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They could do this, and then so much of Hermann's life could get easier. He could stop obsessing over Newton since, after all, they would be married. His father would no longer have the highest legal claim over him if he was in dire straits. "Fine," Hermann said, after what felt like long enough of a pause, even though it really wasn't. "But I have conditions."
Newton spread his hands, magnanimous now that he'd won. Hermann wanted to be irritated, and he kept a frown on his face for appearances, but inside, he felt like the glasses of champagne he had watched with such envy at the banquet—full of bubbles, effervescent.
"First, the truce only lasts tonight. Tomorrow, I make no promises. Second, the marriage comes with no other claims over each other. We do this, we make the appropriate arrangements, and we return to our lives as usual."
"Terms sound good to me as long as I can add one more."
Hermann raised his eyebrows, even though he knew Newton was only agreeing so easily because he had something truly heinous in mind. "Of course."
"We're getting married by an Elvis, and I want to check out a couple different ones to see which is the best. I refuse to settle for a subpar King."
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17 Mar 2026
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Something rippled around her. It wasn't a sound. It was more of a texture, a movement, a local gravitational instability, a color. It felt like laughter. You didn't have to say it like that, [SecUnit] said, and it was pure relief to know it wasn't upset. It was joking. It's fine, though. The feed is different, it doesn't bother me in the same way. You can… it winced, but finished, 'touch me' as much as you want, in here.
In the immediate aftermath of her kidnapping, Ayda isn't ready to be alone. SecUnit isn't ready to let her out of its sight, either. When she makes the startling discovery that her new implant allows her to connect with it in a way she never knew was possible, they reach for one another on instinct. Sometimes, the comfort you need can take you places you never expected.
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04 Mar 2026
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Three Body Problem by all-systems-dead (kaos_academic) for speccygeekgrrl
Fandoms: Murderbot (TV)
02 Feb 2026
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three-body problem, def. – in astronomy, the problem of determining the motion of three celestial bodies moving under no influence other than that of their mutual gravitation.
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Cavity Search by lawfulchaotic (cerebel)
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)
01 Mar 2026
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Originally written as a sexual fantasy of Gurathin's for a separate thing, then it took on a (small) life of its own. Don't look for, like, a lot of internal logic.
Gurathin attempts to smuggle a drive full of data. Gurathin gets caught, by a SecUnit. The SecUnit finds the drive.
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02 Mar 2026
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to process pain that will never heal by many_a_mused_rhyme
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
26 Feb 2026
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Ah. Gurathin lightly skimmed over the ragged mess of my processing power, presumably to confirm what I’d said. It was a testament to how fucked up my head still was that I didn’t automatically shove him away at the first slight brush of his presence. After a moment, he drew back. So you want to stop?
I didn’t want any of this. It wasn’t about what I wanted. We have to.
I disagree, Gurathin said thoughtfully. We could redistribute the workload. If you still don’t want me interacting with the contextual data records, you can finish it and then hand all of it to me at once, so I can do the recompiling while you just focus on readjusting to the changes.
I tried to picture what he was describing. My code being fixed, piece by piece, while I just sat back and let it happen? Let myself be, what, tended to? Healed? Yeah, absolutely fucking not. My organics were doing weird shaky things just at the idea of it. Not happening, I told Gurathin.
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Still recovering from the aftermath of the gunship incident, Murderbot gets help from a particularly irritating source.
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26 Feb 2026