Chapter 1

Post-Ghost Marriage Malleus/Riddle because that story is cute af. Slow burn romance with lots of build up for the two of them, though there's definitely gonna be some juicy smut eventually.

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It felt a little strange to have to repeat it. What was likely a small gesture had brought him so much courage. Blue eyes moved to peer through the open door, taking in the preserved rose on the bookshelf. Perhaps he'd been clinging too much to the strange rush of adrenaline the other had given him. "There was a time where I was beginning to lose faith that I could save them." The redhead exhaled and shrugged his shoulders. "It was your words that were able to keep me going when I thought all was lost."