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  1. Rec *

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    Shane is in a post-game interview when his world stops.

    He’s just answered a question about Montreal’s offensive strategy going into the game. Clean passes, avoid penalties, draw defenders wide. It had worked and the Voyagers had beat Colorado soundly, 4-1. Shane had scored two of the goals and assisted on a third.

    Usually, Shane would be eager to boast about the win to Ilya. But ever since their fight- since Ilya told Shane to leave- winning feels hollow. Losing feels better, somehow. As if Shane deserves to lose after being so selfish. Ilya gave up everything for him- his home, his team, and to some extent- his happiness. Hockey. Ilya gave up hockey- good hockey- for Shane.

    A ripple goes through the room of reporters. Shane swears he hears the word ‘Ottawa’ and ‘crash’. But no one is paying attention to him anymore.

    “What’s going on?” he asks into the microphone, feeling strange at the role reversal. Usually, he’s the one being asked questions.

    No one answers. And this time he knows that he hears the word ‘Ottawa’ and ‘Centaurs’.

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    Shane rushes to Ilya after the almost plane crash. Their secret is no longer a secret.

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    30 Jun 2026

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    Shane is unafraid (read: actually terrified) to say people who make out in public are disgusting. This goes for everyone, but it just so happens that he’s caught high-key judging a gay couple.

    Now everyone thinks he’s homophobic.

    Fuck his life.

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    30 Jun 2026

  3. Rec 50

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    Shane Hollander hadn't meant to get drunk by any means. It had started with just wanting to be nice, appreciating his friends’ care and consideration post-breakup more than anything. Somehow, he ended up drunk in front of a towering Billboard of Ilya Rozanov, and the feelings he tried to shove down for months boiled over. He couldn't remember when he had started crying. He definitely couldn't remember calling Ilya and drunkenly baring his soul to him. Oddly enough, maybe it was just what they needed to find each other again.

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    Shane drunk calls Ilya post his and Rose's breakup and fluff ensues.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    Shane get's drunk on a night out in Boston with the Metro's, and Ilya is the only one who can get him to leave the club.

    "Hollander, no.” Ilya says as he pulls Shane's head to his chest. He begins stroking his cheek, wiping away the tears while he's there. “I don't hate you. I could never hate you. Never. Okay?”

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    22 Jun 2026

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    Ilya Rozanov is in love, closeted, catastrophically lonely, and apparently incapable of referring to Shane Hollander in present tense.

    The Centaurs come to a- given the circumstances- reasonable conclusion.

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    Five times the Centaurs thought Ilya Rozanov was mourning his dead wife, and the one time they discovered his wife was actually Shane Hollander.
    Shane, for the record, is alive and really confused.

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    17 Jun 2026