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  1. Public Bookmark 4

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    “I dare you to take off your shirt, Meeks.”

    The girl crumples up the slip of paper she’s just read from until it’s a small speck, then flicks it away with her thumb. It bounces down and lands near Nini’s left knee.

    She picks it up and worries it between her fingers. Because, this is something worrying.

    Beside her, Myki just smiles a private little smile to the rest of the cast circle that says nothing’s private at all and sips from a shot glass filled with the color of mouthwash, something Nini could find under her apartment’s sink, something that killed that girl in the musical that had Myki in a low-cut blazer and ruched pleats of plaid skirt she had shown Nini pictures from, and Nini had never thought she could find musicals sexy before she had met Myki doing one.

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    06 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    "They would call her Nico. And she would answer.

    But sometimes she would quietly remember the weight of a name given without hesitation, the warmth of a hand that did not know it was touching something already lost. She would remember her name. And she would wonder where "Nini" had gone.

    And she would remember the girl who had taken the apple, as if it had always been meant for her. The same girl her father had worked for, and now she did the same, following his steps. The same beautiful girl that would walk past her every single day with a satisfied grin on her face and tell everyone “good morning”. The same woman who, for a brief moment, once saw her for who she truly was.

    Perhaps the only one who ever did."

    Royalty AU | Knight Nini x Princess Myki

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    31 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 21

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    "Let it be known that Kori was a very outgoing person, to an extent that some might consider to be overly extroverted. Some might say she ‘never shuts the fuck up.’ Suzie might even deign to say she had ‘absolutely no shame and was basically walking exposure therapy for secondhand embarrassment,’ whatever that meant. And this instance was no exception. Kori just typed out the first thing that came to mind and sent it before she could convince herself not to, not a single worry about the consequences of her actions because at the end of the day, the worst thing Lydia could do was block her."
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    Kori King was currently thriving as one of YouTube's most popular vloggers. She had her small friend group, her followers, and her content and that was pretty much all she ever needed. Or so she thought. But when a YouTuber she's never heard of asks her fans about who she should collaborate with on her next video, Kori finds herself having to confront things about herself that she'd never questioned in the past.

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    06 Jul 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 9

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    “How about this,” Arri starts, grinning like she’s about to suggest they torture Suzie for pleasure, “whoever gives Suzie her first kiss wins!”

    “What? No. No.” This is a terrible idea. Suzie’s face contorts in misery. “No, I’m declining, this is mindless bullying.”

    “But, if no one kisses you… you win,” Arri says, sing-songy towards the end.

    And… It's so very tempting. Just the word ‘win’ sets something off within Suzie. Some deep, ingrained, competitive, neurotic theatre kid shit. But she has to set some sort of boundaries, she can’t just let people harass her all night for bragging rights.

    “Okay, if we bet on it, I’m in,” she decides, taking a sip of her drink.

     

    (or: Suzie Toot has her first kiss in the weirdest way possible)

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    07 Jun 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 2

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    She looked so perfect and angelic in baby blue, Suzie could’ve sworn this was a dream all over again, and she was fully convinced of that for a long moment until Jewels, who clearly noticed her in limbo, asked her playfully “What, were you dreaming about me?”
    Suzie almost choked with her own saliva, making Jewels ask her if she was ok, when Suzie calmed down, she couldn’t help but laugh a little too loud about the whole thing, she felt cheeky and happy for coming up with something so flirtatious to say, or, at least to her standards, and making Suzie go all red, making her look so adorable and kissable.

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    07 Apr 2025