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    These stories are not necessarily all in the same universe, but they do have many similarities. No specific order is needed when wanting to read these! Just enjoy the stories you like and ignore the ones you don't!! Thanks so much for reading the series <33

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    “So,” Ilya says, dragging the word out. He’s swiping at non-existent crumbs on the counter, avoiding his eyes. “You have dinner at parents on Christmas, yes?” 

    “Yeah.” 

    Ilya nods. “I can house-sit while you are away. Make place pretty, if you have decorations. Make it less boring.” 

    Shane’s eyebrows fly up. “What? You don’t want to come with?” 

    Finally, Ilya looks up at him. Hesitantly, he asks, “You want me to come with?” 

    Frowning, Shane says, “I– yeah. Yeah, of course. You think I invited you here just so you could spend Christmas alone?” 

    Looking away, Ilya shrugs. “I am intruder here, Hollander. You have family. I do not. Makes situation… difficult, maybe. You forget the world thinks we are rivals.” 

    “Not difficult,” Shane says immediately. “You want to come, you’re coming.” 

    Or: Ilya's in Montreal alone during the week leading up to the Winter Classic. Shane doesn't let him spend Christmas alone.

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    27 Dec 2025

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    Awkward and not good at making friends, you spend a lot more time up in your room by yourself.

    Meanwhile, Bakugou finds himself drawn to the quiet girl in his class.

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    07 Dec 2025

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    “Will you kiss me?”

    He looks up and Shouto swears he’s never seen Katsuki get this red before. Never noticed the ruddy shade of red the tips of his ears get, the contrast between the pink of his cheeks and the ruby in his eyes.

    “What the hell, why?”

    His voice does that little crack again, like a deaf explosion going off but breaking into millions of fireworks halfway.

    “Because we’re best friends. And I want to know how it feels to kiss someone.”

    -or, Bakugou and Shouto are best friends, who sometimes kiss. Will they get their shit together and be boyfriends who kiss instead?

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    "Bloody Jesus." Soap shook his head, weapon down again, heart still high in his throat. "One of these days someone is gonna shoot ye for being a creep."

    Ghost didn't even blink at that, fully stepping out of the small shadow that had been partially obscuring his bulk. He was geared up as usual, if usual meant having to take on an entire platoon by himself.

    "I would like to see them try", he rumbled.

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    Or, five times Ghost did Soap a favor and the one time Soap had paid him back.

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    22 Sep 2025

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    Bradley runs warm by nature, always has. Today, half an hour after exercise, he’s practically a radiator. He figures he can be generous enough to share the surplus heat rather than suffer through the nuisance of watching Seresin gradually edge closer to hypothermia.

    (In which Hangman is often freezing and Bradley, who is a human furnace, notices and starts feeling begrudgingly obliged to do something about it.)

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