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After a child accidentally brings a tiny plastic cowboy back home from the museum, Octavius and Jedediah have to race against time to make it back before sunrise.
Larry looked back at the cowboys. “Well, where’d he go?”
“Didn’t say,” another one said, shrugging. “He just left.”
“Oh, great. That’s just-” Larry looked out the window at the horizon, which was brightening by the second. “He’ll die out there,” he said to himself. “He- why would he do that?”
“Octavius? Said he had to find ol’ Jedediah,” the first cowboy that had spoken said, shaking his head. “Sorta sweet, ain’t it?”
This story is set in the same universe as my previous NATM story, Cacoethes, but can also be read as a stand-alone.
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- Part 3 of Cacoethes
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21 Jan 2026
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Octavius is the first to come down with it— and discovers all too quickly what it means to cough up flower petals, yet is unwilling to guilt his best friend into loving him just to save him. Jedediah ends up infected too, in his effort to help his best friend— who he secretly loves.
OR: A Hanahaki au, but it begs the question. If Hanahaki were a real disease, how would it have effected world history?
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20 Jan 2026
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Jedediah doesn’t know 100% of what happened while he was out, but he does know that he fell asleep against Octavius on the flight home, that Octavius has apparently spent a lot of time over the last few days stroking his hair while he slept, and that he can still feel the warmth in his palm from Octavius’ hand that first time he woke up. And neither doctor had seemed surprised—besides the initial shock of seeing Jedediah awake—to see him and Octavius holding hands and leaning in close while they talked; in fact, they hadn’t asked about it at all. Their new relationship seemed to be a given, like how the museum exhibits knew things about their historical lives and time periods despite never actually experiencing or living in them.
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Immediately following the events of "Sandfall," Jedediah and Octavius finally get to have an actual date. Obviously, it goes 100% as planned.
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- Part 2 of A Cowboy and a Roman
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14 Jan 2026
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The old west wasn't known for it's love of queer people (I know, shocker, Brokeback Mountain was sad actually), which is rather an issue for Jed, as his respect and platonic love for Octavius may be starting to really stretch the definition of 'platonic'.
Octavius, for his part, just wants Jed to be okay. And maybe he wants other things too, but nothing that can't be unhealthily repressed if that's what his friend needs.Bookmarked by Valky
12 Jan 2026
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10 Jan 2026