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    On the screen, it was the playoff game between Boston and Metros. Everything looked normal, except for one thing. It was that game.

    It was the game when Shane’s body collided with Cliff Marlow. The replay of the impact echoed through the speakers, too loud in the quiet cottage. The next footage came in slow motion.

     

    OR - their kids stumble upon the clip of the game when Shane got injured. It's the first time Ilya sees the footage.

    Shane helps Ilya work through the emotions.

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    “I don’t want to smell that place again,” he says. “I don’t want to hear that language around me like that. I don’t want to be small again.”

    His chest tightens. His breathing gets shallow. He hates this part. The moment when the past stops being something he remembers and starts being something he feels.

    “I can’t,” he repeats. “I really can’t.”

    There’s a long pause. Then Ilya exhales shakily and adds, quieter now, almost breaking,

    “But I can’t leave her alone.”

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    when ilya's niece loses her mother and reaches out to him in secret, he returns to russia with shane to get her out of an unsafe home.

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    25 Feb 2026

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    Jane
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    Ilya stared at the photo of a tiny, red faced baby. He wasn’t sure why Shane was sending him a photo of a random newborn.

    Lily
    Cute! Whose baby is that?

    Jane
    She’s ours

    Lily
    What?

    Jane
    I had a baby an hour ago

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    Before Ilya and Shane meet at the cottage, Shane very very unexpectedly has a baby. Chaos (and love) ensues.

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    25 Feb 2026

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    “Papa?”

    “Yes, solnyshko?”

    “Can I tell you something and you promise not to tell Dad?”
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    or, ilya reminds their son that genetics don't make a family, love does. and his dads love him very much.

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    25 Feb 2026

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    “So,” David said finally, slapping both hands on the table lightly. “Roz— Ilya. Do you cook?”

    Ilya’s eyes snapped back to him. “Do I cook?” he repeated, like those words didn’t make any sense to him.

    “Those two are going to be a while, and it’ll be getting on dinnertime soon,” David said. “I know time gets a little wobbly in cottage country, but everyone is probably starting to get hungry.”

    While Shane and his mother have a moment, David and Ilya find a connection of their own over carbs, college, and silly straws.

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    24 Feb 2026