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    An alternate universe where Shane's season one arc is about accepting her identity as a trans woman (and everything that comes after).

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    09 Feb 2026

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    No serious hockey fan or sports commentator worth their salt would have considered record-breaking Boston superstar Ilya Rozanov to be Shane Hollander’s rival exactly, but sleeping with a man who had a specific offense-related vendetta against him and a wrist shot like a jet engine to back it up was probably ill-advised just the same.

    Or, Shane is a goalie. Ilya can’t score.

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    08 Feb 2026

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    He moves, his hands steady, counting the measures as he pours. One-two-three, one-two-three. Ice sings against glass - liquid swirls in a chaotic, beautiful vortex. The world narrows mercifully to the simple logic of weight and movement, physics that he can control. For a few blessed seconds, the memories pressing against the back of his skull recede, and there is no phantom bite of ice under his skates, no roar of a stadium crowd worshipping a god that no longer exists.

    Just this.

    He slides the drinks down the bar with a practiced flick, flashes that curated smile again, feels the brief, shallow surge of satisfaction when one of them says, “Keep the change,” and tosses an extra bill into the tip jar. Small victories. Small comforts.

    Shane has learned to survive on crumbs.

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    08 Feb 2026

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    The writing is so good

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    Shane’s preferences are simple: older, rougher, married men who lie to their wives and gone before morning.

    Ilya Rozanov is nineteen, Russian, and already moving into his dorm.

    Cue in covert hookups, stupidly questionable life choices, and a rookie who stares at Shane like he’s a particularly fascinating bug under a microscope.

    Now he has to explain why he keeps getting texts from "Mr. Chicago" while trying to teach this kid how to use the campus laundry without melting his sweaters.

    Campus life promised new experiences. It failed to mention the experience of being psychologically dissected over instant ramen by a stupidly handsome blond Russian who hasn't blinked in seven minutes.

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    27 Jan 2026

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    Dr. Shane Hollander is in trouble. Working as a criminal psychologist means he has seen some pretty terrifying stuff. Deaths and dismemberment is an everyday thing. However, amorous letters from the very same serial killer he's been trying to capture for the past 4 years? Not an everyday thing.

    Enter Detective Ilya Rozanov. His transfer to Ottawa from the Russian special forces was super hushed, but one thing is for sure. He has friends in big places. And enemies too.

    Shane hates everything about Ilya. His stupid tattooed body, his cocky demeanor, the way he seems to bleed violence even when he stands still. And Ilya is not Shane's biggest fan either. This is just a mission for him. In and out, as always. Nothing personal.

    But again, a dead body holding a rose on Shane's doorstep at midnight is starting to feel pretty personal to him.

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    27 Jan 2026