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    “See you in Ottawa next month, okay?"

    Ilya presses his lips together. “So we will really be in Ottawa for my birthday, then?”

    “Yeah, looks like it,” Shane says. “Don’t worry, it’ll still be fun.”

    “Oh, I am sure,” Ilya drawls. “Ottawa is nothing if not fun.”

    * * *

    Ilya is about to exchange Boston for the suburbs of Ottawa, and everything is fine. He’s definitely looking forward to moving to a city that’s notorious for being boring as hell. He’s also coping spectacularly well with how oppressively quiet his new surroundings are, because it’s not like his most anxious thoughts amplify in the silence. Oh, and Shane wants to come over and celebrate Ilya’s birthday with him in his half-furnished house? That’s fine, too.

    He’ll be fine. Everything will be fine.

    (Or, Ilya moves to Ottawa. Shane welcomes him home.)

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    17 Jun 2026

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    “I’m telling you, Shane,” Ilya says. “I take birthdays very seriously.”

    Shane lets out a dignified snort. “Sure.”

    “And I take your birthday the most seriously. It is my job as your boyfriend, yeah?”

    Shane’s heart squeezes in his chest. “Yeah, okay.”

    Ilya smiles, his eyes softening. “Moy lyubimiyy,” he murmurs. “I am going to celebrate you the way you deserve.”
     
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    Shane is used to being told he’s impossible to buy a birthday present for. It’s not exactly fun to be reminded of this fact about himself year after year, but he’s come to accept that it’s probably his own fault. After all, what do you give a man who has zero interests outside hockey and keeps his cards close to his chest?

    Turns out, his boyfriend might have a few ideas.

    (Or, Shane celebrates his birthday with Ilya for the first time since they started dating, and Ilya proves he’s the indisputable king of giving gifts.)

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    17 Jun 2026

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    Cliff Marleau ✅ @bostonsmarleau
    Happy birthday to the sexiest, finest, most scrumptious man I’ve ever met. I miss him and his fat ass every day. Sometimes I can still hear his voice.

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    Ilya Rozanov ✅ @rozanov81
    marly i’m not fucking dead

    Shane Hollander ✅ @shanehollander24
    STOP CALLING MY HUSBAND’S ASS FAT

    Or: Twitter celebrates Ilya’s birthday!

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    17 Jun 2026

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    “I do not want to make you uncomfortable. With how I talk about us. To others. Like . . . reporters. Or how I treat you in front of others, like the guys on the team.”

    Something like understanding settled on Shane’s face now, and it immediately made Ilya’s heart stop racing. “You think I don’t like PDA.”

    “First time I held your hand in public I thought you were going to have a panic attack,” Ilya admitted.

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    Or: Shane's first season on the Ottawa Centaurs, as told through five times Ilya initiated PDA (and one time Shane did).

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    12 Jun 2026

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    Shane volunteers to be mic'd up on his first game against the Voyageurs in his first season with the Centaurs. What could go wrong?

    A lot... He hopes.

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    10 Jun 2026