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    If there were three things that Neil would say his mother drilled into him from his time on the run, it would be these:
    1 – Never stay in the same place for more than six months.
    2 – Never let someone in.
    3 – Whatever you do, never, ever, go to the hospital.

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    Neil Josten, Cardiac Surgeon, has always bounced from hospital to hospital, too volatile, until he gets invited (strongarmed) by David Wymack to join the ragtag team that makes up St Anthony’s Hospital. Everything is going swimmingly until he starts to experience some heart problems. Isn’t it weird how symptoms only appear when a certain pediatric surgeon is around?

    tldr: Neil is a cardiac surgeon and thinks his crush on Andrew is a heart condition.

    VERY SLOW UPDATES!!! HAVE LOW EXPECTATIONS BUT MORE CHAPTERS TO COME!!!

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    18 Mar 2026

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    (Post long game).
    During an away game against Washington, Ilya and Shane's lives change forever.

    One second Shane is headed for the bench after passing the puck, the next there's a bad crash and Ilya is laying motionless on the ice.

    This fic follows the acute period of Ilya’s injury, and the way the boys try to comfort each other, as they try to understand and come to terms with how life is going to be from now on.

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    23 Feb 2026

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    “How long has this been here?” Shane asked.

    Ilya frowned. “What?”

    “This,” Shane said, pressing gently.

    Ilya flinched, more surprised than hurt. He twisted awkwardly, reaching back, fingers searching. “I don’t feel anything.”

    “You don’t feel that?” Shane asked. His voice sounded wrong to his own ears.

    Ilya sighed, irritation creeping in. “You’re poking me. Of course I feel that.”

    “Ilya.”

    “It’s probably nothing,” Ilya said, already pulling away, sitting up. “Muscle knot. I don’t know.”

     

    Or,
    Ilya is used to surviving alone. Shane won’t let him. When illness forces their lives to change overnight, they learn what marriage really means. Not in vows, but in the relentless decision to stay.

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    12 Feb 2026

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    God, he was having a freak out and it was gonna be a bad one.

    “I can’t do this I can’t do this. I can’t I can’t. why?! I can’t! I can’t.” Shane was sobbing. He could breathe he couldn’t hear.

    His whole body was burning. Not like on fire, but it was tingling. Like an energy was trying to escape him from all directions. Like anxiety was trying to seep out of every pore in his skin.

     

    Or Shane has a really bad meltdown during a game.

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    26 Jan 2026

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    "Rozy," Brian, the team doctor says, "talk to me, buddy. That puck clipped you pretty good, how’s the pain?"

    Ilya blinks. He clenches his jaw against a wave of nausea. He rests his cheek on the ice, and the cold helps a little.

    "Bad. Very bad." He swallows. "Is Shane here?"

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    or, in the final MTL/BOS game of the year, ilya takes a puck to the head.

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    20 Jan 2026