Summary:

“I am out for the season?”

“Probably."

“Are you by any chance looking for a trophy husband?”

“Ilya.”

“Yes? No?”

“It’s one season, Ilya, we’re not—it’s bad because you’re hurting, not because—I’m not letting this fuck anything up for us, okay? We’ll figure something out,” Shane says, resolutely.

or, you know what they say about the best laid plans

ilya’s first year in ottawa looks a little different than originally planned, maybe sort of because he ends up spending it recovering a broken leg in his boyfriend’s apartment, but probably mostly because he meets jackie pike