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    “Did you see this?” Ilya passed his phone to Shane, who frowned in confusion. “You are the leading theory.”

    “The leading theory for what?” he still frowned, trying to read the excerpt of Adrian's book as fast as possible. Ilya could tell the moment that he got excited, an inability to resist such juicy gossip. “Wait, Adrian Dela Cruz dated someone in the NHL?”

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    “I see,” Rozanov says finally, straightening just a little.

    “You came to give me ethics lesson.”

    Shane scoffs, “ I came here to, uh—“ he falters, hands gesturing uselessly.

    “To set things straight.” Yeah, that works.

    “To set things straight,” Rozanov repeats, slow and measured. His mouth curves into a wicked grin. “Yes I can help”

    Shane loses count of how many times he’s frowned that day.

    “What do you mean ‘you can help’?”

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    Shane confronts the guy his girlfriend cheated on him with. It takes an unexpected turn.

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    Ilya Rozanov moving to Ottawa to be with a man he loved might not fit into the image most of the NHL had of him, but Harris found that it fit a lot easier with the one he had.

    or, an alternate take on The Long Game where Shane and Ilya tell their teams about their relationship

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    “Go away,” Ilya said, his voice muffled by something. Shane would bend space and time to give Ilya anything, but he would not grant him this.

    Instead, he pushed the door open, his heart breaking at the sight of Ilya in his massive bed, somehow looking tiny beneath the covers.

    “Ilya,” he said, the name escaping like an exhale. He had so much to say. So many things that needed fixing. So many apologies he owed him.

    “Shane, please-“

    “I’ll go.”

    “Yes. Thank you.”

    “No - not… not to Montreal. To the party. If you’ll still have me.“

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    Shane attends Boodram’s Boxing Day Party. This is how it goes.

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    Ilya’s mouth fell open a little. “It is 2017 Shane and your father has no idea I am here. I should hide.”

    “No!” Shane reached out and took Ilya’s hand. “Wait, if you really think it’s 2017-”

    “It is 2017, Shane,” Ilya interrupted him.

    He’d forgotten what he was going to say because Shane’s left hand was suddenly in his field of vision. He stared at it, stunned. There was no ring on his finger. There wasn’t even that little tan line that was always there when he took it off. How had he not noticed it was gone? Shane always noticed when his ring wasn’t there. Could feel its absence acutely, whenever he had to take it off which was almost never.

    “Ilya when did we first say ‘I love you’ to each other?” Shane asked slowly.

    “Yesterday,” Ilya replied. “What is going on Shane?”

    Shane sank to his knees on the dock, his head in his hands. They weren't married. His parents didn't even know about Ilya yet. They were still rival hockey players who lived in different countries and Shane felt like his heart was breaking.

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    Married, happy Shane from 2022 travels back in time to his and Ilya’s first summer at the cottage.
    Fix it fic via time travel plot device.

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