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I'm not ready to discount white 14. Qh4-h5+
He can just go back to h4 after black moves the king, ruining my fork again, and ruining any chance of castling. That's what I would do.
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That is certainly true, it ruins your castling, but black could adopt the "slow castling" method by moving the king and the other pieces one at a time. If white moves his queen twice just to give one check, with no powerful follow up, that gives black two free moves, evacuating the king! (which is what black wants anyway) And white lost tempo... and is back in his starting position...
Hence, the Bc8-e6 is just a way to start the process even before the possibility of a white check. Black counts on keep moving his king and queen, so that the rooks gets connected, and then the a8 rook can finally be played to the kingside.
Yes, your move h7-h5 will certainly come to use later on, but I think the priority for black is to
get the king out of the way, and at the same time strengthen his position. That is getting the rooks and queen to work together. h7-h5 can be inter foiled somewhere along the way.
cheers Porphy