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    Five times Ilya spends time with Yuna & David Hollander without Shane once he moves to Ottawa & one time when Shane is with them too. Otherwise known as the Hollanders adopt a second son & Ilya learns that he deserves the love from a family that he lost too early.

    5 + 1 Ilya & Hollander Parents

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    27 May 2026

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    Ilya could see the best of David and Yuna in Shane. It was magnificent, to see their love reflected and amplified in his fiance, but it also scared him. Was his own father’s crass disregard, his mother’s sadness, amplified within him the same way?

    Ilya cleared his throat.

    ”I think I was unfair to you yesterday, David. I am sorry.”

    David frowned, still somehow managing to look kind. His oatmeal had long been forgotten, though he’d been scraping his spoon around the bowl in the same way that Shane often did when he was too busy thinking to actually eat.

    “Oh, kiddo. You don’t have anything to say sorry to me for.”

    Or: Ilya tries to navigate love, and love navigates its way back.

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    21 May 2026

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    Ilya Rozanov doesn’t like asking for help, especially at four in the morning. Unfortunately, his appendix doesn’t care about pride.

    When the pain gets bad enough to force his hand—and Shane is hours away—he calls Yuna. She answers before the second ring.

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    19 May 2026

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    It's Ilya and Shane's first Christmas together as an actual couple, and Ilya is a bit nervous to spend it with Shane's family. Of course, when he wakes up sick a few days before the holiday, that won't do. He can't ruin Christmas.

    Or, Ilya learns what it means to be cared for.

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    08 May 2026

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    06 May 2026