Episode Aftercare
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“You are drunk,” it was a statement, not a question.
Shane tried to play it off anyway. “I’m not,” he whined.
Ilya laughed, “You are slurring words, Hollander.”
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OR: Shane finds Ilya on the roof in Vegas but he's had a couple more shots. Ilya finds Shane's drunkenness endearing enough to crack through his sulking.Series
- Part 1 of Episode Aftercare
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We didn't even kiss
They hadn’t kissed. Shane had been lying there, right next to him, and Ilya hadn’t kissed him. Hadn’t leaned over a foot of space when he’d spent the last year just wanting to be in the same room as Shane Hollander.
Fuck.
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OR: Shane sends the text. Ilya chases after him.Series
- Part 2 of Episode Aftercare
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“You’re really here?” asked Kip.
He watched Scott swallow and glance nervously at Kip’s friends. Watched him take a breath, seeming to settle on something. He squared his shoulders as he turned back to Kip, “I’m here.”
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OR: Scott goes into the bar to celebrate Kip's birthday with his friends.Series
- Part 3 of Episode Aftercare
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Shane’s voice was almost a whisper as he admitted, “I fucked up.”
Ilya stopped in his tracks, “What do you mean?”
“He knows. Scott Hunter fucking knows.”
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OR: Shane calls Ilya crying after the fight. Ilya yells at Scott Hunter about it.
*Now with Kip's POV in part 2!Series
- Part 4 of Episode Aftercare
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And then Shane hammered it home, “This isn’t real.”
He was going to leave. He came here so that he could leave. So that he could end whatever the fuck this was between them in person so he could feel good about it. Because Shane wasn’t an asshole – no, that was Ilya’s job.
Fuck that.
If Shane was going to leave anyway, then Ilya might as well put it all on the table, “It is to me.”
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OR: Shane tries to run away after they say each other's names for the first time. Ilya chases after him and makes them talk it out.Series
- Part 5 of Episode Aftercare
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Shane raised his head to look Ilya in the eye, bright with unshed tears and said, “I think I’m gay.”
And Ilya’s first thought is yeah, no shit except the way Shane said it – like it was breaking him completely to admit it out loud.
Shit.
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OR: Ilya leaves the club alone but gets a call from Shane in crisis. Shane sleeps with Rose after seeing Ilya at the club and realizes he might be gay. Even though they're not on speaking terms, the only one he has to talk to about it is Ilya.Series
- Part 6 of Episode Aftercare
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Hollander crumpled to the ice like a ragdoll. The sound of his helmet smacking against the hard surface reverberated through Ilya’s ears.
The game stopped.
Ilya’s heart stopped.
Shane didn’t get up.
“Shane!”
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OR: Shane's on-ice injury happens earlier in the timeline before they've said each other's first names for the first time. In his panic, Ilya reveals their relationship to everyone in the stadium by saying Shane's name. He has a nice conversation with Hayden about it at the hospital.Series
- Part 7 of Episode Aftercare
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Shane took a big breath, “I wanted to ask you something.”
Ilya raised an eyebrow. Seriously, what was making Shane this nervous? “Ok.”
“Ok. Um, ok, I wanted to ask you…” Shane took another breath before rushing the words out, “Willyoucometomycottagethissummer?”
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OR: Shane doesn't get hit during the game and gets to go through with his plan of asking Ilya to come to his cottage that night.Series
- Part 8 of Episode Aftercare
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“What if I didn’t leave? What if I stayed all summer?”
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OR: Ilya asks Shane if he can stay at the cottage past his two week timeline. They're both thrilled.Series
- Part 9 of Episode Aftercare