Love Hurts
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Ilya loves sex.
Because it’s the most natural, pleasurable activity that any two (or more) consenting adults can engage into that doesn’t come with a defined process, or a one-size-fits-all way of doing it. It’s a dialogue, a very unique give and take between the people involved, a creative, singular experience each time.
He also never repeats sexual encounters with anyone.
There are two exceptions to that rule. Svetlana, and Shane Hollander.***
or: Ilya tries to understand why Shane Hollander has managed to become a rare exception to his rule.Set right pre-tuna melt, and sets the scene to their meeting at Ilya's.
Edit: can be read as a standalone, but now included in a series, as a prologue to my pieces on the tuna melt incident and its aftermath from both their POV
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- Part 1 of Love Hurts
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He thought he’d pulled it off. He thought he got away with it.
Ilya just wanted more time.
He just wanted the opportunity to pause a bit, to take his time with Shane’s body other than in the confines of a dark hotel room, and to get to see a bit more of Shane’s intriguing mind. He thought it might help quench the unexplained thirst for him, that he has for no one else.
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or: Shane flees, leaving Ilya adrift in his wakeCan be read as a standalone.
updated with chapter 2, Shane's POV
completed with chapter 3, the post-tuna melt game - Ilya POV
Bonus chapter 4: the game, Shane POVSeries
- Part 2 of Love Hurts
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At the rink, during the games, Ilya is focused, his goal is clear, and he is locked in on it.
When he’s out of the ice, Ilya feels like a lion in a cage, like he’s pacing around an enclosure that is too small, too tight, too stifling as he counts down the days until the next Raiders’ game against the Metros.
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Or, after the tuna melt incident and the game that followed, Ilya decides to give Shane some time to cool off before he reaches out.Or, the three months between the tuna meltdown and the trip to Tampa, as experienced by Ilya.
(A continuation of “Love’s the Death of Peace of Mind”, but can be read as a stand-alone).
Edit 8.8.2026: now with a companion fic, from Shane’s POVSeries
- Part 3 of Love Hurts
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Three months separate the tuna meltdown and the All Star Game in Tampa.
Over this period of time, Shane, still reeling from the afternoon in Boston, decides he’s done with whatever the thing with Rozanov is and tries his best to move on and conform to a model society deems acceptable.
He really tries.Or
Shane’s journey of self-discovery between the tuna meltdown and the trip to Tampa for the All Star Game.
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- Part 4 of Love Hurts