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    Naim has almost forgotten what it's like to feel those cruel hands around his throat. It’s so lightning fast, so strong, it actually shoves the breath from his lungs like a pastry roller, flattening his body from the feet up. He flails uselessly as he chokes, clawing at its forearm. Not-Ryan smiles at him, a detached, empty thing, dragging its eyes up and down Naim’s prone body, before it does something it has never done before. It flips him over onto his stomach and starts clawing at his belt.

    In the few months since they leave Bandee, Ryan and Naim experience a youth shelter, a birthday, and several hard weeks out on the street. The entity goes through its own evolutions, too.

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    Years on from Bandee, part of him was still scared of how Ryan made him feel. The things he made him want. Maybe he'd never be able to let go of that fear entirely, ruined by what they'd been through in more ways than a murderous shadow. But tonight there was an ache inside of him like a bruise and Naim needed desperately for it to be pressed.

    Naim and Ryan go to a friend's birthday, and Naim lets himself want without fear.

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    11 Aug 2026

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    Shane's eyes burned. "What if I hadn't noticed?"

    "But you did."

    "But what if I hadn't?"

    Ilya pulled Shane against his chest, wrapping his arms around him. "You would have. Because you are Shane Hollander. When Shane Hollander has goal—like goal to keep our baby safe—nothing gets past him." He pressed a kiss to Shane's temple. "Is blessing and curse, yes? But mostly blessing."

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    3 times Shane's hypervigilance caught something wrong with their kids before anyone else did, and 1 time Ilya had to confiscate his laptop.

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    11 Aug 2026

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    Reddit users share their off-ice encounters with MLH players.

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    11 Aug 2026

  5. Rec 88

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    "I'm not sure—" J.J.'s brow furrowed. "—all I'm seeing are vague statements. They're still standing by for updates from airport officials." From the way he said it, Shane could clearly tell he was quoting directly from whatever article he was skimming through.

    Shane's stomach plummeted. He watched as his other teammates began pulling out their own phones, murmuring to each other as they all checked the news.

    His hands felt too numb to do the same.

    "Fuck—" Comeau whistled. "—look, they managed to get a shot of it still in the air. Damn wing's on fire."

    Written for Hollanov Writers Camp August 7 Prompt: What if Shane didn't know if Ilya was okay after the almost plane crash?

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    10 Aug 2026