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    "Sometimes what you want isn’t good for you, but you still need it to feel alive. And sometimes what you swear you don’t need is what brings you back from the edge of the cliff, and you don’t want to lose that feeling. Sure, it can never be normal. Still, they’re not normal, so maybe it’s ok."

    In the almost immediate aftermath of Spain, Leon can't move on and fate has a funny way of messing with his peace.

    Or, in which Leon and Ada decide they don’t want to go their separate ways.

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    18 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 42

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    Ada makes a noncommittal humming noise. “Coincidences have been known to occur, when it comes to us.”

    He raises an eyebrow. “Coincidence or calculation? Surely you don’t expect me to believe you just happened to be on the same train as my assignment.”

    “Oh, are you on assignment, too?” Ada gasps in mock surprise, and immediately Leon knows he’s walked straight into her trap. “Now that’s a coincidence, if I’ve ever seen one.”

    (Or: It takes years for Leon and Ada to establish a routine that will maintain their tenuous liaison. It will take them many more years to realize they want more out of it.)

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    11 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 98

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    For a moment, Leon’s eyes moved to her abdomen, submerged in thoughts he did not share. Impulsive as he’d always been, Leon followed the beat of his heart and reached out to lift the thin fabric of her tank top, just enough to reveal the old scar she carried there. He touched it with his fingers, his mind astray in a destroyed city and a girl who told him that she fell in love with him. Any man in his position… any man with a fucking functional brain would stay away from women like her, would have enough of her lies and her sweet tongue that poisoned his wildest dreams worse than any virus out there. He was a fool.

    But he loved her.

    That much was true. He knew it now.

    Or: Leon and Ada figuring out their feelings throughout the years, realizing this is more than just a maddening obsession. He fell first, she fell harder.

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    11 May 2026

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    “I’ve never failed a single job,” she ignored him, her tone growing restless. “Not even once. And yet… I can’t seem to finish this one. Why?”

    “Because you’re scared,” he said it plainly, just the way it was. “You’re too scared to admit what we both know very well.”

    Ada lifted her chin, defiant.

    “And what’s that?”

    And since Leon considered himself to be quite the suicidal bastard, he offered himself for the slaughter.

    “That you’re in love with me.”

    It was so unlike her, the way Ada rose from the chair in an instant, almost kicking the bottle in the process. She walked towards him in a hurry, fire and anger unleashing in her gaze, almost stumbling with her heels. Leon felt the impulse to make fun of her, of her composed demeanor slowly breaking at the seams, of the way she so expertly carried herself with excessive overconfidence until the word love was brought up, as if loving her was the worst thing he could ever do to her.

    Or: Leon and Ada through the years. From 1998 to 2026, until their wedding ring.

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    11 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 63

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    "Do you love me, though?" she inquires, biting her cheek to suppress the smirk. Her tone is dry, almost accusatory. "You didn't say it back."

    Leon looks at her like he's trying to figure out if she's being serious right now, or trying to bullshit him, as usual. He decides it's both.

    He huffs a laugh, shaking his head in pure disbelief.

    "I love the shit out of you, woman."

    Ada nods, satisfied.

    "Good."

    Or: Leon, Ada, and a whole bunch of first times.

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    11 May 2026