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  1. The scream that rips its way out of Shane’s chest is feral, inhuman. A wretched, mournful wail being torn from his body by the bony hands of grief. He collapses to his knees and sobs, anguish pouring out of him like a tidal wave. Suddenly there are arms around him, but they’re not the right ones. Not Ilya. Or, Ilya’s plane goes down.

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  2. Ilya has always known Shane could do better than him. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that he’s finally found it. Found someone else. Because that’s what this is, isn’t it?

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  3. Ilya stands there, arms crossed over his chest, one eyebrow raised. “Please explain why dentist office called me in regards to an appointment for you.” “I have no idea what you mean, baby.” Shane replies, voice thick with sweetness. “I just had a cleaning last month!” “And now you lie to me?” Ilya shakes his head, “Disappointed.” “I am not lying!” -- Spoiler: Shane absolutely is lying. So Ilya makes him go to the dentist.

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    “Yes. In recent games-” Ilya paused. Hollander didn’t interrupt him. “Have you read what they said about you?”
    “Who’s they?”
    “People. Hockey people.”
    Hollander stared Ilya down. “Is this supposed to motivate me?”
    “No, um, I-”
    “You should see the shit they say about *you*.”
    Ilya most definitely did see it.

     

    The NHL adds another team, resulting in an expansion draft. Shane and Ilya, both nearing the end of their careers at age 35, find themselves on the new team. Can they both prove that they’re not “too old” to lead a team to victory? And can they be honest with each other in the process?

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  5. “You really wouldn’t mind if I had sex with someone else?” Ilya does mind. Hearing it said back to him, almost makes him flinch, a sudden and brittle sound right next to his ear that he fails to recoil from in time. But he swallows back the bitter truth and replies, “Of course not. If that is what you want.” He waits, sitting on his living room couch, phone pressed painfully against his ear, his other hand gripping his knees till his knuckles blanched. He could feel his own heart rattling behind his ribs, pulse rockingloudly. His mind was an echo of alarm, demanding of him: Why isn't Shane saying anything? It was the loudest silence he’s ever lived through, until Shane finally said, “Okay.” OR: inspired by the fight in TLG where Ilya tells Shane he can sleep with other men. But this time, Shane actually takes the offer.

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  6. The night before Christmas, Shane gives Ilya a part of himself he thought he had to leave behind in Russia.

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