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  1. Public Bookmark 27

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    He’d die without touch.

    As a necromancer, Charlie surrenders a piece of his soul with every spell cast. Perpetually cold, and yearning for warmth, the only remedy is human contact. But that is difficult to find when his dark powers scare people far from his side. Nobody trusts a man who commands the dead.

    Least of all a paladin of the Radiant Order.

    Nick remains bitter and broken after his last lover drove a blade into his back, and he has no desire to court further darkness. When he agrees to escort the wandering necromancer northward, he’s providing nothing but a public service.

    He never expected Charlie to be so clingy. Or distractingly attractive.

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    06 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 25

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    “Charlie can’t help it. He knows it’s cliche, knows it’s dramatic, knows he’s acting like an American contestant on The Bachelor — multiple old seasons of which he and Nick watched this summer, in the pleasant hot haze of holiday boredom.

    He knows all that, and he still runs and literally leaps into Nick’s arms, wrapping his legs ever-so-briefly around his middle.

    He comes back down to earth and his mind flickers, just for a moment, with questions about whether Nick was ready for such a public display in his still-new city. But Nick is gripping Charlie’s hips so tightly, and pressing his face into his neck, and swaying a bit and — well, he doesn’t really seem to mind.”

    Or: Fluffy slices of life as Nick and Charlie navigate long-distance and their uni years

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    03 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 34

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    When Charlie comes to pick up his ill niece from Nick's classroom, both of their lives change. A fluffy aged-up meet cute inspired by the song "Fever Dream."

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    28 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 17

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    An American AU—As a pastor’s kid in the claustrophobic midwestern town of Millhaven, fifteen-year-old Charlie Spring is a master of camouflage. He wears the mask of the perfect, polite son to survive the rigid expectations of Grace Hill Methodist church, entirely convinced that his identity makes him a problem to be solved.

    Then an inescapable homeroom seating chart drops a new kid—an intriguing transplant from big city Chicago—into the desk right next to him. Impossibly warm and devoid of cruelty, Nick’s effortless kindness begins to breach Charlie’s carefully constructed defenses, forcing him to face a terrifying question: What happens when the person you’re pretending to be can no longer hide the person you actually are?

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    28 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 10

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    Ten years ago, Nick and Charlie met at Truham and became the best of friends. Charlie was Nick's bi-awakening, but he never got the chance to tell him, instead, Nick watched Charlie date a string of other guys, and eventually they drifted apart during their uni years.

    Now, Charlie is an editor living in London. He recently broke up with another boyfriend, but none of them are ever serious. He just can't seem to find someone who lives up to his high ideals, set by his longtime, unattainable crush.

    Meanwhile, Nick Nelson recently retired from professional rugby and moved to London to start a PGCE teaching course at UCL. He's single—but what's new—and eager for a break from his overly busy life.

    In steps Charlie's best friend Isaac, an author who also happens to own the popular Open Book airbnb, a bookshop you can actually stay in and run yourself for a week. What happens when he offers a last minute opening to both his friends, unbeknownst to them?

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    25 May 2026