Riddle_Master_101



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    There was a burst of static, a gusty sigh. "Shanushka, you have the biggest 'bottom eyes' I have ever seen."

    "That's not a thing."

    "It is absolutely a thing, and that thing is you," she cackled, and he hung up the phone, ears so hot they should have been smoking.

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    Or, Shane meets Svetlana first, and it changes everything and nothing.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    Shane finished his run, wiped his face on his gym towel, and took a swig of electrolyte mix. "Okay, can you pause? Do you have a quarter in your wallet?"

    "...What?"

    "A quarter. Or another coin would work, I guess. Just—trust me. Find a coin."

    He heard the sounds of fabric and movement. "Alright, I found a nickel in the couch."

    "Good," he said, taking another drink and settling onto his yoga mat. "Let's say heads is you accept the job offer and take a semester off. Tails is you pass on the job and stay in school."

    "Okay," she said slowly. "What now?"

    "Flip it."

    There was a faint ping of metal. "It's tails."

    "That doesn't matter," he said. "When you flipped it, there was a side you were suddenly hoping it would be. Which one was it?"

    Rose was silent for a long minute. "What the fuck, Shane?"

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    02 Jul 2026

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    “Fuck, you’re heavy,” Shane says, breathing a little harder and patting Ilya’s chest once he’s reclined comfortably against the cushions.

    “You like it,” Ilya mumbles, even more out of breath than Shane.

    “Yeah. I do,” Shane concedes. “But you’re lucky I decided years ago to set your body weight as most of my weight training goals for a completely normal and innocent reason.”

    “You what?”

    Shane grins and smacks Ilya’s chest again. “I’ll go make your coffee.”

    “You what? Shane—”

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    The first year of dating, told in vignettes.

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    01 Jul 2026

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    He's grabbing the bottle of wine from the counter to refill everyone's glass, and a picture in a picture frame catches his eye. It's a selfie of Shane and Ilya, on the porch outside, faces squished together and smiling underneath the glow of the sunset.

    Ilya comes to the kitchen with an armful of plates to set in the sink. He notices David looking at the photo.

    "It is, ah, our only real picture together."

    In the photo, Shane is wearing a blue linen button down, and Ilya is in a black Boston Raiders t-shirt. David realizes it was taken yesterday.

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    Law of Large Numbers: Understand that in the long run, the results will converge on the mathematical probability, ensuring the house edge wins over time.

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    a burden shared is a burden halved

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    the more people we can talk to the less weight we feel from our huge secret

    (rest easy: there is no actual math in this story)

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    27 Jun 2026

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    “Shane. I mean this in the most loving and sweet way possible, you are introverted and shy. I have never even heard of you introducing yourself to someone, at least without a buffer or a bridge. It makes you uncomfortable. But you, at seventeen, went up to a very cute and talented boy, and introduced yourself to him?” She raised her eyebrows at him.

    “I…I…holy shit, Rose, did I have a crush on him then?”

    “I think so, babe.”

    “I didn’t even think I was gay! Like hadn’t crossed my mind. I had a girlfriend!"

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    27 Jun 2026

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    Shane: Well. Here’s the thing. We know that… that the speculation on the internet is that Ilya and I got together in 2017. Depending on how you define ‘got together,’ that’s not exactly accurate.

    Cassie: It’s not?

    Luna: Wait. Wait, wait, wait. So… when, then?

    Ilya: 2010.

    [Luna screams, gets up from the couch again and stalks to the wall of the studio]

    Cassie: What? Are you fucking with me? Like is this a prank?

    Luna: [muffled, off mic] Two thousand and ten? Ten? Are you sure?

    Shane: Pretty sure, yeah.