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    In 2003, Shane Hollander is assigned a PenPal, and gains a friend. A friend who smokes, calls him boring, and gives him ridiculous nicknames.

    Across the world, Ilya Rozanov practices his English with a curious Canadian boy whose name he can't fucking remember.

    Or, before they were Canada's Shane Hollander and Russia's Ilya Rozanov, they were Cat and Elijah. Shane has no reason to suspect his childhood PenPal is his hockey rival, and Ilya has never even considered that the man he's falling for is also the boy he already fell in love with through letters and postcards.

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    01 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 65

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    Little Ilya, 6 years old, moved to Canada with his mom and older brother as refugees. He doesn’t know what happened to Papa. He just gave them a kiss on the head and a last hug, then put them on a plane that took them to a whole other continent.

    He lives now in a building full of people who, just like them, understand little to no English. The only thing that is just like home is the ice rink.

    o-o-o-o-o

    Shane is a competitive boy, whose only dream is becoming a professional hockey player.

    Hockey is first. Always has been.

    Even if he has to hide who he really is, to fit in the toxic culture of the sport he loves.

    Slow burn, Hollanov. Explicit Shayden.

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    28 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 40

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    Shane Hollander is old money, flawless, and untouched. Ilya Rozanov is new money, reckless, and loud. For years, their bitter rivalry was a perfect public performance.

    Then they were kidnapped, stripped of their names, and locked in a freezing concrete box with a single narrow bed.

    For weeks, the script burns. The hatred warps. And by the time the cage door finally opens, the real nightmare begins. Because outside, they have two separate lives, but inside, they’ve already become each other’s only fix.

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    27 May 2026

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    At twenty-five, Shane works from home in cyber security. He gets all his groceries delivered. He avoids the outside world whenever possible. Finally—finally—he caves to his parents’ insistence that it’s time to purchase an omega.

    Ilya is supposed to be difficult. That’s what the auction house warned him, anyway. They aren’t wrong. Between the language barrier, the violent mood swings, incessant noise, and feral behaviors, Ilya is nothing like the obedient omegas Shane is raised to expect. Half the time, Shane can’t tell if the man hates him, fears him, or is losing his damn mind. Probably all of them, all the time. The other half of the time, Ilya watches him like he’s waiting for Shane to spring a trap. News flash: there isn’t one.

    Shane doesn't have any inkling of what he’s doing. He’s never shared space with another human being before. Let alone an omega who doesn't understand personal space. As the walls crack between them, Shane notices things he never questioned before. He realizes there is something deeply troubling in the world he grew up in.

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    24 May 2026

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    Shane Hollander only meant to attend a few hockey games — a small act of rebellion against the boyfriend who controlled every part of his life. But that night changes everything. The arena becomes a refuge, Rose becomes a friend, and the Montreal Metros become the first place he’s felt safe in years.

    No one knows he’s living with domestic violence.
    No one knows he’s planning to run.
    No one knows how much he’s breaking.

    And no one expects him to fall for Ilya Rozanov — the loud, brilliant, closeted Russian winger recently traded under suspicious circumstances.

    Ilya has secrets he can’t share, a past he can’t escape, and feelings he doesn’t know how to handle.

    Shane is learning how to live again.
    Ilya is learning how to feel again.
    Both are learning how to trust.

    But when the truth about their pasts threatens to surface, they’ll have to decide whether they can face it together — or lose each other trying.

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    Or: A story about healing, found family, and the terrifying, beautiful risk of choosing love after surviving what was meant to break you.

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    24 May 2026