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  1. Public Bookmark 45

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    After that day, he began to rise for Dhuhr. He’d force himself to sleep, and then rise for Asr. Maghrib. Isha. Muscle memory. Warm but unfamiliar. Like the blood of the strong jawed man that was now pumping through his body. Impulses to clean. Even the untouchable washed up before prayer. Five minutes before Fajr, whispering bismallah to himself in bed, Louis responding that he didn’t know he was Muslim, and he wasn’t, but he’d rub circles into his hands three times before the masses turned to Mecca, like an insatiable tic buried now in his blood. It might have always been buried, actually, and had just experienced unearthing.

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    Armand rediscovering Islam in the 70's and the odyssey of memories that accompany it.

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    17 Nov 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 17

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    Chess has never really been enjoyable for Sieun, only ever a means to an end—to play, win, and make his parents proud. It makes him feel nauseous, nearly choking on his own voice as he declares, “Checkmate.”

    Waiting move: In chess, a move whose sole purpose is to oblige the opponent to move. Most effective when the opponent has nothing but bad moves.

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    10 Nov 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 3

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    “But I do think you know.”

    This is it. This is the firework that threatened to explode; Teh can see that all too clearly. It’s been there all along. Sparking, fizzling away—threatening to erupt.

    Because Oh-aew is right.

    Teh does know. He has known.

    Teh and Oh-aew have been friends, they've been rivals. They've been lovers too—they just haven't realised it yet.

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    14 Sep 2025

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    “Marius,” Daniel interrupts. “That was your maker, right?”

    “Yes. Marius de Romanus.”

    “Out of all the names you could have gone with, you chose his?”

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    The combined efforts of a brand new air fryer and a certain Daniel Molloy force Armand to re-evaluate his feelings about the Maker he loved. A post-S2 fic about identity and abuse.

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    30 Apr 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 44

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    Pickpocket Madeleine Eparvier poses as a handmaiden for the wealthy heiress Lady Claudia de Lioncourt, expecting to defraud her and make off with the Lioncourt fortune. She ends up with more than she bargained for.

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    13 Apr 2025