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Wei Shao has conquered the throne, but not the court.
The army kneels to him. The nobles fear him. The people whisper that Yan has only traded one tyrant for another. Surrounded by silk-covered knives and old betrayals, the young king must secure his crown before his enemies learn how deeply his new reign can bleed.
Then someone begins moving in the shadows.
A corrupt minister is exposed. Ledgers vanish. Secrets surface. Every ruined faction is left with the same impossible sign: a single white peony.
Wei Shao wants the White Peony found, unmasked, and brought before him.
Hidden behind a veil and the false name Qiao Man, Xiao Qiao enters the palace as a quiet archive copyist, her famous beauty dulled and her name buried with the disgraced house the court believes dead. She has returned for the truth: the conspiracy that destroyed her family, the death that broke Wei Shao’s past, and the black crane seal that should never have existed.
Wei Shao is hunting the White Peony.
Xiao Qiao is hunting the truth.
Neither expects suspicion to become fascination.
Neither expects the enemy to become the one person they cannot sacrifice.
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The thought occurs to her randomly, while she’s at work. She’s assisting a young woman who had just been in a car accident— a teenager, really— with her pregnancy. Katara has her sitting on an examination table, her round belly exposed, water-covered fingers hovering above her skin. There’s a small mass, a heartbeat and a whorl of chi that she can feel, pressing back against her. Katara describes the entire process, and the girl smiles at her uncertainly throughout, a look of wonderment on her face. “And to think,” she whispers. “In the beginning, I’d been praying to get my period. Now, I feel so relieved.”
The distant part of her that can still feel wants to commiserate. She wants to laugh, pat her shoulder, and say, “A baby can change everything, huh? Isn’t life so ironic?”
And then it hits her, like a bolt of lightning down her spine— I can’t remember the last time I had mine.
Or:
Love is a form of energy that swirls all around us, and is reborn.
Kataang Week Submission: Parenthood/First-time Parents.
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- Part 2 of fleabag au
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I Wish To Be That Moon For Someone by MoodyScorpio
Fandoms: 星汉灿烂 | Love Like the Galaxy (TV)
13 May 2025
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“My Shaoshang is a good child,” First Old Madam murmured soothingly as she held Shaoshang close, her arms wrapped protectively around the girl. She gently rubbed circles on Shaoshang’s back, comforting her. “Remember, my dear, as long as I am here, you need fear nothing. You have someone who loves you deeply.”
Version of events where Shaoshang had a caring Grandaunt to raise her and shield her from her grandmother, mother and aunt's schemes.
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wishes of the heart, curses of the mind by sunsetloves
Fandoms: The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV 2022)
03 Nov 2025
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"haunt me while i'm awake. better, haunt me while i'm asleep so i can do nothing about it."
Or, the five times Conrad dreams about Belly and the one time it's not a dream.
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To Raise A Kingfisher by StillCain
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
22 Feb 2026
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Percy Jackson is born in Gotham. It's a horrible city, with its killer clowns and mad scientists and cannibalistic half-human sewer dwellers.
A melting pot of monsters. Any sane person would take one look at it and run away screaming.
Except Percy has a secret.
And he can't help but think he might be the worst monster of them all.
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- Part 1 of The Kingfisher