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    "That smell, I know that smell." Ilya is visibly confused but his pupils have dilated slightly, his body catching on before his brain can catch up. "Is that—? What are you wearing?"

    "It's just cologne. I thought that's what people did before this kind of thing." Shane puts his hands in his pockets and tries to look casual. He is absolutely not going to laugh at the bewildered look on Ilya's face.

    "What kind of thing? What are you talking about?"

    "You know. Before meeting up like this." He swallows. Squares his shoulders. "I mean, I gave you my room number. I told you I wasn't a chicken."

    He can pinpoint the exact moment that it clicks into place for Ilya what is happening. His mouth falls open. "You… it's— Hollander," he exhales. His eyes have gone almost entirely black and his breathing is ragged.

    Shane leans back against the door and tilts his chin down, looking up at Ilya through his eyelashes. "This is such a bad idea."

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    Scent is a pretty strong memory trigger. Shane finds the cologne he wore the night they first met up in Room 1410, and decides a do-over might be fun.

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    Shane
    How about no one jokes about you all almost dying in a plane crash?

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    Boooooo

    Shane
    Don’t boo me from next to me in bed, loser

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    BOOOOOOOOOOO

    Another 4 months in the Centaurs team chat: Shane Hollander-Rozanov remix edition.

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    05 Aug 2026

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    She remembers sitting in her mother’s pantry as a child, hiding side by side with a not-as-yet motherless Ilya, giggling and dipping cold draniki into the giant bowl of smetana from the refrigerator. The smear of cream on his dimpled cheek, potato and onion squishing through his teeth as he tried to disgust her. His mother, alive but only in body. His father, not yet able to wring money from him, therefore still barely aware he existed. His first meal in long enough that he stuffed his face for several minutes before slowing enough to grin at her. She remembers that, but she remembers the swoop in her chest as she looked at him more - eleven years old, but knowing this: he will need you. He will need you, take care of him.

    She smiles at Shane Hollander and wonders if maybe Ilya’s need is no longer being managed, but quenched.

    Or: Svetlana visits, sees love stored inside intention, and takes the armour off one undignified emotion at a time.

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    03 Aug 2026

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    TMZ @TMZcelebnews ✅

    Captain of the Montreal Voyagers Shane Hollander was spotted out and about with a ring on that finger…

    https://tmz.com/shanehollandermarried?

    But who is he married to? And why does the whole internet think it’s Rose Landry?

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    29 Jul 2026

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    Shane knew the right answer. He knew the media-approved answer. He should have said the media-approved answer. He almost did. Hell, he thought he was saying it until he heard the words coming out of his own fucking mouth.

    “I hate pride night. It’s just a distraction and we just don’t need it.”

    Now, Shane sat in his stuffy, uncomfortable suit in front of dozens of cameras and as many reporters, about to tell the world that he wasn’t homophobic, he promised.

    He promised.

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    26 Jul 2026