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They aren’t his family, not in the traditional sense. But the idea that they might be, that they could be, unsettles him more than he wants to admit. It’s the same quiet dread that hit him when Collins said he had helped raise Amy. He doesn’t know why exactly. Maybe because imagining them as a family implies imagining him and Jack as something. And that’s just absurd, right?
Or: Robby has been a quiet constant in the lives of Abbot and his daughter, filling a space that was never clearly named. As they drift into their fifties, he begins to recognize that his feelings for Jack may have deepened into something real and perhaps impossible. Now he’s left wondering if this almost-family could ever truly be his.
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22 Feb 2026
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You had toyed with the idea of texting Emma to explain that you and Robby weren’t a thing, that you just worked together, just happened to be attending the same wedding in a cruel twist of fate. Then you’d thought it through, realized that those messages would be screenshot, sent across family group chat upon family group chat. You just couldn’t risk it.
So now, you have to find Emma, pray that Robby and whoever he brought with him haven’t arrived at the reception yet, and won’t make this situation even more difficult than it’s already going to be.
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19 Jan 2026
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Elijah Whitaker comes to Pittsburgh to mend old family wounds with his little brother.
He's in for some surprises.Bookmarked by royalgems
19 Jan 2026
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08 Sep 2024
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Just like on the ice, Petey is always in control when they kiss. It’s only been a week, maybe, since they’ve kissed like this, but Quinn’s not sure he could have lasted another second.
Quinn never feels quite so at home as he does when he’s wrapped up in Petey’s embrace.
He remembers the first time they kissed vividly.Or: Quinn may be smart when it comes to hockey, but he's an idiot when it comes to love. It takes him years to realize the depth of his feelings for Petey.
Luckily for him, Petey is patient.Bookmarked by royalgems
18 May 2024
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25 Feb 2024
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Sidney Crosby retires, plays more hockey than he expected, figures out his life with the aid of an emotional support puck, and gets his man. The world witness bits and pieces of it through social media.
(A journey of figuring out life after retirement the only way he knows how - playing more hockey).
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- Part 1 of It is a Process
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07 Dec 2023
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26 Oct 2023
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“Where’s your hotel?” Lando asked, his eyes locked on Daniel’s mouth.
“About fifteen minutes by car,” Daniel replied, the words heavy on his tongue. It was starting to get hard not to stumble over his words, especially with the way Lando was staring at him.
“That’s closer than mine,” Lando said, eyes flicking back to his mouth.
Daniel swallowed. “Do you want me to call an Uber?”
Lando looked back up at his eyes. “Do it.”
OR: The one where Daniel and Lando were inevitable.
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03 Sep 2023
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27 Aug 2023
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a game of chance and luck is what you make of it.
the best fic you will ever read.
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Pine Falls seems as quaint and charming as all the other small towns he passed through. The storefronts are bright and welcoming. A market, a pharmacy, a toy store. There’s a cafe with people sitting out on the patio, sipping their iced coffees and chatting and couples meandering down the sidewalk, holding hands and walking their dogs.
It’s like something out of a movie.
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- Part 1 of Wide Open Spaces
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22 Jun 2023
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Andy shrugged. “It’s not that. And you should stay. But we should talk. Sid and I—”
It was him saying Sid and I that did it. Andy said Sid and I, and it didn’t just dawn on Nate that Andy and Sid were fucking: moreso the realization slammed into him like a truck doing one-twenty down the highway.
“You’re fucking,” he said, like an idiot.
“Yeah, I mean, we’re married, so,” Andy replied. “I guess, yeah. We’re fucking.”
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- Part 2 of maritime boys
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24 May 2023
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“So I say, before I’m thinking through, I say am getting married,” Geno says and glances up at Sid and then back down again. “They say to American?” Geno seems reluctant to continue. Sid’s stuck on trying to figure out who Geno is marrying and why he didn’t tell Sid about it. “I say, ‘no, to Canadian.'”
Sid makes a face. Because seriously, Sid feels like he would’ve heard if Geno was dating someone that seriously. But then again, he had no idea Geno had a kid until he was sitting in a hotel room in fucking Finland.
“Who?” Sid finally asks when Geno seems like he’s not going to continue.
Geno takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. “You.”
“Me what?” Sid asks stupidly.
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The summer Russia invaded Ukraine and Geno had to marry Sid: a love story.
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15 Apr 2023
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The first Zhenya heard about it was an email from Sidney in the middle of August.
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27 Feb 2023
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And there it was: the question that Zhenya had been hoping no one would ask. He and Anya had both been pretty excited about trying again last winter, but by the time August had rolled around they were knee-deep in doctor’s appointments. Just before their flight back to Pittsburgh, Zhenya had been delivered the final blow: low sperm count.
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06 Feb 2023
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Sid was smiling at her. He was a nice guy. He was trying. He had brought her flowers. He wanted her to like him, and Anya wanted to like him, she wanted everything to work out, for Zhenya to be happy, and for her and Sid to get along. She thought they probably would. Zhenya loved him for a reason.
“Of course,” she said. She believed it then, watching his smile. “I think we’ll be friends.”
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- Part 3 of Author's Faves
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He woke when he felt Anna climb out of bed. The door creaked open. Down the hall, Niki was singing to himself in his crib, one of three songs he knew, high and off-key, the familiar sound of every morning at home. Sid rolled over onto his stomach and debated the merits of going back to sleep. He and Geno had practice later. They needed to be at the rink by 9. He probably ought to just get up.
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11 Jan 2023
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If Auston could edit his bio on NHL.com, he expects it would resemble something like this:
Auston Matthews: first overall pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs, beer pong extraordinaire, and writer of many brooding songs pertaining to his cock-blocking crush on his best friend, and best person in general, Mitch Marner.
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"We looked into some Alpha services for you and-..."
"You can't be serious. Please tell me you are not serious," Sid grouses, because that crosses a line. He’s not sure when he drew it, but it’s been crossed and he does not want to be having this conversation anymore. “I am fine!”
The man that appears on his doorstep later that week on an early October morning is tall, lanky, with large hands and an awkward face, droopy eyelids, big lips and a crooked nose. Broken, maybe, in the past.
He’s unmistakably Alpha.
In which Sid finds happiness, even if he fights it.
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29 Dec 2022
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Sidney Crosby is not a man.