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  1. Public Bookmark 8

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    contrition - n.
    the quiet act of loving someone while believing you have no right to be near them.

    Love does not begin as permission for Rumi, only as something she learns to hide.

    When she meets Zoey, it feels inevitable: first closeness, then intimacy, then years of almost-saying what neither of them fully understands. Zoey believes in what is present; Rumi survives in what must remain unseen.

    But Rumi is not only withholding her heart - she is withholding the truth of what she is. And as time presses forward toward the events that will break everything open, desire and secrecy begin to collapse into the same fault line.

    In the end, love is no longer something they can mistake for simplicity.

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    03 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 76

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    She'd like to see them, pretty please. Touch them, even. Feel them ripple underneath her. But first she needs to take all her clothes off—something made more difficult by the fact that for some reason, Rumi is wearing three fucking belts.

    Zoey slides her hands between their bodies, scrambling to undo the first one.

    "We need to have a word with your stylist about these decisions they're making," Zoey huffs as the metal buckle opens up. She tugs on the leather until it slips loose and then tosses it to the side.

    "I thought you liked the outfit?" Rumi manages a laugh despite the clear tension in her voice, swallowing as Zoey presses her hands against the plane of her stomach.

    Zoey gives her a look. "Well they clearly weren't thinking of me when they put you in it!"

    OR: Zoey & Rumi are on separate tours, finally perform in the same city after two weeks, stumble into their hotel room and fuck about it

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    31 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 87

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    Rumi exhales slowly, eyes drifting shut for a second before closing her notebook quietly. It’s shoved into her bag along with her pen, not even bothering to store it in her pencil case like she always does without fail.

    That’s the thing about… this whole thing. It disrupts her order. Her control. It makes her do things she wouldn’t usually do for herself or others. Makes her feel good about wanting and taking however much she wants.

    And Rumi would be lying if she said she didn’t like the secrecy of it all.

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    Popular cheerleader Zoey x Nerdy loser Rumi have a dirty little secret

    *Prompt by Biyo (@pumpkin_flee) on Twitter/X!!!*

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    30 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 42

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    This is part of the F1 au created by @deprivedsappho and @Biyo on X.

    In order to have the context needed for this, you need to read this post by @deprivedsappho on X.

    After Mira sees her rival, Ryu Rumi and her wife, Zoey getting freaky in their garage, she can't get it out of her mind.

    This is super short, but I have a couple more coming that will be a little longer.

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    28 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 33

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    Zoey Choi, the dorky lyricist of Huntrix, never thought of herself as an Alpha capable of making anyone feel safe.
    I mean, she was nice, and kinda funny?
    But safe? No. She was too soft for an Alpha. Too cheerful. And yet never bright enough to get anyone to stick around.

    Too much.
    Not enough.

    In what world would any Omega want to be with some weird, puny Alpha?
    She definitely wouldn’t!

    So when Rumi Ryu, the world famous superstar—her leader, her best friend—went into the most agonizing heat of her life, Zoey tried offering what she could. Snacks. Jokes. Distractions. Nothing helped. There was only one thing that could stop a heat. And Zoey had it.

    But why would Rumi ever want to be with her?

    And yet—
    Rumi asked her to stay.

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    17 May 2026