LateToTheParty2024



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    While spending the summer in Russia, Ilya learns that Shane has mysteriously retired from the NHL. When he attempts to call, Shane’s phone goes straight to voicemail…

    Or the one where Shane finds out he’s pregnant, retires and goes ghost, but underestimates just how much Ilya Rozanov loves him

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    16 Apr 2026

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    Beautifully written full of love and laughter, the perfect HEA 🥰🥹🌈

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    The line connects and Shane is met with a chaotic jumble of noise. Loud music and voices 

    “Hello?”  

    “hmm, hello” 

    Shane freezes

    The voice is deep and familiar but there’s something different about it, something heavy and a bit slurred 

    “Rozanov? Are you—are you drunk right now?”

    Or: Shane sends a risky text, Ilya does not take it well

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    15 Apr 2026

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    Super cute jealous Ilya

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    What if Shane, on the night he died with a ring still in his pocket and apologies still on his lips, was given an impossible gift? What if the love of his life's own mother—the woman whose death haunted her son, whose spirit had been bound to earth by grief and unfinished love—offered him a chance to go back?

    Not to the moment of the crash, but further.

    All the way back.

    To the summer before.

    What if Shane could keep every memory of thirty-one years of life, every fight, every kiss, every sacrifice, every moment he was too afraid to say the words that mattered most and do it all over again?

    The universe is full of knots, a ghostly Irina tells him.

    And sometimes, if you're lucky, a thread can be rewoven.

    FYI, the block button and I are besties.

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    14 Apr 2026

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    Time do over with obsessive Shane at the helm …. Incredible

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    Ilya Rozanov's life takes an unexpected turn when a deadly plane crash in 2021 takes his life, right after a fight with his long-time partner, Shane Hollander. Though instead of the afterlife, Ilya is sent back to December 2008, just before his NHL career began, on the very day that he first met Shane. He finds himself in a familiar world, with knowledge of both the future and knowledge of the man he loves and the friends he holds dear.

    As Ilya navigates this new reality, he rebuilds his relationship with Shane, who is still finding his path in both hockey and his identity as a gay man. With their rivalry blossoming into a different experience than the one Ilya experienced the first time around, the two face challenges around acceptance, family pressures, and the struggles of being openly gay and lovers in the sports world. Throughout their journey, Ilya contemplates his first life, cherishes the present, and strives to alter the course of their futures (and the futures of their friends) for the better.

    Or, Ilya Rozanov discovers first hand what the butterfly effect is, and how it can drastically alter the future.

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    08 Apr 2026

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    One of the best pieces of writing an best stories I have ever read. Incredible 🥰

  5. Public Bookmark 60

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    “Uncle Shane, do you promise to love Uncle Ilya and be his husband forever?” Jade asks, a wide smile on her face.

    “I do,” Shane murmurs, a single happy tear running down his cheek.

    “Uncle Ilya,” Jade continues, “Do you promise to love Uncle Shane and be his husband forever?”

    “I do…forever,” Ilya says sincerely, only barely able to keep his lip from trembling with emotion. It feels like it did all those years ago in the Pikes’ living room, only now, the guests weren’t stuffed animals, and the two of them were now older, greyer, and (arguably) wiser. 

    (or, Ilya surprises Shane with a vow renewal on the heels of their retirement from the NHL)

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    07 Apr 2026

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    Beautiful 🥹🥰