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  1. Rec 77

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    Long ago, the Emperor of Rome crucified an oracle out of fear of her prophecies. From her mouth, it was decreed that his eldest, Giorno, was fated to be celebrated by history and loved by all but the one he loved most. Then Donatello, who would inherit his bloodlust and sadism but none of his cunning. After him, Ungalo, so hideous that his wet nurses recoiled from him. And Rikiel, doomed to a mind so fragile that his eyes would droop and he would forget to breathe. A prophecy only spoken in hushed whispers behind closed doors, one that never would have reached you in the cramped insula nestled at the foot of the Aventine Hill where you grew up.

    And then Giorno had seen you in the stands from the Imperial Box of the Colosseum, and you found yourself trapped within it.

    You could learn to love him, you decided once he had made you his wife. You could learn, if the cocky gladiator with the pretty green eyes would stop occupying your every waking thought. You could learn, if the woman he had broken his engagement to would stop staring daggers at you.

    You could learn, if you could manage to survive.

    (Or, “plebeian marries the future Emperor of Rome and instead falls in love with his gladiator bodyguard.”)

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    17 Apr 2026

  2. Rec *

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    Y/N doesn’t know how she found herself in Middle Earth, how she found herself among the Company of Thorin Oakenshield, or how she let herself be captivated by the elder Durin prince—but she does know one thing.

    She’s carrying his child.

    **COMPLETE**

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    01 Apr 2025

  3. Rec 11

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    [You felt something warm trickle down your shoulder and wetting your skin: a tear.
    Under your touch, you felt him quiver and shake.
    “Noct… All I want is for you to be safe.”
    “But I want that for you, too.” He confessed, murmuring, hugging you with more urgency and necessity than before.]

    In which you, the reader, try them all to cheer Noctis up... including napping together.

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    31 Mar 2025

  4. Rec 20

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    You’re learning to adjust in the strange world of dwarves and magic that you find yourself in, but there’s something missing—something you love more than anything—and Fíli is determined to give it to you.

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    30 Mar 2025

  5. Rec 84

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    When you wake in Fíli’s bed with no recollection of anything after an accident in Mirkwood, he’s ready to risk anything, even his uncle’s wrath, to bring back what you had together.

    **COMPLETE**

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    29 Mar 2025