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    16 Aug 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 2

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    Rattay council meeting, but Hans is on his last nerve when Henry decides to make an appearance. He just might keep it together. Maybe.

    Or not.

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    16 Aug 2026

  9. Rec 4

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    In the woods outside Devil's Den, Henry cares for Hans's wound.

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    08 Aug 2026

  10. Rec 28

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    Freshly freed from Maleshov, Hans can't seem to get Henry's well being out of his mind, and it's killing him that no one else seems to care.

    When Henry comes back from the Jewish Quarter, trembling and exhausted, Hans takes it upon himself to look after his errant squire, even if it means he has to learn a bit of alchemy to help Henry get a decent bit of sleep.

    (Maybe, along the way, he can figure out just what it is he's feeling for the man, and why it hurts to be apart.)

    -x-

    “We were just on our way to Maleshov to parley with him, ensure that you truly were alive and well.”

    “Well, thanks to Henry, you didn’t have to parley,” Hans replies, but the words feel cold in his mouth. Thanks to Henry, but Henry isn’t even here. Henry didn’t even get a moment to breathe before being sent off, yet again. To the very den of their enemy.

    His chest aches, bitterness blooming in his heart like the slow spread of frost across clear water.

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    06 Aug 2026

  11. Rec 3

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    Hans Capon will need to marry soon to acquire his rightful lands. Before he travels to Rattay, he stays at Henry's forge in Kuttenberg for one final, stolen month.

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    06 Aug 2026

  12. Rec 3

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    Years on, in Rattay.

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    05 Aug 2026

  13. Rec 12

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    “Careful, man,” Henry said, with Hans’ elbow pressing into his cheek.

    “That’s Lord Capon to you!” Hans pushed away, straightened up and pointed indignantly at him.

    “Oh, apologies, my lord.” Henry bowed his head deeply and exaggerated. A cold splash over his thighs made him jump.

    “Stop that! Jesus Christ, Henry, you’re as drunk as a lord.” Then he burst out laughing. Henry laughed too, even if he wasn’t quite sure what he was laughing at. “I’ll make a lord out of you yet.”

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    Henry and Hans celebrate the Talmberg victory in Hans' chambers, where they share expensive wine and expensive clothes. The night takes a turn and both wine, tears and secrets are spilled as the boys realise they've grown closer than either of them would have expected.

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    05 Aug 2026

  14. Rec 6

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    The ambush at Nebakov came out of nowhere.

    Hans takes it upon himself to further interrogate Black Bartosch in its aftermath, but secretly intends to take this opportunity to extend an olive branch to the man who dutifully swore to protect his life. As is to be expected, however, it doesn't take long before they talk about Henry.

    OR: Black Bartosch makes Hans doubt the one thing he thought he knew best.

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    04 Aug 2026

  15. Rec 25

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    “Well?” he prompted. “Go on, then. Impress me.”
    Henry cleared his throat.
    “You’ve got cracking tits.”
    Hans stopped dead.
    The horse took another step before the reins tugged it back.
    “…Henry.”
    Henry frowned slightly. “What?”

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    03 Aug 2026

  16. Rec 33

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    “Hans.”

    Silence falls at last, sudden and complete. They stand facing one another, close enough now that Henry can see the pulse fluttering at Hans’ throat. Close enough to see the way his hands tremble, just slightly, at his sides. Henry steps forward and sets the book firmly on the bed between them. He straightens, meeting Hans’ eyes at last.

    “I know you wrote this,” he says.

    Hans’ carefully assembled mask falters, its edges cracking to reveal a sharp pain behind his eyes. Then he laughs, once, short and broken, and drags a hand through his hair. Behind it all, a small and delicate flicker of something remains, a trembling ounce of hope.
    “How,” Hans stops himself, taking a deep breath before continuing, “how much of it did you read?”

    ...

    “All of it.”

    OR: What if that book and potion we find under Hans’ bed in the Devil’s Den were ACTUALLY his (and written about a certain someone), and Henry finds it…?

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    21 Jul 2026

  17. Rec 14

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    The moment the lock is in the latch and there's a solid barrier between the two of them and the rest of the rotten world, Henry’s hands dance frantically down the buttoned and tied front of Hans’ gambeson.

    “It's already been looked at, Hal.”

    “Not by me.”

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    20 Jul 2026

  18. Rec 58

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    Pebbles comes back to the den carrying a half-unconscious Henry.

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    20 Jul 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 22

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    If only he had Mutt... He knew that Henry taught the dog to hunt game and that would make Hans’s job a lot easier.
    Actually... it was not such a bad idea. He had to move around a bit anyway.
    Besides...
    Besides, he could already imagine Henry's face when he shows up with Mutt by his side.

    or:
    Hans's side of the post-pillory weeks, but he finds Mutt before Henry does. It doesn't change much, but at least he has someone to complain to.

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    17 Jul 2026

  20. Rec 11

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    When the master of hounds sits down by the campfire the dogs come to lay their heads in his lap. He scratches them behind the ear. They close their eyes, leaning into his touch.

    They never do that with Hans.

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    16 Jul 2026

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