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  1. Public Bookmark 27

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    The light through the curtains is hazier, almost dreamlike. In a dream, Olruggio’s face would be offset in stark relief—the one illogical point of focus in an otherwise blurry invention of his mind—but it’s not a dream, so Olruggio is hazy and warm and blurry too.

    In a dream, when Olruggio touched him, the pleasure of it would be far away, guilt-laced, a memory of a memory of a hope. In a dream, his kiss would be fleeting, and his gentle affection the same.

    But Qifrey’s never been lucky enough for that kind of safety. Olruggio is hot and solid and real against him. Olruggio touches him and all his nerve endings go alight. Olruggio holds him, and everything makes sense, and it’s hard to remember why it can’t last.

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  2. Public Bookmark 45

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    Master Qifrey lay reclined on their couch, glasses askew and wrapped in a quilt the girls had picked out together at a recent market. He sighed, sinking deeper into the pillows around him. His eyes were closed.

    Sleeping.

    Tetia’s own eyes widened, and she snuck back to her room, quickly and quietly as possible, excitement thrumming in her chest, fast as a hummingbird.

    When Tetia finds her professor asleep on the living room couch, she cooks up a plan to show him how beloved he really is.

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  3. Public Bookmark 42

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    “Olly,” his voice was gentle and a bit of him rioted at the sense of calm that graced his nerves at the sound. “I cannot say—”

    “And why not?”

    “Yet! I cannot say yet. But I will as soon as I am able.” He reached out and tugged Olruggio’s sleeve, like he had when they were children. Olruggio stopped, staring at the wall. “Please trust me, old friend.”

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    After Coco arrives at the atelier, Olruggio decides to let Qifrey know just what he thinks of the situation.

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  4. Public Bookmark 33

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    “You should be asleep.”

    Olruggio huffed, setting the kettle down with a clank and immediately wincing at the sound, “Says you.”

    He had a point, as Qifrey was also awake at this unholy hour. What great role models they both made. At least he didn’t make a habit of it, unlike some Watchful Eyes he could name.

    Or: With all the chaos of Coco’s arrival, Qifrey has to stay up late to catch up on work. A very sleep-deprived Olruggio joins him, and Qifrey gets dangerously close to spilling his secrets.

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  5. Public Bookmark 23

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    the point of closest approach of an object orbiting a celestial body

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