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2026-06-01
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2026-06-01
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1/?
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Podfic of Zavia's White Silence, Dark Heat

Summary:

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.

Notes:

one important note prior to diving into this audio experience: there are sections of dialogue throughout this fic that are in Russian or French - in the original, these are denoted by italics and written in English. for this audio adaptation, i thought a lot about how to best represent this with some kind of auditory marker. what i landed on was a combination of a background tone + slight reverb on the dialogue that is in either language. the background tones will be different from Russian to French, but context (and character POV) should hopefully make it clear which language is being spoken in these scenes.

Chapter 1: Chapters 1-5

Notes:

the way i consumed this story was, frankly, unhealthy. i saw it recommended on threads and downloaded it to my kindle right then. it was a tuesday at 2pm, i was at work, and in a meeting. at ~200k words, this is not a tuesday evening read. not with a 9pm bedtime and a dog to walk and a 6am alarm on Wednesday morning. but, that's fine, i told myself. i have self control. i can wait. i can leave it untouched until the weekend when i'll be able to devote the time it deserved without interruption. dear friends: i did not wait. "i'll just sample the first chapter" i told myself, settling in. "just the first five chapters," i amended immediately. "i'll get 25% in," i conceded. at 11:34pm i was 82% through and knew in my heart that there was no stopping.

i am aggressively defensive of my sleep quality. i do not fuck around with my protected sleep time. y'all... this fic was worth fucking around for.

i actually had to physically restrain myself the next day after work when my brain suggested i start it over again. nyet. i knew, already, that i'd be making this podfic. i knew i'd be teaching myself how to modulate an EQ graph to make dialogue sound like it was coming through a telephone connection to do justice to this fic.

i hope y'all like it!

Chapter Text

Duration: 1hr20m

Chapters 1-5: Listen Link