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  1. Starting before then running concurrently with the events of Mr. Answer Man, this is Scott's perspective on the first three years of Shane and Ilya's growing relationship. You do not need to have read Mr. Answer Man to understand this (I hope!) but I recommend it.

    Scott Hunter is 25 years old, Captain of the New York Admirals, and privately, achingly, gay. He meets Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov at the 2009 MLH draft day, and everyone involved immediately gets several wrong ideas. For the next three years, Scott has to navigate his place as a closeted gay man in the spotlight of major league hockey, while trying to protect an oblivious baby queer from an obviously straight Russian menace who can't seem to stay away.

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  2. What if Scott Hunter was waiting for an elevator in Vegas?

    What if Shane and Ilya had an emotional support Old Man and his Art History Twink?

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  3. Scott spent twenty years alone, so he should be used to it by now.

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  4. The day after the CCM shoot, and for the 2nd time in 24 hours, Yuna bumps into Ilya in the elevators and decides then and there that he and her son should be friends.

    5 years later, Ilya gets traded to the New York Admirals a year after winning the cup. Luckily, the Hollanders are there to help him out, no matter how undefined his relationship with Shane is.

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  5. He answered the phone, pressing it tight against his ear even as he maneuvered his way through the locker room and toward the hallway. “Hey. Is everything all right?”

    There was a moment of silence, shaky and stiff that worried Scott more than the five separate calls did. Scott’s frown deepened, pulse beginning to hammer beneath his skin. He threw caution to the wind, unable to think clearly over the nausea beginning to roil in his gut. “Kip? What’s wrong?”

    “Is this Scott?” An unfamiliar voice filtered through the speaker and into Scott’s ear, doing nothing to calm the anxiety slowly ratcheting up higher and higher within him.

    Scott paused for a moment in the doorway, not caring if his teammates noticed him. “Who is this? What’s going on?”

    “This is Kip’s dad.” Scott braced himself against the doorframe, stomach clawing its way up his throat.

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  6. The soundproofing in room 1221 is exactly as bad as Shane fears. He and Rozanov can hear every word as Scott Hunter engages in a deeply depressing annual ritual, and decide offering comfort is more important than keeping things a secret.

    It sparks a friendship that ends up changing more than just the trajectory of those three men's lives.

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  7. It's 2016. Scott Hunter is in his rookie year with the New York Admirals and at first glance his life is going great. He’s a generational talent slated to be Captain, a cinch for Rookie of the Year, and has just been named an MLH All-Star. Unfortunately, he’s also a closeted gay orphan with no swag, no bitches, and no friends.

    But it’s fine. Scott just has to keep this one measly secret for another twenty or so years, and then he can retire and get a hot boyfriend and finally live his life as his true authentic self — whatever that means. Everything is going to be just fine.

    Or: in which we are forced to contend with the hard hitting question of "what if Scott Hunter wasn’t old but Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander were?" and also "haha wouldn’t it be great if everybody was about 50% more Canadian?"

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  8. The first text arrives on a warm night, late. He sees the banner notification drop down with Kip’s name. The message preview hovers long enough for him to read it.

    It’s been six months since he made Kip walk out.

    Or: The long, winding road back.

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  9. It happens six months after their wedding.

    Scott has never been happier in his entire life. Things were amazing for a little while there, so picture-perfect in all areas of his life that it felt almost too good to be true. Too easy. The kind of happiness where you wake up every day asking yourself if it’s actually real, if you can really have this, just like that.

    Turns out you can’t.

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    Scott is injured during a game and has to deal with the fallout.

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  10. Moonlight by

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    Scott took his sunglasses from the side pocket of his backpack and put them on. His phone vibrated. He pulled it out and there it was: a picture of Kip and Elena from across the street. Kip smiling, Elena pouting. Below it, the caption: "Please don't die crossing this sea of people."

    Scott laughed to himself, put the phone away, and pushed the door open.

    The screams of excitement crashed over Scott like a wave. Fans crowded the sides of the path, many with tears in their eyes, others with their arms reaching over the metal barricades, everyone wanting a piece of that night. Happy shouts celebrating the victory, hoarse voices declaring their love for the team, words of pride and admiration. Scott smiled slightly, giving a general wave as he walked, sharing looks of gratitude to both sides – until the smile froze on his face.

    "THEY TURNED HOCKEY GAY?! SERIOUSLY?! FUCK YOU, HUNTER!"

