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    His eyes travelled around the familiar features–just older, but the same; thick eyebrows, long eyelashes, and that tooth, peeking over his lip even though his mouth was closed. Till’s chest heaved, and he pulled off his gloves so that his shaking hands could cradle the face, thumbing underneath tired eyes.

     

    This had to be a dream, and he was going to wake up soon–any second now. But time only stretched on, and he was still there in that downpour, hovered over his unconscious body.

     

    “Ivan?” Till squeaked out–a name he hadn’t said aloud in nine years. To anyone else he was always that guy, that brat, that… feeling I didn’t understand until you were gone.

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    Or: While scavenging in the wreckage of a plane crash, Till clashes with a Guard, and comes face to face with Ivan. The real Ivan; the man he thought died in an act of sacrifice, and proceeded to haunt him for years afterwards.

     

    This story is now available in Russian, translated by Tsukimi_77

    When It All Burns Down

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    25 Dec 2025

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    "... How did you manage that?" Till asks after a few more bites. One better than the last. When one is sweet, the next is spicy, and the more he chews it before swallowing, he feels more of the seasonings come through.

    Ivan looks up, still chewing. "What do you mean?" He had eaten his eomma's tteokbokki before as well; even praised it, and yet he doesn't understand?

    Till takes another bite, a delicious comfort for the pang in his chest. "It tastes like... It tastes just like the one my eomma always made," he almost mumbles.

    Ivan cooks tteokbokki for Till.

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    15 Dec 2025

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    “I think I loved you back.”

    After Ivan’s death, he had years to think back to their interactions, to analyze every last detail of his intent.

    That was the only logical conclusion, right? That Ivan had loved him?

    And – he had loved Ivan, too. The realization had hit him way too late, years after Ivan’s death when he finally had a moment alone with his thoughts.

    Ivan’s eyes bored into him, emptiness shifting into something more scorching, searching. “Memories grow sweeter with time,” he hummed. “Even if that is true, we should leave it behind, shouldn’t we?”

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    22 Oct 2025

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    “So, about your, uh… girlfriend,” Monster Kid stammers. “Are you guys, like… fighting? She’s way scarier than usual…”

    From across the schoolyard Susie shoves Snowy out of her way remorselessly, almost crushing the apple juice in her hand from the might of her grip. Everyone stares fearfully as she passes.

    “I’m working on it,” Kris says.

    Kris has never been witness to a functional relationship, but they'll fight tooth and nail to set their own example.

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    The problem was, as soon as Berdly pointed it out, Noelle couldn’t stop noticing it. Kris and Susie were, without a single doubt, the most perplexing people she’d ever met.

     

    Kris and Susie are weird. Everyone knows that. They just can’t understand why.

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    30 Aug 2025