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On a grocery run, Blackheart finds that one of the awful skin rags on the magazine rack has a photoshoot with Sir Goldenloin as its cover story. He absconds with the magazine and curls up in his lair, searching through its pages for answers— why Ambrosius would agree to a pin-up shoot, what he’s been up to over the past few years when they’re not crossing swords, and if there’s anything left behind those eyes of the man he remembers loving.
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Tomorrow, Ambrosius has to win the joust. He has to.
Tonight, he indulges in his lover’s company.
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or, What’s a Hero Got to Do to Get Ravished Around Here?
Ballister had been under the impression they had an unstated gentlemen’s agreement not to bring the battle to each other’s home base, but apparently Ambrosius felt differently.
Chapter two: Ambrosius needs it to happen again. Ballister tries to define the lack-of-relationship. Ambrosius isn't listening.
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The dust settles. The kingdom is recovering. So are Ballister and Ambrosius.
Ambrosius can’t handle what he’s done, but he has to be there for Bal. That’s all that matters. Fix his face, fix his smile, and be there.
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The heroes of the past are always fertile ground for discussion, every detail of their lives held in public common, to be picked apart and specified. These things are no longer gossip; they are the honourable pursuit of the academic.
The question, then, began to be asked: who was erastes and who was eromenos? Erastes, older, protector, fiercer in battle, taking another under his wing, the active partner; the lover. Eromenos, younger, more delicate, learning, the passive partner; the beloved. Paederasteia was understood and codified, but fitting Achilles and Patroclus within its bounds proved problematic.
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Or, half of Greece— alive and dead— wants to know who tops, and Achilles and Patroclus stolidly pretend the argument isn’t happening.
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A period of quiet domestic bliss brings Raine and Eda to revisit their intimacy. Some things, as the saying goes, never change.
Bookmarked by dutifulriley
22 Mar 2023
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how tender and romantic can you even be? about this tender and romantic.
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"It's okay if you're not up for it," Ryan says. "No rush."
Min jumps. "No! I am! Definitely. I just. I'm not sure where to start when we're not starting with, I don't know, the emotional foreplay of soul-bearing confessions or lots of really embarrassing tears." He looks sheepish. "It's been kind of a weird few days."
"Okay, yeah, I can see why that's a problem." Ryan smiles, and hopes it puts Min at ease. "That's a habit we could break, starting now."
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- Part 3 of Songs for a Future Generation
Bookmarked by dutifulriley
24 May 2021
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exactly the kind of heartfelt beautiful prose that makes me smile the most