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  1. Public Bookmark 75

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    "Can you stay?" he asks, quiet. There was a time when he used to pretend he didn't need Lu Guang's comfort after some emotional dives. Not anymore - not after all they went through. "Just for a bit."

    Lu Guang doesn't reply, doesn't sigh at Cheng Xiaoshi for being childish. He just cups both his shoulders and leads him onto standing, then directs them to the couch. There, he lets Cheng Xiaoshi lean his head against his shoulder.

    They stay like this, quiet. Cheng Xiaoshi closes his eyes, and breathes out.

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    12 Dec 2023

  2. Public Bookmark 20

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    Lu Guang was reading, probably longer than he should have, and Cheng Xiaoshi forced him to take a break.

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    12 Dec 2023

  3. Public Bookmark 12

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    “You’re displeased,” Kircheis heard from behind him, cutting off his thoughts, but he waited until Reinhard halted his pacing to come join him on the couch to answer. Reinhard sat close, his cape fluttering with the movement. He continued, as though without pause, “Aren’t you?”

    Kircheis tilted his head, as though studying Reinhard, looking for something. But he had nothing in mind, not really—he just needed the beat of silence. Reinhard’s face was serious, and he looked tired, his eyes more grey than blue in the low light. But his expression was open, and the rain cohered with the quiet and the late hour to soften him, his mood a near perfect match for the weather. Reinhard was like that, though Kircheis wasn’t sure he noticed, the reactive, responsive way he could mirror the world around him.

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    On the eve of the Imperial civil war, Kircheis considers the past, and he considers Reinhard.

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    03 Nov 2023

  4. Public Bookmark 5

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    A brush with death leads Reinhard and Kircheis to confess some long-held feelings. Everything between them has been building to this moment.

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    03 Nov 2023

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    Cheng Xiaoshi, photography, and the act of preserving the past in the face of a daunting future.

    [Major spoilers for season 1's finale.]

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    25 Jul 2023