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    “Why are you looking at skateboards?” asks Luke.

    “Maybe Kronos wants us to get a skateboard.”

    Luke presses a hand on the top of Percy’s head and physically turns him away from the window display.

    “Does Kronos want us to get a skateboard,” he says.

    “…No.”


    Luke wants to know what the hell Percy thinks he’s doing. Percy wants Luke to trip and fall over the side of the yacht. They are, as always, at an impasse.

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    11 Apr 2025

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    It was a long time coming.

    Guillermo can see it now: now, as Nandor freezes in his tracks, lowers the hand that was raised to hypnotize him, only to realize how pointless that would be. The fingers curl in on themselves, nails digging slightly into palm. Nandor's lips are still parted from the sentence that hangs in the air between them:

     

    You will forget that I kissed you.

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    04 Aug 2022

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    Nandor is leaning against the curtained doorway, bumping his head back against the jamb over and over again as he listens to Guillermo just bitch.

    “Memo, why have you not gotten a wife yet?” Guillermo imitates. “Memo, you should try the same diet Alexia is on. Memo, I saw Jeremiah in the supermercado yesterday, you two used to be such good friends—”

    “Yeesh, alright, I get it,” Nandor finally snaps out, holding his hands over his ears. “You can stop with the voices now. It sounds insufferable.”

    “It is insufferable!” Guillermo shoves another sweater into his overnight bag. “But Victor had to go and get engaged and plan the wedding for the same fucking weekend so here I am! Guilt-tripped into helping for a cousin I don’t even really know!”

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    19 Jul 2022

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    “There,” he says. “Taken care of. Now back to my problems—“

    “NANDOR!” Guillermo is already yelling, snatching the vacuum away and pressing his face to the dusty old bag. “Can you hear me?!” He thinks he hears a defeated, squished help, and he scowls at Laszlo. “How the hell am I meant to get him out of here in one piece?!”

    “Not my problem,” Laszlo deadpans. “What is my problem is that I’ve run out of porn to read.”

    “Holy fucking—“ Guillermo is off, muttering curses as he unearths Laszlo’s laptop from under a pile of crap. “Use your computer. You know, the one you made me steal from Best Buy?! Just Google it!”

    “There’s porn on the internet?”

    “THAT IS ALL THAT IS ON THE INTERNET!”

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    19 Jul 2022

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    Harry is accused of burglary. The Dursleys leave him to rot. Dumbledore sends Snape to remedy the situation. Harry finds himself in the care of an irate Snape. Not slash, gen-fic w/ focus on Sevitus relationship. Angst galore. Warnings: coarse and suggestive language, mentions of abuse/neglect. Un-betaed and un-Britpicked.

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    07 Jun 2022