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  1. Public Bookmark 11

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    Simon “Ghost” Riley comes home to Manchester after a career-ending injury with nothing but a bad back, a worse attitude, and no particular interest in getting better. Then his care team sends him John “Soap” MacTavish, massage therapist/physical therapy assistant from Glasgow who is relentlessly competent, impossible to intimidate, and completely unbothered by Simon’s attempts to get rid of him. Soap shows up anyway. Every time. Until, without quite meaning to, Simon starts looking forward to it.

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    03 Sep 2026

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  2. Public Bookmark 21

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    Johnny unlocks the door to his cafe and enters just before the heavy rain starts. He looks back through the window, over the 'veteran owned' sticker. Outrunning storms does not have the same thrill as outrunning terrorists, but that is fine. He made the change for his own good.

    Canon divergence after Alejandro's rescue. Johnny opens a cafe. Ghost has been looking for him.

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    10 Sep 2026

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    Ilya: you work with water snakes

    Shane: They’re ray finned fish actually
    Shane: Not reptiles at all
    Shane: Even aquatic snakes have lungs so they must surface to breathe but eels have gills so no need

    Ilya: okay

    Shane: Sorry I know it’s boring

    Ilya: no is okay

     

    or, hockey player Ilya accidentally texts marine biologist Shane and can't seem to stop

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    07 Sep 2026

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    Diversity and inclusion is important to us at Hallmark, and we certainly don’t want our LGBT customers to feel like our cards are not meant for them. I don’t believe there are any plans on our roadmap for LGBT-focused cards, but we’re certainly open to suggestions on ways to make our standard card selection less “appallingly heteronormative.”

    Patrick is a greeting card writer for Hallmark. David has Opinions.

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    07 Sep 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 7

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    "Dear Benjamin Riley,

    As per the contract you signed on the 8th of October 1876, I, Lord John Duncan MacTavish, ask you to fulfil your end of our agreement.

    In exchange for ten thousand British pounds, you, Benjamin Riley, agreed to give me the hand of your first born in marriage. As of today, October 8th 1906, it has been thirty years since you signed this contract.

    I, Lord John Duncan MacTavish, hereby ask you, Benjamin Riley, to deliver your first born child to my estate in Scotland in two weeks time. If you fail to fulfil your part of this agreement, my lawyers will settle this in court."

    Or Simon Riley is sent to the Scottish countryside to marry the mysterious Lord MacTavish.

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    07 Sep 2026

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