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    Shane is still learning that he doesn't have to be perfect in his own relationship. Ilya is still learning the rules of Shane's bad days. So when Shane tries to push him away after a crushing loss, it leads to a tense argument. But ten years of rivalry are no match for Shane’s tears; the second he starts to cry, Ilya folds like a house of cards.

    Or: Shane tries to starve himself as punishment for losing, Ilya tries to feed him, and it turns into a very soft night of pampering because Ilya is legally incapable of staying angry at a crying Shane.

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    04 Mar 2026

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    “Okay, okay - listen! I have had enough of this mutitny.”

    “Mutiny, Mr. Ilya.”

    “Mutiny.” he corrects himself. “Thank you, Summer.” he adds and the little ginger girl to his left salutes him. “You learn hockey for fun. You learn hockey for skills, and balance, and self-confidence, you do not learn hockey to try to kill me, yes?”

    *hockey camp is here again and makes shane and ilya start. . . thinking about things*

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    27 Feb 2026

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    Maybe together they could figure out a way to make sure Ilya was never afraid of David again. He really didn’t want to be afraid of David.

    “Is… silly.” Ilya said. “Maybe not silly, but now that we are here and not there, I see it was silly. I broke the wine, and I thought - maybe everyone will be angry. And…” Clearing his throat, Ilya pushed past his discomfort to spit out the next part. “Well, angry back in Russia is not the same as angry here, I think.”

    “What was angry like back in Russia?”

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    Ilya drops a bottle of wine, and it's fine. Really, it's fine. If only someone could tell Ilya's brain that.

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    24 Feb 2026

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    Swimming leads to kissing, kissing leads to everything else.

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    20 Feb 2026

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    They had so many years of love and joy, so many tender, vulnerable moments that they were never allowed to capture - never allowed to keep.

    “We don’t have any pictures together, Ilya,” Shane repeats, his voice frantic and desperate and almost pleading. “We’ve loved each other for a decade and all we have to show for it is-“

    “-us, Shane. We have us to show for it. Our life, our love, our home that we have built together.”

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    15 Feb 2026