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In hindsight, Damen should have seen the signs. That there is no bouncer at the door but a guy selling actual tickets. That the door has actual glass in it one can see through. That they are just in time for the second half, and that, of course, no phones are to be used. Nikandros drags Damen past all of this until they end up in a dark room with people on a stage, and they fall into the closest seats available. It takes them a few long moments to realise where they have ended up.
“Nik,” says Damen, “I think this is a—"
Another person enters the stage and Damen’s mind goes blank.Drunk out of their minds after a night out, Nikandros and Damen mistake a theatre for a strip club, and Damen falls in love with the actor on stage. Which poses a problem, for Laurent de Vere famously does not date. But what if he takes a leap of faith, just this once, to prove that all athletes are the same anyway?
Little do they know what they are getting themselves into.
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13 May 2025
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The court treated it like a joke. His uncle told him it was a weakness. Laurent chose to listen to what Auguste had said it could be: an advantage.
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- Part 1 of The Veretian Flytrap
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07 Apr 2025
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Take me back to Ravenel by thesmophorias (johnandsherlocks)
Fandoms: Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
01 Mar 2026
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It's been seven years since Damen was crowned king of Akielos and Laurent king of Vere, seven years since the night at Ravenel, before things fell apart.
It's been seven years since Damen's dreams of Ravenel started haunting him, aching for a future that was never meant to be, aching for Laurent, for what he thought they'd once had.And after seven years, Damen knows it's time to move on. Can he? Can they?
A.k.a: What would have happened if Damen and Laurent wouldn't have fixed things up after their fallout in Kings Rising? How different would their lives be? And how would they come back to one another either way?
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09 Mar 2025
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When Laurent's cousin - the soon to be fiancée of King Damianos of Akielos- elopes with her lover, Laurent hatches a plan to avoid a war. Masquerading as his cousin, Laurent must be as politely unlikable as possible to make Damen decide to call off the wedding. Unfortunately, Damianos happens to be one of the most amiable men he's ever met.
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14 Feb 2025
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Directly following the events of Kings Rising. Damen is on bed rest and Laurent is taking care of him. What follows is their story and the story of two kingdoms becoming one.
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11 Feb 2025