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    Shane Hollander plays piano. Ilya Rozanov fixes things.

    Together they build a life above a shop, filling a cramped apartment with sheet music, repaired furniture, unfinished shelves, and enough love to make the future feel inevitable.
    Then war arrives, Ilya is reassigned first- Temporary, they tell him.
    Shane knows better, yet neither of them manages to say a proper goodbye.

    The years that follow are shaped by ration books and radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines and rumors that travel farther than the truth, and the slow terrible distance that grows when two people are left alone with their worst assumptions for long enough.

    Somewhere between home and war, two men who once knew each other better than anyone begin building their entire lives around things that were never true.

     

    Or: two deeply intelligent men spend the better part of a decade being catastrophically in love and aggressively angstily misunderstanding the situation.

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    02 Jun 2026

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    01 Jun 2026

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    2014: Ilya Rozanov shocks the world and breaks Shane Hollander’s heart by disappearing without explanation, and without a goodbye kiss.

    2024: A devastating injury forces Shane to retire early, so he moves to a small town to coach girls hockey and figure out what the hell to do with the rest of his life.

    When recently divorced Ilya Rozanov walks into the rink with his twin girls, Shane has to decide if he’s brave enough to risk a second chance on a broken heart, and a rekindled romance with the first and only boy he ever loved.

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    “So.” Ilya cleared his throat. “Should we tell the girls their Papa and their coach used to date?”

    “We didn’t date. We hooked up a few times, then you disappeared.” Shane looked away to hide his heartbreak as he lied, “It doesn’t even matter. It’s not like I loved you or anything.”

    “No, of course not.” Ilya tried to smile through a lie of his own, “I didn’t love you either.”

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    17 Mar 2026

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    27 May 2026

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    "Do you think there's something wrong with me?" Shane broke the silence, lifting his gaze slightly. Ilya frowned and shook his head no immediately. "Ilya... there has to be. These meltdowns or whatever they are aren't normal. I know that."

    "Not being 'normal' doesn't mean you have a problem, Shane," Ilya countered softly, resting his chin against his husband's temple, settling him even closer against his body.

    "I'm sorry..." Shane's voice came out small. His unfocused gaze wandered around the room while his fingers mechanically scratched under Anya's chin. She was now blinking slowly, surrendering to sleep.

    "For what?"

    "It's just..." Shane let out a shaky sigh. "You're the one with depression. I'm the one who should be taking care of you, not the other way around. Having these meltdowns..."

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    21 May 2026