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    Ilya Rozanov has always wanted to open his own bar. When the opportunity presents itself, he manages to make his dreams come true, and opens up his own place. He meets fussy food writer Shane Hollander one night at the bar as Shane is assigned to do a write-up on the new hot spot. What starts out as a quippy, slightly antagonistic relationship, turns into a sweet romance...

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    13 May 2026

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    Tbr 5/13/26

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    Jackie: Just think of it like this:
    Jackie: Let Hayden and Ilya plan your birthday, and then it’s just a few hours on one day in one year that you might have to spend being a little uncomfortable being the center of attention.
    Jackie: …but it could bring us a lifetime of peace.

    Shane: You really think that’s even remotely possible?

    Jackie: Well. They either work together and find common ground, or they kill each other.
    Jackie: Either way, our problem is solved.

    Shane: That’s actually kind of genius.

    Jackie: I know it is. It’s me 😉

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    10 May 2026

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    This was hilarious. Laugh out loud funny. Loved every minute. Read on 5/10/26

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    Tampa, Florida. Room 1217.

    In between fade out and fade in, Ilya Rozanov lets the fire burn and Shane Hollander lets the storm surge.

    A few hours in a hotel room can change you.

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    08 May 2026

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    Tbr for lager

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    Ilya starts calling Shane boring regularly after that, not cruelly but persistently, the way you press a bruise you know is there just to confirm it still hurts. Shane's cereal is boring, Shane's training schedule is boring, Shane's shoes lined up by the door are boring, and Shane responds with variations of "fuck off" and "you're an asshole" that become increasingly creative and occasionally surprising. They do not talk about anything that matters. They talk about groceries and whose turn it is to take out the trash and whether Ilya's music is too loud at midnight, which it is.

    On the ice, Shane is someone else entirely. Ilya watches him from the upper stands every morning with vending machine coffee going cold in his hand and doesn't tell anyone.

    Or: Shane asked Ilya once how you know when it's the right person. Ilya described Shane to him, and Shane didn't recognise himself.

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    29 Apr 2026

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    “You’ll text when you land, right?” Shane asks as he takes an exit ramp labeled Airport Departures.

    “Yes. Promise.”

    “And you’ll call tonight?” Shane’s throat works over the words, like he still doesn’t trust this new thing between them. Ilya thinks he understands. He also doesn’t know how to trust this love. How can he when it has been trapped in his own heart so long. Neither of them know what the next year will bring. There is so much time before Ilya can have his agent, or his future agent, he will need a new one with no connections to Russia, reach out to Ottawa and hope that they’ll be interested in a future Hall of Fame center. The one thing Ilya is certain of is that he will do everything in his power to make their plan work. He spent his entire adult life lusting after, and then pining for Shane with his whole heart.

    “I will call.” Ilya reaches for the hand Shane has left on the gearshift and threads his fingers through his. He wants to say so much, but he has always been better with touch than words, especially when the only shared language was English. “We will talk every day.”

    Or, There is a year before Ilya can sign with Ottawa, Shane counts down the days until their forever.

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    29 Apr 2026