Arkihina



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    A problem is something you can fix. Ilya disappears after the cottage and Shane’s determined to find out why. He’s only loved one person in his life -- can he open his heart to another?

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    12 Oct 2026

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    Shane never told anyone about what happened. Not his parents, not his best friend, not Ilya. The four years since he got out were supposed to be enough to leave it behind for good. But when a letter arrives asking for fifteen minutes, just to talk, Shane realizes the past is catching up with him. And when the sender decides fifteen minutes isn't enough, Ilya learns exactly how much Shane never said, and they both have to try to survive what comes next.

    This is a story about abuse, psychological wounds, about the anguish of being made complicit in someone else's suffering, and about what it takes to come back from something when you can’t fully leave it behind. Very dark, very heavy angst; also, eventually, two people learning to actually talk to each other.

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    06 Oct 2026

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    At an Irina Foundation event, Shane runs into someone from his past that has him shaken up, and then, eventually, falling apart piece by piece.

    Ilya is there to pick them up and put them back together as best as he can.
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    He holds out his hand to Shane, who just stares at it for several seconds, like he's afraid it's going to fucking bite him. Ilya feels more than hears Shane's intake of breath as he shakes the man's hand with a short pump of his arm before letting go like he's been burned.

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    04 Oct 2026

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    “Ah.”

    “‘Ah’,” Ilya repeats, giving him a look before he looks back to the tidily stacked frozen mouse packages in the freezer and makes a face as a little badly-hidden shudder moves through him. “Why the fuck do you have mice in your freezer, Shane? You are doing serial killer shit now? This is why you have cottage in the middle of nowhere? For serial killer things?”

    “It’s for Spaghetti,” Shane says.

    Ilya gives him an absolutely horrified look at that and turns a little green, which makes him remember that Spaghetti isn’t just his snake's name.

    “Not food!” He rushes to explain. “Not food spaghetti! Snake Spaghetti!”

    “What the fuck are you even saying right now,” Ilya says, looking honestly a little concerned that Shane might have something going wrong in his head.

    (Distancing himself from almost twenty years of owning a snake, Shane can indeed see why this situation might be a little alarming for someone on the outside looking in.)

    (It also clues him in to the fact that maybe it’s not just Spaghetti who should have gotten a little adjustment period.)

    (in which i give shane allergies AND a snake)

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