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  1. Rec *

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    The kiss is chaste - Shane could almost describe it as shy.

    A little curl of anxiety twists in his gut. What if saying I love you changes things, and not for the better?

    The push, the pull, the rush of their harried days could certainly be the thing that kept Ilya attached to this thing of theirs. Shane’s already admitted that it hasn’t been about the rebellion of it all for him for a while - but Ilya’s made no such disclosures. A burning love confession isn’t exactly as electrifying as the thrill of the chase, after all - and - great, Shane realizes that Ilya came out of the shower to Shane doing the fucking dishes like some bland housewife instead of a sexy Casanova waiting to pounce him for what should be a manically sex-crazed weekend, or whatever.

    Shane’s apt brain quickly concocts a secondary plan.

    Because while Shane Hollander might be bad at relaxing, what he’s not bad at?

    Being a freak in the sheets.

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    13 Feb 2026

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    Montréal are playing dirty, and Shane is going to have the bruises to show for it.

    Part of Shane gets it — he wouldn’t want to lose the Stanley Cup to his former captain on home ice, either. The other party of him is dizzyingly angry and upset. Somewhere inside him is a slowly healing wound, and the Metros are picking at the scab.

    The Centaurs go after the Cup, Montreal go after Shane, and Ilya goes looking for trouble.

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    09 Feb 2026

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    Jim manages a real laugh this time, brief but genuine, before it fades into the familiar ache. “Why does this keep happening, Bones? I loved Gary. And I thought he loved me back.”

    He's left wondering why his relationships always end with him heartbroken and feeling like nothing more than a pretty face. He tries so hard, yet the outcome is always the same.

    He should just focus on his studies and give up on the whole love thing.

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    07 Feb 2026

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    Max stands, pacing again, and says, “I mean, what do I do? I can’t tell them I know now. It’s way too late for that.”

    “It’s really okay,” Troy says far too optimistically. “It’s not that big of a deal.”

    “Yeah, you can say that because you're not the one who heard Ilya tell Shane he misses his slutty little mouth."

    Or: The Centaurs' newest rookie speaks Russian. It's too bad that Shane and Ilya don't know that.

    Read in Russian here!

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    07 Feb 2026

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    They've confessed their feelings and shared the best two weeks of their lives at the cottage.
    It's their first time meeting up since then: the season's started, Montreal plays Boston, everything feels the same- but everything is different.

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    My take on Shane and Ilya's first meetup post-cottage :D

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    06 Feb 2026