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  1. Rec 38

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    encordés (French, mountaineering, plural): roped together; tied to a partner on the same rope, so that if one of you falls, the other can hold the line.

    Gustave is an experienced climber. When a route in the French Alps goes wrong, he expects broken bones and weeks of gruesome recovery. What he does not expect is, instead, to fall, slowly and catastrophically, for the unfairly attractive mountain rescuer who keeps visiting his hospital room.

    But Verso carries his own scars, and Gustave has learned the hard way that being wanted means hiding the parts of himself that are broken, and that leaving first hurts less than being left behind.

    This is a story about concussed flirting, scars and second chances, about being seen completely — and two stubborn idiots learning that the rope works in both directions.

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    16 Aug 2026

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    Encordés
    MsCoffeebear

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    After learning the truth about why he was born, Buck makes the most deliberate choice of his life: he applies to Asterbridge House, a private matchmaking service he’s been saving for since he was eighteen, because more than anything, he wants a spouse, children, and a home that lasts.

    He does not expect to be matched with Tommy Kinard.

    Tommy is older, steadier, richer, and far better at seeing through Buck than Buck is ready for. He listens carefully, kisses gently, and makes room for Buck exactly as he is, which would be easier to enjoy if Buck’s family didn’t think he was making a mistake. It would be easier still if Maddie wasn’t trying to fix his life for him, or if wanting something for himself didn’t feel so much like betraying everyone else’s expectations.

    Somewhere between first dates, family betrayals, crossed lines, and one very bad fire, Buck has to figure out whether he can stop asking permission to want the life he actually wants — and whether Tommy might be a place to land.

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    10 Aug 2026

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    A Place to Land
    Katylark

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    Buck's blue soulmark on his wrist is the thing that keeps him going after his breakup with Tommy. Somewhere out there, he may still have a soulmate who loves him. He holds onto that until the day his world is turned upside down and his mark turns black while he watches Tommy collapse to the ground.

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    27 Jul 2026

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    this love was once mine {please god, let it be us again}
    xTarmanderx

  4. Rec 65

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    Everyone was either born with the name of their soulmate on their bodies or- if they were the older one- as soon as their soulmate was born. Buck was a couple months old when the name Edmundo Diaz showed up on his torso, so he never knew a time without the name.

    Tommy had never thought much about his soulmate. He was born with their name on his chest, so it just seemed like any other birthmark someone might have. It didn’t help that his parents- especially his dad- hated the name he had.

    John Fielder.

    He didn’t understand how they could hate someone they had never met- hate someone who was supposed to love their son- but deep down he knew it wasn’t about that. John was a man. And that was all that mattered. It didn’t matter that the universe said this man was going to make Tommy the happiest man alive, because the gender meant the universe must have made a mistake.

    Or: Buck and Tommy both find their soulmates and make a life with each other.

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    26 Jul 2026

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    You Don't Find It, Son, You Make It
    Triskel_Samulet

  5. Rec 67

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    After the worst day in hardware‑store history, Gustave decides he needs a new career.
    Preferably one where he never has to work or speak to another human being again.
    He did not want to accidentally summon a beautiful, mildly terrifying man into his life.
    But Sciel brought wine, Gustave was tipsy, and the sugar daddy ad looked normal enough.
    Now he's in a penthouse, staring at a man with scars and a smile sharp enough to cut glass, wondering how the hell "I hate my job" turned into this.

    Or : The unhinged Sugar Daddy AU no one asked for

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    23 Jul 2026

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    From Screws To Screw
    EmberPuppy