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    Ilya. He is still sleeping fitfully in Irina’s bed, face crumpled and lips turned down. Irina leans over him and presses a single kiss to the crease between his eyebrows, and then leans back just enough to watch Ilya’s big, blue eyes blink open at her.

    She holds a finger against her lips, waiting until Ilya nods before she straightens up and beckons him to get out of bed. When Ilya is standing, Irina helps him into a clean sweater, his coat, scarf, and hat. Ilya looks terribly confused, but allows himself to be dressed like a toddler, watching his mother curiously but without question. He is twelve years old, certainly old enough to dress himself, and maybe Grigory has a point when he insists that Irina coddles Ilya too much, but, good heavens, that face, how could she not?

    It is not until Ilya notices the suitcase by the bedroom door that his expression changes. His eyes darken at first, and then his face screws up minutely, looking at Irina with thinly veiled horror.

    “Be completely silent, solnyshko,” Irina breathes. “We have to go.”

     

    Irina Rozanova chooses differently.

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    19 Jun 2026

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  2. Public Bookmark 13

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    This is literally just me writing about my dreams. If things don’t make sense to you, I can assure you 90% of the time I feel the same. My phone storage is almost full and isn’t saving my dreams in Notes so I’m going to just put them here. P.S. If my grammar is crappy, it’s likely because I write these minutes or a minute after I wake up in the morning or in the middle of the night. I will likely have to change the warnings later as dreams are nonsensical and mine can be dark or disturbing at times. I don’t know how to tag either so if you guys have any tags you want me to add or think I should add, comment them. Anyways, no hate please, and these dreams do not reflect me as a person. I’m actually quite happy in real life and the gory imagery in some stories is not reflective of what I enjoy or do. Also, fair warning my dreams can sometimes be very graphic so yeah. If you guys want me to post more of my current or past dreams (which there are a lot of) comment and tell me you want more. Thank you so much for any kudos you leave and have a nice day.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    “So, Keith, I was thinking if you could tutor Lance here for this semester.

    He has a scholarship, for now, and his grades are… below satisfactory. While it is indeed a sports scholarship, I do want my swimmers to graduate excelling in both studies and sport.”

    Lance could see that Keith’s answer was a flat ‘no’, but then Coran started talking about how he would give Keith extra credits for his subject, a.k.a. a killer subject that seniors often struggle with, and Lance.

    Lance was already shaking his head from side to side not so discreetly when Keith turned to look at him.

    Judging from the look in Keith’s face, though…

    “Okay,” Keith agreed.

    Should Lance even be surprised that all three men in the room didn’t even bother to look at him and ask for his input?

     

    or Lance was falling behind in his studies, so his coach assigned him to Mr. Smartypants (a.k.a Mr “I hate his guts since First Year”) to get his grades up. (Why is this ‘smartypants’-slash-rival always acting so weirdly, though?)

    alternatively: fluffiest slowburn of klance falling in love.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    Refusing to let Ilya ruin his career by signing with Ottawa, Shane chooses to really give their relationship a try and moves to Boston to live with Ilya and become a Raider. What follows is enough public scrutiny and backlash from his team that it has him questioning if he made the right decision. Until moments with Ilya and the Raiders show him exactly why he chose correctly.

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    Hayden’s eyes flickered to Shane as he sat on the bench, chewing on the edge of his mouth guard.

    “Don’t fucking look at him,” Ilya insisted as he bent down for the faceoff.

    “Excuse me?” Hayden mumbled, eyes darting back to him.

    “You heard me,” he retorted, his tone clipped. “He’s not your teammate anymore; he’s mine. If you think Marlow is a problem to your game, wait until you see what I will do to your team if you hurt anyone on mine again.”

    Hayden scoffed, dipping his head as he tried to focus on the game. Something about Ilya’s words still rang through his head though, sounding so definitive that he didn’t want to risk seeing what he was actually referring to when he said that.

    The puck dropped again, and Ilya stole it before he could comprehend how quickly it happened.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    Shrugging one shoulder far more casually than he possibly feels, Ilya says, “I like both. Is secret, okay?”

    “Okay,” Hollander says, voice cracking.

    He doesn’t say anything else. The air’s so heavy around them that it feels like being in the middle of a scrum, the weight and heat of all those bodies pressing down on you. Danger always feels like hockey; it’s the most dangerous thing Ilya knows, except for this. Everything dangerous in his life involves men’s bodies and just how close he can get to them. Closer than he probably should.

    A year after mysteriously dropping out of the 2009 draft, Shane Hollander is signed by the Boston Raiders, right behind Ilya Rozanov. Having the two biggest stars in the league on the same line is great for Boston — but playing alongside their worst rival was never exactly in Shane or Ilya's plans. Especially not when staying away from each other starts to feel just as impossible as getting along.

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    30 May 2026

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