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The red head of the match glances off the box in a clumsy strike and is instantly alight. There is nothing interesting about the fire, really, other than the fact that Jon created it.
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Or, Jon used fire to deal with Mister Spider when he was eight years old, and the Desolation has clung to him ever since.
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- Part 1 of bridges, burnt and built
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14 Jun 2025
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“You accused me of treating this like a game. I am sorry if I’ve led you to believe that it is only a game—though I won't deny that part of it is.” Bren gives a disarming smile. “My life is either games or murder, after all.”
“Or mail fraud,” Thelyss says dryly, not even a little disarmed.
“The mail fraud is a sort of game as well.”
A sigh. “Is this your way of telling me that you intend to continue playing?”
Bren smiles again, sharper. “If you would let me.”(In which Bren Aldric Ermendrud decides to seduce the Shadowhand and finds that the best way to convince someone to be vulnerable with you is to be vulnerable in turn.)
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- Part 1 of aBiA
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25 May 2025
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What kind of witch do you want to become? by SkullJoke
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
02 Feb 2025
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The only way to see someone's true nature is to see how they act when they don't know they're being watched. The girls catch moments between Qifrey and Olruggio that help them decide on their future as apprentices.
OR: Before they're official apprentices of Qifrey's atelier, the girls accidentally (on purpose) stumble upon Qifrey and Olruggio when the two men think they're alone. It tells the girls everything they need to know about the kind of witches (and people) they are.
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- Part 1 of The Witches we Become
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11 May 2025
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"Seems like unnecessary trouble," Caleb remarks. His hand dips beneath Essek's outer robe, fingering the next layer down: a heavier, ornamental swathe of fabric with gold and silver embroidery around the neckline. "Not easy to get on and off quickly. The layers."
"I manage well enough," Essek replies, tilting his chin upwards. He aims to be haughty, but only grants Caleb further access to the intricate fastenings around his throat. "It is no trouble if one knows what they are doing. And I know what I'm doing."
There's a pause where Caleb says nothing, but his eyes stray to the silver details of Essek's collar. He studies the clasp like he would a page in his spell book.
Then, he says, his voice pitched low:
“Has no-one ever taken you out of your clothes, Herr Thelyss?”
Five nights spent together in Aeor. Five mornings awaking in the Blooming Grove.
A series of interconnected one shots.
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02 May 2025
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There had been rumours about his and Caleb's sordid love affair since long before it was technically true. Essek was simply... playing into them a little, to help his defection go a little more smoothly. Rosohna would gossip about it for a few months, and then the rumour mill would move on, as it always does.
(it doesn't).Or: how Essek and Caleb accidentally inspired (at least) a few dozen smut novels.
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16 Mar 2025