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  1. Rec *

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    What happens if Scott Hunter never pulls Kip Grady onto the ice after winning the Cup in 2017?

    No kiss.
    No courage.
    No Shane and Ilya.

    One moment can change everything.

    This is the story of what happens instead.

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    07 Feb 2026

  2. Rec 68

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    “How do I work the coffee machine,” Ilya says tonelessly, more plea than question.

    “You don’t work the coffee machine,” Svetlana tells him, words coming slowly. She looks confused, sounds bewildered, and Ilya does not have time for this.

    “I need to make a coffee,” he hisses, gaze flicking back to the man at the counter, lost in his phone, “for the love of my life.”

    Svetlana’s eyebrows jump up. “Excuse me?”

    Or, Ilya just wants a break. Shane just wants a coffee. Somehow, they find each other.

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    07 Feb 2026

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    “This is just the version I use. Everyone has their preference, but I can send you the Amazon link for this book if you like,” Shane said, while Ilya flipped through the field guide. He stopped on the section on loons, where two different species were illustrated in wading water and mid-flight.

    Ilya pointed at one of the illustrations. A sleek dark bird, with white and black checker-board wings and a stark red eye. “We saw this one today, yes?”

    “Yep. The common loon. It’s aquatic, so you’ll always find them near water, usually a lake like we just saw. It’s the national bird of Canada, actually.”

    “Common. You can find this bird all over?” Ilya asked.

    “Around here, at least. It’s my favorite bird,” Shane admitted. “Pretty boring, I know.”

    Shane’s shoulders were hunched up, like he was embarrassed to admit that he was the bird guy, who did in fact, like birds.

    Well, that would not do. “Boring is good. I like boring,” Ilya insisted.

    (Or, Ilya Rozanov, a newly arrived hockey agent in Ottawa, falls for a local birder).

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    05 Feb 2026

  4. Rec *

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    Shane Hollander forgets his marriage.

    Ilya Rozanov doesn’t forget how to love him.

    As Shane recovers from a concussion that fractures his memories, the life they built together resurfaces in quieter ways. Through routine, touch, shared space, and an intimacy that refuses to disappear.

    Love, it turns out, doesn’t always need memory.

    Sometimes, it just needs time.

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    tl;dr - Hollanov's Amnesia AU in which Shane's last memory is July 2010, a.k.a the first time they hooked up in Toronto after shooting the commercial. Problem is, it is 2022, and they have been married for almost a year, but Shane cannot remember the past 12 years of his life with Ilya.

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    05 Feb 2026

  5. Rec *

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    Shane is twelve when he realizes he can understand Russian.

    Or, in a world where you can understand whatever language(s) your soulmate speaks, it takes Shane and Ilya an embarrassing amount of time to realize they’re soulmates.

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    03 Feb 2026