TheCrypticWitch



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    Threads of the Greek and Egyptian tapestries meet, and a demigod is raised on the wrong side of the river. Perseus Jackson is raised a scholar of the House of Life and, more importantly, a Kane—for better and for worse.

    “here is the deepest secret nobody knows, (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide),

    and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart.”

    -e.e. cummings

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    The Boston Raiders are making decent time heading up into Michigan when one of the horses almost breaks an ankle on what’s left of the road.

    A highly lethal—and highly contagious—virus has swept across the planet, taking down the power grid, toppling society, and leaving behind only a tiny fraction of the population. For a while, it seems like everything is over. This is not the case.

    Or: The world ends. Shane Hollander starts playing for Boston. Yes, in that order.

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    Shane had always been a solo pianist in his heart. It sank into his skates and struck through his stick. He had gotten used to being alone, until he met the first person that made him truly understand what a duet could sound like. Ilya Rozanov, a Russian Rookie in his year and externally decided Rival. A violin that haunted him day in and out.

    Or. Shane has Synesthesia and this makes his life a lot harder, but also easier in a weird amount of ways.

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    Hollander stepped closer to the windowsill. Between a pair of empty designer vases sat a cheap ceramic lucky cat, white, with one paw raised. Hollander brushed his thumb over a small chip in the glaze. Somehow, looking was never enough for him. Whenever he liked something – the picture in the living room, the leaf, now this cat – he reached out and touched. Ilya remembered how, the night of their first hook-up, Hollander had touched him first too: fingers curling around Ilya’s arm, as though physical contact were the only way to make sure he was real.

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    House fic! Ilya longs for a home house. (Un)fortunately, his hockey nemesis is a hopeless real estate and architecture nerd.

    A reimagining of the drought years (2011-13 - less of a drought in this version...) with heaps of yearning, some angst, Ilya driving fast cars, Shane drawing floor plans, the Hollanders, and cats. They take turns rescuing each other until they find their way home.

    Now complete!

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