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“And besides, we lovers fear everything”
― Ovid, MetamorphosesSeonghwa is a former prince whose kingdom was annexed by the empire five years ago. During the fall of his kingdom, Seonghwa is taken prisoner and brought to the capital as a gladiator, forced to compete in the brutal games put on by the emperor. He becomes the most popular fighter. The people call him the hand of Mars, but his strength in battle is only fuelled by one thing: the wish to take revenge for his people, his country. When the young emperor makes him his private guard, Seonghwa sees an opportunity.
Behind the facade of the cruel emperor, however, lies a human being with a fear of intrigue and treason. Emperor Hongjoong hopes that Seonghwa’s protection will bring him something more than just safety.
What will Fortuna have in store for them?
A Matz AU set in a fictional version of the Roman Empire, ca. during the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
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31 May 2026
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Seonghwa’s one perfect night with a hot stranger gets complicated when that stranger turns out to be the rockstar his teenage daughter is obsessed with.
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30 May 2026
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Hongjoong doesn’t know whether it’s the urge to somehow prove Wooyoung wrong, or the alcohol making his lips far looser than they should be, but he refuses to back down today. “I’m gonna fuck our poetry professor,” he says simply.
Ever since Hongjoong first bumped into the poetry professor, he’s been obsessed. Beautiful, gentle and with a scent that’s barely there, Seonghwa is everything the alpha has been looking for. Now, if only he stopped redirecting Hongjoong’s advances…
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13 May 2026
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have to pay (the price of separation) by condensedmilk (pepperminttart)
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26 Apr 2026
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After Seonghwa divorced him two years ago, Hongjoong spent every day hoping for a second chance.
When the omega kisses him accidentally while co-parenting their pups, he thinks he might just get one.
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06 May 2026
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Seonghwa’s world is measured in stems and ribbon lengths, in the quiet hum of Mars in Bloom and the familiar weight of scissors in his hand.
Hongjoong’s is sharper — clean lines of ink, the low buzz of a tattoo machine, flashes of red hair bent over a sketchbook in the moody light of No. 1 Ink.
They’re neighbors by chance.
A marigold in the middle of a rainstorm changes everything.What starts with swapped deliveries and questions about the language of flowers turns into afternoons spent in each other’s spaces. Somewhere between the petals and the ink lines, something begins to take root.
Or: A florist and a tattoo artist keep finding excuses not to leave.
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29 Apr 2026