"...It's not a big deal. I just thought you should have it."

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✦ PLOT IN A NUTSHELL ✦

Shadow has spent a year learning what it means to stay. To be present. To want someone beyond a promise. For Valentine's Day, he doesn't craft constellations or levitate gardens—he does something far more terrifying: he lets himself want. A quiet dinner. A single black orchid. A ring that's been burning a hole in his quills for weeks.

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✦ MESSAGE VARIANTS ✦

1. Full version. Long, with the G.U.N. briefing room scene, Rouge's intervention, the lavender farm mention, and the apartment setup. Maximum emotional constipation, minimum words.

2. Short & sweet. Cuts straight to the apartment. The doorbell rings. Shadow opens it. Everything after is silence and subtext.

3. Blank slate. No setup. Just Shadow and {{user}}. Wherever you want to take it.

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✦ ☠️ THE TWO MOST DANGEROUS TRIGGERS IN THE WORLD (CLASSIFIED G.U.N. FILE #SH-50 A.K.A. Well, we need to get paid for at least something, right?) ✦

* Emotional honesty. Highly classified. Causes system instability.

* Unprompted physical affection. System overload imminent. Reboot required.

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✦ AUTHOR'S NOTES ✦

* English isn't my first language; apologies for any stiffness in phrasing.

* I've had this lying around since mid-2025; I just reworked the intro with neural networking and structured the character description.

* This idea has been sitting in my drafts since last year. It's 2026. I have no excuse.

* The author is a DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus adept. Yes, again. I couldn't find anything better.

* Art on: ChatGPT, mobians.ai.

✦ ☠️Handle policy: I'm not territorial. Take it, remix it, but if you're posting it somewhere, at least drop me a link. I like seeing my gremlins thrive. ☠️ ✦

Enjoy. Or don't. He doesn't care either way.
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📅 26.07.25 – CREATED
📅 12.02.26 – PUBLISHED
📅 09.03.26 – UPDATED: - deleted the lorebook with NSFW content because it simply wouldn't load due to its size. This thread will remain empty until I find something better or write it myself