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  1. Public Bookmark 73

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    Something, equal parts wariness and weariness, stirs in Olruggio’s eyes whenever Qifrey makes some reference to the future — when he indirectly promises a tomorrow, a next week, an ‘after your commissions are done’. It’s the subtlest thing, a flicker, a spark; someone who knew him less well might not pick up on it. But Qifrey knows Olruggio as well as he knows himself, and he can hardly in good conscience begrudge him his flinch of cynicism. Not when it’s wholly his own fault for having put it there.

    Fool you once, shame on me. Fool you twice, still shame on me. Fool you thrice… well, if it’s any consolation whatsoever, I was fooling myself most of all.
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    The night Qifrey returns to the atelier for good after his wandering days — old promises kept, new promises made.

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    07 Jul 2026

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    “Olruggio,” she said, as if it was obvious. “Is he like your boyfriend?”

    “Yes?” Qifrey blinked at Alaira’s foolishness. Olly was his friend, and a boy. Duh. “Of course he’s my boyfriend.”

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    A young Qifrey accidentally starts a rumour about himself and Olruggio that quickly gets out of hand.

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    04 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 39

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    “I forgive you.”

    “You always say that.” Qifrey hefted Olruggio further into his arms and began carrying him up the stairs. “I waited too long. It’s not fair to him.”

    “I still forgive you.”

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    17 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 21

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    He thinks it ironic that Olruggio’s kindness is his salvation and his undoing—the link that keeps him alive and the torturous burden that prevents his peace.

    He ought to be angry at him. He thinks a part of him is.

    But time tempers all emotions, and, even back then, Qifrey couldn’t find the energy to stay angry at him for long. It was Olruggio’s nature, after all, to sacrifice himself on the altar if it meant saving one more life.

    (On Olruggio, and the nature of their relationship, as seen by Qifrey.)

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    15 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 74

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    Qifrey and Olly have to talk about crushes in order to comfort Coco after she gets turned down.

    You don't have to have read the first in the series, but its short and backgrounds some of this conversation.

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    “I… I feel so embarrassed," Coco whined, blinking rapidly before swiping at her tears again. Qifrey quieted the urge to take the kerchief and treat her more gently than she was treating herself. He settled for smoothing strands of her hair away from her flushed face.

    Something about Olly’s phrasing, or tone, perhaps, caught in Qifrey’s mind.

    “I know,” Olly soothed again, his hand still tracing down her back and over the tips of Qifrey’s fingers. “Trust me, I know. But it’ll pass.”

    “You… someone turned you down?” She peered at Olruggio, biting her lip when he nodded. The snag in Qifrey’s mind ripped into a gaping hole.

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    15 Jun 2026