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  1. Rec 17

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    "I’m not 'faking' a smile, Alhaitham. I’m grimacing because you just suggested a spreadsheet for hug quotas."

    To keep toddler Nahida out of the system, Alhaitham and Kaveh enter a fake marriage pact. Living together was already a war zone, but raising a child forces a ceasefire they weren't prepared for. Turns out, the only thing harder than co-parenting is realizing the "act" isn't an act anymore.

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    30 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 60

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    The Temple of Silence discovers a remarkably intact set of ruins in the desert. At the ruins' heart is an altar, and around the altar are dozens of skeletons, all intact and undisturbed. It's as if the people who died there simply fell asleep and never woke up.

    While investigating the mystery, Al-Haitham falls into a slumber from which he cannot be woken. It becomes clear that without intervention, whatever killed the people in the temple is going to kill him, too. With the combined assistance of Lord Kusanali and a mysterious Ratnik, Kaveh plunges into the realm between death and dreaming to bring Al-Haitham home.

    Even with nothing but shattered remnants left to find, Kaveh knows the shape of Al-Haitham's soul as well as he knows his own. He'll put Al-Haitham back together piece by piece if he has to—and in the process, maybe he'll put the pieces of their relationship back together, too.

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    29 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 22

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    Al-Haitham married Kaveh three years ago, despite being straight, just to get his company's quarterly bonuses meant for newlywed employees. When Haitham starts to face suspicion at work over his fake marriage, he brings Kaveh along with him to a holiday party in order to fool his coworkers—only to realize he's been fooling himself all along, too.

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    28 Feb 2026

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    Kaveh gets transformed into a bunny.

    His attitude, however, remains fully intact.

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    30 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 30

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    Kaveh’s melting heart takes in stray cats at every possible moment (much against Alhaitham’s good advice). He then decides to adopt a desert fox.

    “Listen, Haitham, I know what you’re gonna say! But hear me out. She can sleep out in the garden. Or in my room, so it won’t bother you at all! I swear she’ll be fully under my responsibility. I promise I tried to leave her behind, but she totally insisted on coming with me! Followed me all the way home, just because I gave her some water. The poor thing was so thirsty.”

    Alhaitham blinked, sighing deeply. The shock had mostly worn away: ridiculous as the situation was, it was actually quite in line with his roommate’s usual behaviour.

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    15 Jan 2026