theverysmallcube



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Shane Hollander is trying his best to keep everyone compliant with Health, Safety and Wellbeing standards at Centaurs by Design. Ilya Rozanov does his best to make Shane's job as difficult as possible.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    47,896
    Chapters:
    7/7
    Comments:
    1,073
    Kudos:
    4,134
    Bookmarks:
    1,341
    Hits:
    68,604

    01 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    2011, Boston
    March 14, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    “This is—This is Jane. I swear to god if you don’t open the door right now, I’m leaving. I’m not staying in the streets waiting at your front door, you asshole. Do you think it’s fun? Because I don’t—[Sound of a door creaking open] Ah, hey—”

    Shane and Ilya's relationship, viewed through unanswered voicemails.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,128
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    270
    Kudos:
    3,891
    Bookmarks:
    507
    Hits:
    20,612

    30 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Rose Landry has never had an orgasm. It's just never happened for her: a fact of life, trivia about her body she leaves off the casting sheet. After her break-up with another (gay) co-star, she goes along with Svetlana's suggestion to hook up with Boston forward Cliff Marleau. And suddenly, her body is open to possibilities. Told over a series of Hollanov holidays and family gatherings, Rose and Cliff tumble in and out of each other's beds and hearts. Is it casual now?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    52,896
    Chapters:
    6/6
    Collections:
    2
    Comments:
    370
    Kudos:
    800
    Bookmarks:
    233
    Hits:
    12,917

    17 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    He crowds Shane into the hood of the car, hands up under his shirt and jacket again. October is getting cold; nights are getting colder. The places where Ilya is touching him are the only parts of Shane’s body that are warm right now. Maybe that’s why he wraps his arms around Ilya’s neck and clings to him, though he doesn’t necessarily surprise himself with it. They don’t even kiss for a moment. Ilya busies himself breathing into the crook of Shane’s neck, trying to regain control. Shane opens his eyes and gazes over Ilya’s shoulder at the dark field and realizes that an utterly foreign feeling has risen up in him. It’s Ilya’s broad shoulders and beautiful hair between Shane and the world and he feels—small. Protected.
    “Oh my God,” Shane whispers, completely ashamed of the feeling and hungry for it. It curls warm in his stomach. His toes arch inside his shoes. Something about being so close to this man, something about Ilya putting himself between Shane and—the world. Whatever lurks in the deep night. It’s a feeling like a ghost, something that Shane isn’t allowed to look directly at except for moments like these. Quiet and dark.

    Shane, Ilya, Vermont. Meeting in the middle.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    10,048
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    203
    Kudos:
    1,615
    Bookmarks:
    506
    Hits:
    12,225

    16 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Shane Hollander is a man who thrives on structure, routine, the solid ground of a ten-year plan. Ilya likes that about him, likes the embracing squeeze of having a life organized in tandem with Shane.

    No one would call Ilya a man who thrives on structure. But it’s there, if not in his DNA then in the patterns of his brain. A call-and-response of: they do this, I do that.

    When Ilya’s life is flayed open for the world to dissect, how will they push-and-pull their way back towards what was once a well-organized life?


    “I thought we could go through the schedules and figure out what days we’ll be in the same cities this season, or when either of us have a couple of days off in a row. Maybe make a shared calendar, so we c—”

    “A sex calendar? Your parents are arriving in thirty minutes, and you are proposing making a sex calendar?” Oh, this was delicious. He’d be able to eat out on this for years, if Shane was willing to give him that long.

    “It’s not a sex calendar! It’s just … when we might be able to see each other,” he finished, already sounding defeated.

    “And what are you planning on doing when we are seeing each other? Not fucking?”

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    47,947
    Chapters:
    7/7
    Collections:
    9
    Comments:
    3,165
    Kudos:
    8,173
    Bookmarks:
    3,411
    Hits:
    134,944

    13 Apr 2026