rubyheartswhitewine
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Seen. That small, clinical word beneath his text feels heavier than it should. Rozanov has read his message, has processed that information, so by this time he must have made a conscious decision to not reply to Shane. He doesn’t know why this is bothering him so much. He has no right to be upset, he is not entitled to Rozanov’s time nor constant attention. They are not… together, he isn’t even sure if they count as close—as friends.
And yet, he keeps staring at his phone, feeling the familiar and prickling discomfort under his skin. Why isn’t Rozanov replying?
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He hasn’t prepared for any of this—for the tenderness that follows the storm, only for the storm to sweep away everything again. He doesn’t know how to deal with Rozanov’s confusing words and contradicting actions, with both fire and ice, both closeness and distance, all at the same time.
Every time Shane feels like he manages to understand Rozanov a little, the pattern shifts, and he is once again left with splintered pieces that don’t make sense.
Or: All the messages Shane sent to Ilya during the six long months between Sochi and Vegas, and the ones he did not send.
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- Part 2 of Woe like velvet, tears like jewels
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Mickey’s rude, curt, and caustic, but Ian likes him anyway. And while the rest of his family is scrawling out pages to their Juvie pen-pals, Ian gets to write crap like: You’re an idiot. Seagal is lame, everyone knows that Van Damme is the man.
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06 Nov 2024
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Ian and Mickey have a relationship that doesn't extend to anything other than sex. It works. For a while. Until something as idiotic as feelings starts fucking things up and shit becomes complicated.
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12 Aug 2024
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Ian is an Irish born hoodlum living in the hostile Southside of Chicago of the 1920s under the rule of the Italian-American Chicago Outfit. One day, during a normal night’s work in the Il Cavallo Bianco, he catches the attention of his new boss Mickey. Mickey quickly finds out just how useful it is to have an Irish bodyguard in Chicago during the prohibition. After a rum run goes south, Ian’s life will be turned upside down once again when Mickey has to lay low in the Gallagher residence.
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13 Apr 2024