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    “Hello?” comes the smallest voice Ilya’s ever heard.
    “Alina?”
    “Uncle Ilya.” She sniffles over the line.
    “Alya, what’s going on?” He is trying desperately to keep his tone steady.
    “Dad, he um…he found out.” Fuck.
    “Found what out?” He asks, even though he already knows the answer.
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    Ilya's niece comes to visit.

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    11 Feb 2026

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    Shane doesn't fall apart loudly. He spirals, shuts down, missteps. Ilya pays attention. He stays. He helps Shane learn what it feels like to be noticed without being corrected.

    or, 5 times Shane needs help regulating his autism, and Ilya is there for him + 1 time Shane is there for Ilya.

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    05 Jan 2026

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    "Oh, so you two know each other," Tim grins, clearly delighted by this development.

    With a lack of anything else to say, he falls back onto his default state.

    "Unfortunately," Jon replies drily.

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    Jon's first day as Head Archivist starts with him being introduced to a new hire, Martin Blackwood - a man he hasn't seen in ten years.

    He's also his ex.

    It's a bit of a problem.

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    18 Jan 2021

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    “Have you got anywhere to stay?” Jon asks him, briskly. “Friends, acquaintances, maybe, who you could stay with…?”

    Martin flushes, deeply. “I, I mean— n-no, not really,” he stammers, and then goes even redder. “Or, just, y’know not that I’d want to, to. Put in the middle of this. Put in danger of, of worms.”

    “Ah,” Jon says, “No, of course, that makes sense.” Why drag anyone else into this mess? Seven people died during Prentiss’s initial hospitalization; the collateral damage of roping someone from outside the Institute into her orbit doesn’t bare thinking about. “In that case…” Jon feels like there’s some alternative solution, one he’s just not thinking of at the moment, but it evades him, and Martin needs somewhere safe to stay. “My couch is quite comfortable. You’re welcome to come and stay with me until you figure something else out.”

     

    Martin is held hostage by Jane Prentiss for two weeks, and can't go back to his flat. Jon offers him a place to stay until Prentiss and her worms can be dealt with, and they can be sure he's safe.

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    18 Jan 2021

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    “Did, um. Would you like an excuse to not have to go back to the party?” Jonathan asks, lip twitching a bit. “I thought of one.”

    “Enlighten me.”

    “Someone who was also outside having a smoke asked you out.”

    “Oh, that’s not bad,” Georgie says, tapping her chin in mock contemplation.

    “I thought it might not be.”

    (Moments from Jon and Georgie's relationship)

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    12 Jan 2021