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  1. Rec 77

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    Shane will be the one to get dementia, in the end, once the disease progresses. He’ll be the one who forgets, in the final stages. It’s unfair, so fucking unfair, but Ilya can’t cry about it in front of their daughters or in front of Shane’s parents. So he gets up from the table and slams the patio door, pats himself down for a cigarette he knows won’t be there until his fingers find his mother’s cross laying heavy against his collarbone.

    Or, Ilya and Shane, and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). A series of vignettes.

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  2. Rec 15

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    When school teacher Becky Felstead meets Divorced Dad Jonathan Pineon a school field trip, the last thing either of them are expecting is to fall in love. Yet after a missed bus and an offer of help, they soon find themselves in a passionate but complicated relationship.
    Both mistreated by their previous partners, is it possible for them to teach each other how to love again?

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    08 Feb 2026

  3. Rec 20

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    a retelling of their confessions from the cottage from ilya’s point of view

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  4. Rec *

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    “How long has this been here?” Shane asked.

    Ilya frowned. “What?”

    “This,” Shane said, pressing gently.

    Ilya flinched, more surprised than hurt. He twisted awkwardly, reaching back, fingers searching. “I don’t feel anything.”

    “You don’t feel that?” Shane asked. His voice sounded wrong to his own ears.

    Ilya sighed, irritation creeping in. “You’re poking me. Of course I feel that.”

    “Ilya.”

    “It’s probably nothing,” Ilya said, already pulling away, sitting up. “Muscle knot. I don’t know.”

     

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    Ilya is used to surviving alone. Shane won’t let him. When illness forces their lives to change overnight, they learn what marriage really means. Not in vows, but in the relentless decision to stay.

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    It was by chance that you first met Joel Miller.

    It really shouldn’t have been odd- considering he’s your neighbor, you’d think it would be completely plausible to run into each other early on and have a chat. That’s good southern manners, after all.

    As it turns out, he’s actually pretty elusive. The first time you met him, it was two weeks after you'd moved in. He’d been shuffling down his front porch steps, clearly in a hurry, what looked like a children’s backpack slung over his shoulder. You’d watched him from your porch, head tilted sideways with intrigue at the surprisingly handsome neighbor who hadn’t yet shown his face.

    “Sarah!” He’d called gruffly into the house behind him. “Get a move on!”

    And from the navy blue painted wood, a little girl bounded outside. Wiry curls, eager brown eyes, a bright, beaming smile.

    You felt your heart soften slightly at the sight of her, and understood why your reclusive neighbor maybe hadn’t quite had the time to come and introduce himself.

    A little girl, a daughter, and a ring finger void of any jewelry.

    A single dad.

     

    (reader and Joel are neighbors- she falls pregnant by someone else- they fall in love)

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