calicofiasco

A cartoon portrait of a pinkish-red calico cat with a thought bubble above its head.



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    The toddler began to cry, and then he started to cough from trying to cry too hard, snot dripping down his face. Another adult came hurrying over to help him to his feet before they went inside to head, presumably, to the nurse’s office.

    Loud, chaotic, dirty. Everything that went against Al-Haitham’s standards.

    “Working here as what?” Kaveh blinked. “Like admin or something? That’s probably quiet and far enough from kids for you. Though—”

    “No,” interrupted Al-Haitham. “I don’t.”

    After getting fired from a prestigious architecture firm, Kaveh moves back to his hometown to raise his five-year-old brother only to find that an old college "acquaintance" is his little brother's kindergarten teacher.

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    05 Jun 2026

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    Jinshi has always sparkled for others, but Maomao has never been mesmerized by it. It was just another thing she was immune to. Now here he was, not particularly sparkly, just obviously in love, and Maomao felt what she could only describe as being enraptured.

    Maomao knew she needed to say thank you, but at this moment she did not trust her tongue with words. She was afraid something rather mushy would come to her if she tried to speak, and she wasn’t ready for that yet. Which felt silly to acknowledge - that she had married this man, but was struggling to love him.

    And it was not loving him - Maomao had deduced this now. It had almost nothing to do with Jinshi at all. Her constipation with regards to her own ability to love had nothing to do with her commitment to him, either. She cared for and admired him deeply, more than she had anyone else, except maybe Loumen. Maomao hopes someday she is able to admit that to him, but she is still accepting that it is even safe to admit to herself.

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    they say the first year of marriage is the hardest - this is Maomao's.

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    04 Apr 2026

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    Love, like all things, is a learning process. And for some people, it just takes a little longer. [soulmate au]

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    03 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 33

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    She was tired, lightheaded, and in pain with every breath. “I’m not running around in this state questioning the entire army about flowers. Stop being childish and tell me.”

    “Very well. You must tell this...person how you feel. When they reciprocate, you’ll be cured. Then you can go back to being my weapon to wield against that woman.”

    “That’s it?”

    The rumble in his chest was much closer to a true laugh than before. “Most would not consider that a trivial task, Professor.”


    Byleth coughs up flowers, and Dimitri... well, he's not making things any easier for her.

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    23 Sep 2025

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    What if Usagi and Mamoru had long been together when Usagi stumbled over a cat with a bandaid on her kitty forehead?
    Written for Beej88 in the UsaMamo Spring Exchange 2k20.

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    04 Aug 2025