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    “Is that really why you're single? You're afraid you'd let your partner down?”

    Ilya took a sip and tried to battle the urge to be honest, but it was useless. He had developed an Achilles heel, and it came with beautiful brown eyes that were currently piercing straight through his soul.

    “I think I am single because I have fun being single,” Ilya started with the easier part of his answer, and he saw Shane nod. That part was expected.

    Ilya took a shaky breath before he admitted the rest. “And I have not met anyone that I wanted to be with, enough. One time, maybe. But was not possible.”

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    Shane and Ilya stop hooking up during their rookie season after their secret is almost exposed. Six years later, Scott Hunter comes out and changes everything. Ilya and Shane decide to forge an unlikely friendship as they navigate the league, coming out, and Scott Hunter's annoying queer group chat.

    And they accidentally fall in love, obviously.

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    09 Aug 2026

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    What if Ilya has a panic attack in the locker room after getting the news of his father's death after the Winter 2017 Montreal @ Boston game and no one can figure out what is going on? What if, while scrambling for answers, Cliff Marleau has the brilliant idea to call Jane?

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    What if Shane and Ilya's deeper emotional connection begins just before Ilya leaves for his father's funeral in Russia instead of on a phone call while they are separated by oceans?

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    08 Aug 2026

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    “You fucking knocked me up.”

    There’s a pause before the corner of Rozanov's mouth tilts up, words nearly purring through his grin. “Ah. You are trying to turn me on, yes?”

    or: Shane gets pregnant. Unfortunately the father is Ilya Rozanov, the bane of his existence.

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    06 Aug 2026

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    “Well, if that’s the best plan we’ve got, I may as well sign up for life in a monastery now”, he joked.

    “No, no, none of this, Hollander. We’re going to get you laid. Even if I end up fucking you myself.” Ilya set down his empty mug and smiled devilishly.

    Shane’s laughter got stuck in his throat as the image of Ilya bending him over his couch popped up in his head. How his cross necklace moved with his thrusts, his hips bucking into him. But stop, no. This was just Ilya’s fucked up way of teasing him. Ilya Rozanov was as straight as a battering ram. And he had no actual interest in fucking his lonely and horny friend and teammate.

    Or when Shane can’t find a strong top to end his dry spell, his friend and fellow assistant captain Ilya volunteers to fuck him – although he’s straight. Presumably …

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    04 Aug 2026

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    “We, uh, Brian and I, that is. We decided to open up the relationship.”

    “Okay?” Ilya says, voice flat. “What is that?”

    Hollander shrugs. His posture has gone stiff again. “It. It means we’re still together, but we can also like...see other people. Or not see, because we’re not dating anyone else but, uh. Fuck. Fuck other people.”

    Oh.

    “And this is why you texted me?” Ilya asks.

    In a way, it’s almost better. Hollander and his boyfriend breaking up and Ilya reaping the rewards would be enjoyable. Ilya having to work for that reward himself, getting the chance to fuck Hollander so good he forgets all about that loser who attached himself to him like a parasite before he was old enough to know better?

    Well. Ilya loves a challenge.

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    02 Aug 2026