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    The Boston Bears group chat had sixty-three new messages in the span of three minutes.

    His coffee forgotten, Ilya swiped open the chat, scrolling quickly to find the source of the commotion. A link to The Athletic, posted by Jensen, their captain, followed by a string of exclamation points. Ilya tapped it, the headline materializing on his screen like a blow to the chest:

    BREAKING: MONTREAL VOYAGEURS’ SECOND DRAFT SHANE HOLLANDER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

    Ilya's pulse jumped, hard and sudden in his throat. The mug slipped from his hand, not falling but landing too heavily on the counter, coffee slopping over the rim. He set it down properly, his movements mechanical, and forced himself to read the rest of the headline:

    20-YEAR-OLD ROOKIE OF THE YEAR STEPPING AWAY TO PURSUE HARVARD BUSINESS DEGREE

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    Shane Hollander has spent his entire life living and breathing hockey. At twenty, at the height of his career, he makes an unthinkable choice: he walks away to discover who he is beyond the ice.

    But some things don’t stay behind.

    What happens when the rivalry between him and Rozanov ends, but the pull doesn’t?

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    04 Jul 2026

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    What do you do when you’re getting married in six months and you have 22 guys whose literal jobs are to do whatever you tell them?

    The Ottawa Centaurs are conscripted to pull off their captain’s wedding. The fact that they still don’t know who he’s marrying is entirely beside the point. (All the signs are there. All of them.)

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    03 Jul 2026

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    Heat floods Shane’s face and he huffs to hold back a laugh. It’s hard not to find her funny, even when she’s giving him shit. “What’s your idea?”

    “We don’t tell anyone.”

    “That we broke up?”

    “Yeah.”

    For a moment, Shane thinks it over, before he says tentatively, “...Why would we do that?”

    “Just for a little while. Because if Rozanov is the jealous type, maybe-- well. If he saw us together a little while longer, maybe we turn the heat up in front of the paps… it might butter him up for your talk in Tampa. That’s where you said the All-Stars is this year, right? He’ll be there, you’ll be there…” She wrinkles her nose. “Not that he needs to be buttered up. You’re a total catch, and he’s gotta see that. It just might… motivate him.”

    She’s right about one thing; it is a bad idea. Shane stares at her, half in shock and half in… he doesn’t know what. 

    OR!! whats it called when you pretend to still be in a relationship w ur gay ex so he can make his man who's not his man jealous? asking for my good friend rose landry.

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    01 Jul 2026

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    Cliff watches him squeeze the phone between his cheek and shoulder, lifting the jersey over his head as he continues to talk, a bit distracted now by the multitasking.

    “And was good practice, you know, for when I am your husband."

    Immediately, the locker room goes dead silent. And so does Rozanov, in fact.

    In which Ilya accidentally calls himself Shane's future husband in the middle of the Bears locker room. Worse still, they're not even dating yet.

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    01 Jul 2026