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  1. Public Bookmark 76

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    With their first season as husbands on the ice finished, Shane and Ilya navigate their marriage and relationship. With the summer finally on the horizon, the two boys fall deeper in love and enjoy their time off.

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    16 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    Shane moves to New York with his art supplies, a month’s worth of skincare (thanks, Mom), and a shitty restaurant job. He’s never felt more out of control.

    Ilya moves to New York with ambition, a very short résumé, and a dream to open a restaurant that’s all his. He’s taking nothing for granted.

    New York gives them work, exhaustion, and each other. None of it is what they planned for, but exactly what changes everything.

    Or: Shane and Ilya work at the same restaurant and have dreams past the smell of burnt fries. They fall in love.

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    04 Feb 2026

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    All in all, things had gone well. Still, on the drive home, as he was sitting behind the wheel, the sun already well into setting and Ilya smiling contently in the passenger seat, most definitely full from all the pasta and vodka he’d consumed, Shane couldn’t help but feel as if something was off. It bothered him but he couldn’t do much about it, since he couldn’t quite place his finger on what it was. And that bothered him so incredibly much.

    Or, what if Shane and Ilya had gotten married post-episode 6/post-book 1.

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    07 Feb 2026

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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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    10 Mar 2026

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    Part of Shane’s brain knew this slight fear in his mind wasn’t grounded in reality. He was one of, if not the best player in the league right now. It was hardly even a controversial opinion. But he knew he could do better. He wasn’t pushing himself enough. Hell, he was more drained after a summer with Ilya than he was when he left the rink.

    That wasn’t good enough. His efforts weren’t good enough. He wasn’t good enough.

     

    Or: Shane's control issues reach a breaking point as he develops an eating disorder disguised as a performance diet. Ilya tries his best.

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    09 Dec 2025