Summary:

“I will be quick,” Ilya’s voice was unusually quiet. “I wanted to ask…”
“What?” Shane imagined all manner of questions. How are you? Will you ever get better? Is this the life you’re living now, really? Shane fucking Hollander, podcaster? Aren’t you ashamed of this pathetic existence?
“I wanted to ask you out.”
Shane’s brain stopped. He blinked. He might have swayed. “Out where?”
“Out on date.”
“What?”

Years later, after winning cups that should have gone to Montreal, Ilya hears Shane Hollander's voice again. On the popular podcast Man in the Crease.