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  1. Rec *

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    intermission

    /ˌɪntəˈmɪʃən/
    noun
    An interval between two parts of the same story. Often mistaken for an ending.


    The All-Star Game is supposed to be harmless. Bright lights, broadcast smiles, forced camaraderie, famous rivals pretending none of it matters.

    Shane can handle all of that. What he cannot handle is Ilya two corridors away, wearing the wrong jersey, captaining the wrong team, and acting like they are not in love.

    Then a bomb threat empties the arena before puck drop. The players are told to stay in their dressing rooms. The delay becomes a lockdown. The lockdown becomes captivity.

    Below the ice, with the league’s most valuable players held as hostages, Shane and Ilya have to survive the night without reaching for each other, without giving themselves away, and without letting fear turn into something worse.

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    A hostage crisis, three targeted All-Stars, and Shane trying not to lose his mind every time Ilya opens his mouth.

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    26 Jun 2026

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    Cliff would probably remember if he was there when Ilya met a woman so earth-shattering that he would chase after her for nearly a decade. Probably. Cliff thinks he would probably notice something as life-altering as a meeting like that. Who on earth is this woman and how did they find each other? Did Cliff watch Ilya’s life change before his eyes and not even realize what was happening?

     

    In the fall of 2017, Cliff Marlow notices evidence of Jane all over Ilya’s apartment. He decides to investigate.

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    26 Jun 2026

  3. Rec 42

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    "It's just dancing, Shane," Hayden jokes. "We're not going to war."
    "You may not remember my wedding day that much, dude, but I do. This is going to be a lot."

    Despite all that, he didn't care. He wants to stand with his friends and teammates and show them, openly and loudly, how much he loves his husband. He wants to share this deeply special part of his life with them in the way he's stood by and watched others do for so many years, still savouring the fact that he really gets to have it all.

    Shane and Ilya are hosting the Centaurs' annual end of season send off party. Between heated food debates, arguing about early playoff exits and a few cups of rum, Shane finds himself thinking about the journey it took to get him here, showing off his love for the world to see.

    He has a lot of feelings about it. He swears he's not an emotional drunk.

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    22 Jun 2026

  4. Rec 9

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    Svetlana and Ilya do not talk about their mothers, or Sasha, or the first woman Svetlana falls in love with. They fuck, and they watch hockey, and somewhere down the line, Svetlana decides that this has to be enough.
    Svetlana does not call her mother, and she will not talk about Ilya’s mother with him. God, she wonders, why did it have to be Irina?

    Svetlana Vetrova is smart enough to know when to keep her mouth shut. Shane Hollander is too stupid to ever let Ilya open his.

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    21 Jun 2026

  5. Rec 15

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    "I will tell Mama about you, Shane Hollander. I will tell her how you brought back my brother's smile."

    A glimpse into Alexei's mind after his father's death and Ilya's departure from Russia.

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    14 Jun 2026