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  1. Rec 55

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    “It’s dangerous for you to stay with me,” Berenger had said.

    “I’ve done more for less,” Ancel had countered with a victorious glint in his eyes.

    So Berenger hadn’t ended their contract, despite all his misgivings. He hadn’t ended it, because he was selfish and stupid and scared.

    He liked Ancel and he didn’t want to be alone.

    Follow up to Sunset, Sunrise but can be read as a standalone post-Pet fic

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    02 Feb 2026

  2. Rec 39

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    “Boy. Saddle my horse.”

    Berenger scowled. Just because he didn’t drape himself in brocades and velvets didn’t mean he was a servant. He wasn’t less than just because he wasn’t some painted dandy.

    “Saddle it yourself,” he snarled, turning.

    There was a youth standing a short distance away, his hair shining as bright as gold and his eyes as blue and clear as sapphires. Berenger’s mouth went dry as he stared at the vision before him. The boy was about his own age or maybe a year younger. He was the most beautiful thing Berenger had ever seen.

    He held himself with noble bearing, straight backed and wide-shouldered. Everything about him was perfect- from the inquisitive tilt of his head to his easy stance, his long limbs, his lean torso. Berenger couldn’t help running his stunned gaze down the young man’s body. He was wearing simple riding leathers and a rich blue cloak, fastened at the shoulder with a gold starburst pin.

    Berenger’s knees gave out and it was easier to kneel than to try and recover. His heart was racing as he tilted his head down to stare at a bit of straw on the ground, swallowing heavily.

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    02 Feb 2026

  3. Rec *

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    The Personal Escort Treaty - or P.E.T. - system was put in place for rich and lonely travellers to hire companions and assistants for extended periods of time. It was originally intended as a way to combat the negative mental health effects of continuous solitude that is common in anyone stuck in a spaceship without human contact.

    Berenger needs a P.E.T., Ancel is more than happy to oblige.

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    30 Jan 2026

  4. Rec 62

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    On the way to a trade negotiation, Lord Berenger finds a destroyed Veretian ship with one survivor- a pet named Ancel.

    Ancel is sweet and innocent, but soon enough Berenger finds that there's more to him than there first appeared.

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    30 Jan 2026

  5. Rec 71

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    Winters in Varenne were truly awful- cold and dark and worst of all- boring.

    The only thing that made any of it even remotely bearable was that fact that Berenger, who rose with the sun, could be convinced to lay about in bed awhile during the darker months. And then, of course, he’d rise and dress in a boring brown jacket and go about his boring duties. The fact that Ancel often joined him meant nothing more than how painfully boring everything else was. There was nothing much to do but read, and even though Ancel could read with ease now, after a year’s worth of lessons, that didn’t mean he particularly enjoyed it.

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    29 Jan 2026