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When We Collide — Chapter 28: The Changed Air

The dangerous thing is not kissing.

It’s knowing how she laughs when no one else is there. It’s knowing what your name sounds like in her mouth. It’s the changed air after that.

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As one threat wanes, another rises, and Aang will have to face the consequences of his actions as a fight against the Fire Lord looms. And…just what are the Fire Sages up to?

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Hi y’all! 

I had a few questions come in last time around about how that whole thing worked regarding Katara and her ‘abilities.’ The answers will arrive in due time - soon! Just know that the machinations behind everything have been in motion for far longer than it may be apparent. On another note, this week’s chapter is brought to you by the letter H. As in Holy shit. 

I thoroughly enjoyed all of your comments and the surprise in the last chapter, and I hope that as we power on through to the end that we reach a satisfying conclusion to this story together. 

As always, a major thank you and the biggest of props to the best beta/editor/friend/person/fruit there is - @achillmango. You legit make this possible every time, and no, I won’t stop shouting you out.

Now, without any additional delay, please enjoy Chapter 32 of Vermillion Seas Cardinal Skies - The Dawn.

✨ Fic Update ✨ 📖 Chapter 5: The Vow of Protection

Threaded in Vows (Gojo x Utahime | Arranged Marriage AU)

“If my name is not enough to make them back down… then I’ll give them something they can’t stain.” “I’ll give her mine.”

Gojo doesn’t come to win. He comes to carry — her dignity, her future, her name. And Utahime? She walks through a festival of prayers toward a life she chose — not out of duty, but because she’s ready to stop belonging to everyone else.

i’ve been pacing this chapter like a dim hallway in tribeca—checking the light, listening for the breath between lines, letting the ache settle where it needs to.

tomorrow, we step back into Hollywood & the heartland. tomorrow, the almost becomes a little less almost.

🪇 chapter drop incoming.