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  1. Public Bookmark 70

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    “Are you happy with yourself?” Nat asked. “You’ve made him into a circus attraction.”

    “Kinda,” Rooster laughed, crossing his arms. “It's his fault for falling asleep out here. Hey, who's got a sharpie?”

    “Okay–” Nat huffed, setting her hands on her hips.

    “I'm kidding, I'm kidding!”

    “Floyd!” she said, her voice loud and assertive, and Bob jerked awake immediately, knocking his book off of his lap.

    “Huh?” he breathed, lifting his head off of the back of the armchair. Fanboy snatched Bob's wallet back from Harvard, tucking it under his leg hastily. Halo took a step back from where she was leaned over peering at his book, but she knocked her shin into the coffee table and swore. Rooster clasped his hands behind his back and tucked the twenties into his pocket, making his best attempt at a poker face, but he knew he was failing miserably. And Hangman, thank fuck, finally muted his stupid phone and looked up in earnest.

    “That woke him up,” Payback said under his breath

    “That'd wake any of us up,” Fanboy replied, nervously glancing at Nat. “Was she a drill sergeant in a past life?”

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    Or, five times the daggers wake Bob up, and one time they can't get him to sleep.

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    21 Sep 2025

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    “Good evening. I’m Charles,” he offers his hand, which Max takes and for a second, Charles thinks he’s going to kiss the back of it. Some muscle spasms in the tight grip, rough velvet against soft skin. When Charles gets his hand back, it feels like he lost a finger or two in the fight.

    “What’s your poison, Charles?” Max asks, settling on the barstool like it’s not designed to be the most uncomfortable chair in the world.

    “Cyanide, usually. I’ll settle for a gin tonic for now.”

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    Charles is a supermodel that has learned everything he needs to make his world turn. Now, he has no idea what Max Verstappen wants from him.

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    18 Sep 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 18

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    Lieutenant Natasha Trace would like to say that she’s not a jumpy person, and for the most part that’s a fairly true statement. She gets startled, sure, and sometimes panic can choke her, but that’s a little different. With a callsign like Phoenix, you tend to want to live up to it, so Phoenix doesn’t scare easy and she isn’t jumpy.

    Usually.

    It’s a little different when it’s three in the morning and she’s just coming out of a nightmare.

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    10 Sep 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 6

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    “ The silence fell back in, a sort of comfortable understanding settling between them both. The only sound for a moment was the crickets in the Texas night air.

    Carole took another toke of the joint as it was passed back into her hands and on the exhale, she coughed a little and then settled into pause before breaking the silence—

    “You’d be a very pretty boy,” she said quietly.

    Pete didn’t respond. Just curled into his knees.

    “A very pretty boy,” she repeated in a whisper, rumination in her tone, before taking another drag.

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    aka, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell has gone through a lot of names to find his. This is that story.

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    09 Sep 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 62

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    Code 016: "Charles", shows strong promise and tactical ability, but fails to sync with any potential partner.

    Code 001: "Max", the kaiju-hybrid continues to unknowingly injure every possible partner he is given, maintaining his reputation as the "partner-killer".

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    In a world where piloting a constructor mech meant everything to Charles, it's the one thing he can't do until he meets the monster-hybrid pilot of TORRO, 001.

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    09 Sep 2025