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    Shane Hollander works at a coffee shop, plays hockey, keeps his head down, and doesn’t ask questions he doesn’t need the answers to.

    So when a new regular starts showing up—quiet, watchful, Russian-accented, and conducting invitation-only meetings in the back—Shane notices. When that same man takes an unsettling interest in Shane’s closing shifts, his routines, and his safety, Shane does what feels sensible: he adjusts his behavior and keeps his mouth shut.

    Ilya Rozanov orders an Americano. He reads, but only in Russian. He worries when people work late alone.

    They are operating with very different definitions of danger.

    If he didn’t ask questions, he couldn’t be lied to.

    The rules were simple.

    1. Do not ask questions you don’t need the answer to.
    2. Do not share personal information freely.
    3. Do not be alone with Ilya Rozanov.
    4. Do not give him a reason to think you’re afraid.

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    25 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 99

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    When Steve gets home one night, after working almost forty hours straight, all he wants is to sleep. Unfortunately for him, there's already a stranger on his bed... a stranger that Steve is damn sure hadn't been there when he left for work.

    Why does this kind of thing always happen to him?
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    Or: Steve is an overworked nurse in need of some rest, Eddie is the weird neighbor that is always climbing up the fire escape in the middle of the night and, somehow, this is the perfect dynamic for them.

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    18 Jan 2026

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    Ilya doesn’t even realize when Arthur slips from his thoughts. There’s no sharp turn, no clear moment where the article stops being about a little boy who loves reptiles and starts being about the man lying beside him in bed. It just… happens. The way his mind always seems to find Shane eventually, like water finding its lowest point.

    a character study on shane’s undiagnosed autism

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    31 Dec 2025

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    “So what’s so gross about ‘lover’?” Ilya asks as casually as he can.

    Bad choice. David is choking now.

    — Ilya is left at the table with Shane's father. They talk.

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    30 Dec 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 65

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    Eddie rubs a tired hand over his forehead. “My shift’s over in literally five minutes. Would you…would you feel comfortable enough to go to the diner next door with me? I’ve got some Advil in my employee locker. And I could get you a cheeseburger.”

    The guy goes completely quiet and still.

    He goes to try and shimmy around with the door, maybe get it off its hinges or something, make sure he’s not choking or—

    But then he sniffles softly. “That sounds really nice,” he says, “you’re really nice. What’s…what’s your name?”

    “Eddie, and yours?”

    “Steve,” he breathes.

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    Eddie helps out a stranger in a bar bathroom, and lands himself a blooming relationship in the process

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    08 Jun 2025