Cricket_Writes

Karurusu, a yellow otter, with a ridiculous tuft of brown hair, an open purple shirt, a gold necklace, and one earring. he looks like an anime hoodlum.



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    The man doesn’t look phased. On the contrary, he’s acting like it’s completely normal to talk about sex with a stranger.

    “Well, my wife wants me to…” David hesitates, but what damage could it do? Tomorrow, he’ll be on a plane back to Ottawa and he’ll never see this man again. “She wants me to try being more dominant.”

    The Russian grins. “Oh, you have met the right person.”

    Or: In 2014, David and Ilya become friends and start swapping sex advice. It's too bad they don't recognize each other.

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    05 Sep 2026

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    THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I LAUGHED OUT LOUD READING THIS

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    A contrapuntal poem about Hollanov which can be read three ways: Shane’s side alone, Ilya’s side alone, and both sides together. Inspired by The Long Game.

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    31 Aug 2026

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    screaming crying throwing up etc etc I'm so happy this is on the archive!!!

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    Spring of 2016: Ilya loses a father.

    Summer of 2016: Ilya loses a brother.

    Fall of 2016: Ilya gains a daughter, a lover, and a friend.

    Or: another "what if Ilya gained custody of his niece" fic.

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    24 Aug 2026

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    "Grief is… is kind of like sadness," he says tentatively. "But it is different."

    They look up at him, and he suddenly hates himself for no particular reason, and he hates his father, and he hates his brother, and he hates his mother, and he hates his mother's God.

    // ilya and grief.

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    19 Aug 2026

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    Shane knew what people said about sharing true names: that it made sex better, like fucking bare except with all your witch senses involved, that even for people with no witch gift to speak of it was like your entire body was on fire. It probably wouldn’t be like that with Ilya, because sex with Ilya already felt like his entire body was on fire.

    A universe in which the stakes for tuna meltdown are totally different and also kind of the same. Love, witchcraft, and true names.

    Note: If you read this before 3/23, I recently realized that a key scene at the end of Chapter 7 didn’t make the leap from my google doc. Now fixed! Now with more feelings!

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    07 Aug 2026