strawbearryu



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 39

    Tags
    Summary

    He is all too aware his feelings are filthy, far too twisted to ever be reciprocated. To call it “love” would be dumbing down something so complex he has never even managed to understand himself. Ivan does not love. He wants to possess Till, to live inside him, settle in his heart, carve out a space meant for him, invade his mind and body. But Till is perfect, far too perfect for him, and Ivan knows he may break under his touch if he is too ravenous. So he will take, he will welcome whatever Till chooses to give him, he will tame the monster inside of him. He will do it if that means Till won’t leave his side.

    In another life, would he have been cleansed of these impure feelings?

    Or: Ivan remembers Alien Stage.

     

    This story is now available in Russian, translated by Tsukimi_77.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    35,494
    Chapters:
    11/11
    Comments:
    102
    Kudos:
    316
    Bookmarks:
    39
    Hits:
    4,550

    31 May 2026

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  2. Public Bookmark 38

    Tags
    Summary

    Five years into a seemingly happy and peaceful marriage, Till falls out of love.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,139
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    21
    Kudos:
    194
    Bookmarks:
    38
    Hits:
    1,555

    31 May 2026

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  3. Public Bookmark 7

    Tags
    Summary

    Question 2 [10]

    Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tenses of the verbs given in the brackets. Please be sure to adequately distinguish between past, present, and future. If you find yourself using the present tense of a verb that should ideally be in the past tense, please catch yourself in time and change the tenses appropriately.

    i) Even years later, _________ (sleep) inside a heated room, the boy from the slums couldn’t stop _________ (feel) cold.

    iii) As the two boys _________ (sit) under the tree, the smaller boy’s chin _________ (touch) the other’s shoulder.

    v) For as long as the boy _________ (be) in the garden, he _________ (be) in love.

    (Note: The future tense of the above verb does not exist.)

    (Or: An Ivan character study, told entirely in the form of an English language test paper.)

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,671
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    3
    Kudos:
    49
    Bookmarks:
    7
    Hits:
    277

    31 May 2026

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  4. Public Bookmark 29

    Tags
    Summary

    till opens his mouth, bites ivan’s neck gently enough to not leave marks.

    ivan sighs. “fine. make your boring americano. have it your way.”

    till grunts again, but finally speaks more intelligibly. “no coffee. m’cold. wanna shower.”

    ivan takes another sip of coffee and hums. “then take one? no one’s stopping you.”

    till’s arms tighten around ivan, possessive and demanding. “come with me.”

    (._.)

    (till and ivan both have the day off. they decide to spend the entire day at home, utterly wrapped around one another.)

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,087
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    12
    Kudos:
    281
    Bookmarks:
    29
    Hits:
    4,037

    22 Mar 2026

    Bookmarker's Collections:
  5. Public Bookmark 21

    Tags
    Summary

    Till needs a Valentine date. Like, really badly.

    5 girls. He considers five whole, alive, beautiful girls—yet none of them go out with him! They're either lesbians, already taken, simply not interested, or... not girls at all. In Till's defense, the last one only happened ONE time.

    Maybe he needs a new perspective?

    Or

    Till tries 5 times to get a girl to go out with him, fails miserably, and thinks of Ivan instead.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    24,469
    Chapters:
    6/6
    Comments:
    63
    Kudos:
    177
    Bookmarks:
    21
    Hits:
    2,317

    21 Mar 2026

    Bookmarker's Collections: