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I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
22 Dec 2025
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Rozanov cocked his head. “You speak Russian? Or just the curse words?”
“Yes, I speak Russian,” he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov. “Why? Do I not look Russian to you?” He scoffed.
“No, not really,” Rozanov said. Some of his teammates laughed, although they mostly looked surprised that Shane was speaking to them at all. Rozanov didn’t laugh, though. “Are you Russian?”
“Go fuck yourself.”
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Despite an inauspicious start, when Russia’s Ilya Rozanov learns that Canada’s Shane Hollander is fluent in Russian at their first World Junior Championships tournament, it changes everything and sets them on a different course. Instead of being branded as rivals from the very beginning, Ilya and Shane start off as friends.
And, after all, a little friendly rivalry never hurt anyone, did it?
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- Part 1 of Competition is Better With a Friend
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Bookmarked by astoryonce
24 Jun 2026
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Its good yes - also dang this fic blew up so much kudos to the author
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Playlist for When Your Boyfriend Stops Breathing by SunsetPlums
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
16 May 2025
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He pictures the funeral sometimes.
He pictures someone he doesn’t know saying Viktor’s name wrong. He pictures screaming in public. He pictures stealing the ashes and keeping them in a protein powder container because it’s the only vessel big enough. He pictures lying in those ashes like a widow bird. He pictures baking the ashes into bread and feeding them to pigeons in the park.
He pictures swallowing them himself.
Or: When Viktor chooses a quiet death, Jayce learns how to love him to the edge of the end and carry what’s left through the sad art of letting go.
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Bookmarked by astoryonce
17 Nov 2025
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hard cry. this was something so full of emotions you can't describe.
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Samsara by ghastlypanic
Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), State SMP, Ish's State, State SMP | ish's Civilization Series
10 Sep 2025
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Chaos and cruelty are the nature of mankind. To walk among others is to walk towards violence. Saparata knows this well.
And yet, mankind is cursed to hunger for companionship. Saparata knows this even better.
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OR the same story you all know, but told through the lives of those living it.
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- Part 1 of state smp brainrot
Bookmarked by astoryonce
19 Sep 2025
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RAHHH statesamp, the writing is impeccable, this is so good what the heck + this is actually so peak I need to go watch all the other state smps nd the worldbuilding clips
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In The Palm of Your Freezing Hand by RedheadAmongWolves
Fandoms: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
19 Jan 2021
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Baldwin’s heart shatters into dust finer than sand. “A sin for a sin.”
“To love you is the farthest thing from sin,” Balian insists.
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- Part 2 of A Faith Forgotten Land
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Dragon's fire is not so easily extinguished; when Zuko rediscovers a lost firebending technique, shifting flames can shift the world...
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Bookmarked by astoryonce
19 Aug 2025
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oh my gods this is simply amazing; the world-building, the characters, the story! I've read it like 3 times, can't believe I hadn't bookmarked it yet.