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    Shane could deny it – he could try to pretend the man in the audio whimpering for more isn’t him, that it’s a scam, that it was fake or edited. He could get lawyers involved, or take it to the press before anything leaks and control the narrative himself. But he doesn’t know how much more the blackmailer has, and he can’t risk Ilya getting outed or deported or – well, he can’t risk Ilya.
    *Shane and Ilya don't get caught at the cottage. But they still get caught.

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    18 Aug 2026

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    Shane: When will you be home?

    Ilya: Maybe 1 hour. Are you OK?

    Shane: I’m really hard right now

    The words hit Hayden like a body check into the boards, winding him immediately. He stares at them for a long, long time.

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    17 Aug 2026

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    Ilya Rozanov is many things—a pain in Shane Hollander’s ass, hockey’s biggest playboy, a better chirper in his second language than most people are in their first, the only player who can challenge Shane for the title of “best of his generation.” But when Shane and Ilya get stuck next to each other on a long-delayed flight to the MLH Awards, Shane realizes something else about him: Ilya Rozanov is hot.

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    Shane and Ilya never hooked up at the CCM shoot. Seven years later, they end up on the same flight from New York City to Las Vegas.

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    16 Aug 2026

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    Shane had agreed readily. Yes, he wanted. To be hunted by a stranger with twenty dogs and a knife on his belt. To see him again. To find the source of the squirming thing in his chest and bring it to light.

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    15 Aug 2026

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    “I do love you, you fucking weirdo,” Shane says. He pulls back in time to see Ilya’s lip quiver a little, and he blinks, alarmed. “What? Are you okay?”

    “Yes,” Ilya says immediately, and he swallows and looks down, almost like he’s nervous. “Shanya, I love you so much it feels like it must always have been true. That I have loved you my whole life.”

    He says the words with such solemnity, slow and perfect. He never calls Shane Shanya unless he’s feeling particularly tender, vulnerable, broken open. It is a name saved for the very good days and also the very bad ones. For a moment, Shane’s brain stalls out, hunting through his mental calendar. It’s not their anniversary…

    “Sometimes I feel that way too,” he says gently. “You’ve always been… I don’t know. I don’t know who I am without you being such a big part of things. Since the start.”

    “Most of our lives,” Ilya says, and his smile widens into a proper grin. “I made calendar reminder to tell me. It went off this morning when you were in the shower. Today is the day.”

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    13 Aug 2026