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    Ilya knows what he is. He has always known what he is. The word for it in Russian tastes like something you'd scrape off a boot.

    The word in English is bisexual, which is a nicer word, which he has heard, which he does not use. He uses other words. He uses the word his brother taught him. He uses it on himself before anyone else can.

    He grows up. He gets good at hockey. He moves to America. He... falls in love.

    (Or, five times people fail to notice Ilya being queer, and one time they have no choice.)

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    20 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    Summer: blistering pavement, spontaneous thunderstorms, warm nights filled with sirens that wail and whine until dawn. Summer: despair, withered optimism; (silk sheets, sibilant whispers, ice baths, terror);

    There's a lot to hate about the city during the summer months.

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    01 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 1

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    Should anyone have bothered to ask, he’d tell his truths—(delusions):

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    01 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 1

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    He walks, eyes half-shut, and thinks about:

    New York City, all those decades ago—skylights, fine jewels, designer clothes and Broadway shows; he thinks about:

    London, all those centuries ago—cold Aprils, the clack-click-clomp of horse-drawn carriages on cracked cobblestone, dear sweet Sebastian; and now: now, he has:

    Los Angeles: home to real stars, real wealth and the city’s own brand of filth that lives in the putrid grime buried beneath the glitz and glamour.

    It's been a good night, but there'll be more: days, nights, years, decades.

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    01 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 4

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    Astarion was the only thing that had kept Gale alive this long. So Gale felt it was only fair to demand that Tav help them deal with Cazador.

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    27 Feb 2026