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"What's happening?" asks the lone Raiders fan that Shane has found himself next to, a young woman with St. Simone on the back of her black and gold jersey.
Her friend, a handsome woman in Metros' blues, explains, "Une malédiction. A curse." Her Québécois accent lifts the ends of her sentences into a lilting melody.
"Oh." The Raiders fan frowns, concerned. "Does someone have it out for Hollander? Shouldn't sporting arenas be protected against that?"
Her friend laughs. "It's Centre Bell itself who has it out for Hollander. You've never heard the story about the TD Garden trying to eat Magic Johnson?"
Or; The Bell Centre carries a hundred years of hockey and all of its grudges. Ilya must traverse its depths to save Shane.
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19 Feb 2026
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For the first time in his professional career, Shane Hollander watches the Montreal Metros play through the glass of the penalty box for twenty minutes in one game.
or, ilya won't give rose landry's boyfriend the time of day during the raiders @ metros game. shane loses control.
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04 Feb 2026
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It’s not exactly a part of the plan, but a year into their official relationship, Ilya and Shane are forced to pivot around a surprise addition- one that opens up old wounds for Ilya and stretches the confidence the two of them rely on.
Or: Through a series of unfortunate events, Ilya’s niece comes to live with him in Canada. Luckily, some plants are meant to bloom in the snow.
(Set in a show-book mix, after Ilya moves to play for Ottawa.)
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02 Feb 2026
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There had been a moment where Shane’s eyes had landed on him and his throat had gone tight in a way that he told himself was envy, because Rozanov had been deemed number one and that was where Shane had wanted to be and no other reason, before he’d even noticed her. It didn’t last long though, because she was honestly sort of hard to miss.
She looked like a doll, dressed up in a pale pink tweed dress with a big lace collar and a giant bow in her hair. She was tiny compared to Rozanov, only just reaching his waist, but that didn’t seem to stop her from climbing all over him as though he were a jungle gym, tugging on his hands in demand as she rattled off something Shane didn’t understand the words of but picked up the meaning for pretty easily. It wasn’t hard to see that she was trying to get him to watch her. “Ilyusha, posmotri na menja!”
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Ilya Rozanov has a little sister. When she moves to Boston after an incident with her father, somehow Shane Hollander finds himself drawn into the family unit completely against his will. At least that's what he tells anybody that asks.
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30 Jan 2026
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The outside world could be melting and deforming into something monstrous, for all Ilya cares. Shane looks at him with the same sincerity he brings to everything else he does, and Ilya is one of those things now. A permanent fixture. An object of care.
“If I was your vase,” he asks, unable to help himself. “Would you take good care of me?”
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27 Jan 2026