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    A second, then a blur. Ilya knocking over one of the kitchen island stools to engulf Shane. His shaking frame holding Shane so tight, Shane felt himself shaking back. He could only hold on back, just as tightly.
    “Please.” Came the strangled voice by his left ear. “Please, tell me.”
    And who was Shane to ever deny a wish of Ilya Rozanov.
    “I’m signing to Ottawa. Tomorrow. If you would want to come with.”
    And then Ilya was shoving him back, holding him close to his face. “Of course. I drive. Of course I come.”
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    Shane, fed up with Montreal, signs to Ottawa before their relationship is revealed. While he doesn't plan on keeping that a secret for long, he asks Ilya to let him get to know the team first, before they come out. To maybe have a normal season. Meanwhile, the rest of the Centaurs are going crazy trying to figure out what is going on between their captain and Shane Hollander and why they keep showing up in the same car??

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    10 Mar 2026

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    Shane swore as he saw the contact and swiped the call button. “What the fuck Rozanov.”

    A few seconds passed before a female voice cracked on the line. “Jane?”

    Cold dread flooded Shane’s insides. He fought the urge to hang up, but he didn’t reply either.

    “Listen. Okay, listen” She said with an accent like Ilya’s, and a quiver in her voice. “There’s been an accident. Ilya-.” She falters on his name. “He’s in a bad way, I don’t—know anybody in Montreal. I think maybe, uh. I don’t know what to do, I know about you and Ilya and I think you should be here. I need to not be the only one Ilya knows here.”

    Shane stopped existing for a few minutes before something kicked in and he robotically replied to the voice. “Where is he?”

    Ilya is gravely injured in a car accident in Montreal. Svetlana and Shane have to be there for each other as his life hangs in the balance.

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    24 Feb 2026

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    Shane learns too much about his friends and their sex lives. They talk about things they’ve done in bed, and Shane starts to wonder if he’s doing something wrong.

    Curiosity piqued, the desperate get resourceful. Sometimes, those resources include asking the guy that you sometimes hate to teach you what you’re missing.

    Nothing can go wrong.

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    16 Feb 2026

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    Several years into Rozanov’s career, ESPN hires a reporter fluent in Russian.

    Suddenly able to answer questions fluently and with a wide vocabulary, Rozanov’s interviews go viral. Hockey fans around the world get a new look at what they thought about Boston’s #81. This changes not only his public persona, but his whole life.

    Inspired by the look on NBA star Nikola Jokić’s face when he was asked a question in his native Serbian and my own struggles learning a new language.

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    01 Feb 2026

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    The Voyageurs ask Shane to join FanMail in order to foster a better connection with fans. Internet sleuths start to notice some interesting details in the background of Shane’s videos, and then the internet does...what the internet does.

    Or Shane and Ilya are granted an opportunity to come out on their own terms. Sort of. And in they do it in a very Ilya way. (Surprisingly, it is Shane’s idea)

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    31 Jan 2026