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    He turns his gaze back on her, his expression loaded yet inscrutable. “You do it so well,” he shakes his head. “Acting like you really care.”

    The words hit her, sudden and stinging. “You don’t think I do?”

    He looks at her, the way one might look at an indecipherable puzzle. She supposes that in a way, that’s what she is to him. “Honestly, I don’t really know what to think anymore.”

    (Or: Leon and Ada, falling apart and growing back together.)

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    03 Apr 2026

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    Hyunjin’s photos are good. Objectively, professionally, globally-successful-brand-ambassador good. They are also, unfortunately for Chan, devastating.

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    28 Mar 2026

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    He settled on Romania finally. A new country after a bad relationship and hopefully a new chance to enjoy the world around him.

    What Ethan Winters doesn't expect though, is waking up something far far older than he would have thought possible. And of course, the ramifications of catching that attention.

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    22 Mar 2026

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    Leon has spent decades convinced he’s unworthy of anything beyond being used—haunted by childhood trauma, guilt over his parents’ deaths, and a string of relationships that left him hollower each time. Intimacy becomes self-punishment.

    Then Chris, stubborn bastard that he is, refuses to let him vanish.

    (In which Leon learns that he can be loved and that sex is supposed to feel good.)

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    10 Mar 2026

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    “Are you okay? I heard screaming.” It was almost laughable how not okay Leon was at that very moment. He didn’t say anything.

    Chris turned the light on and then there was silence.

    Leon’s body tensed with fear and shame and oh god suddenly he couldn’t breathe. That stupid dressed up bottle on the nightstand was clearly visible. Chris had seen it. He knew Leon had broken the promise, the one promise that meant something. Oh god, oh god, oh god. Leon was going to be sick.

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    03 Mar 2026