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  1. Public Bookmark 90

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    Ilya should reply, say good morning to his lovely husband. He should rise and kiss the beautiful man, pet their dog, make breakfast and brew a fresh pot of coffee for the two of them. An idyllic little morning laid out in front him, but Ilya can't stomach it. The pillows are soft and the blankets are warm and he is too, too sad to do much of anything.

    or, Ilya's depression gets the best of him during their Holiday break off

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    21 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 29

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    A few months after moving to Gotham for a better job opportunity, Clark realizes it isn't all it shaped up to be. Forced to find a second job to make ends meet, Clark is hired part time at Gotham Men’s Shelter, where he meets Bruce Wayne, homeless and deep in the throes of addiction after the death of his butler and the loss of his father’s company.

    Could they each be exactly what the other needs, a light in the darkness, a familiar face in a city of strangers? How fine is the line between a helping hand and one that enables?

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    20 Aug 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    Mia keeps things compartmentalized.

    The job fits in one box. Home in another. Ethan — his laughter, his awful scrambled eggs, his stupid sci-fi movie nights — she doesn’t let herself touch that box unless she’s alone and drunk or bleeding.

    But even that boundary starts to blur after a while.

    Because sometimes the packages hum. Sometimes they breathe, in a way that makes the air feel thick, like something alive is caught just beneath the surface of plastic and steel. And she hears stories — from other agents, from whispers in the docking bays — about test sites and defectors and lab techs who vanish mid-shift.

    She files the unease away with everything else.

    The Connections don’t reward doubt. They reward loyalty — which is to say: silence. Which is to say: fear, in the right shape.

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    or, an exploration of Mia Winters during The Connections, The Bakers’ house, and the years following

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    29 May 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 31

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    "Ian Gallagher tries so hard. He gets back up and keeps going even when things don't seem like they'll ever be okay. He's so loved, and so good."

    For the 2025 Gallavich Gift Exchange on Tumblr.

    When Lip struggles a bit, Ian tries to avoid self-sabotaging in order to struggle alongside him.

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    23 Apr 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 17

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    "... Max?" Ash asks, dropping his voice down to a whisper.
    Max doesn't react. He's not even looking at Ash, and they haven't made eye contact.

    For a horrible moment, Ash sees a reflection of Griffin in Max's expression, and he fears the worst. Did Foxx somehow get Max with a dose of the banana fish drug? That's impossible, isn't it? When could it have happened? And why wouldn't Max show symptoms until now?

    Ash must be missing some part of the—

    And then he catches it. Well, more than one thing, really. First it's the slight twitch in one of Max's limp hands, almost a tremor. Then a similar weakness in his knee, like he's struggling to hold his own weight up. Then, when Ash's focus flashes up to Max's face again, he sees the tears collecting in Max's eyes.

    Ash didn't know a grown man could show this type of vulnerability. Max didn't know a teenager could understand it so well.

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    17 Apr 2025