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After the longest season of his career, Ilya retreats to the cottage with Shane, expecting rest, recovery, and a month of stolen peace. Instead, exhaustion lingers. Small things feel wrong. And the body that has always carried him through pain begins to falter in ways he can’t explain.
As concern grows and outside eyes begin to notice, the life Ilya and Shane have carefully built—careers, borders, futures—starts to feel fragile. When a medical crisis shatters their summer before answers arrive, love is no longer something they protect quietly. It becomes something they fight with.
A story about what happens when the body speaks before you’re ready to listen, and the people who refuse to let you face it alone.
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- Part 1 of The Quiet Fight
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12 Jan 2026
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Nick squares his shoulders and sighs. He wishes he still had a drink in his hand to distract him. “Sometimes, people think Charlie and I have this, like, perfect relationship. That we’re too good to be true—'cause we’ve been together for so long, and we got together so young, and we love each other. Like, it’s—” he searches for the word— “unsustainable, or something.”
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29 Sep 2025
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The origin of the beanie: a story in four parts about Tao, and what’s held together after loss. About growing up through grief, friendship, and the quiet ways people stitch themselves into your life, one loop at a time.
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26 Sep 2025
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This is all too much. The snow, the lost luggage, the jetlag, the entire last year with Ben. I want to sit here, flat on my ass in the middle of the concrete, and cry. But the big mitten is already in front of my face.
“Up you go.” The hand inside the mitten is strong and I’m back on my feet easily.
I try to steady myself. Physically and mentally.
“Take this,” I hear, and the next moment, his coat clamps around me, the hood spilling over my forehead. I’m immediately enveloped in blissful warmth.
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OR: AU where Nick and Charlie meet in a study abroad program at a university in the North Carolina mountains. They drink cocoa, play in the snow, and of course, fall in love.- Language:
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16 Sep 2025
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After losing his husband four years ago, Charlie Spring has worked hard to build a comfortable new life for himself: two adorable dogs, a cozy cabin in his hometown, and a rewarding job archiving the works of local gay poet Finn Bryson. But when a film company decides to adapt Bryson's life into a movie, Charlie is hired to help prepare the lead actor. Nick Nelson is a stunningly handsome, wildly popular film star—but as far as Charlie can tell, he's also a world-class snob.
AU with fluff, flirting, karaoke, hayrides, Taco Bell, and a lot of bad disguises.
Also some angst! But always a happy ending.**Complete at Chapter 36, anything beyond is a deleted scene**
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11 Sep 2025