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    Ilya Rozanov, thirty-seven years old and a generational hockey player, had never paid much attention to the incoming draft prospects. But nineteen year old Shane Hollander was different.

    His stats were amazing, no dispute there, but it wasn’t exactly his athletic promise that enthralled Ilya almost to the point of obsession. No, it was something else. Something that pricked under Ilya’s skin, a feeling that left Ilya wondering if Shane Hollander inspired jealousy or lit the fire of his curiosity.

    Shane Hollander was gay.

    But the worst part of this whole thing was: not only was Ilya tortured by the idea that his potential “successor” was gay and confident in his sexuality, or that he was a great fucking hockey player.

    No, the worst part was that Shane Hollander was fucking gorgeous.

    Or: Openly gay rookie Shane Hollander and sexually repressed bisexual veteran player Ilya Rozanov

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    25 Jul 2026

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    Ilya's heart stuttered at the last clip. A video of hands toasting beer bottles. The camera rose and panned the hotel bar, swinging to Harris’s boyfriend and…Shane Hollander. Shane Hollander, in the same light blue shirt that Ilya had seen dashing around a street corner a few hours ago. Shane Hollander, a little rumpled, adorably jet-lagged, drinking at a hotel bar that Harris had conveniently tagged. Ilya knew, he just knew what he'd find when he clicked on the location. The back of his neck was buzzing, a bizarre intuition thrumming in him.

    The location opened, and Ilya had to bite back a laugh. Shane Hollander was in Hanoi, only a few minutes away from him.

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    AU Shane produces a travel show hosted by Rose. When the crew touches down in Hanoi, they cross paths with a pair of travel influencers that Shane would prefer to never see again.

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    24 Jul 2026

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    Ilya Rozanov was unceremoniously traded by Boston after coming out as bisexual. Shane Hollander is his new captain. They are adjusting to their rivals-to-teammates arc with surprising professionalism and on-ice chemistry.

    They are keeping a respectful distance.

    Well, they were.

    After a late-night party at Shane’s house, Ilya passes out and catches Shane watching him sleep. Shane catches Ilya liking it.

    They may have discovered a loophole for exploration that even a high-strung hockey hero in extreme denial won't run from. As long as it remains a dream.

    At what point is a dark bedroom just a closet with a little more room?

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    22 Jul 2026

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
    On the night of 14–15 December 1984, four senior officers of the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-219, designation Krasnyy Oktyabr', arrived on United States soil. Their defection is assessed as voluntary, premeditated, and of EXCEPTIONAL intelligence value. This event is to be treated as a TIER ONE defection. Unauthorized disclosure will be prosecuted under Executive Order 12333.

    SECTION I — DEFECTING PERSONNEL
    1. Captain First Rank ILYA ROZANOV, 30 years old. Commanding Officer, K-219. Ten years service, Soviet Northern Fleet. Graduate, Frunze Naval Academy, 1972. Rozanov is assessed as the primary architect of the defection. Motivation assessed as ideological disillusionment regarding the Soviet criminalization of homosexuality, compounded by a romantic relationship with [REDACTED].

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    20 Jul 2026

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    "Shane thought, as he studied the creature’s face inches from his own, that it resembled reading poetry to someone on their deathbed; he’d been afforded the mercy of witnessing something very beautiful, before his death. 

    The memory of an annotation surfaced unconsciously, soothing his fear. A scrawled, frantic handwriting in one of the accounts, detailing that the pain of a nightwalker’s bite was remarkable; until replaced with incomparable ecstasy."

    or, apothecary Shane gets a late-night visit from a mysterious customer. 

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    20 Jul 2026