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    “Why are you out here alone?” Ilya asks. “Who left you here?”

    Hesitantly, Shane’s eyes cast up at the apartment building. Ilya follows his gaze, confused.

    “I’m sorry,” Shane says softly, “I went home with someone.”

    Ilya’s head snaps in his direction. “What?”

     

    -an episode 4 au where shane goes home with the bartender instead of rose, and it goes very, very poorly-

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    01 Feb 2026

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    Ilya opened one of his messages.

    Have you seen the news?
    Ilya, call me. Now.
    Please tell me you already fucking know.
    Jesus Christ, man.

    That was it. No context. No explanation. Just panic wrapped in vague bullshit.

    His jaw locked. “Are you fucking serious right now,” he muttered, thumb scrolling harder than necessary. Say it or don’t, you assholes. The half-answers made his skin crawl. It felt like they were all circling something awful, whispering around it, waiting for him to step close enough to get hit.

    His chest felt tight now, pressure building, so he did the one thing that made sense. He opened social media.

    Shane Hollander’s name was everywhere.

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    Shane was hurt in ways everyone could see, and in ways only Ilya would carry.

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    30 Jan 2026

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    When Shane Hollander suffers a career-threatening injury, the game that has defined him and given him language to understand himself is taken away. Ilya becomes his anchor, witnessing the slow, fragile unraveling of identity and the painstaking, reversible work of rebuilding.

    Who is Shane Hollander without hockey?

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    29 Jan 2026

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    "9-1-1, what's the address of your emergency?"

    He freezes, his mind far too scrambled by panic and pain to answer.

    "Hello?"

    "I-I don't know," he says, realizing that he's shivering violently.

    "Alright, sir, can you give me your name?"

    "Shane."

    He can't tell them his full name. He isn't supposed to be here.

    "Okay, Shane, can you tell me what's going on?"

    "They broke in," he says, his voice just barely above a whisper.

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    Shane is injured during a game and he gets left behind while the Voyageurs are on a road trip. Ilya invites him to stay in Boston. Neither of them anticipates what comes next.

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    27 Jan 2026

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    Shane freezes.
    It hits him all at once; how exposed he is, how alone. On the ice he’s done it a hundred times, likely more. It’s expected of him, Applauded. His arms feel heavy at his sides, fingers numb, like they don’t belong to him, and he doesn’t understand why. The man infront of him is swaying so hard a stiff breeze could knock him over, so why? Why is Shane so scared? Why is he so-?
    The stranger must see it. Whatever bravado the man walked out with curdles into something mean when he realizes Shane isn’t going to swing back. Fear is blood in the water. Shane's thoughts are scattered, looping: he’s so far from home. He’s alone. So far from home. Don’t get hit. Don’t get hit.
    The man draws his fist back. No penalty.

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    Shane gets into an altercation outside a bar after a visiting win. Ilya intervenes. Neither of them are happy about it.

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    26 Jan 2026