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  1. Public Bookmark 97

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    “I can’t understand you, Shane. Weeks ago we had this big fight about a party, and now you want to go to fucking Russia? You don’t have to, uh. Compensate for more. How was the word?”

    “Overcompensate. If you don’t want to, we won't. I know you have not been going these past years, but it's not the same not wanting to go back and not being able to and I know you're more aware than me about this that will change after summer."

    "It is what it is."

    “I thought it could be good for you to go back one last time before we do our thing. Which, for the record, I am dying to do.” A beat. “Maybe you have things to get. Friends to see. Maybe,” and saliva trips for a second on Shane’s throat, because the answer to this could be everything or nothing at all. “Maybe you would like to visit your mother's grave and say goodbye. Maybe you would want me to come with you.”

    February 2021. After deciding they are getting married in summer, Shane proposes to accompany Ilya in a last trip to Moscow to get much needed closure. Metaphorical more than literal hand in hand they navigate old friends, memories, and family that had been left behind.

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    31 Jan 2026

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    Katsuki is at his lowest. Izuku’s tossed him to the side like yesterday’s news, he’s not even ranked in the top 10, and he’s getting tears all over the interior of his fancy car. Kirishima and co. decide that enough is enough and vow to get Katsuki back on his feet in fixing his love life and his hero career. How? By setting him up on a bunch of dates, of course!

    Izuku can’t quite put his finger on why, but he is…less than pleased.

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    03 May 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 93

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    3 years after the first Hokuto Cup, Shindo Hikaru (4-dan) and Toya Akira (5-dan) are 18-year-old professional Go players. Once known for their fast progression and endless potential, the duo have grown from new blood nipping at the heels of title holders into fearsome and frequent competitors themselves.
    Despite this, not much has changed, until Akira stumbles upon half a revelation.

    (Or: Toya Akira finds a new Go salon, attends a party, goes on a trip, and is let in on the only secret he’s ever cared about.)

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    28 Apr 2025

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    "If I could come up with a Ratatouille theory, then I should have thought of this years ago..."

    Hikaru's anticipation cracked, and he descended into a bout of alarmed laughs. Akira basked in the blatant acceptance of his comfort. "Ratatouille? Akira, what the hell-"

    "You were haunted by a ghost."

    Hikaru's soft laughter stuttered to a halt. It occurred to Akira that Hikaru himself had likely never heard these words out loud. Hushing his voice and stepping closer, Akira savored the way Hikaru needed this from him just as much as he needed this from Hikaru.

    "Sai was a ghost."

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    [or: hikaru admits that he wants to tell akira about sai but doesn't know how to, so akira goes batshit and writes a non-peer-reviewed academic diary on it and figures everything out on his own]

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    28 Apr 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 42

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    The physician shakes his head; one part sympathy, one part disapproval. It is a disease of poets and concubines. It is obvious what he thinks of a spy who would let himself die from something as ridiculous as unrequited love.

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    14 Apr 2025