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  1. Public Bookmark 33

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    Ryland Grace does not have a soul mark.

    That alone wouldn't be too unusual. Plenty of people don't have them or develop them later in life. If that was all it was he would be fine with it. Thrilled in fact!

    No, it wasn't that he didn't have a soul mark. It's what he had instead.

    On Ryland Grace's forearm, there was a patch of unpolished hematite where a patch of his soulmate's skin should be.

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    08 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 32

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    Grace and Rocky play Minecraft together!

    ...Though one of them gets way more invested than the other.

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    08 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 30

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    "The only other human on Erid had a complicated relationship surrounding tattoos that leaned on the negative side, while the native population saw them as something to flaunt and be proud of."

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    Grace has tattoos and is nervous about Simon finding out.

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    08 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 25

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    One minute, Ryland Grace’s rent and utilities go skyward. The next, the price of his meds decides to follow suit. Then, he finds a scruffy brown tabby cat (covered in paint) down on its luck and his heart wins him over, taking the cat in and trying to find it a shelter.

    With the extra bills and a new cat to try to take care of and eventually re-home, Grace decides he needs some extra cash.

    He needs to get a roommate.

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    no quiet rapture, no petrova line, just slice of life bloodymary where Rocky is a cat

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    08 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 16

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    "Is there something wrong?” It comes out sharper than he means it to. He forces himself to lessen his grip on his chopsticks as he picks at his noodles. Stratt’s perched on the table, forcing him to look up at her, craning his neck while the lights shine down like a halo. 

     “Well, the sun is dying,” she says, and they both know it’s not what he asked. Grace’s noodles keep falling apart when he tries to fish them out with his chopsticks and eat.“I know that. I mean–” he has to swallow, unexpected emotions welling up, that familiar old feeling from his teenage years, his twenties, every time someone called him the wrong thing or looked at him out of the corners of their eyes with that fear, or disgust, or worse, pity. “Is there something wrong with me?” 

    “There’s nothing wrong with you.” Normally he would appreciate the straightforwardness, but today everything is grating on his nerves.

    “You’ve been looking at me weird all day.” He stabs at the noodles again with his chopsticks. No luck. 

    “Grace, do you want surgery?”

    Oh. 
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    eva wants to thank grace for his work on the project. grace wants something so badly, he doesn't know if he can have it at all.

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    05 Jun 2026