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Wilhelm wants to say something—You were so good out there, maybe. Or you were all I thought about in the last five kilometres.
Instead, he says, “Thank you, Simon, you too.” Exactly what he’s supposed to say as the polite, respectful rival he is. “See you,” he adds, his mouth cotton, his throat scorched. He makes it sound as neutral as possible. Like nothing at all.
But Simon’s eyes soften in that way they do when Wilhelm says something with his mouth and something else entirely with his silence. He knows what it means. Find me. Kiss me. Fuck me. When all this settles. When we can breathe again.
They smile, shaky and small. And then they roll away—two separate riders again, swallowed by the noise.
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22 Feb 2026
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Wille is in Mexico City for Erik’s bachelor party, but his heart isn’t really in it.
Until he encounters the most beautiful man he’s ever laid eyes on.
And keeps running into him.
The only problem?
The guy is there with his partner and child.
Or, four times Wille and Simon see each other and don’t talk, one time they do, and one time maybe (just maybe) they let their bodies talk (all night long).
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22 Feb 2026
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It looks like Simon is going to be spending the holiday alone, in a new city.
But a series of unexpected events - involving Felice, yoga, a Christmas Eve sauna adventure, and encountering a certain someone with floppy hair and no problem with extended eye contact - may change everything.
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22 Feb 2026
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Simon waits for her to explain further, but she just looks at him. The silence stretches uncomfortably. “What exactly is it that you’d like me to do?”
“Set an example. Help him see how those elements affect the score, make him understand that he’s giving away points that we cannot afford to lose. Tell him what he needs to do to get the necessary levels.”
It’s as if Kristina is ticking off items on a list, the request sounding a lot more like an order than Simon would like it to.
“I’m not a coach though. I don’t have much experience with doing something like that,” Simon explains. Kristina’s gaze dips down to where his fingers are nervously playing with the sleeves of his hoodie. Simon balls his hands and pulls his shoulders back a bit.
“You are good,” Kristina simply states in response.
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Simon Eriksson has been skating nearly all his life and has a dream. To make that dream come true, he agrees to help Wilhelm with his skating. Little does Simon know that in doing so, he's getting more than he bargained for.
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Simon is starting to think this challenge might have been a mistake. Not because he’s not having fun, because he is. Everyone he’s come across on his pin trading journeys has been sweet, more than eager to make his collection more diverse.
No, the reason he’s starting to think the challenge might have been a mistake is because of how good Wille is at it, much better than Simon ever expected. So yes, while Simon is having a lot of fun meeting people and picking up new pins, he is starting to think this challenge might have been a mistake, because it’s becoming glaringly obvious that he is going to lose it.
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Trading pins at the Olympics is a big deal. When Simon challenges Wille to a little game of who can get the coolest pin, he has no idea how it's going to end.
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21 Feb 2026