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  1. Public Bookmark 36

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    Qifrey emerges from a tree, the same yet changed.
    Olruggio's long grief comes to an end.
    Their love is unchanged, with nothing holding them back now.

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    05 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 15

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    “Qifrey.” Olruggio’s voice floats in the air.

    Qifrey turns to look at him, and feels his breath catch in his throat. Olruggio is stunning in the dim light, his skin glowing with embers, his eyes gleaming with strands of heat, with the years shared between them.

    “Qifrey,” he says again, his voice as warm as the fire between them, as familiar as the stars. “I love you.”

    Qifrey’s heart bursts.

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    04 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 34

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    Olruggio just so happened to wander into the kitchen during the dead of night when he caught a sight most curious.

    That of... the room lit only by the full moon's gleam, and a single pyreball lit on the centre of the dining table.

    Qifrey was seated with a cup of tea abandoned before him. He had his cheeks held in his hands, his elbows propped upon the table, and his narrowed eye affixed to the spell as though it were whispering to him the very secrets of the stars.

    How... bizarre.

    Even for him.

    "Uhm, Qifrey? Are you with it?"

    Qifrey learns to relax by staring at pyreballs. He falls into a trance, which Olruggio aids him through.

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    04 Jul 2026

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    "How much did you pay for these?" he asks.

    Ah, just expenses? "Not much," Olruggio says, stepping around the counter to lean against Qifrey's side, arm wrapping around his waist comfortably. "I got a good deal."

    Qifrey relaxes some. He turns his face to nuzzle against Olruggio's neck and he leans his head back in response, giving more room for Qifrey to press against his pulse.

    "Oh dear," Qifrey sighs, turning his face to rub his cheek against Olruggio's cloak. "I'm afraid I have a secret to tell you."

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    04 Jul 2026

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    For as long as Qifrey could remember, he’d never properly understood the ferocity with which others felt this sort of thing. He’d reasoned that it was simply that he could not entertain it; true pleasure, and the kind of comfort that he imagined should come with it, had always been far from his reach.
    Except, Qifrey could have it now, if he wanted. Qifrey felt quite certain that Olruggio would entertain it, if asked in earnest; his evidence lay in a decade’s worth of stolen glances.

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    Free from the affliction he's carried with him since childhood, Qifrey realizes his lifelong struggles with desire run deeper than a curse. Olruggio meets him in the middle as best he can.

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    13 Jun 2026