    The voice cut through the air like a blade. Scott swallowed hard, his eyes finding a compact group on the other side of the metal barricades. Not happy at all. Men, mostly, their expressions twisted with hate, being held back by the police officers doing security.

    "HOPE YOU DIE, YOU FAGGOT!"

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  11. Scott Hunter has always lived his life like there's a homophobic sniper tracking his every move, who gets a 'ping' any time he acts too gay. After half the government is revealed as a Nazi front, he discovers the sniper is in fact real (though not homophobic). He's now eating Lucky Charms in Scott's kitchen, saying something about a vacancy.

    So Scott gets a roommate, but at least he knows he won't fall in love with this gay brunet from Brooklyn. After all, he's still hung up on the last one.

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  12. Is the first day of the new season and Scott's a bit afraid of how his team will act now that he's out. Unfortunately, he cannot dwell on that because there's a video that Carter just has to show him. Or. Some reporter tries to get Ilya to comment on the Scott Hunter Kiss, he does not get the answer he was looking for.

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  13. Ilya googles Scott Hunter in his hotel room at night. He reads some interviews too.

    Scott Hunter is an orphan. He lost his parents when he was twelve. A drunk driver killed them both.

    Twelve.

    Ilya’s stomach tightens into a knot. He can’t keep the memories away. They’re rising from the grave he tried to bury them in so many times. Mama.

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    Ilya, Scott, and the transformation of their relationship(s).

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  14. Kip wasn't into hockey before he met Scott. He got quite a surprise when the best hookup of his life showed up in the VIP section at Scott Hunter night.

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  15. At the MHL awards in Vegas there is only one bathroom back stage, it just so happens Scott Hunter is trying to get a breather when the two people he had been trying to avoid all night come in and seem to miss that he’s there.

    What will he overhear? And how will it change things.

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  16. Mirrors by

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    It’s not the way he meant it, but if Hollander takes so much fucking offense on the (not even intentional) implication that there’s something more than rivalry going on between him and Rozanov… so be it. Scott isn’t here to coddle some homophobic crybaby.

    Scott straightens, squares his shoulders, pulls on all of height, his strength, his anger.

    “You fucking heard me, Hollander.”

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    Or: Scott completely misreads his fight with Hollander in the ice

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  17. “When you walk through this door? It doesn’t matter what happened on the ice.”

    Scott wants to argue and he knows Kip can tell. He needs to remember all his mistakes so he can analyze them and learn and do better, isn’t that what people say? Learn from your failures. Work on your weak spots. Improve. Try harder.
     

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    Scott Hunter is good at asking for what he wants. He is terrible at asking for what he needs.

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  18. All in all, it might be annoying and agitating but Rozanov knows not to take it too far. He will never go out of his way to make Scott’s life miserable. It’s all in good fun, mostly private, nothing to lose any sleep over. Until Scott makes the mistake of saying yes to a series of press events in which newly graduated sports journalists get a chance to write a piece about the MLH.

    Five times Scott gets harassed by a brand-new reporter and one time he tries to get him back.

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  19. “That girl from the gala?” Carter asks, and Scott can watch the gears in his head turning in real-time.

    “No, uhm. Her friend, actually.” And wow, this is coming out entirely wrong, and Eric is giving him a very dubious look.

    “His name is Kip,” Scott says, his voice breaking on the last word. He’s in freefall. He’s jumping out of a plane with no parachute. The ground is fast approaching.

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    Kip and Scott try their best at being friends but it's maybe a tiny bit difficult when you're still super in love with each other. Scott finally lets his friends be there for him.

    Set before blueberry season.

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  20. Interference by

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    Ilya Rozanov. One of the star players of the NHL, nearly a decade into his career. Center for the Boston Bears, a brutal, fast player known for womanizers tendencies and his bragging habits.

    Kip had learned a lot about hockey in the last three years, unable to swipe past anything to do with Scott’s career. Ilya Rozanov was a difficult player to mistake and it was his distinctive build that stood beside him now, glaring down at the buildings as if they’d personally offended him.

    “...Hi.” Kip had to give himself credit. Even with the hesitation, the greeting was clear and strong, pushed past the tightness of his shirt on his shoulders, his collar resting against his throat.

    “Hello,” said Rozanov, shifting to cross his arms and lean them against the railing. His suit was near to the navy blue Kip was wearing– a popular color, and he was doubly glad Scott had insisted on it. “Is nice out here. Cold.”

     

    Three times that Ilya supported Scott's relationship and one time he defended his own.

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