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  1. Public Bookmark 54

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    No one will tell you how hard it is to pretend you’re not crazy. Smiling at every customer one by one like there isn’t a demon hanging onto their back or a strange shadow dogging their footsteps—it’s hard work. I can’t help but be jealous of their ignorance. I wish I didn’t see the monster that follows me either.

    I’ve accepted that I’m insane. There are no monsters. There isn’t a pale, long-armed thing with hollowed out eye sockets that follows me everywhere I go. The dozens and dozens of plants I keep in my rooms don’t keep anything away. There’s no reason to be scared. And the tired business man that comes into my bakery everyday definitely doesn’t see them too.

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    I give Bakery Girl a name and a life and made it Nanami's problem.

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    24 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 94

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    He came to know her in the big moments: how she knew that Illario was always to blame, how she leads with honesty even when the truth is difficult to hear, and even how she sees him despite Spite.

    But he falls in love with her in the little moments: the way she she can always make him smile, the time they spend just sitting together and read, and how always she waits so patiently for him.
    There is no expectation, no standard, no demand—just her smile, a cup of cioccolada calda, and an invitation to stay.

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    Author pads out Lucanis's romance scenes because Bioware didn't give us much to work with.

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    12 Dec 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 28

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    Since childhood, Katerina had been told that so long as she lived, she would use her body and her soul to clean up the mess her grandparents, her entire family, had made. Europe could only recover if she just committed herself to the cause, kept her head down and her shoulders back to face every threat that the Church threw her way.

    If only she had been strong enough to commit to it. If only she had been strong enough to save everyone like they'd asked her to. If only, if only.

    Having escaped to Japan for a new school and the bliss of sorcerers whose expression didn't darken at her family name, Katerina tried to pull her life back into some meaningful whole. It works...at least for a while.

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    19 Aug 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 27

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    16-year old Vera Bell grew up a squib, until a quirk of fate leaves her with magic she never knew existed. Now she pursues the dream she'd long abandoned. Hogwarts gives her friends, knowledge, allies. But the longer Vera contends with Ancient Magic, the more she discovers about its origins and how coveted her power is.

    Above her looms threats greater than she could have ever imagined: a rebellion, a poaching empire who know more about her than she thinks, and the threat of losing control. With the help of her friends and mentors she overcomes obstacles, discovers long-forgotten secrets, and weathers clashes of her own past and present. Vera navigates romance, the nature of love itself, magical bonds, betrayal, and concepts she's only beginning to understand.

    Solid mixture of romance, fluff (sometimes tooth-rotting), hurt/comfort, whump, and smut. Expands upon Ancient Magic lore and general lore. Keepers and Trials are not present in this fic - Vera discovers Ancient Magic and its secrets in her own way. Diverges further from canon as the story progresses. Story takes place over approximately three years.

    (FIC IS DISCONTINUED)

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    27 Jul 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 4

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    [modern!au]

    Prima di avere dei figli, Levi Ackerman non avrebbe mai pensato che dare la buonanotte ad una bambina di otto anni potesse essere così difficile. Ma anche così divertente.

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    16 Sep 2021