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    Ilya plastered on his game face — a studied expression of stony disinterest — and tapped his stick on the ice before finally setting eyes on Hollander, whose damnable freckles appeared extra lovely thanks to the light flush on his cheeks. His dark eyes were bright and sharp enough to cut steel, his brow furrowed as if he was contemplating some exceedingly complex math problem. He looked so dreadfully boring that Ilya had to sniff up another cloud of peppermint just to stay awake.

    Hollander's attention drifted to the scent neutraliser still jammed up Ilya's nose and the small furrow deepened. 'Feeling on edge tonight, Rozanov?'

    Unfortunately, Ilya new dedication to cool detachment kept him from showing the proper level of contempt at that weak chirp. 'I'm saving my energy up for moments that matter, Hollander. Can't say same about you.'

    OR: Still reeling from the day that Shane fled his embrace, Ilya takes up the task of seeing the omega through a badly scheduled heat. As tough as it is to deny his own instincts, it's even harder to not let the love he feels for Shane bleed over into every act of care.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    Shane doesn’t realize he’s braced for silent eyes until he feels the absence of it — the weight of teammates immediately finding him and going quiet, waiting for him to fuck up, to say the wrong thing, to exist wrong. He expects the chatter of a room to drop when he enters and its disconcerting to find it doesn't yet in Ottawa.

    He stands at the entrance a beat too long.

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    It’s the start of Shane Hollander’s first season in Ottawa and he should be settled. The Centaurs are friendly, the room is easy, and Ilya is finally close enough to touch. But, as Shane is intimately aware of, old habits learned the hard way will linger.

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    25 May 2026

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    Cardiac tamponade: pressure on that heart that prevents it from filling and beating adequately.

    Shane thought he knew two things: his move to Ottawa would cause chaos, and that the Ottawa Centaurs were nice.

    As it turned out, he only knew one of those things.

    (Or: the Cens are still a team of professional hockey players. They're going to fuck up.)

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    25 May 2026

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    Ilya is not going to steal Shane Hollander's dog. That would be illegal. And wrong. And someone would probably find out and make Ilya give him back.

    So. Not stealing.

    But there is nothing wrong with giving Chernysh all the pats and treats that he deserves, is there?

    Nothing wrong with encouraging Chernysh to spend more and more time at Ilya's house until he doesn't even remember who Hollander is.

    Because Hollander is stupid and boring and does not deserve a dog as good as Chernysh. No, he doesn't, does he? Because Chernysh is the best boy in the whole world, yes he is.

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    24 May 2026

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    Shane thinks this is probably the first - and last - time in his life that he’s ever been excited about grocery shopping. But it’s their first time doing it together, as a couple, out in public where other people can see them. Where, finally, they don’t have to pretend to be something they’re not.

    It’s such a small thing - insignificant to most people, probably - but it’s a luxury Shane never thought he would be allowed to have.

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    18 May 2026