Bird4thecage



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    As a straight man, Ilya Rozanov has never had a gay roommate before, but it’s going pretty well. Shane Hollander is kind, silly, and an even bigger hockey nut than Ilya.

    So when Shane starts bringing men over, and Ilya begins to want to bash their fucking heads in, Ilya comes to a startling conclusion: He must be homophobic.

    (He’s jealous.)

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    02 Jun 2026

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    Shane Hollander is a lot of things: a Stanley Cup champion, a team captain, and a man known for his control—on and off the ice.

    Getting involved with Ilya Rozanov, the infuriatingly talented eighteen-year-old rookie who seems determined to get under his skin, is not one of them.

    Unfortunately, nobody has told Ilya that (not that he would listen, anyways).

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    07 May 2026

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    It’s like they’re in a fucked up game of relationship chicken now, increasingly doing things together that Shane can’t describe as anything other than domestic and romantic and boyfriend-like. They text constantly, detailing their days and sharing everything from complaints about teammates to jokes about other players in the league to the kind of quiet worries about family that don’t need to be responded to, just heard by another person.

    Or maybe it’s like Schroedinger’s cat. As long as Shane doesn’t ask, doesn’t speak out loud, he can have this. It can exist, and it cannot exist at the same time as long as Shane doesn’t press too hard. Doesn’t want too much.

    It feels increasingly like agony now that he’s realized that he loves Ilya.

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    Tunameltdown AU where Ilya makes him tuna melts and says his name and Shane doesn’t freak out and run away. Well, he does freak out, but he also stays. Or the one where Shane doesn’t realize that Ilya’s his boyfriend for a solid three months.

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    02 Apr 2026

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    Roommates for years, Shane Hollander has learned to live within his paper-thin walls - but it has also meant that he had to learn how to live with Ilya Rozanov, and what goes on behind his bedroom door.

    Shane hears everything: the laughter, the kisses and (unfortunately for him) what Ilya sounds like in the throes of pleasure.

    He is completely fine with it, until he isn't anymore.

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    02 Apr 2026

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    A day after Ilya asks Shane if he’d marry him when they turn thirty, Ilya’s mother dies. Within a week, Ilya and his family return to Russia, leaving behind nothing but an empty house next door.

    Eighteen years later, Shane stumbles across a comment on his Instagram that brings back a flood of memories, emotions, and feelings that he’d thought were long buried.

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    01 Apr 2026