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    Forty-one year old Shane has never bottomed before. Ilya offers to change that.

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    Shane is an English landowner, a veteran of the Great War. His wife Rose died in the influenza pandemic in 1920. Now he lives alone in a crumbling manor house, tended only by his garden - roses, mostly.
    Ilya is a 23-year-old Russian botanist, an émigré fleeing the Bolsheviks, who arrives at the manor seeking work. He knows plants; he knows what the soil needs. Shane hires him.
    They spend the season together in the garden: planting, pruning, coaxing life from the earth. The attraction is quiet at first, then undeniable. And in the walled garden, hidden from the world, they create something that neither of them has ever had: a place where they can be exactly who they are.

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    14 Jun 2026

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    Beautiful.

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    “Just got the word from the officials, Metros are shutting Miitka down for the night," LeClaire says almost dispassionately. “Third period we’re up against,” LeClaire consults his clipboard, “Shane Hollander. Drafted 2009, current starter for the Laval Maples, posts a .905 save percentage.”

    Ilya stays where he is, rolling the name around in his head once, without much interest.

    Hollander.

    Doesn’t ring a bell.


    Inspired by that one twitter post, what if Shane was a goalie?

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    13 May 2026

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    Read up to chapter 4

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    “Maybe I should just go,” Ilya says and takes a long swig. He’s not looking at Shane. His stool squeaks on the floor as he scoots back.

    “Ilya, please,” Shane pleads and Ilya’s eyes return to him. He stands up and offers a hand. “I just want to know.”

    “Why the fuck does it matter?”

    Suddenly, the beer is settling in Shane’s stomach, the alcohol steeping the blood in his veins. Maybe it’s that or maybe it’s a mild adrenaline, or maybe both. But he’s got a little courage.

    “Because you’re so fucking hot and I need to know if you have a motive or if you’re just being nice!” Shane yells.

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    22-year old Shane Hollander is in between his junior and senior years at the local university in Ottawa, Ontario and working as the sexy beverage cart boy on the golf course of one of the premier country clubs. There, he meets Ilya Rozanov, a hot, rich 35-year old golf club member.

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    11 May 2026

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    Rozanov snapped his fingers, pulling Shane out of his stupor. “Hello? Concertmaster?”

    “Yes,” Shane schooled his voice as he stood from his seat, extending his hand out to the other in greeting. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Ilya.”

    Rozanov gave him a once-over as he stood, the corner of his mouth lifting. “Of course it is.”

    He didn’t take the hand. Shane let it fall back to his side, fighting off a scowl.

    Asshole.

    or, the one where Shane is the concertmaster of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and Ilya, a world-renowned violinist, appears as a guest soloist for their Spring 2017 season

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    30 Apr 2026