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    “Ilya, what are we gonna do?” Shane says.

    Ilya finishes whatever he has been doing on his phone, and tosses it gently to the bed beside him. He crosses the room to Shane, stands in front of him, squeezes into his shoulders with his big hands, rubbing them like he means to warm them up.

    “Looks like we will have a little vacation,” he says, with a big obnoxious grin.

     


     

    Boston and Montreal are sent to Paris to play against each other in an exhibition series in January 2017. Ilya and Shane decide to stay in Paris for one more night. Just one more night, so they can talk. Maybe finally understand each other.

    They aren't expecting a volcano to erupt in Iceland and close all the airspace in Europe, leaving them stranded there. Together.

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    30 Jun 2026

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    WELCOME TO THE NAYBORHOOD!!
    i am Shane i am 7 i live in the house with the blue door
    mom said give you a gift so here is drawing!!
    i draw every day almost every day
    do you like drawing?

    Ilya and his family move from Moscow to Ottawa when he is seven years old. The boy next door draws him a welcome gift.

    Or childhood friends Hollanov told through doodles and notes passed between them. Growing up is hard. At least they have each other.

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    25 Jun 2026

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    shane craves the kind of intensity that his happy, long-term relationship simply cannot provide. ilya lives next door with his boyfriend, and wants shane anyway.

    (or, two couples! one apartment building! and infidelity!)

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    24 Jun 2026

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    Connor is about to speak up when Hudson murmurs a few words into his pillow. Connor doesn’t catch it, so he leans in, his breath fanning across Hudson’s cheek. “What was that?”

    Hudson swallows audibly, the sound thick, lingering.

    “Whatifyouputinjustthetip.”


    or: Hudson wants just the tip. Connor eventually gives him all of it.

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    08 Jun 2026

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    “I don’t think we should see each other until the First Round is over.”

    Rozanov just blinks at him like a drowsy—albeit handsome—cat. For a brief moment, Shane thinks that perhaps the other man hadn’t heard him. Maybe Rozanov can do that freaky thing where he sleeps with his eyes fully open. Shane wouldn’t know—after all, neither of them has ever spent the night.

    But then Rozanov tosses his head back and laughs.

    And laughs.

    And laughs.

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    Montreal and Boston are set to face off in the first round of the playoffs. Shane has some concerns about that.

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    02 Jun 2026