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  1. Public Bookmark 53

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    The Great Sage Beldarut gets his greatest challenge yet— navigating his young apprentice in the throughs of romance.

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    04 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 38

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    A rare privilege, as unpredictable and lovely as a falling star: Olruggio wakes to find Qifrey still sleeping beside him.

    In which Olly has some gay feelings at 5am.

    Written for SpinchAndSuch. Happy birthday, my dove!

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    04 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 96

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    It starts, as so many things seem to, with Qifrey being absolutely miserable. It's not the ever present ache of his missing eye that used to follow him every waking second, nor the quiet underlying sense of dread that had never left him, cultivated by his own design to keep the silvertree roots at bay before the medics at the healing spire has cut him open and removed it with a precision no one thought possible. No, this was an entirely different sort of misery, one that was so mundane it bordered on comical in contrast to what he had endured.

    Qifrey, quite plainly, is sick.


    Or: Two years after getting rid of the silvertree seed, something new starts growing.

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    04 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 24

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    "Come on," he says, reaching out and grabbing Qifrey's both hands, giving them only a light, encouraging pull towards himself. It's not meant to move him from where he stands. "Weren't you the one who said you wanted to learn swimming?"

    "Well, I was," Qifrey says, sheepish. "Would you get so mad at me if I change my mind as soon as I get in?"

    "Oh yes. I'd be furious." Olruggio quips, giving out a small chuckle. Qifrey's lips curl up, fingers curling around the hands holding them.

    Or: Qifrey asks Olruggio to teach him how to swim. He also learns how to drown.

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    03 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 12

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    "Are you sure about this?"

    Qifrey, sitting on his heels to inspect the soil, looked up and blinked. "Did you have a better location in mind? You should’ve said so earlier."

    "That wasn’t what I meant and you know it. Are you sure about leaving the Great Hall?"

    Qifrey got up, cleaning his hands on a cloth as he went. He looked ethereal in the morning sun, his white hair glowing in the soft light and an expression on his face as if butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. "Of course I am. My master was stifling enough and you know what I think of witch society as a whole."

    Olruggio had to fight the urge to kiss his lying mouth.

    It was a smart thing to say. It invited people to cut him off, to stop him from saying things they didn’t want to hear. Shut that blasphemous trap of his, Olruggio had heard more than one master say through the years. But Olruggio has been with Qifrey for too long, and was too close to him, for it to work in truth. 

    He just watched his friend until Qifrey averted his eyes and went back to inspecting the soil.

    Neither of them said anything.


    Qifrey and Olruggio build a home. The atelier, and they, have a long way to go.

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    02 Jul 2026