Perpetualwinter



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    Viktor knew how he looked. With his sharp angles and hollowed cheeks and colt-like limbs, he was a serpentine god with all his alabaster beauty.

    The nobles whispered about it. The investors watched Viktor move, fascination warring with discomfort. The Council scoffed at the idea of a Zaunite on their board—until they saw him.

    Exotic. Enthralling. An exquisite thing to be coveted for themselves.

    Viktor had once despised it.

    Despised the way they stared, the way their fascination was always tinged with something possessive, as if he were a rare specimen on display. Loathed the murmurs in the Academy halls, the furtive glances that dogged him everywhere he went.

    Now?

    Now, he used it.

    If they should lust after him, they did so at their own peril.

    Desire was a fundamental human weakness. A distraction. A vulnerability. And if Jayce Talis was to prove useful, then Viktor would use every weakness he had.

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    Or: Councillor Viktor, the fic.

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    Jayce finds out that Viktor has never had sex before, which wouldn't have been a big deal - until they both make it into a big deal.

    Or: In which Jayce is trying to be a supportive friend in the most questionable way possible, Viktor is going through it as a consequence; and completely coincidentally to this mess, they might also be harbouring some undisclosed feelings for each other that they really should be sorting out.

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    02 May 2025

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    Following his divorce and his entire life falling apart at the seams, Jayce returns to the one place—the one person—he always called home. And maybe it took hitting rock bottom to finally claw his way up to what’s been right in front of him this whole time.

    It’s really too bad that someone else put a ring on Viktor’s finger first.

     

    “You’re my best friend, Viktor.” Because no matter how much time passed between them—no matter how many connecting flights it would take, Jayce would always find a way back to him.

    “I know, Jayce,” Viktor said, voice quiet, as if the weight of his words would bend from the emotion he was holding back. “You’re mine as well.”

    Or maybe being an emotional mess just made Jayce read into things too deeply.

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    ft. Chronic and Professional Fumbler Jayce Talis, who realized Viktor had loved him for years right after he learned his best friend’s engaged to be married.

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    01 May 2025

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    He pictures the funeral sometimes.

    He pictures someone he doesn’t know saying Viktor’s name wrong. He pictures screaming in public. He pictures stealing the ashes and keeping them in a protein powder container because it’s the only vessel big enough. He pictures lying in those ashes like a widow bird. He pictures baking the ashes into bread and feeding them to pigeons in the park.

    He pictures swallowing them himself.

     

    Or: When Viktor chooses a quiet death, Jayce learns how to love him to the edge of the end and carry what’s left through the sad art of letting go.

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    24 Apr 2025

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    Viktor gets hit with an early heat, and Jayce—being the good, well-meaning (and a bit too helpful) alpha that he is—steps in to help. They strike a very professional deal to tackle their heat and rut. They’re partners, it’s just another facet of how well they work together! And it’s just a nice bonus that Viktor starts to discover how fulfilling a heat can be with an alpha he actually trusts.

    It’s a totally platonic, super friendly arrangement. No, seriously, it’s just friendly. They’re partners, not mates.

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    01 Apr 2025