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    Harry Potter is exhausted, haunted by the media, and somehow more socially anxious than ever. The war never came, but he’s still stuck in the middle of everything—The Chosen One, The Liar, The Symbol. He’s tired of being looked at. Tired of being looked through.

    When eighth year begins, he flees to the Room of Requirement to escape it all. It’s quiet there. Safe. Until it isn’t—until Draco Malfoy shows up. They agree to ignore each other, which goes about as well as you’d expect.

    Includes: magical shenanigans, a snake named Thistle, thestral babies, inappropriate uses of Parseltongue, cozy chaos, smutty smut and angsty angst, and two idiots falling in love.

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    29 Jun 2026

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    After the war, the Malfoys escaped Azkaban by the thinnest margins: Narcissa’s lie in the Forbidden Forest, Lucius’s cooperation with the Ministry, and Draco’s youth all became evidence in their favor.

    Years later, Draco Malfoy lives quietly, far from the public eye and even farther from forgiveness. He has no need for work, no desire for redemption speeches, and no interest in helping the Ministry that once put his family on trial. He spends his days buried in alchemical scrolls, cursed artifacts, and old magic no respectable wizard wants to understand.

    Then former Death Eaters begin dying.

    No wounds. No wand signatures. No killers.

    Only silver scars beneath the skin, the unmistakable mark of Unbreakable Vows turned lethal.

    As Head Auror, Harry Potter is forced to bring in the one person who might understand the magic behind the murders.

    But as the bodies pile up and sealed records begin to vanish, Harry realizes the Ministry has been keeping more than evidence locked away.

    And Draco Malfoy, for all his silence, may know far more than he is able to say.

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    28 Jun 2026

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    After Ilya breaks Shane's heart in Sochi, Shane builds a life out of control.

    Three cups. Captaincy. Precision. Routine. Emptiness.

    When no achievement manages to make him feel anything, he turns to a mysterious phone service instead.

    Intimate in ways that should be impossible between strangers. A man who understands exactly how to pull Shane apart without ever touching him. Who gives him structure instead of chaos. Relief instead of performance.

    Shane finds himself pulled toward something he thought he buried years ago.

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    Set 4 years after Sochi, where both Ilya and Shane were left with shattered hearts, this is a story about second chances and being brave enough to trust again. To want anew.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    A podfic of Zavia's White Silence, Dark Heat. a truly delicious fic that i think will be perfectly suited to an audio adaptation.

    Their original summary below:

    After Ilya breaks Shane's heart in Sochi, Shane builds a life out of control.

    Three cups. Captaincy. Precision. Routine. Emptiness.

    When no achievement manages to make him feel anything, he turns to a mysterious phone service instead.

    Intimate in ways that should be impossible between strangers. A man who understands exactly how to pull Shane apart without ever touching him. Who gives him structure instead of chaos. Relief instead of performance.

    Shane finds himself pulled toward something he thought he buried years ago.

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    Or:
    Set 4 years after Sochi, where both Ilya and Shane were left with shattered hearts, this is a story about second chances and being brave enough to trust again. To want anew.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    selbindery (on ao3 and instagram!) has fic bound this entire series and it is so, so wonderful, please go check out their beautiful work of art here:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/DWhgjfuFsVr/?igsh=MTlmbDBvbDBmMG55bQ==

    (fic binding is only ever acceptable for personal use! do not attempt to sell or monetize fanfiction!)

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    08 Jun 2026