Melarue



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    Qifrey knows better than to pretend no feelings exist between himself and Olruggio, but to accept them is another matter entirely. With his heart in his throat, Qifrey has done away with every confession Olly’s offered, meticulously intermixing them with his secret and erasing everything over and over. But then, of course, he’s bound to make mistakes sometimes—and should Qifrey find himself suddenly stuck, the consequences may just be enough to ruin him.

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    “You know,” Olruggio says, roughly. He doesn’t move to take Qifrey’s hand again. “You know. You can’t not know, Qifrey.”

    Qifrey just looks at him. “I do.”

    The rain continues falling.

    (And so Olruggio forgets. And he inevitably figures it out again, because of course he does; and he inevitably chooses to forget again, and again, and again, because his heart is always the same. The story is always the same. Like a tale from under a silverwood tree, like a myth from the days of old, not so much tied by the constraints of the narrative so much as being narrative itself. Antigone must bury her brother. Iphigenia must be put to death. At a thousand turns, in a thousand ways, Orpheus must turn, and he must look, again, and again.

    And Olruggio forgets.)

    There is an old story about a witch and a silverwood tree.

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    Olruggio wrapped his arms around Qifrey’s waist and pulled him close. He rested his chin on Qifrey’s shoulder, warm and real and solid. Qifrey returned the gesture, his eye sliding shut. He let out a breath. They remained that way for a long while, leaning against each other. This could not ease Qifrey—he’d managed a delicate balance that allowed him to indulge in these small ways while retaining his ever-present fear—but Olruggio’s weight became heavier and heavier as he relaxed into it.

    Qifrey could do these things for Olruggio; he could take care of him, though it would never make up for everything that he had done.
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    Qifrey and Olruggio build themselves a home. The days pass in the closest thing to domestic bliss that Qifrey can manage. It cannot last.

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    He would be able to sleep soundly with this by his side.

    Sleep soundly…

    Pain shot through Qifrey, reminding him that such a thing was impossible for him.


    Qifrey and the snugstone.

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    After a deadly encounter with the Brimmed Caps in Serpentback Cave, Qifrey hides a shameful secret -- a spell inked across his skin.

    One stormy night, a Brimmed Cap visits Qifrey's dreams and upends life as he knows it. He flees into the night, starting over in a new skin as he sheds not only his name, but his face. Olruggio and his apprentices must never know that the man they knew has changed beyond recognition . . .

    Fallen to forbidden magic and now wielding it for his own ends.

    But that damnable fire witch just won't give up on his friend. Perhaps they'll finally admit that there's always been something between them . . .

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