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    Hollander has a reputation for being a decent guy, if standoffish. He’s probably not going to laugh in Cliff’s face, call him a shitty friend, and hang up on him.

    “Hollander. I got the wedding invite. I hoped we could meet up before then. Do a bachelor party kinda deal.”

    Cliff can practically hear the gears turning in Hollander’s head. “For…Ilya?”

    “More for you, I guess. You and me.”

    The gears keep on grinding. “I don’t think that’s how it works.”

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    27 Aug 2026

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    It's not the worst thing Cliff's ever done, by far, but he wouldn't exactly say he's proud of it either. It's surprisingly easy to get the number from Roz's phone, despite it being practically glued to his hand all the time. But 8 shots and 3 beers will do that to a man, Cliff supposes - even a Russian one.

    He's doing this for Roz, and for the team. Sure, the boys had probably been joking when they'd mentioned going "straight to source" to solve The Montreal Jane Problem, but the last 6 weeks had been frankly unbearable. He wasn't sure what exactly Roz had done, but it had to be fixable. They'd been texting for years, for christ's sake. Undoubtedly messy and unconventional, but clearly this Jane was way more important than Roz was willing to admit. Maybe even to himself.

    Maybe that was the problem.
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    (Or, Cliff starts texting "Jane" before the 2017 All Star Game, and things sort of go from there.)

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    27 Aug 2026

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    After his relationship with Shane Hollander became public in November 2017, Ilya Rozanov has become the Boston Raiders' go to for everything they don’t quite understand about gay sex and relationships. I mean, he did offer to answer their questions when they were surprisingly supportive of his newly revealed sexuality. It’s just that he didn’t realise exactly how stupid those questions were going to be.

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    5 times Ilya Rozanov educated the Boston Raiders about the wonderful world of gay sex and 1 time they tried to ask his boyfriend.

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    27 Aug 2026

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    Hollander didn’t like him.

    That was new and literally made no sense. Cliff was sure Hollander never had problems with him before. He didn’t think Hollander even knew his name. The only possible reason for this new development was that Hollander was a homophobe and the video of him and Roz had disgusted him.

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    Cliff Marlow kisses Ilya Rozanov as a joke. Shane Hollander does not find it funny. Thus begins the stupidest love triangle in hockey history.

    Spoiler alert: not a triangle, just pure Cliff-abuse.

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    27 Aug 2026

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    Ilya doesn’t even try to stop the litany of Russian swears from spilling out. He also doesn’t stop himself from cursing Marly’s whole family line, and then verbalizing some of his more homicidal thoughts about Scott Hunter and the kitchen sink. He lets his Russian ranting die out and takes a few deep breaths.

    Everyone has quieted to look at him.

    “Feel better?” Marly asks.

    Maybe Ilya could drown Marly in the sink along with Hunter. Maybe he could kill everyone in the suite before Shane wakes up. He’d have to kill the butler guy, too…and the front of house staff…and the wedding chapel staff…and then convince Shane to run away with him to somewhere that would neither extradite to the US nor prosecute them for being gay. Messy. Too messy.

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    Ilya wakes up with a wedding ring and a WHOLE LOT of questions...but at least Marly and Scott fucking Hunter are having a good time. This is Ilya's worst nightmare which, as it turns out, features a night of blackout drinking, misguided but supportive friends, and some VERY stupid decisions.

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    27 Aug 2026