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    “Listen, I know the sweater is ugly, but it’s rude to stare,” Shane said peevishly. He was overstimulated and wanted to go home, the last thing he needed was some dickhead staring at him.
    Ilya took a long drag of his cigarette, eyes still not leaving Shane.
    “Maybe staring is not bad thing,” Ilya said. “Maybe I stare because you are very pretty.”
    Shane floundered before he could form real words. “Well. That’s stupid.”
    “The staring? Or you being very pretty?”

    Or: A meet-ugly turned friends with benefits frat boy college au. Shane is convinced he’s nothing more than just another hookup on Ilya’s extensive roster. Ilya’s spent his whole summer plotting on how best to lock Shane down. Misunderstandings, emotional constipation, and terrible communication skills have nothing on Ilya Rozanov's persistence when it comes to getting his man.

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    24 Jan 2026

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    A memory loss fic where Shane gets hit hard in the head and wakes up in the hospital. He thinks he is 27, sneaking around with Ilya and still in the closet, only to learn that they are married.

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    Tears spilled down his mother's cheeks. “No, honey, you’re not twenty seven. You're twenty nine. Almost thirty.”

    Shane snorted. “That can’t—”

    “It is, sweetheart. And Ilya is…”

    She glanced at the door where two large shadows stood just beyond the frosted glass window. The shorter one embraced the much, much taller one.

    Shane’s heart started beating frantically in his chest. His head pounded as he tried to take in what he was hearing, tried to process what the fuck his mother was saying to him.

    “Ilya,” he squeaked. “Ilya is what?”

    “Ilya is your husband.”

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    05 Jan 2026

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    “Rozanov needs a place to stay. His visa won’t allow him to go home to Russia over the break, and we don’t have the cash to put him in a hotel.”

    Did the Harvard dorms completely shut down over the winter break? What about the dining hall? Shane supposed he didn’t really know. He’d never stuck around to find out, when he was younger. 

    “Okay?” 

    Coach raised his eyebrows. “So, he’s staying with you.” 

    Shane’s eyes went wide. 

    “What?” 

    “Come on, Captain,” Wiebe looked down his nose at Shane. “Try not to look too thrilled.”

     
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    or, Shane's a senior captain with an empty house over winter break. and Ilya's the freshman who will be crashing his Christmas. 

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    04 Jan 2026

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    It's a rainy autumn morning when Sirius finally does it. The choice of weather seems to be a little overdramatic, but at least Sirius's soaked coat matches the feeling inside of him.

    Not yet 24, homeless, with a family he just fled from, and no friends he can rely on. He obviously can't stay in London. It's a big city, but not big enough so that the weird acquaintances of his father wouldn't find him. He isn't quite ready to leave England yet, so there really is just one logical answer: the south. Somewhere on the coast. Sunny weather, fish and chips, and open-minded people. That's what comes to Sirius's mind when thinking about the south.

    Well, it's still October, but maybe he's right about the food and the people.

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    18 Oct 2025

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    Five years ago, Jean Moreau and Jeremy Knox fell in love. A year later, it all fell apart.

    Jean has finally moved on. He's playing for the best team in the professional league, and has created a life he's happy with, even if Jeremy's absence continues to feel like a gaping crevasse within his chest. Jean is finally healing.

    But then Jeremy transfers to his team with the singular objective of winning back his heart, and old wounds are ripped open as the two of them fall back into each other's orbit in order to determine if they're strong enough to give their first love a second chance.

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    14 Oct 2025