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  1. Public Bookmark 75

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    What happens when the body releases years of tension?

    Ilya has spent his entire life hiding his feelings and emotions. And for a while it worked, but now he is ready to let that go. After years of denying himself, he finally has Shane, and for the first time he can almost imagine what it feels like to belong somewhere. Everything is starting to make sense.

    So why does he suddenly feel like he’s dying?

    When Ilya finally allows himself to feel deeply, his body begins reacting to years of repression in ways he can no longer ignore.

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    09 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 49

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    She watches Joe touch Shane’s arm, and Shane pausing, leaning in as Joe explains something he’s doing with his skate, pointing down at his foot and using Shane for balance as he demonstrates. Does Joe have a crush on her son? Her proud mother’s heart says How could he not? Her sweet, handsome boy. She hopes Shane would be polite about it.

    Then Joe lets go of Shane’s arm and skates off, and Shane just stands there watching him for a few moments. Her heart does an odd jump. What if Shane liked him back?

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    5 times Yuna Hollander thinks Shane might be gay, and the time she finds out he is. (Inspired by the fact that Shane's parents tell him they thought he might be gay after he comes out to them.)

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    24 May 2026

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    Shane looked up at him. “I’m fine, Ilya. Just tired.”

    “Okay. It’s fine if you’re not okay, though. We can handle that.”

    He doubted that Ilya, Anya, Harris, Coach Wiebe, his parents, The Irina Foundation, Rose, or even the gas station attendant down the road from their house could handle the idea of Shane looking at the black hole in his mind. It would swallow him. Everything would get out of control again.

     

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    Graphic depictions of self harm and discussions of trauma and dissociation. Deals with hazing and the ways the institution of hockey hurts anyone who doesn't fit the white, conservative mold.

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    07 May 2026

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    Cardiac tamponade: pressure on that heart that prevents it from filling and beating adequately.

    Shane thought he knew two things: his move to Ottawa would cause chaos, and that the Ottawa Centaurs were nice.

    As it turned out, he only knew one of those things.

    (Or: the Cens are still a team of professional hockey players. They're going to fuck up.)

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    01 May 2026

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    The locker room was buzzing in a way Shane could feel right below the surface of his skin. Not quite progressed to a humming in his bones, but getting there. His body felt like a switchboard, with every nerve lit up. He could feel the weight of each strand of hair against his scalp. The pool of sweat starting to dry against his lower back in the way that always made him want to scrub his skin raw.

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    Shane learns the language for the things he’s experienced his whole life. It opens up his world but also leads him to grieve the life he could have had if he only knew the words sooner. At least he doesn’t have to navigate it alone.

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    26 Apr 2026