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  1. Public Bookmark 22

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    It wasn't supposed to happen like this...

    Over time, a slight change in angle can massively alter the trajectory of history. So what happens when Shane and Ilya never hooked up that day after shooting the commercial?

    Ilya still seeks out trouble, that's what. And without Shane's measured caution, he gets caught.

    Just when Ilya thinks his life is over, Shane seems drawn to him like a center to an open net. But can Ilya handle watching Shane live the life he lost? Ilya thought he would be the one winning championships and making his country proud. Instead, he must learn to navigate his new life as an Ottawa Centaur.

    Will their unlikely friendship ever turn into something more?

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    05 Jun 2026

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    Four years ago, Shane Hollander suffered a career-ending injury after getting hit by Marlow on the ice. Despite Ilya’s best efforts to reach out, he never hears from Shane again. Nor does anyone as Shane Hollander disappears from the public eye. Complete radio silence.

    That is, until Ilya receives a call from his agent, asking if he is willing to ‘say a couple of nice words on camera about Shane Hollander’. Why? Oh. Because he will be induced in the MHL Hall of Fame in three weeks. And said Canadian golden boy will likely be there.

    Ilya is totally okay about this, of course.

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    03 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    Shane Hollander has everything he could ever want, but he always seems to be missing something. He wants to experience love and to be swept off his feet in a way he never imagined. And as a closeted gay hockey player he never thought his fantasies would come true.

    Enter Ilya Rozanov, a mafia boss who just wants something steady in his life.

    Is Shane ready for the way his life is about to change?

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    03 Jun 2026

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    “We could’ve had everything,” Shane admitted softly.

    The confession hurt more than he expected.

    “A real relationship. A family. A future.” His eyes drifted toward the planes outside again before he exhaled slowly. “But dreams eventually end.” A small, tired smile pulled at his mouth. “And this is me waking up.”

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    29 May 2026

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    This fic lives in the spaces Rachel Reid leaves quiet. It follows Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov from the end of Heated Rivalry through The Long Game, then imagines a future shaped by love, community, and consequence.

    Chapters 1–16 focus on the four-year gap between Heated Rivalry and The Long Game. These chapters trace the long, uneven process of staying in love while being forced apart by careers, secrecy, and fear. They linger on stolen moments, missed calls, private rituals, and the emotional labor of choosing each other over and over again after committing exclusively to each other.

    Chapter 17 is a deliberate rewrite of a key scene from The Long Game that I couldn’t live with as written.

    Chapters 18–45 imagine what comes after The Long Game in the upcoming Unrivaled era through my thoughts. This section centers on Shane and Ilya learning how to live publicly, build a community. Luca Haas becomes a vital part of that future, not as a threat, but as proof of how love expands rather than divides. Together with their growing chosen family, they confront an antagonistic podcast, TopShelf.

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    29 May 2026