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  1. Rec 51

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    He lifts the shaker, snapping his wrist so the ice rattles sharp and loud over his shoulder. The cold metal bites into his palm. "So, what's your name, newbie?"

    "Steve." Eddie strains the cocktail into a waiting glass, the liquid settling smooth and pale. He slides it across the bar. Steve watches it like it might detonate, fingers hovering before he finally wraps them around the glass. "Yours?"

    "Eddie." He taps the bar once, twice, then leans forward against it, the edge pressing into his hips.
    "And just so you know, Steve, if you're gonna order drinks with names like that, you gotta own it. Look 'em dead in the eye. Show no fear. We prey on weakness round here." He smiles, slow and crooked, enjoying the way Steve's shoulders tense and relax all at once.

    OR: I got sad that Eddie never got to see Steve in his S5 epilogue outfit and his stupid corduroy jacket so I made them fuck about it

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    01 Feb 2026

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    It would take something reckless for the eyes to notice. Like if he just…

    Steve’s staring down the gaping maw. Wide open. Hungry.

    If he just—

    “Harrington,” a burly voice simmers behind him, “it’s cold out. Where’s your jacket?”

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    Hopper Goes Looking for Steve

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    31 Jan 2026

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    “Shane.” Ilya takes Shane’s head in his hands, squeezes his cheeks so that Shane looks puffy, absurd. Beloved. “I am saying that to me, even though you are retired, you will always be No. 1 hockey player. Fuck Wayne Gretzky.”

    That’s what does it, as Ilya knew it would. Shane rears back, spluttering, outraged, trying not to laugh.

    “Oh, I have committed blasphemy now. They will take back my citizenship, big crime, very sad.”

    Shane smoothes his hands along Ilya’s calves, rests his fingertips on Ilya’s ankles. “Fuck Wayne Gretzky,” he says. He looks like he can’t believe what he’s saying. Ilya wonders, distantly, if he can get it on tape to play back to himself when things feel particularly bleak. “We can live in exile together. I don’t care. You’re my, my best, my second best hockey player forever too.”

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    Shane decides he has to retire. Ilya, of course, will go with him.

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    30 Jan 2026

  4. Rec 56

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    The man looked up, his face lighting up for a moment before a smirk spread across his lips. “You’re the chef?” He waved a general hand towards his neighbors. “You look better than the food I’ve seen on these tables.”
    Wilson blinked, then nodded. “I’ll take that as a compliment.”
    “Don’t. I’ve seen some tragic food tonight.”

    or, Wilson is chef and co-owner of a highly acclaimed restaurant and House is a dreaded food critic

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    30 Jan 2026

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    After his season two altercation with Steve, Billy Hargrove tells everyone Steve's a queer. Steve, unaware of the rumors, is suddenly being bullied and preyed upon. Luckily for him, everyone is afraid of Eddie Munson, a boy who isn't afraid to bring a knife to a fist fight.

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    28 Jan 2026