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Inspired by Hoods and Jesses by flames_dance
People join the Red Hood Gang for all kinds of reasons. Some of them join because it seems like the least bad option. Because it seems like, in a small way, slowly, it's actually making Gotham a slightly better place. Those people did NOT join because they wanted to hurt a kid.
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- Part 1 of The Red Hood Gang and the Bat Fam
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01 Jul 2026
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Ilya was addicted to social media. He knew this. Everyone knew this. Everyone loved his posts because he was known for oversharing and chirping. But half of his posts were just for Shane, pictures of loons and inside jokes that no one else would ever get.
People were just perplexed when he got a tattoo of a loon feather and captioned it, “The scariest things in life are the best.” When people questioned, him he replied, “They scream like wolves and have demonic eyes.”
But there was one post he didn’t make. He never posted directly about Shane. He and Shane were always private. For a long time there hadn’t been a plan to go public. They wanted to be closer than Boston, and they wanted Ilya to be safe if they ever got outed. They hadn’t intended to come out. But the years were wearing.
Shane and Ilya decide to come out. That means revealing things they would rather not think about. But they say the truth will set you free.
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- Part 10 of The Very Loud Chirp
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01 Jul 2026
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The whole thing was overwhelming. Some of it was amazing. The celebratory sex, for instance, was great. Scott had won the Cup. And then he’d kissed Kip right there on center ice. It made Kip feel like Mia from The Princess Diaries, and he would have popped his foot if he wasn’t afraid of falling on the ice. It was all a fairytale moment.
But the internet was brutal. People were ranking him on hotness compared to other WAGs. People were ripping through all his social media to figure out every detail of his life. People were accusing him of turning Scott gay.
And then there was Ilya Rozanov. The Russian made a five-minute video of himself sitting on a couch lecturing Kip on his life.
Kip finds out about the time when Scott almost outed Ilya and Shane on live TV and has to handle it in the aftermath of the Cup win.
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- Part 9 of The Very Loud Chirp
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30 Jun 2026
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Cliff sighed. It was time to bite the bullet. “Man, y’know, I always wanted a little brother. And my dad, God bless him, he musta been shooting just X chromosome sperm. Love all three of my little sisters, but what the fuck? No brother? I was born to be a big brother. I think of you as the little brother I never got growing up. You’re my favorite person to hang out with, and I feel like I’m at least sort of mentoring you. My kids adore you and call you Uncle Ilya. You’re the little brother I never had, and I’m so lucky to have you in my life.”
“Aww, Cliff, I like you too,” said Ilya jokingly.
“Roz, what I’m saying is, it’s okay that your Montreal girl is Shane Hollander. Scott Hunter is an asshole for whatever he was doing.”
Ilya was silent for a minute, “He was threatening to out us.”
“I’ll break both his fucking legs,” Cliff promised. “No one is getting you fired.”
“We’ve never thrown a game,” said Ilya, looking nervous, earnest.
“Of course you haven’t: you’re too competitive and he’s too autistic.”
“Artistic?” repeated Ilya. “I don’t think he can draw.”
Here's a story of six times people clocked Ilya and Shane over the years.
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- Part 5 of The Very Loud Chirp
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30 Jun 2026
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It was like seeing a ghost. The young man was holding himself so rigidly, hands clasped in front of him. He was smiling very politely at them. But his position was braced for being struck verbally or physically. He was ready for impact. All David could see was Yuna, almost thirty years ago, scared shitless of meeting his parents.
David hadn’t been scared to meet her dad. David had brought him a good bottle of sake, put on nice clothes and expected to be liked. Watching her with his parents had led him down a research rabbit hole (long before YouTube) about the way kids in the East interacted with their parents vs. the way kids in the West did — the way family and responsibility were viewed. He had been grateful his minor was in psychology because he was dating a complicated woman, and he wanted to marry her someday. Understanding her enough to not step on landmines was step one in the process.
“Hi,” said Ilya softly.
“Ilya,” said David with a smile, “it’s great to finally meet you. I’m David.” He held out a hand to shake.
David Hollander is used to being the steady one in his family. Meeting Ilya is just one more thing to be steady for.
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- Part 4 of The Very Loud Chirp
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30 Jun 2026