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    "Why are you not scared?"

    "I am scared," Ilya admits. "I just am tired. Of hiding me. Of hiding you. Of hiding how much I love you. I want to go to the rink— how do you say it? Authenti."

    "Authentically," Shane supplies, automatically.

    "Yes. Authentically. I want to go to the rink authentically, as me," Ilya confirms.

    Ilya looks at Shane, pauses until Shane meets his eyes. "I want to say: I, Ilya Rozanov, love a man, and that man's name is Shane Hollander."

     

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    Or, sometimes it takes a little more time, and some courage, to be with the one you love.

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    26 Jun 2026

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    From: [email protected]

    To: [email protected]

    Subject: Secret Santa 2015

     

    Dear Shane Hollander,

    Thank you for participating in the MLH Secret Santa!

    This year, you will be sending a gift to: Ilya Rozanov (Boston Raiders).

    In order to get to know him and get a personalized gift, you will get access to an encrypted messaging app where you can ask him questions. Make sure you don't reveal who you are!

    Please send your gift before December 15th to the Boston Raiders social media manager’s office at the address below.

    Merry Christmas!

    The MLH Social Media Team

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    Or: Shane and Ilya never hooked up, Shane needs to get Ilya a secret santa gift, and Ilya is on a mission to figure out who his secret santa is.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    Ilya Rozanov has been drafted by Boston, the number one pick overall, but his father doesn't want him moving to America and so takes steps to block his visa. He's going to have to go back to Russia and stay there forever and that, thinks Shane Hollander, is wrong.

    It's so wrong that Shane can't stop himself from doing something about it. Even though that something is the most reckless, the only reckless thing he's ever done in his life. He marries Rozanov in secret, to keep him out of Russia and put him on a path to Canadian citizenship.

    Shane's got a five-year plan to get him there and when you have a plan nothing can go wrong. Right? Right. When you have a solid plan and a marriage that's on paper only there's no risk of feelings getting involved. Not on Rozanov's part and certainly not on Shane's.

    Right???

    (or, the story of how Shane Hollander fell in love with his own husband)

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    15 Jun 2026

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    When the unsentimental financial imperative of the NHL sees Shane traded to the Boston Raiders, he and Ilya are thrown into closer extended proximity than ever before. As they adjust to life as teammates, they are forced to contend with the nature of their relationship -and must answer for themselves: is it even a relationship at all?
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    Sliding down the wall, Shane hunched over his untied sneakers, shoved on hastily when Coach had called him in for a meeting after morning skate.

    “Boston wanted you specifically. I’ve already spoken to their GM. You’re flying this evening or tomorrow morning: I’ll confirm once the paperwork clears.”

    “Mom,” Shane managed.

    “Oh sweetie. I know, okay. Those fuckers, how dare they do this! Two fucking cups! Now all of a sudden they decide they want a reset and you’re going to fund it.”

    Shane put his head between his knees and tried to breathe. God, Boston. They hated him there; it was so far away; he was fucking their captain.

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    14 Jun 2026

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    Twelve years after his mother’s death, Ilya finds some of her in somebody else.

     
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    Desperate to delay his return to Moscow, Ilya finds himself spending an off-season coaching at the Hollanders’ hockey summer camp. There, he spends three weeks with Shane Hollander, twenty four overactive children, his dissipating sense of self, and his parents’ upbringing fighting for control over him.

    He’s doing alright.

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    11 Jun 2026