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An examination of what it might have been like if Kurogane and Fai were to help free Watanuki from the Shop.
He never imagined having children. And that’s fine, it is. But now he has two. Three, even, if you include Watanuki. Sometimes he does. He isn’t sure, yet, whether he should. But Watanuki is a piece of his Syaoran, and that must count for something.
They visit him, sometimes. Watanuki. The sad boy in the sad shop, doomed to the kind of loneliness that makes Fai’s skin crawl. Who was taking care of you? He thinks, imagining Sakura in the boy’s place. Who let this happen?
Across from him, Kurogane’s jaw is tight, his lips pursed. He’s thinking the same thing, Fai knows. Kurogane would have sooner given up his other arm than allowed this to pass.
Smoke fills the shop parlor. Watanuki doesn’t even bat at it hazily, just stares, head draped back, eyes empty. “There’s no such thing as coincidence,” he murmurs, offering them pastries from a small tray. “If you’re here, it’s because you have no choice.”
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09 Nov 2025
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Yusuf, you villain.
Never have I known such a cruel and unjust man as the likes of you. Were you raised by dogs and taught no human decency? I can imagine no other reason why you would choose to torment me so.
I heard your protestations, but I refuse to believe that you fell into the pond by accident. There were ample places to stand upon solid ground, and you are a nimble man. No, you chose to leap in so that you might emerge, dripping wet, your loose white shirt near-transparent, and be forced to strip your outer garments within my view. I hope you choke upon your dinner, and your clothes never lose the scent of pond algae, you temptation.
Yours in frustration,
Nico---
The joy of this fandom is that your Regency AU doesn't even need to be an AU.
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15 Sep 2025
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“And it didn’t bother you that the guard thought you were -- that we were -- ?” Nicolò asks, for what is definitely the fourth time, as they bed down, hopefully hidden from view by the reeds and trees of the Nile delta.
Yusuf sighs, rolling onto his back. “Do I mind that he thought I would be foolish enough to abandon all reason and take up with one of the men who helped sack Al-Quds? Yes, a little. Not enough to stop from using it as a perfectly serviceable escape route.”
“No,” Nicolò says, “I mean, that you would prefer the company of other men at all.”
Yusuf blinks, bemused. He hadn’t even thought of that. “As a rule, I try not to be insulted by accusations that are true,” he says drily.
OR: Five times they were faking it and two times it was real.
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31 Aug 2025
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29 Jul 2020
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Nile vs. Married Life.
Or: Nile and Nicky draw the short straws and go undercover to expose a neighbourhood crime ring. It is not Nile's idea of the best time.
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27 Aug 2025
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Some days you find yourself having sex with your academic nemesis in a storage closet and that’s just how it is.
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27 Aug 2025