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  1. Public Bookmark 11

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    "Ilya turned to look Shane in the eyes and he shrugged his shoulders. “Would not be so bad, I think. For us to have baby. For world to know, even. World knows we are lovers, afterall.”

    Shane groans at the word lovers, but just continues staring into his husbands eyes. He notices a slight determination in Ilya’s eyes, like he had set a goal for himself in his mind and he was determined to get it. Shane knew this look well, as he has seen it hundreds of times over the years. On and off the ice. This makes Shane’s heart drop and he feels his hands beginning to sweat. Ilya and him have joked about having kids, yeah, but never spoke about anything seriously. Never considered it a possibility until after retirement. Not that Shane remembered, anyway.

    “You’re serious…” Shane whispered, eyes darting back and forth between his husband's eyes. Ilya noticed the stern look on his face, not a hint of smile in Shane’s eyes. Ilya forced himself to look away."

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    Shane and Ilya navigate every step of fatherhood - together

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    14 Jul 2026

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    Ilya's forearms flexed beneath the sleeves of his black Henley—he’d paired it with black jeans and a black ball cap—as he carried their daughter’s car seat, the black Burberry diaper backpack slung over one shoulder. Every twenty seconds, Ilya glanced down to check on her.

    Shane had fully intended to argue for the privilege of carrying her out. Then he'd seen Ilya carrying her. And, well…

    Watching his husband carry their daughter while looking like someone’s ridiculously hot dad wasn’t exactly suffering. So Shane lingered half a step behind, mostly because he enjoyed the view.

    “Stop thirsting over me, Shane,” Ilya said without turning around. “We are in public.”

    "What?" Shane blushed. “I'm not.”

    The nurse escorting them down the hall let out a laugh.

    “I've been married to you long enough,” Ilya said. “I think I can feel when you are undressing me with your eyes.”

    “Sorry about him,” Shane said to the nurse.

    “You guys are so cute,” she said.

    Or Two years after TLG, Shane and Ilya are married, living together, and playing for the same team. Over the next year, they must tackle the biggest challenge they've faced together... parenting.

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    12 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 4

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    “Come on Lyubimmy, Say papa, pa-pa” Ilya repeats trying to teach him.

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    Their baby says dad(Shane) before Papa(Ilya)

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    12 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 16

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    “Oh!” She exclaimed, setting down her fork. “You have an opinion on the water bottles?” Ilya asked. She looked confused, “What? No, I have a field trip at school!” She had a big smile on her face, one that matched Shane’s.

    Ilya was… slow on the come up. “How fun,” Shane replied. “You are going to a field?” Ilya asked. Surely this wasn’t the case. Why was her school taking her to a field? Ilya thought the school they chose was great for Lina, but he was starting to rethink this if they thought his daughter should be visiting a field. Too many bugs, too many itchy weeds.

    Lina laughed, “No, Papa. I’m going to the zoo!” Ilya looked more confused at this, “Then why did you call it a ‘field’ trip?”

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    Or, Ilya has never been on a school sanctioned field trip. Thankfully, their daughter can take a chaperone on hers.

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    12 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 76

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    "I did not have an easy childhood," Ilya said simply.
    His words were calm, matter-of-fact, his voice gentle.
    "I know what it feels like when the adults around you cannot give you what you need."

    Shane felt his chest tighten.

    "I cannot change that for the boy I was." A small silence settled over the room.
    "But maybe..." Ilya continued, his voice softer now, "I can help change it for somebody else."

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    Or, A post 'The Long Game' story about how Shane and Ilya build their family, one uncertain, beautiful step at a time.

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    05 Jul 2026