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    Shane Hollander woke up early on the morning of the MLH Awards. He went for a run. He had lunch with Hayden Pike. He kissed Ilya Rozanov in a bathroom. He fucked Ilya Rozanov in his hotel room.

    Shane Hollander woke up early on the morning of the MLH Awards.

    Again. And again. And again.

    (Shane relives the 2014 MLH Awards over and over again. Alternative title: Shane Hollander learns to ask for what he wants.)

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    13 Jun 2026

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    A concussion knocks loose something Shane Hollander didn’t know he was carrying: memories of past lives, of wars and myths and quiet tragedies—and of loving the same man in every one of them.

    Ilya has always been there. Under different names. In different worlds.

    This time, Shane refuses to let their story end in tragedy.

    Or: Shane gets concussed, accidentally unlocks a thousand past lives, and realizes he’s been in love with Ilya in every single one of them.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    The best way to describe this work, I think, is as a novelization of the television series told from Ilya Rozanov's point of view. What happens in the series will happen, more or less, in this work.

    Please note, I did read both Heated Rivalry and The Long Game by Rachel Reid, but that was some time ago and my recollection of them is spotty at best. Because they are novels and this is a written story, I did NOT consult the books in order to reduce the chance that I would inadvertently plagiarize them. That means that where the television series leaves a gap in the narrative, I may fill it with something very different than what happens in the books. We will all end up at the cottage, but some of us are taking a slightly different path to get there.

    This novelization means that potentially triggering things that happen in the series (like mental health issues) will happen in this work. NOTE, HOWEVER, no new issues will be added in this work. No one dies. No one is outed. No one is assaulted. This is just the story of the show as if it were from Ilya's point of view.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    Shane kissed him, then nestled his head into the curve of his neck. Ilya tried to remember how to breathe. It felt like insects were crawling under his skin again. He didn’t want to leave, fuck, he never wanted to leave again. He wanted Shane to press his face to his skin for the rest of his life, just like this. He wanted to break open Shane’s ribcage and crawl inside it.

    (His heart did not feel big enough for everything he wanted from it.)

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    After confessing their love in the quiet, safe lamplight of Shane's Cottage, Ilya has a hard time coming to terms with the fact that he is loved. Shane notices, and doesn't let it slide.

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    Partially inspired by Chapter Thirty in the Long Game, but no knowledge of the books is required to read, and there are no spoilers. Enjoy.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    "You act like you didn't spend ten years sleeping in the same bed," Shane's mother tells him. But being divorced for a year and a half changes things. It makes sharing a sprawling king bed in a private Maldivian villa feel less like a luxury vacation and more like a masterclass in psychological torture.

    Stuck on an island with nowhere left to hide, Shane is losing his mind over the wall of silence between them, while Ilya is quietly suffocating under the weight of a massive secret. When a tropical storm finally shatters their polite act, eighteen months of starved, desperate longing completely explodes. But as intense as things get in the dark, tearing off each other's clothes won't fix the wreckage between them—not until they're forced to drop their guards and finally face the truth.

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    09 Jun 2026