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  1. Rec *

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    02 May 2026

  2. Rec *

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    Something was wrong. A wave of protectiveness swept up within him before he stamped on it hard, unleashing a powerful strike at the goal on the assist automatically. He didn’t even bother to look to see if it went in, his eyes reorienting themself to where Hollander was shrugging off a medic. 

    It was his Dom side, he knew. Latching onto someone it thought was his and wanting to save them from the world. But Hollander wasn’t his. He was a fun hook up, and interesting company once you got to know him a bit, but not his

    Ilya hasn't seen Hollander since Vegas, and the first time they meet on the ice, months later, Hollander's playing is awful. Ilya's a Dom, a high level one, but as far as he knows Hollander's a Null, no designation. Doesn't need headspace. Doesn't Scene. Doesn't Drop.

    But Hollander is Dropping. Has Dropped. And no one else seems to notice. So Ilya steps in without really thinking things through.

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    I know no hockey. I have seen the TV series, read The Long Game, and this is something that came out.

    Tags updated as I write new chapters...

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    02 Apr 2026

  3. Rec *

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    There are no subs in the NHL. Everyone knows that.

    Which is why Shane Hollander has never had any reason to question what he is, until Ilya Rozanov starts noticing things.

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    02 Apr 2026

  4. Rec *

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    At thirty-five, Shane Hollander finally makes the long-postponed decision: retirement from hockey and signing up at the soulmates office to find himself a lifelong partner. The most beautiful thing about it? He will never, ever have to deal with that asshole Rozanov again.

    Ilya Rozanov, after years of chaotic living and no-strings-attached hookups, also makes the long-postponed decision: retirement from hockey, because he heard Hollander is retiring, and what’s the fun without teasing him, and signing up at the soulmates office to find himself a lifelong partner.

    Both of them are completely unaware of the fact that fate—or some very thorough algorithm—has already matched them as soulmates. And on a side note, Shane Hollander may be oblivious to the fact that Ilya Rozanov doesn’t actually mind this decision nearly as much as Shane thinks he would.

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    02 Apr 2026

  5. Rec 70

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    Pelenashka- a traditional Slavic swaddle doll given to babies to guard them and ward off illness and evil.

    Ilya has dark and dangerous secrets he has shamefully kept from even the Hollanders.

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    31 Mar 2026