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  1. Public Bookmark 99

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    “What are you doing here?"

    He’s thankful his voice doesn’t shake, but he’s trembling. And he knows Ilya notices. Even all these years later, he’s sure he can still read Shane like a fucking book.

    Ilya’s smile softens and he points to the ice, where the player whose eyes had brought Shane back to Before lines up with the other boys.

    “My son."

    Ilya never goes to the cottage. Nearly two decades later, they meet again.

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    04 Jan 2026

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    omfg. I cried so hard. ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

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    Review #4

    ⭐ (One Star) i am convinced the chef used to be a taxidermist because this chicken is drier than my grandma’s ashes.

    Owner’s Response: and yet you licked the plate clean, you absolute freak. i watched the CCTV. see you tomorrow for your usual, i guess?

    or: Ilya is always leaving shitty reviews wherever he eats until he meets his match in Shane.

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    04 Jan 2026

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    OH MY FUCKING GODDDDD

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    "What?" Shane snaps when he answers his phone, proud that his voice doesn't waver, but his knees feel like they're about to start shaking.

    "Imagine surprise when I see on TV that sweet Shane Hollander threw first punch at that fossil of a man Scott Hunter."

    Shane can barely understand Rozanov because his accent is thicker than usual and he immediately wonders if the Russian is drunk dialing Shane. 

    There's a low, ragged breath in Shane's ear and heat immediately comes to his face, racing down his neck, his chest, and his lower belly starts to simmer.

    ...Oh.  Shane understands the situation entirely now.

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    04 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 39

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    Kaveh’s throat clicks. “That’s not—don’t—don’t say that unless you mean it, Alhaitham, because I can’t take it if—if—”

    “I do,” Alhaitham says. Simple. Unearned. Devastating. “You think I kiss people for rhetorical dominance?”

    “I don’t know! You use footnotes in casual conversation! Your existence is already rhetorical!”

    “Then let me make it clearer.” Alhaitham leans down. His voice drops like an anchor. “I have spent years listening to your tantrums, watching you build architectural models in your sleep, and pretending your towel slipping after the shower is accidental. I have listened to you scream at documentaries, watched you cry at soap operas, and paid your overdue rent twice without comment. If I wanted meaningless, I could’ve had it. But I want you.”

    In which Alhaitham knows all of Kaveh’s tells, reads all his metaphors, and loves him anyway.

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    03 Jan 2026

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    “Shane?”

    “Yes, Ilya?”

    “What the fuck is a Shayden?”

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    02 Jan 2026