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    Casey, miraculously, laughed, tears freely running down his cheeks, but he was pretty sure he’d never been happier in his entire life. “Fucking loved you, growing up,” he said.

    “You were right to. I am awesome.” Ilya’s famous crooked smile was bright across his face, and Casey sniffed away some of his embarrassing tears, smiling back. Ilya punched him gently on the shoulder. “You are good kid. You will be to many kids what I was to you.”

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    When eight year old Casey Hicks sees a cocky Russian on TV proclaim he's going to score 50 goals in his rookie season, he knows he has a favorite player for life. Twelve years later, Casey makes the NHL and finally gets the chance to meet him. And Casey's definitely, totally chill about it.

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    30 Mar 2026

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    He closed out of the excel sheet, opened it again, and when the words on the page didn't change, put his head in his hands and yelled, a wordless sound of agony that had Anya lifting her scruffy head and barking once, short and sharp.

    On the page in cheerful orange font was the words that spelled his doom:

    Annual Centaurs Pre-Season Potluck Assignment

    Shane Hollander and Troy Barrett - Dessert

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    26 Mar 2026

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    “You know, there are a lot of kids that look up to you—“

    It’s the refrain of Shane’s life. Everything circles back to this: a lot of kids looking up to you. That’s why you need to spend your summers doing ad campaigns. That’s why you need to let a social media manager handle your every interaction online. That’s why we need to sit here after family dinner with flash cards rehearsing the different ways you’ll answer reporters’ questions after you face Boston next week, and, oh, when we’re done, let’s do some French vocabulary flashcards, too, because it’s important to the Francophone fans that you’re thinking about them. There are lots of Asian Francophones in Quebec, Shane. Almost 13% of primary schoolers are of Asian descent, compared to less than 4% of hockey players. Isn’t that pathetic?

    As if Shane doesn’t know that it’s pathetic. As if Shane doesn’t know what he fought through to get here.

    Abruptly, Shane is furious.

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    23 Mar 2026

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    An exploration of the first few months of Ilya and Shane’s “official” relationship, featuring Shane’s extremely supportive parents who do not do anything by half measures. Starts in September 2017.

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    22 Mar 2026

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    paramedics!hollanov verse. (it’s mostly porn)

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    21 Mar 2026