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  1. Public Bookmark 4

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    And Ilya just knew, at some point, deep in his chest, in his soul, that he would end up inheriting his father's disease, too. It wasn't enough to just have his mother's.

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    27 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 66

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    Luffy has dragged a lot of dead things back to their cabin over the years. Boars. Deer. Once, a giant bear.

    But he’s never been stupid enough to bring back a person.

    Or: Thirteen years ago, the world ended. Six hours ago, Luffy stuck his neck out for a stranger. Somehow, Ace's problems aren't with the monsters that go bump in the night. It's with his little brother's stupid crush.

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  3. Public Bookmark 78

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    The first sound Ilya hears is a thin, discordant symphony of beeps and whirs. Something vibrating. 

    The next thing he hears is…wet. A sort of shaking, gargling sound, that feels like the ugliest crying he’s ever heard. And through it, Shane’s voice. 

    “I’m with him now, mom. He’s— he’s not fine. He’s not. I know—”

    Ilya wants to ask who's not fine, but he can’t feel his own body, his mouth, enough to ask.

    “Yeah,” Shane is saying, only slightly calmer. “I know. He wasn’t breathing—"

    Ilya knows there's a link, between the clinical musicality of medical settings, Shane’s audible, awful distress, and his own physical incapacity. It’s just, it’s so tenuous, and the air around him is so thick, so heavy. It would be easy, to sleep, a little. 

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    Footage of the last game between Ottawa and Montreal is everywhere; it’s breached containment from the sports world, and now it seems like everyone is baying for Montreal’s blood. Except, Ilya is oblivious. Not exactly blissfully so, but as the fight for accountability within the league rages on without him, Ilya just wants someone, anyone, to tell him what happened.

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    27 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

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    Luca looked uneasy, but the rest of the team tittered in excitement. Wyatt reached over and ruffled his hair. “Take a breath kid. Mom and dad are just weirdly competitive. They’re not getting divorced.”

    “Well, you all heard Hollywood.” Dykstra called out. He pointed at Bood and Ilya. “Shane says five goals for the homestand. Under, and we’ll find out if Ilya can pull off a Beckham buzz cut. Matched or over, and we’re probably seeing Bood with a bear tattoo over his ass.”

    Shane turned his attention back to Ilya. He tilted his head. Well?

    Ilya winked at him before he reached over to shake Bood’s hand.

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    Shane and Ilya build a home together. The Centaurs help. Mostly. Sometimes. Occasionally.

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    'Jane' gets added to the Centaurs WAG groupchat, after Wyatt notices Roz wearing a ring...

     

    pov Wyatt

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