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  1. Public Bookmark 51

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    He stares at the shadows on the ceiling and indulges in the pinch pent up in the cage of his ribs.

    Six times Gladio took care of his partners, and one time they took care of him.

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    21 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 56

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    "Hey, it's just me," Olruggio smiled. "No need to stress over anythin'."
    Of course it was just him.
    It was always just him.
    Them, together.
    Ever since they were kids.
    "A hug."
    "What?"
    "I just want a hug, Olly."
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    Post-Canon Olrufrey figuring out their feelings.

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    25 May 2026

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    Qifrey has had a terribly, perfect day, and is in desperate need for a remedy and Olruggio finds him nearly drowning in a lake.

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    23 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 91

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    There it was, that thing Qifrey did, where he offered a piece of himself wrapped in observation about someone else, like a gift hidden inside a gift, and you had to decide whether to unwrap the second layer or pretend you had only received the first. Olruggio had spent half his life learning to read these offerings and in doing so he had become the foremost scholar of a language spoken by exactly one person in all the world.

    "I'm stubborn because someone has to be," he said. "You'd float away on your own mysteries if no one kept you tethered."

    "Perhaps." The maddingly sad smile again. "Perhaps that's so."

    In which Olruggio brings tea to Qifrey's study on a damp evening and finds him working in the dark again, the staff out and the fire dying.

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    20 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 96

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    Oruggio can only stare at him, hesitating. If he could, he’d take him in his arms and tell him everything will be alright but it’s not enough, it’s nothing. He would only comfort himself.

    “Can I stay here for a bit?” Qifrey startles him with the question, his voice moving in the air like the sound of wind through the leaves of a silvertree. Why does it sound like the most difficult request he’s ever made? “You can ignore me and go back to sleep and I will just-”

    [Qifrey admits he’s not feeling well and Oruggio takes care of him]

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    17 May 2026