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a year safe in your heart by Anonymous
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
13 Mar 2026
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“And you’re sure there’s nothing for you?” David says suddenly. “You’re not—you’re feeling okay? You’re not sick? Shane wouldn’t have any reason to think that you’re sick?”
Ilya blinks and turns to him. “I am fine. Totally fine. Better than fine, even, before today.”
“It’s just—Shane’s acting like you’re dying, Ilya.”
“Not as far as I’m aware,” says Ilya. “And I do not think he would learn this before me.”
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The summer before Ilya joins the Centaurs, Shane wakes up nervous. It doesn't stop from there.
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- Part 1 of anonymous cottage collection
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Bookmarked by Thinking_about_usernames
04 Jul 2026
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gorgeous and morbid but to the extent that it gets me really thoughtful and excited about being human. Not as sad as folks might lead you to believe, but definitely not without angst. Angst everywhere, but the happy ending does what it needs to do to wrap the whole fic up in a warm snuggly blanket.
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I’m Yours and You’re Mine (And That’s It) by januarysveryown
Fandoms: Men's Football RPF
15 Apr 2024
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Dominik needs attention, the same way as air, water, and football, and he wants Ibrahima’s now more than anyone else’s.
Bookmarked by Thinking_about_usernames
09 May 2026
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these characters are so full and lived in and even if there’s no genuine spite and malice, there’s still SUCH delicious angst and frustration and hurt.
user januarysveryown is a great writer, but more than that, someone who I think gets it. It being the fullness of emotion and human capacity to love and be loved. A crazy and dramatic thing of me to say, but also true I think.
Anyway, amazing dialogue. Gorgeous pairing. When I want to read an argument between people who love each other very much but are still stubborn and defensive and sticking to their values and opinions…I come here.
Also, conceptually, this idea of attention reserves like tinker bell never fails to bring a smile to my face. Sooo apt.
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Lando plays Padel with the other drivers, laughed so hard she cried during a press conference once, and posts pictures of herself and Max Fewtrell in the tiniest white bikinis, askew ever so slightly to show off a terrific tan line.
It's no wonder, Kara thinks, that people don't take her seriously.
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or: being a rookie in Formula 1 is hard, especially for a woman. Harder still when you keep getting distracted by your new teammate.
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- Part 6 of first female wdc nicole rosberg agenda
Bookmarked by Thinking_about_usernames
04 Jan 2026
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An all time rpf favorite; the first f1 rpf fic that stuck with me truly. And I’ve always been a sucker for r63, but the internalized misogyny here is just so delicious and the author is so dedicated to making these characters whole and complex. I just love it so. I keep losing this fic and thinking about it in the back of my mind in a constant hum of “when am I going to find it again…,I miss it.” So I have decided to bookmark it for obvious reasons.
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what i like about you baby (is how you annoy me daily) by notcaycepollard
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies)
24 Jan 2018
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“I’m not sharing my room,” Sam mutters, knowing as he says it that it sounds exactly like he’s a fucking ten year old facing a new sibling. Steve hastily makes what Sam thinks is supposed to be an understanding face.
“Of course not,” he says soothingly. “He can bunk in with me, it’s not like we haven’t done it before. It's a twin room, anyway, there's already a spare bed.”
Sam guesses a bigger house is out of the question. Whatever; the three of them have spent eight hours crammed in a Mini, it can’t be that bad.
It’s not that bad. It’s worse.
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Jude has questions for Luka, about Ramos, about Rakitic...about Jude. But it's so hard to say what he wants to say, ask what he wants to ask. Luka gives him time and space, and doesn't press, except with a soft hand on Jude's shoulder.
Bookmarked by Thinking_about_usernames
13 Jan 2025
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There is too much to say about this, but the first, I think is that this fic as a whole represented many firsts for me. I’ve been in fandom spaces for 10+ years now, and this is the first still to connect with me in such a way. It was my first true dip into rpf, first true dive into reading about football players I watch every week, first dive into watching, reading, commenting live weekly for about a year. It was so much to me ON TOP of being one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever read.
The author has a way of connecting that feels so deeply. human and authentic while still managing to be artful. This author doesn’t sacrifice the realism of following this team week after week while life is happening around them but also doesn’t let the story falter because of it. They get something about sport, about life, that maybe I don’t have all together right now, but if they keep writing, I’m absolutely sure I’ll get there.
I loved commenting back and forth to them as well, love that connection. It also inspired me to comment on more than just their work, and I’ve become something of a serial commenter since. Which is a good thing, I think.
I think, more than anything, this fic gave me something to smile about or cry with for a very significant moment and for that, it is one of the most important I’ll ever read. And like always, I will come back to it for a very long time.