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  1. Public Bookmark 16

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    Nick and Charlie meet under the strangest of circumstances.

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    29 May 2026

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    Ilya starts calling Shane boring regularly after that, not cruelly but persistently, the way you press a bruise you know is there just to confirm it still hurts. Shane's cereal is boring, Shane's training schedule is boring, Shane's shoes lined up by the door are boring, and Shane responds with variations of "fuck off" and "you're an asshole" that become increasingly creative and occasionally surprising. They do not talk about anything that matters. They talk about groceries and whose turn it is to take out the trash and whether Ilya's music is too loud at midnight, which it is.

    On the ice, Shane is someone else entirely. Ilya watches him from the upper stands every morning with vending machine coffee going cold in his hand and doesn't tell anyone.

    Or: Shane asked Ilya once how you know when it's the right person. Ilya described Shane to him, and Shane didn't recognise himself.

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    22 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 26

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    Nick Nelson didn’t believe in love.

    It wasn’t some stupid thing either, it was a lesson he’d learned from his entire life. Even when he was five years old, watching his parents fight all of the time before they eventually divorced, he knew all love ever did was hurt people. He knew how sad his mum was, how angry David became and how easily his dad just fucked off.

    It wasn’t any better when Nick realised he had feelings for girls and then boys, either. Out of the three girls he kissed in secondary, two of them turned out to be queer, which fine, he didn’t really mind that. And the other one only kissed him to make another boy jealous. Which was all sorts of hurtful, being used by someone just to further their own agenda. They never cared about Nick’s feelings in the slightest.

    (or Nick is Cranky and then meets Charlie Spring and suddenly he's feeling less cranky)

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    27 Mar 2026

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    A doctor steps in and blocks his way. “Sir, you can’t go in there!”

    “No, no, no,” says Charlie, “you don’t understand—”

    “Are you family?”

    “No, but—”

    “Family only,” he informs him sternly, disappearing behind the glass door. The doctor joins the throng of medical personnel surrounding the man’s body, and when they wheel the gurney out of sight, Charlie staggers back from the glass wall like he’s been punched.

    Shock and helplessness coalesce within him. Inexplicably, he finds himself laughing, his trembling fingers lifting to his lips to contain the mirthless giggles that spill forth. “Oh, God,” he whispers. “I was going to marry that man.”

    The nurse at the desk drops her jaw. “Oh, luv.”
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    While You Were Sleeping AU

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    19 Jan 2026

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    Nick Nelson has spent over half of his life being Charlie Spring’s best friend, and nearly just as long being prodded about Charlie’s love life. What happens when someone asks Nick if he will set him up with Charlie?

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    16 Dec 2025