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  1. Public Bookmark 7

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    It’s Sunday evening, it’s the first rain of the season, and the kitchen is in quite possibly the most disarray it’s been since Alan has lived here.

    As it pours outside, thunder rumbling in the distance, he squints at Mrs. Hong’s handwritten recipe for khao niao mamuang, which is the final endeavor in the maybe-too-long list of dishes Gaipa has been making for dinner. They’ve invited everyone over today, and the flurry of preparations has been on for hours: they already spent the morning cleaning every corner of the house, and even though the whole thing was rather exhausting and unglamorous and Alan extensively contemplated whether they should downsize, none of it really felt like a chore. How could it? They put some 80s hits on the record player and turned the volume all the way up, they danced around with mops and feather dusters and pretended to be superstars, and if a few makeout sessions were peppered in here and there - well, it was fine so long as it served as a means of motivation.
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    alan and gaipa are hosting family dinner.

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    11 Nov 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    Gaipa cups his face and brushes over his cheekbone, his expression mellowing. “I don’t ever want to be without you,” he says softly, his voice nearly breaking over the words.

    Affection swells within Alan like a ripening fruit. As he kisses Gaipa’s palm, something dawns on him, colossal, bright, and incomparably lovely; and despite its suddenness, its pull is so strong that Alan has no choice but to say it aloud. “P’Gaipa,” he starts, his heart in his throat.

    Gaipa gazes up at him, clear and shimmering. “Hmm?”
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    the engagement story (prequel to let us never be rescued from this mess)

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    14 Nov 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 2

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    Alan sighed, resting his head on the door and trying to catch up his breath. Gaipa could feel his eyes on him again. His glasses had survived the storm thanks to his improvised cover, but his hair was dishevelled and pointing in every direction. His gaze was intense but soft, leaving Gaipa even more breathless. He looked lost in thought. Gaipa was about to ask him.

    But then, “I love you.”

    Gaipa’s heart skipped a beat. He had made peace with the fact that it may take longer for Alan to say it. That he would wait until he was ready to give his full heart again.

    But he had said it.

    Not in a hurry. Not like an afterthought. Just as something that he no longer could hide. Something too big for him to leave unsaid.

    Gaipa smiled. Heart full, butterflies wild in his stomach. “I love you, too.”

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    18 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 8

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    Thirty-six. He has officially lived longer than his mother did. The thought washes over his body in a cold wave, raising goosebumps in its wake.

    At twenty, thirty-five hadn't seemed like such a young age to die. An ocean of time roiled between him and thirty-five. He couldn't imagine living to graduation, let alone over a decade past that. But then he suddenly found himself turning thirty, and aside from the shock of even making it to such a milestone, Ray was surprised that he didn't feel old. On the contrary, imagining dying in five years sent a strange panic rising up his throat. There was so much life ahead of him, and he'd finally learned how to enjoy it. Somehow, against the odds, his life was good.

    Ray turns thirty-six, a year older than his mother when she died.

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    05 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 2

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    The last thing Gaipa remembers, he had the traitor at his mercy. But Alan claims they were in love - and that it was Gaipa who saved him from both apocalypse and disease. Together, they have left behind their war-torn future in favor of a simpler timeline filled with domestic bliss.

    Now, Gaipa, soldier for humanity, faces a choice:
    Kill his future self and learn to love Alan again?
    Or reject the easy path - and save the world.

     
    Another month of prompts I've chosen to string up into a single fic - this time it's Domestic December! (but as I'm sure everyone can tell from the summary, it's going to have rather a lot of angst :D But I do promise domesticity along the way!! )

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    01 Dec 2025