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    Ilya’s brows quirked again, and he flicked open the first page of the textbook, ‘and you decided to learn Russian now because...?’

    ‘Because I married a Russian man, and I figured it was about time I learned.’

    ‘You never learned with me.’ Ilya said.

    ‘No.’ Shane replied, tersely, ‘there was a lot I never did with you.’

    Or: After Shane's college relationship ends in heartbreak, he patches up his wounds by marrying a wealthy, older man, and he's so sure his life is perfect. That is, until his ex re-enters the picture, and he wonders if maybe he got it all wrong.

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    22 Jun 2026

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    Mama was never stationary, she was a free spirit in a cage built by Ilya’s father. It has always seemed unfair to confine her to a box and a grave. Mama never would’ve wanted that, and it’s why Ilya feels like she’s with him always. It’s why Ilya knows his mom will understand why he can never come back to Russia.

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    On a random evening in 2001, Irina Rozanova finds out that her son likes a boy. Sixteen years later, Ilya visits his mother’s grave for the last time.

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    “One last question,” Percy requests, and she laughs again, and the autumn cold doesn’t touch him. “What made you want to become an architect?”

    Annabeth takes a moment to study him, and he doesn’t feel self-conscious. Finally, she speaks, and her breath turns to fog. “I wanted to build something permanent.”

    “‘Wanted’?” Percy clarifies, eyebrows furrowed. “Did you already do it?”

    “I’m doing it every day,” she answers enigmatically, a different kind of smile on her face that he can’t place. “It was nice meeting you, Percy. Thanks for walking me home.”

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    24 Jan 2026

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    “Your space is nice,” Hollander whispers back, leaning in, breath warm against Ilya’s chest. “Smells like mint.”

    Ilya stops breathing.

    Hollander’s eyes are half-lidded, dazed, soft in a way Ilya has never seen. “Ilya,” he murmurs.

    And Ilya nearly chokes. The first name. His actual first name. Whispered like something intimate. Sacred. They’ve never called each other by their first name. Always Hollander. Always Rozanov. Ilya is so stunned he almost doesn’t process the next words, almost can’t translate them despite living in the States for almost four years now.

    or: ilya is spiraling about what his roomate could be doing on a random tuesday night. he's not prepared when the night takes an unexpected turn.

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    Rozanov cocked his head. “You speak Russian? Or just the curse words?”

    “Yes, I speak Russian,” he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov. “Why? Do I not look Russian to you?” He scoffed.

    “No, not really,” Rozanov said. Some of his teammates laughed, although they mostly looked surprised that Shane was speaking to them at all. Rozanov didn’t laugh, though. “Are you Russian?”

    “Go fuck yourself.”

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    Despite an inauspicious start, when Russia’s Ilya Rozanov learns that Canada’s Shane Hollander is fluent in Russian at their first World Junior Championships tournament, it changes everything and sets them on a different course. Instead of being branded as rivals from the very beginning, Ilya and Shane start off as friends.

    And, after all, a little friendly rivalry never hurt anyone, did it?

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    25 Dec 2025