Summary:

"Sveta," he says, before she can greet him. "I think I'm about to do something very stupid."

"You're always doing something stupid," she laughs, her voice tinny over the speakerphone. "What is it this time?"

"I am in a staring contest with a bottle of pills," Ilya says. "And I think the pills might win."

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Or: An alternate take on Ilya's mental health after moving to Ottawa, featuring the reality of long distance relationships, Ilya learning to captain a new team, and a series of game tapes made by Ilya's dead father.