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    King Yi Jin rules a kingdom poised between tradition and change, yet the privileges of his crown has done little to ease the solitude that comes with it. As his reign deepens, the demands of governance press in, and whispers of unrest stir beyond the palace walls. In this precarious balance Yi Jin’s bond with General Park Mu-yeon grows, a quiet intensity threaded with desire, loyalty, and unspoken peril. Yet every choice seems to carry grave consequences: for the throne, for the man he cannot openly claim, and for the fragile peace teetering on the brink of war.

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    44,374
    Chapters:
    10/55
    Comments:
    1
    Kudos:
    6
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    121
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    Newly returned from the North, Park Mu-yeon joins the State Tribunal’s Bureau of Investigations at the height of a grotesque series of performative killings, each more deliberate than the last. Thrust into the most high-profile case of the decade, he must navigate strained relationships, his own unnerving perceptiveness, and the King’s increasingly singular attention.

    It isn't long before Mu-yeon realises that his killer isn’t hiding, but watching. And as their silent exchange deepens, he begins to question whether he is still pursuing the truth, or merely being led toward it.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    92,693
    Chapters:
    23/40
    Comments:
    42
    Kudos:
    45
    Bookmarks:
    2
    Hits:
    246
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    A reluctant King who would rather depart onward to Heaven than remain as its representative on earth (or at least on Joseon) finds his efforts repeatedly and unceremoniously interrupted by a northern general who considers the entire affair a profoundly inefficient use of his time.

    Featuring: attempted drownings in inappropriate containers! Philosophical disagreements of no practical use! And the deeply unreasonable tendency for attachment to form under absurd circumstances.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    7,936
    Chapters:
    3/?
    Comments:
    2
    Kudos:
    3
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    32
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    Epilogue to 'A Measure of Restraint'.

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,997
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Kudos:
    3
    Hits:
    36
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    King Yi Jin might effortlessly command a kingdom, but he cannot seem to command himself where a certain scholar is concerned.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    29,732
    Chapters:
    11/11
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    7
    Bookmarks:
    2
    Hits:
    199
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    Seo Seong-min is aware that as a humble farmer's son, he has defied both fate and the odds to join the nation's State Council. Standing in the cold, grand halls of Injeongjeon and feeling entirely out of place amongst high-born officials, he encounters for the first time the mythical and enigmatic Black King they had all heard so much about...

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,669
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Kudos:
    1
    Hits:
    40
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    Crown Prince Yi Jin has learned to walk the blade-thin edge between power and restraint. Burdened by duty, isolated by rank, and married for political alliance, he does not expect much from life, except to endure it with discipline and quiet dignity. Yet as Prince Dowon’s coming-of-age ceremony approaches and boundaries begin to blur, their bond starts to tilt precariously into something neither fully understands, nor dares to name.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    111,453
    Chapters:
    55/55
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    25
    Kudos:
    14
    Bookmarks:
    2
    Hits:
    441
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    Nürburgring leaves Niki Lauda gravely injured, and James Hunt forced to confront not only the consequences of being who he is, but the depths of his own guilt and unexpected desires. Amidst the glamour and chaos of racing, media scrutiny, hospital corridors, and lavish resort homes, James and Niki navigate the perilous line between admiration, competition, and forbidden attraction, discovering that sometimes, the race for victory extends far beyond the tracks, and into the heart.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    32,369
    Chapters:
    23/26
    Comments:
    190
    Kudos:
    469
    Bookmarks:
    50
    Hits:
    9,359
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    Every time King Yi Jin attempts to retrieve Min Woo-won, his historian seems to vanish a few miles, a few weeks, or a full province ahead of him. Bureaucrats panic, eunuchs despair, and the King’s dignity evaporates in increments.

    Follow Yi Jin's oblivious and mostly ill-considered pursuits through this 5+1 comedy of errors that stretches from Hanyang’s outskirts to the farthest reaches of the kingdom, as Min Woo-won calculates every argument for staying away from court, and Yi Jin masters almost none for bringing him back.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    28,321
    Chapters:
    8/8
    Comments:
    1
    Kudos:
    4
    Hits:
    93
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    Summary

    Few knew the true colour of Loki’s hair.

    Series
    • Part 2 of XV
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    8,976
    Chapters:
    6/7
    Comments:
    25
    Kudos:
    194
    Bookmarks:
    22
    Hits:
    6,024
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    Summary

    Tony finds a doorway - and then just a way.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    6,735
    Chapters:
    4/?
    Comments:
    44
    Kudos:
    125
    Bookmarks:
    15
    Hits:
    1,336
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    Nothing much changes, even after end times comes and goes. And Crowley’s not sure if that’s a terrible comfort, or a terrible rub.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,779
    Chapters:
    3/4
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    16
    Bookmarks:
    2
    Hits:
    273
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    Loki remembers nothing, and Tony has lived and died a thousand times.

    One of them is lying.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    8,298
    Chapters:
    7/?
    Comments:
    49
    Kudos:
    254
    Bookmarks:
    38
    Hits:
    3,451
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    Perhaps this was the wheel that Big Knife spoke about – the wheel that condemned men to endlessly grasp at truth only to have it snatched it away again, to begin anew with no memory left – there to fall or rise as they may, again and infinitely again.

    Harry gazed at the strings of prayer beads on his wrist. They seem to loop around in endless circles: each a world, self-contained. Spinning the same way, over and over, a snake eating its tail.

    Unescapable, unending infinity... unless you happened to be a Sky Priest.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,996
    Chapters:
    3/7
    Comments:
    3
    Kudos:
    13
    Bookmarks:
    3
    Hits:
    426
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    Summary

    Musical companion piece to 'Fortune like the Moon'

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    167
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    1
    Kudos:
    4
    Hits:
    295
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    Summary

    A contaminated well is drained, but the hole in the earth remains. Somewhere a god is reborn, bereft of sight or memory, and idles the years away in dreams of being filled.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    15,952
    Chapters:
    4/4
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    29
    Kudos:
    156
    Bookmarks:
    40
    Hits:
    3,178
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    Love is the language of magic - a language that allows the blind to see and the deaf to hear -it speaks to man, nature, and animal, it is the most terrifying, most giving force in the world.

    Here we have two players, and their different ways of seeking, perceiving, and reacting to love.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,052
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    13
    Kudos:
    164
    Bookmarks:
    22
    Hits:
    3,281
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    Summary

    Fanmix to 'After Eden'

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    67
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    2
    Kudos:
    9
    Hits:
    269
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    Tony can never quite believe there will ever be a perfect fit.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,482
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    22
    Kudos:
    249
    Bookmarks:
    28
    Hits:
    3,011
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    He could almost feel Steve’s stare burning a hole through his head. ‘I don’t understand Tony, what can you possibly do out of your suit that we haven’t already tried?‘

    It’s Widow that puts it together first. ‘It’s not what. It's who.'

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    41,143
    Chapters:
    21/21
    Comments:
    395
    Kudos:
    1,285
    Bookmarks:
    278
    Hits:
    23,954

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