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  1. Public Bookmark 25

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    "The world is at least fifty percent bad. Sometimes he thinks that’s a conservative estimate. For every dog pet, there is one kicked. For every penny given, one is taken. Xie Lian is not a gambling man.

    But that’s the thing about halves: there’s always a flip side. Maybe if Xie Lian flips the coin enough times, some day it’ll land right side facing up. Forever might mean infinite disappointment, but it also means infinite chances—every time Xie Lian makes a bad gamble, there will always be a next time, and a next, and a next.

    And Xie Lian is cold. He’s so tired from watching the rain from inside the storm. He wants to curl up in something soft and listen to it rage around him, rather than letting it chew him up and spit him out.

    (He thinks that he would like to be beautiful, to somebody’s eyes.

    He thinks that he would like to be saved.)"

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    OR: Hua Cheng finds Xie Lian on the streets of Shanghai after more than a thousand years of searching. He brings him home.

    (Based on the poem Good Bones by Maggie Smith).

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    19 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 37

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    “Mm, where are we going?” You frown out of the passenger side window. It doesn’t take long before your head is resting against the glass, cushioned by the beanie from your closet meant to hide the cat ears.

    “Back to your place.”

    “What for?”

    He shoots you an amused grin. “It’s bedtime, kitten. We both need a nap.”

    “Huh? No, wait, I’m fine!” You sit up straighter, crossing your arms and staring determinedly out the windshield. “I’m up, see? We can keep going.”

    “Fine. I’ll take a nap and you can watch.”

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    15 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 4

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    Sylus comes to you during his usual sleeping schedule, beaming with affection, but there’s something hidden underneath his sweet demeanor.

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    12 Feb 2026

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    Suguru realizes he's fucked when he rounds the corner to find Satoru. Namely, Satoru wearing his shirt.

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    11 Feb 2026

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    Hua Cheng lowers his hand, and both Feng Xin and Mu Qing crash to the floor. Feng Xin winds up with rugburn on his cheekbone and a dislocated shoulder, getting the better end of the deal than Mu Qing, whose nose is gushing blood between his fingers. Payback for earlier, at least—but his satisfaction is short-lived when Xie Lian hiccups a sob on the divan and then breaks into a string of rapid cries so panicked they sound painful. He slaps at the cushions of the divan, terror escalating, eyes wide open.

    “Help, help, help, help,” he gasps between cries. “Help me. Help me. Please. Please!

    When a tongueless spirit appears in the south and curses ghosts, gods, and mortals alike with catatonia, Hua Cheng, Mu Qing, and Feng Xin must work together to solve the mystery behind the curse and save Xie Lian from the horrors ravaging his mind.

    They may never find a cure, however, if the villagers plagued by the spirit don’t stop lying to them at every turn.

    Now with fanart!

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    11 Feb 2026