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Shane and Ilya have been happily married and playing on the same team for a few years now, having the best time of their lives. They won the Cup their first season on the same team, while the Metros were knocked out of the playoffs in the first round. Shane, while still upset that the team he loved for years and gave so much of himself to shunned him, relished in the fact that they were knocked out so fast and barely made it in the first place. Sure, his best friend was still on the team, but his contract is up soon, so he could be traded after that if he wanted.
Jackie was pregnant again (despite Hayden getting a vasectomy) and it was very much a surprise. She had bought her and Hayden tickets to the Sabrina Carpenter show in Vancouver (for a fun night out from their kids around their anniversary), but then he went and got her pregnant again. Safe to say she wasn't the happiest about that. (She loves her husband and their kids, but damn can he please wrap it up sometimes??)
So, unfortunately, she was going to be at a level of pregnant that would not make it fun for her to go to a concert. She had already been to the show in Montreal months prior, but she wanted to go in Vancouver, too. So instead, she had to give the tickets away. She decided to give them to Shane and Ilya for their anniversary.
And now, the time has come for the two to go to the pop star's concert. Ilya doesn't listen to her, but Shane does some (because of Jackie, he says. Ilya hears him singing it in the shower whenever they aren't showering together), so he's ready to go. The seats are pretty good. He expected for them to be club seats, but Jackie had bought floor tickets, so they were gonna be able to see Sabrina really well.
When they get there, the people in the crowd never even give them a second glance, despite them being two of the most popular hockey players. It's really nice, being somewhere that no one is recognizing them and somewhere that people let them just be themselves and enjoy a concert. It's been a while since either of them had been able to do something without at least one person recognizing them, especially now that they both lived in Ottawa.
While they're in line to buy something to drink and eat, someone comes up to them and lightly taps Shane on the shoulder.
"Excuse me? Mr. Hollander? My name is Esther Dream. I'm a member of Sabrina's team. Can we talk somewhere a little quieter? There's something she wanted to ask you," a woman said, gesturing towards an empty corner in the arena.
Shane glances at Ilya, who just shrugs and says, "That sounds great."
They walk over to the side, where Esther then goes on to explain the Juno arrest tradition that Sabrina had been doing all tour. She then asks if they would like to be moved from their spots in order to be "arrested" by Sabrina. Ilya grins and tells her that he would absolutely love to be arrested for being too hot. Esther looks over at Shane, who just shrugs while looking at his husband.
"Alrighty, then. If you guys don't mind coming with me, I'll get you guys set up in the VIP section." She starts walking off, so Shane and Ilya trail behind her.
"Um, Esther? Can I ask you a question?"
She glances back at Shane, who was looking at her with a questioning look. "Of course. What is it?"
"How did you know we were here?"
"Oh, Sabrina got a DM from one Hayden Pike, telling her that she should arrest you guys. She looked you up and immediately agreed."
Shane drops his head into his hand with a sigh. "Of course he did. Alright, let's head to the VIP section."
Once they get seated with some food, the opener is already out and having the time of their life. He's not on long, so it's not too much longer and Sabrina is coming out.
Shane has the time of his life. He's never really been a crowd person, or a loud event person, so he'd never been to a concert before. But this is one of the best experiences of his life. He loves Sabrina's music, even if he would have never admitted that when he was a Metro. It isn't long before a member of Sabrina's team came to collect Shane and Ilya for the arrest.
Soon, Sabrina walks down the stairs and the alarms go off, showing Shane and Ilya on the screen.
"Oh my god, you guys are like, really hot. What are your names?" she says before a member of her team sticks a microphone in their faces.
"Shane," Shane answers at the same time as Ilya goes, "Ilya Hollander-Rozanov." Shane goes visibly red on the screen at the last name as he turns towards his husband and smiles.
"Oh, wow. You guys are hockey players, right? Aren't you guys the married hockey players? That play for Ottawa?"
Shane and Ilya both laugh and smile at each other. Ilya answer with, "Yes. He is my husband and teammate. I am his captain, though. Turns out our rivalry was a bit more than just that."
Sabrina laughs and says, "Yeah, I guess it was just a really heated rivalry. You guys are so hot and heated that I just have to lose some clothes. I just have to arrest you guys for being this hot!"
She tosses the pink handcuffs to Shane, who catches them. Ilya immediately snatches them and admires them. "Don't worry, Sabrina. These will definitely be used tonight."
"Ilya!"
He turns towards his husband, who was as red as a tomato and looking very scandalized. "Is true."
"Oh my god, why would you say that in front of, like, 50,000 people?"
"Sorry I love my husband very much and love to fuck him," Ilya says, as he shrugs and turns back towards the stage where Sabrina is singing.
A minute or so later, it's time for the position of the night, which has Sabrina bringing out a hockey stick and playing hockey on stage. Shane and Ilya burst out laughing as she points over at them when she hands the stick back to the guy beside the stage.
"Well, I know I said we'd do the position that she did tonight, but maybe we can just have fun with the cuffs instead, yeah?"
"Oh, absolutely, Hollander. We're going to have so much fun," Ilya says, grabbing Shane's ass and pulling him in for a kiss.