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    “Alcohol is a blood thinner, you realize. You shouldn’t be giving him that.”

    “Well, we just cut his fuckin leg off, so we figured he deserved a little treat,” Marlow snapped.

    Ilya blinked. He stared down at his leg. Wrapped in a torn jersey and tied off with a belt. Also, it ended just past his knee.

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    or: The Boston Raiders plane goes down sometime in November, 2016

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    09 Apr 2026

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    ...If Shane didn't get things under control right now, he was going to give his own secret away right here and now. But did he really care?
    His phone shook in his trembling hands as he desperately tried to make the call, but he didn't have his glasses on and he was truly crying now so the screen was just a blur of light.
    "I need to— I can't—" He gasped, and Hayden squeezed his hand before gently pulling the phone away from him. Then Shane heard the phone as it began to ring, and ring, and ring, and ring. Then there was silence, and then Ilya's snarky voicemail recording issued through the phone's speakers. Shane was going to be sick...

    Or...What if the emergency landing was a little bit more of a crash landing?

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    07 Apr 2026

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    "We're setting you up with a billet situation," Fletcher continued. "It's pretty common for first-year players, especially international guys. Gives you a chance to settle in, learn the city, have someone looking out for you."

    "Okay," Ilya said slowly, not entirely sure what a billet was, but not wanting to admit his ignorance.

     He could guess from the context – he’d heard of rookies being assigned to live with older single players, veterans who could show them the ropes. Maybe that was what Fletcher meant. Connors maybe, he was probably a handful of years older than Ilya. Or perhaps Becker. Ilya just hoped it was someone who–

    "You'll be staying with Nikolai Petrov and his family."

    The words hit Ilya like a punch to the gut. For a moment, he forgot how to breathe.

    "Petrov?" he managed, his voice coming out strangled.
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    The Bears decide that Ilya should be set up with a billet for his first season. The idea of spending a year living with a man that Ilya is sure hates him is completely terrifying. And yet, it ends up being the best thing to ever happen to him.

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    07 Apr 2026

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    After Billy Batson gets attacked by something he doesn't understand, he decides to call Batman to help him find the source of the attacks. Little does he know, this sets up a series of events that will change his life forever. Billy has always been an orphan and has learned to take care of himself – but can he learn to accept help from others and really let someone know him?

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    11 Nov 2022

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    When Stede formed Lighthouse Wedding Planning, LLC, the last event he imagined himself organizing was his ex-wife’s wedding to her long-standing boyfriend, Doug.

    Stede just stares at Edward for a beat, gaze flickering to ink, leather, eyes, and all back around again, and – and that was definitely something, most certainly a look. “Well,” Stede says, voice pitching high over a crack. “Do you know the bride and groom?”

    “Never met them a day in my life,” Edward says. “What about you?”

    Stede’s left eye twitches. “Yes. I know them.”

    And by God if that doesn’t sound like good, old-fashioned drama. “Oh? Do tell, mate.”

    Stede pauses. “The bride is my ex-wife.”

    Edward whistles through his teeth. “Fuck.”

    “Quite.”

    In which a group of vendors must work together to give Mary and Doug the best day of their lives - and perhaps fall in love for themselves at the same time.

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    16 Apr 2022