Sentimentalcornflake



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Turns out Shane was always a chatterbox, he just needed the right motivation. Have you heard the good word about our lord and saviour Ilya Rozanov?

    Part one is a series of scenes wherein David Hollander demonstrates his superior emotional intelligence, Rose Landry collects besties like shiny marbles, Hayden Pike does his best (bless him), Yuna Hollander is everyone's momager, and Svetlana Vetrova commands the will of men.

    Part two features Shane learning to extend his newfound communication skills to the bedroom, courtesy of some helpful coaching from Ilya.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    24,382
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    300
    Kudos:
    3,245
    Bookmarks:
    1,017
    Hits:
    33,403

    30 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Ilya told himself he wouldn't do this again.

    He doesn't need Shane drugged out of his mind in order to have satisfying sex—it was a one-time thing. An incredibly, mind-blowingly hot one-time thing.

    The only problem is—Shane keeps bugging him about it. And Ilya is only a man.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    15,903
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Comments:
    127
    Kudos:
    2,858
    Bookmarks:
    466
    Hits:
    66,626

    23 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Shane is heavier than he used to be; his weight bears down on Ilya in a new way. He’s put on pounds of muscle since Ilya last touched him like this. Ilya flattens his palms, skims them under Shane’s undershirt, feels the flat solidity of his abs, the bulk of his lats, the swell of his chest. It’s the same and it’s new, this body; it’s the boy he couldn’t stop thinking about when he was 18 and the man he loved enough to let go at 26 and the person who somehow always comes to find him when he’s lost.

    A stranger, and the love of his life.

     

    or, Ilya's father doesn't die in 2017; Ilya breaks up with Shane instead of confessing his love. They get older, but not any less stupid about each other. Shane gets a boyfriend; Ilya gets on medication; they work on becoming whole people. And they always find their way back to each other.

    OR a story for those who love Shane and Ilya's baby love but ALSO think it's hot when people in their thirties make active choices about who they are and what they want in their partner!!

    Note: the "cheating" tag refers to the relationship between Shane and his aforementioned BF, not to Shane and Ilya cheating on each other.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    70,339
    Chapters:
    11/11
    Comments:
    1,640
    Kudos:
    8,577
    Bookmarks:
    3,854
    Hits:
    207,131

    17 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Shane has never belonged to himself.

    Raised by the Yakuza to kill without hesitation, he knows only loyalty, discipline, and control. When a political wedding threatens to expose the cracks in the underworld, Shane is ordered to attend not as a groom, but as a warning.

    Ilya Rozanov is a rumor with teeth.

    A Bratva ghost, feared even among his own, he sees Shane not as an enemy, but as something far more dangerous. Something he wants.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    37,893
    Chapters:
    18/18
    Comments:
    1,817
    Kudos:
    7,209
    Bookmarks:
    2,312
    Hits:
    190,807

    19 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    The locks on Ilya’s car clicked, and he waited for Shane to look up at him. “Get in,” he ground out between clenched teeth.

    Shane was hardwired to follow Ilya’s every command. It was coded into his genetics, he thought, because the deep pull in the pit of his stomach to follow the accented order couldn’t be normal. He hated that part of him that was so willing, so ready to submit. Maybe it could be explained away by some sort of psychological terminology he was unfamiliar with, a desire to relinquish control, to relax and let someone else take the wheel for once in his rigid life.

    And maybe it was just Ilya.

    In Episode 4, Shane leaves the nightclub with Rose. In the book, he leaves alone.

    But what if he had left with Ilya instead?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    6,745
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    234
    Kudos:
    7,836
    Bookmarks:
    1,596
    Hits:
    89,470

    17 Mar 2026