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    Merlin carves himself into Arthur’s soul while the song of summer trails behind them in the sultry air; while the trees haggle with the sun over the price of autumn — separation. Arthur will forever remember this week in which he obtained his heart’s desire and had it ripped away from him.

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    20 Aug 2026

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    Arthur was eating an orange when Merlin realised he was in love with him.

    Written for Kinkalot 2026 Bingo prompt: mutual pining.

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    18 Aug 2026

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    It’s not that Arthur Pendragon can’t get girls to fall for him; it’s just that he can’t seem to keep them around. Relationships and Arthur aren't on the same page at all, really, but one day there's Merlin on a bus and then it's different.

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    23 Jul 2026

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    three little questions

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    No matter how she tries to word it, the question is going to sound terribly awkward. Even if San Niang is the most trustworthy person Xie Lian knows, she might decide to simply hang up and go back to sleep.

    “I wondered… I mean, since then I have been wondering if maybe what Shi Qingxuan was suggesting might not be entirely out of the realm of possibility,” she rushes through this as quickly as possible, squeezing her eyes closed as she speaks. “I don’t really know how to judge what I’m, um, supposed to feel.”

    “About… women?” San Niang says, posing the question tentatively.

    “Yes,” Xie Lian says, breathing it out.

    “Oh,” San Niang says, just as softly. “Okay. Um.”

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    04 Jun 2026

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    this is my favorite part of the lady of shalott

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    "A woman, barefoot, wild, and free stands on a beach in the early morning. Her heart shaped lips are split into a grin, freshly brushed teeth wine-stained and minty. Her hair billows like a sail in the beginnings of the morning light, tan skin growing golden as the sun crawls up over the horizon like a bug on a window. She stands not alone, but with a young boy, with a matching smile and small, chubby hands. They're both breathing heavy, but comfortably as they pause in their pursuits of the shore. They only pause for a moment, before suddenly, the little boy takes off again, and the mother hollers before her laughter mixes with the air of the morning sea."

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    Ryland Grace's major life events always seem to involve the sea in some way. Child of the waters, he is.
    A little character study prose piece that I couldn't help but write, because his ocean motif is one that drives me absolutely nuts.

    (thank you to cedar (cedardivine here on ao3!) for beta reading this piece!)

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    21 May 2026

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    i commend you to the sea