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    When Gilbert Comeau targets Shane on the ice, causing a season-ending injury, Ilya sees red and nearly loses everything he ate at dinner.

    It was a dirty hit; they all knew it. Ilya, devastated by Shane's injuries that left him semi-conscious in a hospital bed, learns what it means to have a family and what "for better or worse" meant in his wedding vows. His days are full of misunderstandings with his mother-in-law, panic, caring for his husband, and seeing his team step up for his family in times of injury.

    Or: Shane gets a concussion, breaks his ankle, Ilya is a Very Good Husband (and a very angry captain), the Centaurs step up, and Anya is a very protective pup.

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    17 Jul 2026

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    “You’ve been coming here for years. You always bring me back a yogurt parfait and a latte. I guess when I woke up this morning I realized that you don’t have to do that anymore.” Little crumbs of muffin litter Shane’s chin. Ilya wants to reach out and dust them away but he can’t bring himself to drop Shane’s hand. Not in this perfect moment.

    “I will always bring you home coffee,” Ilya says. He wants to spend the rest of his life showing up for Shane in every way he needs.

    Shane squeezes his hand and gives a slight shake of his head before taking a long drink of his coffee.

    Or, Post Fanmail outing Shane and Ilya learn to love each other in public.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    Shane could hear the crowd, loud as always in their home barn. It felt electric tonight. He didn't usually let the emotions of the occasion affect him, but after 22 years in the MLH, having accomplished everything he could do as a professional, tonight’s send-off was too much to push all the way down into that small compartment where he could hide all he felt.

    But Ilya–Shane felt physical pain in his chest every time he allowed himself to think his name. Their careers still forever tied together until Ilya’s retirement a few years ago. In the quietest of times, Shane could admit he shouldn’t have felt lonely at the top because Ilya was always right there with him. Sometimes he took solace in that, sometimes it brought pain so blinding he couldn’t breathe.

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    Shane Hollander retires from the MLH a few seasons after Ilya. They haven't actually spoken since the day Shane left in Boston. When Ilya is invited to participate in Shane's retirement ceremony, will they take the opportunity to confront the feelings they have long buried but kept sacred or are they still just two stars passing in the night?

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    26 Jun 2026

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    "Mr and Mrs Hollander," Ilya started with sincerity, "Thank you so much for making me Shane... I hope you enjoyed yourselves very mu-"

    "ILYA GRIGORYEVICH HOLLANDER-ROZANOV!"

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    5 times Shane and Ilya get walked in on, and 1 time Ilya walks in on someone else.

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    21 Jun 2026

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    Ilya liked Shane’s parents. He really did. David and Yuna Hollander were entirely devoted to their only child–maybe sometimes a bit intense, if not a little overbearing, in Yuna’s case–and their attentiveness had moulded him into a kind, hardworking, and thoughtful man. Truly, their son was a testament to the quality of both their character’s–Shane’s soft underbelly nurtured by his father’s patient tone and earnest gaze and his shrewdness and talent sharpened by his mother’s fierce mettle. Shane was the sum of his parent’s parts, yet entirely his own, and Ilya was very grateful to the tender, yet firm, hands that had shaped the man he loved. But right now, well, right now Ilya was not their biggest fan.

    Jane:
    My parents are going to be staying at my place after the game on Friday.

    Ilya missed Shane. Ilya really needed to have sex with Shane. Now the man's parents were in the way.

    Or: Ilya is finally seeing Shane for the first time since their summer at the cottage but Shane's parents crash their first evening alone in weeks. Set during that agonising final season Ilya plays for Boston.

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    29 May 2026