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“What is the deal with you right now?” Steve asks after a long moment of looking at her like she’s an alien creature (and they know a thing or two about those).
She widens her eyes, shrugs sweetly, chews on her stirrer and sucks up the rest of her watered-down vodka.
“There’s no deal. You packed up your entire life and moved to Massachusetts without telling me- what’s your ‘deal’?”His mouth parts in shock and something so close to hurt that it makes Nancy’s stomach clench. With a contemplative tilt of his head he replies, “Last time I checked, we’re not friends, Nancy. That was something you decided, remember?”
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Months and years and miles in between, Steve and Nancy meet in the middle. Eventually. -
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It’s the middle of the night, a red glow is filtering through the curtains, and Nancy once again finds herself naked in Steve Harrington’s bed, watching him leave.
He’s sat at the end of the mattress, leaning to pull on his discarded socks, his shirt still missing in the rubble of the evening’s activities. If he knows she’s awake, he doesn’t acknowledge it, which leaves Nancy to stare at the expanse of his back- at the freckles she can spot even in the dark, and the angry marks she’s left against his shoulder blades.
The sight isn’t unfamiliar.Steve never sticks around for long these days. And wishing he would stay is a solitary, selfish pastime of Nancy’s.
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Nancy, Steve, and the complicated ordeal of being in love at the end of the world. -
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“I wouldn’t’ve… I don’t think I could’ve gotten through it without you.” He’s not sure if he’s talking about the walkers or Carl or Judith or himself or some helpless combination of all of it.
She fixes him with a look that makes him falter. “You could,” she promises grimly.
Rick clicks his tongue. “I don’t know, you’ve seen me lose my shit enough times by now,” he chuckles, a feeble sound that only serves to sober him. “I couldn’t have held it together without you- you know that.”
She makes a small sound of disagreement but doesn’t say anything. Rick shifts closer, ducks his head to meet her eyes. “Michonne…”
“I’m fine,” she insists shortly. “I didn’t mean to scare her before- I’m sorry-“
“No, c’mon- that’s not what this is,” he cuts her off softly with a shake of his head, leaning down to once again meet her eyes. “Tell me what’s going on.”
___The events of 6x09 tear open old wounds for Michonne. Rick is there.
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faithful friends who are dear to us (will be near to us once more) by pasta_lovaa
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
01 Aug 2023
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“Ignore Mister Buzzkill over here,” Richie announces, turning decidedly away from Carmy. “Cousin Michelle is dying to meet you, Syd, so if you don’t mind-“
“Fine, fine! As long as you’ve got your head above water in here?…”
Carmy nods approvingly, smiles. “Yeah, go ahead Syd. Yo, Marcus, think you could step in for a minute?”
“No doubt, chef.”
It’s all very familiar, cooking and bantering and teasing. But set against the backdrop of Natalie’s quaint suburban kitchen, it feels reinvented- examined through a new lens. Sydney’s starting to think that family might be the right word for it.
____Or, the first time Sydney really felt like part of the family.
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kill the doubt that strangles my self worth (paint the picture that i swore i heard) by pasta_lovaa
Fandoms: The Bear (TV 2022)
30 Jul 2023
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They’re having Nat and Pete over for dinner tonight, probably the most adult thing they’ve ever done as a couple, and it’s got Sydney wound up to the nines. Carmy’s been trying to insist that it’s not as big a deal as she’s making it out to be but he’s been met with resolute disagreement at every turn. She wants this to be perfect- because they’ve been dating for almost six months now and it’s serious and this is a serious thing that serious couples do. Because this is the first time Nat and Pete are seeing them as Syd & Carmy, the couple. Sharing an apartment and cooking a meal and being together in a way that doesn’t revolve around The Bear. This is new territory, Sydney insists.
If you ask Carmy, it’s just his sister and her husband coming over to eat chicken alfredo.But he’s trying to be supportive, despite what Sydney might think about the pack of Marlboros tucked in his jeans. He’s got the nicotine gum in his back pocket to prove that he’s quitting, changing, trying- and that’s got to be worth something.
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Hosting a dinner party stirs up old memories for CarmySeries
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stay on the streets of this town (and they'll be carving you up) by pasta_lovaa
Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Jun 2022
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at the end of suffering, there’s a home by aioio
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
19 Feb 2026
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Sets during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yuna Hollander is tired, cautious, and quietly prejudiced. Ilya Rozanov is sick, far from home, and far more fragile than she’s prepared for.
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19 Feb 2026
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After their time at the cottage, life should feel like bliss; finally after so long, Shane and Ilya have confessed their feelings to each other and are officially in a relationship (albeit secretly). But when Ilya starts experiencing symptoms he would rather ignore, tensions in their relationship rise as Shane refuses to let him brush it off. The uncertainty and worry that follows forces them to navigate the reality of their mortality, and the fear of losing what they've only just begun to build.
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18 Feb 2026
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Silver and Gold by Poppy_Hennings
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
17 Feb 2026
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In 2007, 16-year-old Ilya Rozanov travels to Ottawa to win gold. Again.
Canada hasn’t forgiven him after the Junior Olympics. Shane Hollander least of all.
When Ilya is assigned to billet with the Hollanders for the World Championships, the rivalry moves from the ice to the dinner table. But beneath the bruises, the pressure, and the weight of two nations, something far more dangerous begins to grow.
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16 Feb 2026
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Whose ears would burn for Ilya? Not even a brother’s. Svetlana’s would, but she stands entrenched in the bitter construction that set him down this path in the first place. Ilya’s love for her can’t bridge worlds. Ilya knows the only reason his chest hasn’t collapsed into a black hole is someone else entirely, living behind his sternum and propping him up from the inside.
When Alexei dumps more on Ilya than he can handle, Ilya looks for an escape in someone else.
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14 Feb 2026
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It Always Comes Back to You by Loose_Philosopher936
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
19 Feb 2026
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Today, though, Shane told himself he hated him. He hated that Ilya left. Hated that he said nothing. Hated that he’d made Shane feel disposable.
Sometimes Shane imagined flying to Russia, knocking on Ilya’s door, punching him square in the face and telling him exactly how much he hated him. But he knew the truth. Ilya would open the door. Shane would forget every practiced speech. And he would kiss him. Melt into him. Give himself over like he always had. Be fucked by him. And even if it was the last time they would fuck, at least he would know it was the last time this time.
Shane didn’t hate Ilya.
He hated that Ilya still lived in this quiet, unmovable place in his heart. It was the place that wouldn’t let him move on, wouldn’t let him heal, wouldn’t let him forget.
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This story is canon through the 2014 Russian Olympics, then diverges. After Russia, Ilya ghosts Shane and never returns to the U.S., remaining behind to care for his father. Both Shane and Ilya carry the weight of their shared past into the present, set in June 2017.
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13 Feb 2026