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After God of Fury, Bran goes in therapy. He starts EMDR to process what Grace did to him. His mind knows the trauma is over. His body doesn’t.
The fatigue is so intense that Bran no longer has energy for anything. Cooking, playing lacrosse or even painting. He spends most of his time lying down waiting for time to pass.
He still wants Nikolai. Still kisses him, clings to him, asks for him. But the second things turn sexual, his body panics, shuts down, or collapses from exhaustion. Watching Bran fight a memory trapped under his skin drives Niko completely insane.
Then, in the middle of a manic spiral, a Reddit stranger gives him an idea: if Bran’s body is still stuck in the past, maybe Niko has to teach it the present.
Nikolai would do anything to heal his Lotus Flower.
Story with Nikolai's POV
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26 Apr 2026
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What if Poppy never crashed on her way back from Moonbright?
****Currently working on a rewrite. Check chapter 52 for non-spoiler progress updates.
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20 Feb 2025
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Poppy failed. She never found Q.B. Noyouko and Mr. Lam moved on, taking the future of Giant Goldfish Publishing with him. Now she has a month to find a new job; otherwise her only option is to move back to Moonbright and face the small town’s judgement. Then the broody man who’d left her life knocks on her door, needing a favor.
The Balthumans are expanding, which means Quincey and Tora have to represent the family at official—legal—events. More than that, Vince has decided it’s time for his sons to settle down. When the adamantly-single Tora claims to have a girlfriend, he has days to find someone to pretend to date him, else he’ll be stuck with whomever Vincent chooses.
She needs money. He planned to pay a woman regardless. For the next few months, Poppy is, in her own words, Tora’s sugar baby. Just until she gets back on her feet, and just long enough that Tora can claim a painful break up.
And it’s entirely platonic… right?
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17 Feb 2025
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A great career opportunity presents itself to Poppy, but she needs to travel out of town for it. Her only option to get there: a reluctant and grumpy Tora. To hell with Quincey and his meddling.
Sets off after Episode 23, AU from there.
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12 Feb 2025
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When a plot to take out Vincent fails, the cast is forced to scatter, meaning Tora has to get Poppy out of Narin before the Balthuman Clan has chance to use her to get to him. But he ghosted her after Felicia's Bay and he doesn't even know if she'll answer the door after a year of silence. If she does, he'll have to convince her to follow him into the unknown. If she doesn't, he'll have to take her anyway.
With a trunk full of cash and unregistered guns, he'll have to work hard to keep them both alive long enough to give her her life back.
But will he be able to let her go?Bookmarked by spaci42
10 Feb 2025