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    Haruki ran a tight ship as owner of Moe Moe Kikoho. You had to, at a maid cafe, to make sure the girls weren't being taken advantage of. That meant ensuring the rules were followed, including the one about workers' boyfriends not being allowed to hang around the cafe all shift.

    But well… the quiet otaku tucked away in the corner booth while the newest girl, Momo, works her shift…

    He seems polite enough. She supposes he can stay.

    After all, Momo insists he's not her boyfriend.

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    16 Feb 2026

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    “Maybe you don't have to-”

    “Uh-uh. No backtracking now.” Hayden pointed a finger at him. “If you tell Shane, fantastic. Would love that, quite frankly, but until you do, I want those goddamn pictures, Rozanov. Am I clear?” Ilya wanted to make some quip about Pike trying to get a different kind of picture out of him, but given the circumstances... He just nodded. “Good. My kids tragically love the fuck out of you, so figure this out.” Ilya nodded again. “Alright then.”

    Silence followed. Ilya eventually got up, and Hayden awkwardly walked him to the door.

    “Ilya,” he said, surprising him with the first name. “I know what I say doesn’t particularly matter, and I am mainly just a fail-safe for this situation, but…” He opened the front door and clicked his tongue. “For what it’s worth, you’re a good guy and don’t deserve the shit your brain apparently puts you through.”

    "I'm a married man, Pike."

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    Ilya’s depression shifts into some self-harming tendencies, despite how well he can justify most of it. An unexpected cavalry comes together.

    (AKA I found a story filled with sex and decided to hone in on my other favorite things: mental health and complex family dynamics)

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    09 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 43

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    When Yuna Hollander is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, Shane does what his mother taught him: he makes a plan. Ilya does what Ilya does: he makes dinner, runs the foundation, holds Shane together, and carries a fear he won't name — the gene he shares with his father, and the dream where he comes home and Shane's eyes are empty.

    One family learning to survive the loss of the woman who made them one.

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    09 Feb 2026

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    "Sveta," he says, before she can greet him. "I think I'm about to do something very stupid."

    "You're always doing something stupid," she laughs, her voice tinny over the speakerphone. "What is it this time?"

    "I am in a staring contest with a bottle of pills," Ilya says. "And I think the pills might win."

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    Or: An alternate take on Ilya's mental health after moving to Ottawa, featuring the reality of long distance relationships, Ilya learning to captain a new team, and a series of game tapes made by Ilya's dead father.

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    06 Feb 2026

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    Every time your soulmate lies, their words are written on you.

    Shane doesn’t lie often. His soulmate does though.

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    03 Feb 2026