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    Life feels so chaotic for Shane sometimes, with all the loud noises and the unwritten rules he’s expected to follow, even though no one ever taught them to him. It’s why the bookstore feels more like home to him than anywhere else in Boston. It doesn’t ask Shane to be anything other than himself. Doesn’t ask for any more than he can give.

    He can just exist here.

    Shane likes slow, likes taking his time. And Ilya - without saying or doing anything in particular - makes Shane feel like that’s okay. Like he isn’t doing anything wrong by standing still sometimes.

    (Or, Shane works in a bookstore, Ilya plays hockey, and they both go to the same college. They fall in love in every universe.)

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    08 Jun 2026

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    “I want a lawyer,” was the only thing he could say in English before all the words evaporated from his mind.

    The defense attorney glared at him, stopping his movements for a second, before getting back to what he was doing - opening a folder, aligning some papers in front of them.

    “My name is Shane Hollander. I’m your public defender,” he introduced himself. He clicked his pen and got ready to take notes. “Ilya Grigoryevich Rozanov, Russian, 25, right?”

    or,
    Ilya is arrested and Shane Hollander is a great lawyer. And he never loses.

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    02 Jun 2026

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    It’s a difficult concept for Shane to grasp, taking up space like that. Birthday parties are always so loud and demanding of everyone’s attention, and Shane doesn’t know how to handle it, always stressed that people don’t actually want to be there or are just patronising him. The idea that people want to get together to celebrate Shane, besides his parents and husband, is completely foreign to him. The idea that his hockey team would show up for his birthday is incomprehensible.

    Or:

    Two birthday wishes Shane makes, and how they come true (and one time Ilya threatens a bunch of ten-year-olds)

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    02 Jun 2026

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    “Just go.” Ilya said, already leaning again.

    Shane huffed a laugh against his mouth.

    “You’re literally the problem.”

    “Then stop kissing me back.”

    He didn’t.

     
    or, College AU where Shane and Ilya go to the same university, secretly sleep together, and are so obsessed with each other it’s starting to become a problem.

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    02 Jun 2026

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    As a straight man, Ilya Rozanov has never had a gay roommate before, but it’s going pretty well. Shane Hollander is kind, silly, and an even bigger hockey nut than Ilya.

    So when Shane starts bringing men over, and Ilya begins to want to bash their fucking heads in, Ilya comes to a startling conclusion: He must be homophobic.

    (He’s jealous.)

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    01 Jun 2026