To be clear, Ilya is grateful the rookies aren’t growing up the way he did in the NHL. Ilya took the hazing to the chin – humiliation rituals, beat downs, grueling practices to prove he could “hang” with the big guns on the team.
That being said, there’s still some part of Ilya that balks at the request by the gaggle of rookies to watch The Iron Giant, a veritable children’s movie at the team’s latest movie night.
OR: Five times Shane and Ilya were the support system for the Centaur rookies they dreamed of having when they were younger.
Podfic of Baby Centaurs by WriteSmart.
Thank you to WriteSmart for having blanket permission to pod their works!
This was started way back in February and finally finished for the VoiceTeam 2026 challenge: LAY YOUR BURDENS DOWN. Thank you to all my collaborators for being patient with me!
Content warning for cancer and parent death in the 5th section.
(See the end of the work for more notes.)
Cover Art by: Amanita_Fierce
Stream:
Text: Baby Centaurs
Length: 01:12:12
Ilya: dairaliz
Shane: HowOldAreWe
Holmberg: B13_MaybeThisTime
Haas: sweaters_in_the_summer
Young: cottagepodfics
LaPointe: JanuariumPods
Dykstra: N0Connections
Boyle: hullomoon
Maggie: hullosweetpea
Bartender: wi22iou
Edited by: dairaliz
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