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“What makes him your best client?” Kip asks.
“He’s nice, his dog is well behaved, the apartment is insane, and he has a very set schedule. It’s not a daily gig, it’s kind of random. You have to stay at his place in the Upper West Side a few times a week, but again, the apartment is amazing. He’s some kind of athlete? So the schedule is also nuts. But he gives, like, six months of dates in advance.” Maria answers.
A set schedule of dates works for Kip, who is, these days, trying to make his own schedule.
“And,” Maria smiles wide, “I think you’ll like him.”
That beatific expression will come back to him, five days later, when he meets Scott Hunter for the first time.
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Kip Grady is a PhD student who takes a side-gig walking Scott Hunter's dog. Along the way: the precarity of academia vs hockey; keeping something good at arm's length despite an innate desire for safety and love; gratuitous metaphors about both.
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07 Apr 2026
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To only ever know the cold by IbecomewhatIbelieve
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
12 Apr 2026
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Svetlana knows about Jane. It's frankly insulting for Ilyusha to think otherwise.
She just never expected to have to call him for help. During the Olympics. In Russia. In the dead of night.
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Or, it's Sochi 2014 and Russia has lost to Latvia. Grigori Rozanov, not yet compromised by illness, punishes his son for shaming the family. When Svetlana finds an injured and emotionally fragile Ilya, she knows she needs somewhere safe for him to recover. And there's only one person in Russia who Sveta trusts with her Ilyusha: Canada's Golden Boy, Shane Hollander.Series
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11 Mar 2026
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Could You Imagine by Desscard
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 Mar 2026
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[From: K]
Start looks good from up here. Don't suck. Or you’re sleeping on the couch. Love you xThe air in Scott’s lungs, which had been trapped there since he woke up that morning, finally released. He could picture it perfectly: Kip sitting anonymously in Section 106, flanked by Elena and his dad, the three of them acting as a buffer against the world. They were the only family Scott had, the perfect camouflage for the one person Scott couldn't live without. Kip would be white-knuckling the armrests, pretending to be just another stressed fan, unable to tell a soul that his husband was currently lacing up skates in the basement.
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The one where Scott and Kip met in St. Thomas Preparatory School back in 2004 and fell in love with each other.Bookmarked by dfrou
02 Mar 2026
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“Scott, want more coffee?” Margaret offered, pot already suspended.
“I would, yes. Thank you, Margaret.”
“You’re welcome, dear.” She poured, and as she placed the coffee pot back down, she commented casually: “I heard some strange noises coming from Kip’s room last night. I thought it was the plumbing.”
Kip froze, fork halfway to his mouth.
Scott blinked slowly, his cup hovering in the air.
“Plumbing?” he repeated, voice strangely neutral.
“Yeah,” Margaret continued, sitting back down. “That creaking sound. But it stopped quickly. Must just be old pipes.”
“Must be,” Kip managed to say, shoving the pancake into his mouth before any other word could escape.
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19 Feb 2026
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like a song with no end (get right back to it) by fringe_problems
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
11 Feb 2026
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Kip is hit with a wave of relief when he sees Scott at the front of the crowd, sweat-dried hair a mess from everyone rubbing his head. He’s out of his pads and jersey, in a black Under Armor shirt Kip has only ever seen in the laundry. The charge of seeing Scott like this, sizzling with energy and salty with sweat, surrounds Kip like a net and pulls him under.
He is not used to this feeling, the thrill that courses through him that this Scott—team captain, public figure—can be claimed as his. He wants to do so, but has no idea how to negotiate this new world and new arrangement. Scott scans the room and sees him, eyes bright.
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Scott and Kip have only been back together, properly, for three months when Scott comes out. Now it's the summer after.
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12 Feb 2026