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    Stumbling upon an obscene tweet about His Holiness' supposed sex life, His Eminence Aldo Bellini ignores the allegation out of hand.

    Unfortunately, as you may already be aware: the Algorithm.

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    20 Oct 2025

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    “I never considered it waiting around,” Miles says. “I never expected it to become anything more. You were giving me all that you were capable of, and—maybe it wasn’t exactly in the form I hoped for, but it was more than enough.”

    “Miles,” says Phoenix, giddy. “That’s fucked up.”

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    15 Apr 2025

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    No man is an island, but Vincent sure feels like he’s stuck on one albeit in the middle of Rome.

    (or, Vincent deals with the identity crisis of becoming Pope)

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    20 Mar 2025

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    Innocent XIV has a crush.

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    21 Feb 2025

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    “You’d like him, you know,” Thomas said.

    “I do like him,” Aldo said automatically, twirling the stem of his wine glass, looking into its deep red like it was a scrying mirror.

    “I mean as a friend. If you spent more time with him. You have a lot in common.”

    “Do we use the same shampoo?” asked Aldo, raising an eyebrow. Thomas gave him a warning look but his mouth was tugging up.

    “You’re both stubborn,” he said bluntly.

     

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    Cardinals like Thomas Lawrence and Aldo Bellini know all too well how slowly things move within the walls of the Vatican. But with Vincent Benítez's election cracking their world open, and the new Pope cutting away the old branches to make room for the new, both find that change is flooding in everywhere, mostly within themselves.

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    18 Feb 2025