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  1. Public Bookmark 89

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    Charlie Spring, an esteemed archaeologist, discovered an old Viking era tomb. One seemingly of two lovers, in a final embrace. The thing is, from what every skeletal expert can tell him (among other things, in his informed opinion), the two lovers were both men.

    Stuck in a fight with peers about the past, he continues to search for proof. Seemingly, he stumbles across a hint. But is it a dream, or is it the past? Let's find out...
    Come on a journey to the Saxon British Isles, before England. Wessex, Murcia, Kent, Anglia, and several smaller kingdoms rule and viking raids are a part of life.

    Treasures, meddling gods, and a ragtag crew of Vikings awaits!

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    11 Jul 2025

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    Once the room clears, Nick takes a deep breath. “So, half-term. How have your exams been going?”

    “Can I suck you off?”

    Charlie is patient as Nick does a double-take at his request, staggering back and knocking over a bottle of tequila. He sips his vodka lemonade and waits.

    “What, er—now?!” Nick splutters.

    “Why not?” He’s emboldened now. This loop is quickly becoming hell on earth, but maybe it doesn’t have to be, not all the time. There are no consequences for him in the loop. Anything he does is forgotten the next day. Nick could scream at him, punch him in the nose, do whatever he wants—tomorrow, he’ll still be here, serving him a vodka lemonade with a shy smile. What has he got to lose?
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    The time loop AU no one asked for.

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    29 Apr 2025

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    “But you got me thinking last night,” says Nick. “I couldn’t stand that you thought I just wanted to throw you a—a—”

    “Pity fuck?” Charlie smirks over his tea.

    Nick shakes his head and digs into his own pastry. “Yes, that. You’ve been waiting all these years to meet someone who makes you feel safe and loved. And God, Charlie, you’re my best friend. Of course I want you to have that experience for your first time. So many people’s first times are utter shit. Mine was utter shit. I’d be an awful friend if I didn’t want you to have the best possible experience.”

    Charlie has no idea where he’s going with this.

    “So,” Nick says, a little nervous, “if you don’t want the first experience to be with me, then as your best friend, I feel it is my duty to help you find the person it will be with. If you want.”
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    Blame Bridgerton Season 3 for this one. Wingman!Nick to Virgin!Charlie. What could possibly go wrong?

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    26 Apr 2025

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    Charlie doesn’t have a thing for French guys. He doesn’t think. It’s just that he tends to fall for the same type of person.

    The first time happens when he’s still a kid. His teacher sets up a penpal exchange with a French school, and Charlie gets paired up with a wonderful boy called Nick. Charlie ends up falling in love with him even though they've never met.

    The second time happens years later, after Nick and Charlie have lost contact. Charlie is in uni and he desperately needs a French tutor to help him pass. A charming half-French boy called Nick volunteers, and Charlie falls in love again.

    Maybe Charlie does have a thing for French guys. Half-French guys called ‘Nick,’ to be specific.
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    A Social Media AU that goes through 15 years of Nick and Charlie's life!

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    31 Mar 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 84

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    Now, I was standing here, at the birthday party I threw for Charlie, ready to declare my feelings, wearing half of a couple’s costume, while the person wearing the other half was in another couple. I stared at my best friend in his perfect toga that revealed one perfect pec, a shimmering headpiece set perfectly into his curls, making a few tumble to his forehead, and those goddamn perfect legs on display.

    Siri, play “I Hate It Here” by Taylor Swift.

    Or the time Nick realized he was in love with Charlie Spring and made a plan to confess his love by throwing Charlie a surprise birthday party. Except his plan was foiled by another man...

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    10 Mar 2025