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    After The Quiet Fight, the battle was supposed to be over.

    Ilya survived cancer. He made it back to the NHL. He finished his first season back on the ice. From the outside, it looks like a victory.

    But survival doesn’t mean peace.

    This sequel picks up in the aftermath—when the adrenaline fades and the real cost begins to surface. Ilya is fighting a body that still hasn’t fully forgiven him. Shane is fighting a mind shaped by months of fear, hospitals, and the constant threat of loss. And together, they’re fighting each other—trying to love, plan a future, and breathe again while remission looms quietly in the background.

    This is a story about what comes after the battle, when Shane and Ilya are learning how to live when they are no longer in crisis—but not free from it either. A story about the tension between gratitude and grief, strength and fragility, love and resentment.

    The fight feels louder than ever.

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    09 Mar 2026

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    Jonathan Sims is a merperson who has always lived below the waves. One day, however, he steals away and ventures to the surface in search of someone he lost. On newfound legs, his search takes him to The Magnus Institute — the foremost academic institution researching crypto-zoology and crypto-marine biology, headed by the enigmatic Elias Bouchard. With his new position as Head Archivist, Jon is in the perfect place to continue his search. Hiding his secret identity as merfolk should no problem, either.

    After all, it's not like he wants to be friends, much less more-than-friends with the humans.

    And surely none of them are hiding secrets of their own.

    Right?

    ...

    In other words: It's a selkie and merfolk AU! Jon is merfolk, and goes to the surface in search of a long-lost friend. He takes a job at the Magnus Institute as part of his search, and soon finds himself embroiled in all kinds of drama — including, but not limited to, falling in love.

    Complete!

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    15 Nov 2025

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    For Prompts in Panem farewell tour Day 2: What if? What if Peeta and Prim hadn't been reaped? Inspired by the canon line ‘this would have happened anyway’.

    (Contains lines directly lifted from, and paraphrased from, The Hunger Games trilogy, as well as scenes from the books reenvisioned. 'cause that's kind of what fanfiction is. Thanks Susanne Collins.)

    Trigger warning: child abuse, canon-typical violence. Rated M.

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    19 Apr 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 97

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    Simon Snow, an orphan taken into the guardianship of Davy Mage, has, without his knowledge or consent, been promised to Basilton Pitch. With a catch, if Baz can't fix Simon's behavioural issues and general lack of class, the deal's off. Simon being unwilling and difficult turns out to be a small obstacle in comparison to Baz slowly discovering he doesn't want Simon to change at all.

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    19 Mar 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 13

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    While on a mission, Simon finds an abandoned baby and has no choice but to bring her home. Meanwhile, Baz is abandoned in his own way, waiting for someone to save him. Eventually, all of them will find the love they deserve—though there will be passive-aggressive niceties, parenting insecurities, and unresolved trauma along the way. Luckily, they have each other.

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    11 Mar 2025