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    “Tetia, please don’t talk yourself into doing something you don’t want to," Qifrey says, an intensity she doesn't see often settling into his expression. "I support you, of course, I know you only want to make people happy, but I cannot condone it if the price is your own happiness.”

    She shakes her head — she doesn’t want to cry any more today, but she can feel the ache in the back of her throat again — and she says, “I think something’s wrong with me.”

    or, Tetia's a real Witch now, striking out on her own, making people happy one spell at a time. so, why isn't she happy?

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    20 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 18

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    Before she can overthink, she takes Coco’s hands in hers. The calluses of her fingers sit perfectly on Agott’s palm, the skin of her hands soft as Agott rubs her thumb over them.

    “Do you want to go there, with me?”

    Coco’s gaze shoots back to her immediately, lips falling open slightly in surprise. When she sees that Agott’s completely serious in the set of her mouth, the gentleness of her eyes, she leans forward, her knees touching Agott’s.

    “You would do that?” Coco asks, so softly it might be a whisper.

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    a festival, a hand, a love so loud

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    18 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 35

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    "Don't be silly. I'm not leaving without you." Coco plucks the last remaining book (Zozah-ology: A Curious Witch's Guide to the Fauna of the Zozah Peninsula) from the floor and places it back on Agott's shelf with resounding finality.

    Then she breaks into a mischievous grin. "At least not until you tell me why there's a stuffed myrphon dancing on your bed!"

    Agott groans, burying her face in her hands. "This is not happening."

    Or: Agott and her love for animals (and a certain green-haired girl).

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    17 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 49

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    "I wanna see her face light up because of my magic," Agott admits, because she wants to share her reason, because she needs Qifrey to understand how crucial this is. How serious she is.

    "Naturally," Qifrey nods, encouraging her to keep talking.

    "And I want-" She feels shy again, suddenly, as she realises what this means for the nearby future. Soon enough, she should be in a blunt confrontation with her crush, spilling every embarrassing thought that has been in the way of her work, directly to the origin of her distractions. "I want to hear her laugh, and I want to be the cause of it."

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    Agott realises she cannot ignore her feelings for Coco any longer. However, now she must come up with the perfect confession, and she enlists the help of people around her to ensure it will turn out just right.

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    16 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 49

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    Agott’s eyes flicked to her hands, then back, brow still drawn. “What are you doing?”

    Tetia lowered her arms a little. “It’s— it’s a hug? You know what a hug is, right?”

    She was joking. Mostly. But Agott’s shoulders were starting to hunch up like a drawbridge retracting over a moat; Tetia didn’t want to watch those walls go up all over again when she’d made so much progress. It was hard enough drawing Agott out of her shell.

    She changed her question. “Have you… had a hug before?”

    Agott opened her mouth, all bright indignation, but then she hesitated. No one should ever, ever hesitate to answer that question, Tetia thought.

     

    (or: agott, and the people that love her, over the years.)

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    07 Jun 2026