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After returning from the Arctic Francis is determined to confess his feelings to James. He just needs to wait for James to return from seeing family and taking some rest for his health. He never gets the opportunity, instead hearing that Captain Fitzjames has passed away.
An invitation to James' childhood home leads him out of his grief and to meet James' family. And a strange woman who looks and acts much too familiar for Francis to ignore.
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03 Jul 2025
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Back in the Arctic, stuffed two to a sleeping sack and trying to keep each other alert, he and James used to name every good type of thing they would eat when they got back, knowing–as they thought–the time would never come.
'Cream puffs', James had sighed one frigid night in a partial feverish delirium. Francis could hardly see him but for the lightest starlight, yet he had heard the smile evident in his voice all the same. That close, he had nearly felt it.
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Hailed as heroes on their miraculous return to England, Francis and James fail to cope, but nonetheless manage to fall together.
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02 Jul 2025
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“Thank you for last night,” James says, because it’s easier to say that than it is to say what he’s actually thinking.
“I wasn’t…you’re welcome,” Francis says, his gaze going to the sideboard a moment before re-focusing on James. “Did it help?”
“Yes,” James lies. The second batch of nightmares, after all, hadn’t been Francis’ fault any more than the first ones had been.
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08 May 2025
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“We’re not in the market for paid killers, I’m afraid,” James says. He means it to come out humorous, to find some charisma left in the sea of grief he’s still feeling. It comes out a little faint instead.
“That’s lucky,” says the rider. “I’m not a killer.”
Dundy makes a slightly frustrated noise. “Well, we aren’t in the market for gunfighters, either. You’re looking in the wrong place.”
“Funny. As I hear it, you already got one.”
The rider is still watching James. Waiting for him to reply, James realizes, which makes him freeze all over again.
He takes a breath.
“How much are you asking for?”
A stranger rides into town. He calls himself Francis.
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27 Mar 2025
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Edward's team is on a losing streak against the Sirens.
Thomas is deadset on scoring gold at his competition come autumn.
Dating isn't on either of their schedules for the next year. Neither is falling in love. Oh, how fate likes to play with those in denial.
Featuring: Scream-singing bad pop songs in Gore's minivan, vodka shots in dirty pubs, and falling for one another on the ice.
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08 Jan 2025