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    “You will not be so nice when we beat you,” Ilya told Shane Hollander, holding onto his hand, not letting him pull away. Not yet.

    But Hollander’s brow furrowed, not in anger but in confusion. “Ah, um, sorry,” Hollander said. “Merci. My English is bad. Worse… than you. Maybe slower?” And he leaned in, like that would help him understand.

    Ilya’s eyebrows rose, and his smile widened.

    Or, Ilya Rozanov grew up in Russia. Shane Hollander was raised in France. When they first meet, neither of them can speak English very well. Somehow, it’s easier to understand each other when words aren’t getting in the way.

    (Stand-alone remix of “I’m Reading Your Lips (You’re Speaking My Language)” but this time neither of them are native English speakers, and learning a new language is sort of like falling in love, if you think about it.)

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    14 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 51

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    What if Shane and Ilya had met as kids on a summer vacation?

    Thirteen-year-old Shane Hollander expects his parent’s anniversary trip to Italy to be two weeks of reading by the pool and staying out of everyone’s way. Instead, he meets Ilya—a Russian boy whose family is staying at the same hotel. He has a sharp smirk and many bad ideas. Quickly, their days turn into swimming in the sea and wandering the beach town, and their evenings turn into hiding out in rocky coves and sharing first kisses. As Shane learns what it feels like to want something badly for the first time, he also learns how temporary vacations can be.

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    14 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 86

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    The team owners discuss Hollander's move to Ottawa.

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    Shane Hollander signed with Ottawa to play on the same team as his future husband, Ilya Rozanov, and they lived happily ever after.

    Well...THEY lived happily ever after. The rest of the league? Not so much.

     

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    a look at a group chat with different players from the Eastern Conference, the morning the news drops that Shane Hollander signed with Ottawa.

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  5. Public Bookmark 63

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    Jason has successfully kidnapped three children from the League of Assassins and made it all the way to the United States with them. He brought them to Metropolis with the intention of setting up lives there for the four of them, away from Batman and all his nonsense.

    Too bad Bruce Wayne has other plans, and ambushes the four League-defecting children their first night in Metropolis. He just wants to make sure they know he's there, and will protect them. He had no clue Jason was among the defectors. Wasn't Jason dead?

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    Alternate ending to Jason and the Three Terrors, branching off from Chapter 31.

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