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It does mean missing out on things like barbeques and team dinners sometimes, but it’s not as if he would have been able to participate anyway. At this point in his life, risking someone not taking his allergies seriously would mean potentially missing games, which makes it unacceptable. Jackie always makes sure he has a dish or two that’s safe when he’s over at their house, but if he was going to be the one guy sitting and drinking ginger ale instead of taking part in sharing nachos or Korean barbeque or burgers or any other delicious thing he goes in knowing he can’t have anyway, there’s no point in making a fuss about it. He eats at home, has a drink with everyone else, and he calls it a day. Easy. Safe. Foolproof.
But also the reason it doesn’t occur to him that he hasn’t actually told Ilya about any of his allergies until it becomes immediately relevant five days into being at his cottage together.
(how ilya learns about shane's food allergies) (and how shane learns what it's like to have someone who always saves him a seat at the table) (and who also makes sure there's food he can eat on the table to start with)
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09 Jun 2026
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corruption begins with the mouth by mitsukiris for tiramiausu
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics)
19 Apr 2026
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the tongue; the wanting. the first poem in the world is: i want to eat.
or: Clark has been inserted in the church for as long as he can remember. Even as a child, as a teen. Praying has always been the one thing he knows. The one thing he is able to do when all else fails. Nothing comes close to the power of God in his eyes, not even his own desires of the flesh. And those, well, he has many. Still, here he is. A seminarian. A candidate. About to be ordained as a transitional deacon. As pure as he can be, in every sense of the word. It’s his last night as simply Clark Kent. Tomorrow changes everything.
Bruce has been in love with Clark for as long as he can remember. Even as a child, as a teen. Loving Clark Kent came as natural to him as breathing. From the moment they first met, merely months after he had lost his parents, nothing comes close to Clark Kent in his eyes. Not even the people he has been with were enough to forget. And those people, well, were many. Now, here he is. After years of watching Clark give himself to church, Bruce feels like he is about to lose his chance for good if he doesn’t act on it. He has to. Tonight changes everything.
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01 Jun 2026
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if i could save time in a bottle by imbihesgay
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
27 May 2026
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It takes some time for Shane to notice.
With three kids, they are busy, so it’s not surprising when Shane doesn’t observe at first. Shane and Ilya are both forty-five years old, and they have such full lives that sometimes time feels like a cruel joke. They’re busy, and always on the go, and blindingly happy.
Shane tells himself this is why it takes him so long to realize.
That lately, Ilya’s gone quieter during their evening nighttime routine before bed. When they shower and brush their teeth, Shane meticulously flossing between each molar while Ilya sort of haphazardly takes care of his own business, that Ilya doesn’t joke or laugh as much as usual. When they shower, he lets Shane get out first every time, and spends a little extra moment to himself. That he doesn’t lean in to let Shane card his hands through his hair anymore, and he used to love the feeling of that.
-- or, a study of aging beside the person you love, via hollanov--
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27 May 2026
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“You…wanted to see me?” He asks, barely resisting a wince at how awkwardly it comes out. “After yesterday-” He stops, swallows.
Hollander makes a face–one of Ilya’s favorite faces, in fact–that says he’s a little embarrassed about what he’s about to say. Ilya feels his chest go a little tighter, wondering if Hollander has had time to reconsider, if he’d even planned to reach out after the game, apologize for spooking and running, ask to come ba-
“Did something…happen yesterday?” Hollander asks.
Ilya stares at him.
(the accident that takes shane out for the season happens the day after the tuna meltdown) (...it also takes his memory of the tuna meltdown with it)
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18 May 2026
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I'll carry him by windoq
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
26 Feb 2026
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Svetlana could give Ilya everything Shane could not.
She shared his language, his culture, and knew what it was like living in Russia–she didn’t have to try and learn Russian in secret so if Ilya wanted to just talk freely with her he could. She’d known Ilya his whole life, known his father and brother and, most importantly, his mother–the most precious person to Ilya. She could date Ilya, in public, and it wouldn’t cause a scandal–Ilya wouldn’t have to sacrifice his country to be with her or have to secure citizenship somewhere safe just so that if people found out he wouldn’t get arrested. She could stay with Ilya during the hockey season and share his space–she could get groceries with him and argue with him in the produce aisle about what to make for dinner that week. She could love Ilya, freely, and Shane could not.
In the end it was not about Ilya or even Svetlana at all really. It was about what Shane could not be, what he could not give, to the person he loved most.
OR: Shane and Svetlana meet for the first time and Shane battles with his insecurities.
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22 Apr 2026