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  1. Rec 40

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    “I think people underestimate how stupid the human brain really is. It’s all very simple, the way we work. Remarkably so, honestly. If something causes us pain, our brain tells us to avoid it. Fear is one of the most singularly powerful motivators for survival we possess.” 

    Cardboard bites into Naim's palm. Fingers open, then close, crumpling it smaller and smaller, the coffee soaking between his fingers where the bloated paper releases it. 

    "So what happens when someone betrays you so thoroughly? How does your brain decide to process that? You’re fighting back against your own base instinct.”

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    Naim steps off the bus into a new life- but that doesn't garuntee it'll be easy.

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    30 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 85

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    There is something impossible and bright growing in Naim’s chest, like someone has reached inside him and shone a light in him, warm and all consuming. Ryan is dazzling, pink cheeked and white gold in the light, run down converse and a soft mouth, his calloused hand in Naim’s.

    A series of firsts.

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    28 Jul 2026

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    Ruffled, Naim stands taller. "What'd you mean 'a guy like me'?"

    Those ice blue irises dip, lazily dragging down to the front of his converse before taking the same path back up again. When they meet Naim's eyes again, there is a glint in them that makes his stomach flip.

    A smirk overtakes the blond's expression. "Dunno. That's what I'm curious about."

    The night begins as just another party that Naim is being dragged along to. However, that changes the moment that Ryan Whelan notices him through the crowd.

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    26 Jul 2026

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    Somehow the blonde boy had completely hypnotised him. That was how Naim felt about it, for lack of a better word.

    Otherwise he would not be so worked up over the fact it had been nearly two months and he still had not so much as grazed a hand beneath Ryan's waistband.

    How absurd was that?

    Or, Naim gets to the bottom of why Ryan never lets him get him off.

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    07 Jul 2026

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    It’s a difficult concept for Shane to grasp, taking up space like that. Birthday parties are always so loud and demanding of everyone’s attention, and Shane doesn’t know how to handle it, always stressed that people don’t actually want to be there or are just patronising him. The idea that people want to get together to celebrate Shane, besides his parents and husband, is completely foreign to him. The idea that his hockey team would show up for his birthday is incomprehensible.

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    Two birthday wishes Shane makes, and how they come true (and one time Ilya threatens a bunch of ten-year-olds)

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    03 Jun 2026