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    All it takes to prevent tragedy is a cat.

    Preposterous, maybe, but nonetheless true.

    Helaena is eight and he freshly seven, tooth faced and smiling. It’s his nameday, and yet he gives the small, black kitten to her. Many people think black cats bring bad luck, she knows it, and she cries over it, despite how Aegon teases her.

    When he presents the small kitten to her, she can’t help but fluster and beam. The kitten captures her heart already.

    “For you, Helaena,” Jace breathes. “I know how you love animals.”

    Or: Helaena and Jace fall in love and stop a war.

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    29 Jun 2026

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    Day twenty-three, change of tactics.

    I feel like you both are being dumb.

    Dad unfolds this one and reads it and stops and reads it again like he's hoping the words will rearrange themselves into something less insulting.

    "Excuse me?"

    "It's my feeling." Chris spears a dumpling with his chopsticks. "You can't argue with my feeling, that's not how therapy works."

    "I can ask for clarification on what you mean."

    "Clarification about what? It's very clear. You—" he points at Dad, "both—" he swings to point at Buck, "dumb. Three words. Simple sentence structure. I learned about that in English class."

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    Chris weaponizes his therapy homework to make his emotionally constipated dad admit he's in love with Buck.

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    22 Jun 2026

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    The phone lights up on the coffee table. It's a number he half-recognizes — a few weeks back a package for his apartment went to 4D by mistake, and he texted the guy to sort it out, and the guy wrote back a paragraph and a half about how the mail situation in this building was, his words, "a war crime." Eddie didn't save the number. He meant to. It just lives in his phone now as a stranger, and the stranger is texting him.

    Unknown: hey. HEY. ok this is the package guy from 4D. ur 4B. i need to ask u somethign and its important

    Unknown: u have the good dog right

    Eddie: Who is this?

    Unknown: i JUST said. package guy. 4D. anyway i hear his little feet in the hallway sometiems. tap tap tap. like a tiny gentleman. and i need to know hes real

    Eddie knows who this is. Big guy, loud, holds the elevator and then narrates the entire ride down.

    Eddie: Are you drunk?

    Unknown: thats a seperate issue from the dog

    Which is not a no.

    Eddie: [image]

    Unknown: OH MY GOD

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    Eddie gets a series of drunk texts from his hot neighbor.

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    22 Jun 2026

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    Alright, now to prove he’s right.

    Finger on the cursor, Buck types an a to start.

    Google, in all its autocomplete glory, gives Buck some options. Four suggestions stack top to bottom in whatever order Google decides matters most on any given evening, and the four that come up under Buck's single letter are, in order:

    am i gay quiz (visited 2 days ago)

    Amazon (visited 5 days ago)

    american airlines

    ammonia bleach mix

    Buck stops chewing the inside of his cheek — which, honestly, he didn’t even realize he was doing.

    That’s — huh.

    That’s not what he was expecting at all.

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    Buck uses Eddie's laptop and sees something he isn't supposed to see. He reacts accordingly.

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    22 Jun 2026

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    When Arthur closes his eyes and whispers his last goodbye, he is a king and husband. A warrior and diplomat. He is the last true great king of Albion and the one that brought war upon his lands.
    When he opens his eyes, he is still all of those things.
    But he doesn’t understand.
    For one, he is back in his chambers. There is no Guinevere, and the servant that comes through the door is decidedly not Merlin. Arthur asks the lad if he’s dead. The lad fetches Gaius.
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    one shot arthur character study spanning a few years - basically a what if arthur went back in time and got the chance to do it again but short n sweet:3

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    17 Jun 2026