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  1. Rec 91

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    Joe al-Kaysani, professor of art history, has a very clear idea of what he's looking for in a partner: a fellow academic with his shit together who can provide deep intellectual conversations on demand.

    Nicolò di Genova, surly food services chef who doesn't even warn people about pork or have a bed frame, does not hit the brief.

    Still, there's something magnetic about him, and Joe figures there's no harm in having a little fun while he waits for Prince Charming to arrive.

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    15 Jul 2023

  3. Rec 53

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    Winter is coming, and the kingdom is in danger. Yusuf, loyal Hand of the Queen Andromache, travels to entreat a God for assistance. But the price he must pay is unexpected: one full year spent in the Knit King’s small realm.

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    15 Jun 2023

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    "Nicky is making himself a coffee, bleary-eyed from a fitful sleep, and trying to recall if Joe is drinking it this decade, and if he is then does he take it with sugar?, and he’s also thinking about The Odyssey, which is sitting in amongst a pile of books in the next room.

    He’s thinking about a question written in the margins, scrawled in Booker’s handwriting: how long does it take for a man to return from war? Does he ever return, can he ever return, what does it mean to return home, when home is not home and he is no longer the same man?"

     

    After Merrick, Nicky's right shoulder starts hurting, and it doesn't stop.

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  5. Rec 23

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    When he is three years old, Prince Nicky of Genoa meets his betrothed, the royal baby Yusuf al-Kaysani, who is promptly cursed by the evil fairy known as Merrick.

    Eighteen years later, they meet again under very different circumstances.

    (A Sleeping Beauty AU.)

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    19 Apr 2023