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    Struggling to keep his professional dreams afloat, Henry is ready to give up on becoming a top-league ice hockey player and resign to being a welder for the rest of his life. But moments before a tryout that could change everything, he receives a call from a friend that he has not seen for over a year.

    Hans has everything he could ever want: the stellar career, the nuclear family, the penthouse in the city, the more-than-comfortable lifestyle… But when his picture-perfect life comes crashing down around him, there is only one person that he can count on to help pick up the pieces.

    They say that time heals all wounds, but some leave scars. A story about friendship, family, ice hockey, politics, summers, winters, heartbreak, and love.


    Modern AU, updates weekly!

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    A throne without a king, a hero without his sword, a knight without his love.

     

    Hans’s secret is out. His world is in ruins. And Otto von Bergow is still reaching for power with both hands.
    Sent to Moravia by Hanush and Radzig, Hans's mission seemed clear: feasts, speeches, careful smiles. But it’s a knife’s edge and Hans must fight, scheme and bargain for allies without the one person he trusts more than anyone by his side. Instead, he's accompanied by his future wife. Will sharp-eyed Jitka become his shield… or the blade at his throat?
    Hans might have to stand on his own two feet now, but Henry left him more than his beloved sword. He left him a promise to return—and Hans’s blacksmith’s boy is a man of his word.

    When Bohemia’s fate hangs by a thread, will Lady Fortuna finally smile at them?
     

    This fic follows Of Lilies and Lions and concludes the Lord of the Distant Isles Trilogy. Updates weekly (regular update day is Friday, plus occasional surprise chapters).

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    Two years ago, at the feast of Corpus Christi, Hans Capon heard a French minstrel sing of a tragic knight undone by love. He thought little of it—until a mace to the head and his squire's sky-blue eyes leave him wondering if he’s fated to share Galehaut’s story.

    As war in Bohemia rages on, Hans tries not to end up like his literary brother in spirit. But fate seems determined to make him walk in Galehaut’s footsteps no matter how much he squirms. After all—winning a war against Sigismund might be easier than winning one against his own heart.

     

    KCD2 from Hans’s POV with the romance amped up.

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    The young Lord Hans Capon had become quickly fond of the peasant blacksmith's boy thrust unwillingly into his service - not that he'd admit as much aloud.

    A too-drunk night lost in the woods presents a complication that may change things forever.

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