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  1. Rec *

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    “That weird redhead guy? All he does is stare angrily at our food,” Epel says, leaning over Trey’s crouched position to wipe a dash of icing sugar off the window. “He looks mad all the time.”
    “Maybe he’s on a diet,” Silver suggests.
    “Maybe he’s gluten free,” Ruggie adds.
    “Maybe he’s homophobic,” says Rook. When several pairs of eyes stare at him pointedly, he responds, “what? Are we not all children of the rainbow?”
    “You talk like a millennial self-help book,” Jamil says, rolling his eyes.
    “And anyway,” Ace adds, “it’s not like we’re all wearing name tags that say 'I Like Dick'.”
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    In the middle of the concrete jungle corporate district of the Night Raven Business Hub, Clover Bakery sticks out as a welcome interruption with its generous doling out of baked goods, advice, and warmth. After years of uneventful peace, it's about high time that the Bakery's in for a serving of romance and a heaping of chaos.
    Or: a story about learning how to let people in, the practically magical healing ability of good food, and how to make the perfect strawberry tart.

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    07 Nov 2025

  2. Rec 21

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    There are so many things that Leona would rather be than rescued by a human. He lists them in his mind silently while he waits for the stinging ache to subside. Dead, for example. A herbivore for the rest of his life. Having all of his limbs cut off. Sentenced to prison. Dead again.

    He voices all of this out loud to the human, by the way. Especially the dead part.

    “Sure,” the human answers calmly as he swipes a burning liquid - something cold and prickly - against Leona’s wound. The smell of it is offensive, and the lamp flickering next to him is too bright and everything is too much. “There’s a knife in the top drawer of my bedside table and if you drink any combination of chemicals in my lab you’ll probably die. If you want a drawn-out and introspective death, you can always walk out of the door and wander until you find a cliff.”

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    An attempt on Leona’s life lands him in the position of patient, test subject and housemate of an offbeat and insanely skilled biologist. Whatever happens next is partly like a love story and mostly like two comets colliding.
    Alternatively: what it means to love, what it means to kill, and why both of them are the same thing.

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    07 Nov 2025

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    It is a nearly universal reality for all teachers, but it's especially true for those teaching in private, all-boys magical boarding schools. Injury, disaster, misconduct, overblot... you name it. It's just another day on the job.

    The heart of the matter is: parent-teacher conferences are a fucking nightmare.

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    20 Oct 2025

  4. Rec 27

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    No words are enough to describe how much he appreciates Trey, but he’ll be damned if he doesn’t at least try.

    Riddle learns how to love.

    A sequel to "and the roses led me backward", where Trey's affections are returned tenfold.

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    05 Oct 2025

  5. Rec 4

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    Five times Trey takes Riddle's hand, and one time Riddle takes his.

    (Treyrid Week 2025 Day 4 prompt: Holding Hands)

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    27 Sep 2025