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    Carlisle has been thoroughly ashamed of his nature since the moment a pang of hunger jolted him awake in some London back alley. He has spent every moment since trying to atone for his existence. Though he is satisfied most days, he is even more ashamed - even more terrified - of the specific, gnawing bloodlust that follows dark-haired backwoodsmen.

    Somehow still reeling from the loss of his wife 20 years ago, Charlie Swan realizes he's also managed to lose his only daughter. Frantic to explain the sudden and bizarre turn of events that ripped Bella from him, Charlie decides to risk losing what little he has left by playing investigator. But vampiric laws have powerful enforcers, and there might be good reason for Charlie to stay in the dark.

    tldr: Carlisle's gay ass is so repressed that attraction and bloodlust are tied inexorably. Charlie gets closer to Carlisle and finds more there than answers.

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    11 Sep 2026

  2. Rec 70

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    With a cowed backstep, Charlie watches Billy’s chest heave up and down. Takes in his wide, bloodshot eyes.

    He’s well and truly afraid of Charlie.

    Composing himself, Billy sucks in a breath. “Here’s all I can tell you: you’re not human anymore. You’re a predator, and you’re the kind of predator that eats people. That smell? It’s blood, Charlie. Human blood. And unless you lock yourself inside, you won’t be able to stop yourself from trying to get it.”

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    After surviving a brutal attack, Charlie copes by isolating inside his house.

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    10 Sep 2026

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    'Not your fault, Doc. I’ve always been a bad sleeper. Used to drive Renée crazy.’

    ‘I’m sure finding out your town was full of monsters didn’t help, though,’ Carlisle murmured. He was looking down at his hands, folded neatly on the table in front of him. As if he wanted to keep them in sight.

    ‘Carlisle,’ Charlie said, putting his pen down. ‘There’s someone sitting in that building over there, right now, selling addictive painkillers to anyone with enough cash. Monsters existed in my town a long time before you showed up. Besides, someone’s got to keep the deer population down.’

    In which Carlisle grapples with shame, Charlie grapples with some very human monsters, and both of them grapple with the horror of having to take days off work.

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    10 Sep 2026

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    When Hua Cheng loses all his memories of Xie Lian, afflicted by a tricky curse, there’s only one way to get them back: Xie Lian has to get Hua Cheng to kiss him.

    It shouldn’t be too difficult, right?

    Xie Lian has a plan.


    “Greetings, Chengzhu,” Xie Lian said. “Apologies for the intrusion. Actually, I’ve been gifted to you by the heavens as a…”
    His voice caught.
    “I mean, to—”
    Xie Lian’s cheeks suddenly felt hot, and his palms grew damp under the rope binding his arms together. Beneath Hua Cheng’s piercing stare from above, he lost his cool.
    “As your,” he stammered. “Um, as—well—if you want, I’ve been sent to you as—I’m here to be your—”

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    06 Sep 2026

  5. Rec 56

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    Logan stalks towards him, scowl heavy on his brows. “I don’t need your help.”
    “Perhaps not,” Magneto hums, unbothered as Logan approaches. He holds the file out for him. “But I can prevent the men that put those bullets in your skull from giving them any more company.”
    Logan grits his teeth until his jaw aches. “The fuck are you on about, old man?”
    Magneto glances briefly at Mystique. “You don’t know?”

    or;

    Magneto rips those stupid bullets from Logan’s head and it inadvertently brings Logan’s memories back.

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    20 Aug 2026