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  1. Summary

    The title is from Friedrich Nietzsche’s Posthumous Fragments, dating November 1882 to February 1883:
    ’…throw roses into the abyss and say, "Here is my thanks to the monster who didn’t succeed in swallowing me alive.”’

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    Look, retroactively overwriting traumatic memories with The Cure-laced angst and Norse folklore incubus nightmare sex also counts as therapy. Probably. I have no one to blame but Robert Smith, Norse folklore, and myself.

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    Some people wanted a fic based on this tweet of my #DontYouDareFuckingFreeMe fic:

    Josh @mtrlfan703

    I’ll be honest and admit that if those two had made out on the ice before this, I would have assumed they had lost a bet.

    JayJason @Youdon’tknowme

    ‘Losing a bet’ would have let them get away with so much, though… Like why are you at your rival's game? I lost a bet. Why are you wearing your rival's jersey? I lost a bet. Why are you hanging out together? I lost a bet. Why are you making him breakfast in bed? I lost a bet. 

    Josh @mtrlfan703

    Hell, I’d have believed it if they said they got drunk and their teammates dared them to get married in Vegas.

    JayJason @Youdon’tknowme

    ‘First one to annul the marriage loses’ and no one is surprised when they end up sharing a tombstone…

    So I decided to try and write it.

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    01 Sep 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 37

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    Ilya Rozanov is tired. Tired of pretending he isn't an omega. Tired of pretending Shane Hollander isn't his alpha. Tired of pretending he isn't sick.
    Years of suppressant abuse have left him barely hanging on. And when his secret comes out, recovery is no longer an option - if he wants to keep playing, it's required. On the edge of losing everything he's built, he spirals. But he's not alone, and his friends will do their best to make sure he knows that.
    Alternatively - how to rebuild a life you actually like, by Ilya Rozanov.
    Sequel to somebody notice how i'm trying.

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    31 Aug 2026

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    Shane and Ilya spent years deleting the photos texted to each other. The fear of them being outed by a misplaced or stolen phone. Or even just a passing glance. They certainly didn’t have pictures with each other saved on their phones. Good thing those around them have that covered.

    5 times the group in the know secretly captured hollanov moments + the time Shane and Ilya do the same.

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    30 Aug 2026

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    Ilya has two problems.

    The first is that his best friend is freshly single and needs to get laid. The second is that Ilya is having some...weird feelings about it.

    These are completely platonic and heterosexual concerns for his friend, of course.

    (or a college au featuring shane and ilya as best friends, and shane as ilya's bisexual awakening)

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    29 Aug 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 76

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    There it is Shane. The same old polite rejection, just dressed up in a different accent. It’s fine. We can do this later. Except there’s never going to be a later, is there? You’re just doing this out of courtesy like everybody usually does and all of this was just so you could reject me to my face, isn’t that right Ilya fucking Rozanov?

    Shane was ready to hunt Ilya's girlfriend Anya down. He was tried of never getting the things he wanted and Ilya was so close yet so far. He had his girlfriend waiting for him at home and who did Shane have? Brown rice and salmon?

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    Shane has been quietly and pathetically in love with his coworker Ilya for four months. Ilya brings him perfect coffee every morning, lingers at his desk, and talks about his “girl” Anya with that soft voice that makes Shane want to crack his head against a wall. Anya just wants belly rubs and biscuits and Ilya is happily ready to give them to her.

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    29 Aug 2026