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  1. Rec 83

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    The thorns hurt the most. There’s the constant taste of blood in his mouth, and breathing brings indescribable pain. Rolling on the infirmary bed, Pete can list every type of pain he’s felt in his life. His father’s fists. The training he underwent under Kan’s men, every kind of drill they put him through. Vegas’s kicks, the insults he would spit at Pete when Pete tried to talk to him after a visit from his father. His mother’s crying. Pete was not even thirty yet, and he was already so intimate with pain. But not this. Not the velvety petals rising from his throat, the thorns scratching his insides, making him burn, making him go very still and then scream in a broken voice.

    The bodyguard for the eldest son of the minor family falls in love, and tries to fall out of it before it kills him.

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    20 Aug 2023

  2. Rec 10

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    dying is exhausting, but don't cry, there's beauty in death sometimes.

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    vegas is dying, pete's patience has a limit, and macau is seconds away from taking a scalpel to his skin, no surgical license needed.

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    02 Jun 2023

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    Pete knew that breaking up with Vegas was the worst idea he'd ever had.

    He didn’t even know why he was ending a five-year long relationship out of nowhere; he couldn’t make sense of himself or the tension boiling over. It seemed the only way to disperse it was to leave. He just needed some time. He was going to explode. He didn’t even know what the problem was. Everything with Vegas was perfect, so why couldn’t Pete be happy?

    When Pete said he wanted space, Vegas was supposed to know it was a lie. When Pete left in the middle of the night, Vegas was supposed to drag him back him home, like a lost dog waiting for his owner. When Pete broke his heart, Vegas was supposed to know that Pete still loved him.

    … It was lonely, without him.

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    03 May 2023

  4. Rec 42

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    It’s not news that Vegas struggles with his emotions, but lately he’s felt like a ticking time bomb, and he resorts to some not-so-good habits. Luckily, he has Pete now, and he’s not about to sit around and watch Vegas self-destruct.

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    02 May 2023

  5. Rec 36

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    In one life, Vegas survived the attempted coup. In another, he didn't. And in yet another, he dreamed of a universe that was not to be, remembered a life he didn't live.

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    26 Apr 2023