my corner store guy is a 50 year old man who's my best friend in the world and recently he was like "you're too pretty to be single I have some nephews you should meet. very handsome!" and I was like "a niece might be more up my alley" and he just got more excited and said "ah even better! I was overselling my nephews but my nieces are very beautiful"
shitballs - just fell down the stairs
ugh life sucks right now so I gotta read about 2 guys touching each other inappropriately
how to open a bag of rice correctly
The Shire in winter.
may you attract someone who treats you like they’ve been waiting their whole life to find you
what r some of the best heated rivalry fics you’ve read i have become desperate for recs lol (yes i am up to date on frequently secretly fond of each other and obsessed with it lol)
oohhhhh well first of all thank u for the fic love!!! and second of all what a good question, i am a whore for good writing and these are the ones that come to mind first!!
Gatorade Galas & Moscow Mules by toraten - 34k, E
anyone who’s reading the authors notes in frequently secretly fond of each other already knows that this fic blew my mind lmao. post-s1 fic that i kinda wish the show would base season 2 on lmao
In the Sound of Bells by villavona - 3k, E
short but very powerful and well written, set during sochi olympics if they hooked up there, with ilya childhood lore that i Loved
Alligator Bites Never Heal by flawlessassholes - WIP, 23k, E
ilya gets a bad injury and recuperates at shane’s place. the writing in this fic really entranced me
as reliable as the sun by astrolesbian - 7k, T
set over their time at the cottage, them learning to fit into each other’s spaces, really lovely character voices
something you can fix by some1_around - 29k, M
shane is outed while ilya is away in russia after his dad dies. there was a scene early on in this fic that has stuck with me soooo much ever since i read it. even tho how shane is treated through a lot of this is painful ;-;
Sit Tight, I’m Not Far Out From You Tonight by hollanoved - 16k, E
this is more smut-forward than most of what i read but it was SO well written with a lot of fascinating character work, and did an amazing job of playing out something (shane in lingerie) without falling onto any infantilising/problematically feminising of shane, which is a thing i hate lmao
lay all your love on me by defcontwo - 7k, M
a great take on hayden finding out by walking in on shane and ilya at the cottage!
decorate my heart by beetlesandstars, kryptonian - 15k, E
ilya unexpectedly ends up spending the christmas break with shane. this one is just so well written
okay those are all the ones i’m thinking of for now but i hope you enjoy!!
Making a note to myself to read these.
i like when you meet a couple that's a fun bisexual and her nerdy boyfriend and then you check in a few years later and now they're a fun bisexual and her nerdy wife. hit with the transgenderism beam yet largely unaffected in the romance department. really living the dream.
#BelieveWomen
whenever I go to the restroom and can’t piss immediately I get so mad because all I can think about is that weird sexist John Updike passage where he’s like “the pee got lost inside her mysterious Woman Body”
Ilya: I’m worthless. I’m worthless and unlovable. My father was right about me. I’m nothing to no one. I can’t have this. I— what are you doing
Shane, so horny he can’t see straight: cjan I ttouch. Can itouch. Your. Ycan I. Please.
























