On timeline: November, between The Morning Star and Double Down Spoilers for: extremely mild spoilers for The Morning Star Warnings: ohhh, it's kinda totally porny I consider this short story—one of the first things I wrote in the Shadow of the Templar universe—to also be some of the best Shadow of the Templar writing I've ever done. It nailed Simon and Jeremy's largely dysfunctional non-relationship, and also proved to me that they could, in fact, remain Simon and Jeremy even under, er, physical duress. Plus the banter is good. I'm a sucker for banter. Maybe you've noticed. Less than 2000 words