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Becoming a dragon rider has been an adjustment for various reasons for Violet Sorrengail, one of those being the newfound animalistic instincts of being an omega. She's taken it in stride, for the most part, even moving past the embarrassing way she presented as such after finally getting to kiss her hot, alpha wingleader.
And then Liam gets sick.
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19 Apr 2026
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Everyone thinks Bonnie Mills is unshakeable.
She works the worst shift in the worst trauma ward in Pittsburgh, holding lives together while quietly falling apart herself.
Jack Abbot isn’t trying to fix her. He’s just the only one who sees the cracks, and knows what it means to live with ghosts you never invited.
When the truth finally breaks through in the form of bruises no one can ignore, Bonnie disappears. And when she returns months later, healing on her own terms, Jack finds himself pulled into something careful, quiet, and devastatingly real.
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26 Feb 2026
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Dr. Charlotte Jones is very good at managing the unmanageable.
In the chaos of Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center, she survives shifts alongside colleagues who become family. But when her mother’s Alzheimer’s rapidly progresses, Charlotte leaves the ER behind to become a full-time caregiver—trading trauma bays for locked doors, medication schedules, and the long, slow erasure of someone she loves.
This is a story about medicine as control, caregiving as devotion, and what remains when there is nothing left to fix.
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- Part 1 of The Parasympathetic System Universe
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25 Feb 2026
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“I don’t call you kid because I think you’re stupid. I don’t think you’re stupid. You’d know if I thought you were stupid, because I would tell you. ‘Kid’ is a…” He trails off, free hand tapping thoughtful rhythms on the steering wheel, “…Nickname. Term of endearment. Whatever you want to call it, but it’s not derogatory.”
Jack holds up a second finger.
“You have not been taking care of yourself. If you were, you wouldn’t have a low grade fever, and you would’ve called me as your boss or one of your friends to drive you instead of walking to work in the rain after your car died. You’ve been surviving. There’s a difference.”
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good things happen to those who are found crying in the supply closet by their hot, older, maybe flirty boss-slash-mentor.
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24 Feb 2026
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You and Robby approach healthcare from two different sides; him as a Chief Attending in the Pitt, and you as the new Director of Hospital Administration. Initial conflict leads to budding romance, but can Robby keep his trauma at bay long enough to allow himself to be happy?Note: No use of y/n!
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23 Feb 2026