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  1. Public Bookmark 21

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    The ritual is twofold. The first part has to be completed by him the first day of October. It seems simple enough. He draws the symbols on his bedroom floor, gives the one in the centre some of his blood, and then says the ritual words slowly. The second part, the book informs him ominously, will be completed by the demon on All Hallow's Eve.

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    24 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 72

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    Kaveh gets injured on a job site, leaving him with significant damage to his eyes, temporarily - or perhaps permanently - unable to see. Completely blind, he has to learn to view the world through a whole new lens.

    “There’s a good chance that the injury to his eyes won’t heal. He may lose his sight. Permanently.”

    Alhaitham's heart plummeted. He glanced down at Kaveh's pale face, the bandage obscuring his eyes as he lay unconscious suddenly seeming far more oppressive.

    “I see,” Alhaitham eventually managed through the lump forming in his throat. It would be Kaveh's life, his career - his entire livelihood - in jeopardy when he awoke.

    The prospect of Kaveh’s blindness tormented Alhaitham for countless reasons, but selfishly... he couldn’t bear the thought of never again seeing those beautiful crimson-golden eyes, the very essence of the light in his life - eyes that lit up with joy at a good meal or a perfectly aged glass of wine, blazed with passion as he argued with Alhaitham, and stared up at him with an innocent, soul-stirring warmth, always so unaware of the profound effect the mere sight of him had on Alhaitham.

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    24 Oct 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 30

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    Kaveh starts calling a handsome locksmith when Alhaitham "accidentally" takes his keys.

    Suddenly, Alhaitham's little habit isn't so fun anymore.

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    22 Oct 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 15

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    “You,” Alhaitham says, so low it barely registers on the frequency spectrum, “talk a lot about structure. But none of it keeps you upright.”

    Kaveh swallows.

    Hard.

    “Excuse me?”

    “You build theories. Draft heartbreak. Design metaphors until you drown in them. But you don’t hold anything up.”

    “That’s because—because you won’t let me.”

    Alhaitham’s eyes narrow. “What is it you’re trying to hold up, Kaveh?”

    Kaveh opens his mouth.

    Closes it.

    Swears. Opens it again.

    “I—”

    Or, two idiots weaponize interior design as a form of unresolved tension.

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    21 Oct 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 25

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    Kaveh catches Alhaitham smiling for the first time in years.

    He can't stop thinking about it... and becomes slightly obsessed with trying to make it happen again.

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    20 Oct 2025