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  1. Rec 79

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    Henry grabs the bag of ground coffee from their cupboard, classic medium roast… decaf? He does a double take, hoping that if he reads it again, the words will change. They don’t. A horrible panic builds in Henry. He does not want to face an Alex who doesn't get his morning coffee.

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    Or: Henry buys decaf coffee by mistake, panics, and gives it to Alex anyway—just this once. Except then he doesn't stop.

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    17 Mar 2025

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    "God, I haven't seen you in forty-four days," Alex suddenly spits, and Henry feels the pain of his words in his own chest, like ice replacing the blood in his veins. Because that's it, isn't it? Forty-four days of separation. Forty-four days of waking up to an empty bed, of making coffee along with his tea only to realize that Alex isn't there to drink it, of long meetings without any of Alex's witty jokes, of cold hands on chilly autumn walks because Alex isn't there to warm them up.

    Maybe it's the simple fact of hearing for the first time, or maybe it's the tipping point of the taxing day, but Henry feels something inside of him snap, and —

    And all he knows is that he needs to see Alex now.

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    05 Feb 2025

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    Shane has always just dealt with it —
    the tension, the discomfort, the things that don’t quite feel right.

    When finally, Ilya starts to notice the pattern.

    It just takes him a while to realise it all comes back to something as simple as a haircut.

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    My theory as to why Shane grows his hair out for The Long Game

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    08 Apr 2026

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    On good days it was a low pressure system, dull and manageable.

    On bad days it rolled in without notice, sharp enough to steal his breath for a second, but never long enough to justify leaving the ice. He felt the creeping increase like the buzz of static in the air before a thunderstorm, the way you could detect rain in the air long before it fell.

    There was a quiet pride in that, even if he didn’t like to admit it.

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    5 times Shane hides a chronic flare-up, and the 1 time he lets himself get looked after.

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    09 Feb 2026

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    Shane picks up almost instantly. “Ilya?” His voice is sharp, already awake. “What’s wrong?”

    Ilya clears his throat. His voice comes out quiet, reserved, almost childlike. “You were right,” he admits. “I… I have been throwing up.”

    There is silence from Shane and Ilya feels a wave of panic run through him.

    “I feel very terrible,” Ilya adds, blinking fast as his eyes burn. “Could you please just come?”

    or, Shane and Ilya's first food poisoning adventure as husbands.

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    29 Jan 2026