Praludium



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    At the battle of Marlas, Auguste brokered peace by promising his brother to Akielos. That was his first mistake.

    Auguste is a failure of a King. His brother hates him, his wife is dying, and his guards are turning against him. The only person still on his side is his uncle, Richard of Vere, and Uncle Richard is still recovering from a vicious assassination attempt. Every move Auguste makes seems to be the wrong one. Every time he is sure he is right, the rift between himself and Laurent only stretches farther.

    One thing Auguste is sure of: whatever the price, no one will take his brother from him.

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    I didn't know I was broken 'til i wanted to change
    I wanna get better, better, better, better,
    I wanna get better

     

    Or, Andrew persuades Neil to give Dr. Betsy Dobson a chance and the decision starts to change their relationship in ways they didn't expect.

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    04 Jul 2024

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    Neil gets drugged at Eden's. Again. They get him back quickly, but the parallels fuck with everyone and reveal what happened with Nicky the first time around.

     But Andrew remains flawed, so doesn’t know anything is happening until he hears Nicky gasp. Nicky makes a lot of unnecessary noises, so this one isn’t especially concerning—not until Nicky’s hand flashes out to grip Andrew’s arm and he says, “Andrew,” with such strained urgency that Andrew’s head erupts into a riot of alarms.

     He follows Nicky’s pointed finger and sees, through the thick forest of bodies, Neil. With some guy. Kissing. He’s out of his stool almost before he can consciously register the scene, leaving the scarred black metal toppling to the ground behind him and shoving into the crowd. Something is very wrong. Neil had been too still. Too loose. An unstringed puppet. Andrew knows what Neil looks like when he wants to kiss someone, and that—that isn’t it.

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    14 Jun 2024

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    In the book series, Laurent and Damen thought aloud about what life might have been like if their countries were at peace and Auguste had lived...

    In THIS story Vere and Akielos are allies and 17 year-old Damianos is spending four months of every other year in the Veretian Court. It is there, he begins to feel attracted to the prince of Vere and discovers darkness hiding under the surface of court. Spanning nearly 8 years, Damen, Auguste, and Laurent are embroiled in bittersweet feelings and intense passion.

    “I would court you with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve. There’d be no lies between us. We’d have time to be together.”

    (TW FOR LATER IN THE STORY: Implied CSA; Implied Sexual Assault; Sex)

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    14 May 2023

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    Today is Mista's least favourite day in the world. Maybe Giorno underestimated how much of an effect it really had on his friend.

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    04 Jun 2021