Babushka



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    Shane turns off the light and curls up on his side, leaning against a pillow. He turns his phone brightness down so it won’t sting his eyes, his face barely illuminated for Ilya to see in the darkness.

    Ilya doesn’t cut off his own lights, just hums appreciatively into the phone, “Is nice, I see your freckles this way.”

    “You won’t have time to see them on Thursday because I’ll be skating too fast for you to catch up.”

    Ilya smiles, “So mean to me, I tell you you are beautiful and you tell me to die.”

    (the first six months of being boyfriends)

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    22 Jun 2026

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    “Ilya, what are we gonna do?” Shane says.

    Ilya finishes whatever he has been doing on his phone, and tosses it gently to the bed beside him. He crosses the room to Shane, stands in front of him, squeezes into his shoulders with his big hands, rubbing them like he means to warm them up.

    “Looks like we will have a little vacation,” he says, with a big obnoxious grin.

     


     

    Boston and Montreal are sent to Paris to play against each other in an exhibition series in January 2017. Ilya and Shane decide to stay in Paris for one more night. Just one more night, so they can talk. Maybe finally understand each other.

    They aren't expecting a volcano to erupt in Iceland and close all the airspace in Europe, leaving them stranded there. Together.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    He would love to be the kind of person who could laze around in bed with his lover (it was the term they’d settled on at Ilya’s insistence, dreadful) but Shane just wasn’t built that way.

    Or: one year post-cottage, are Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, who are so good at so many things, any good at all at being in love?

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    15 Jun 2026

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    When Public Health Canada approaches Shane about being the face of a sexual health campaign targeted at queer men, Shane’s old fears bubble to the surface. He never wanted to be known as a gay activist but he is sick of feeling like he is letting his new-found community down as he tries to focus on his first season as an Ottawa Centaur. A new friendship with a PWHL star and the unswerving adoration of his husband Ilya help him navigate questions of guilt, identity and what we owe each other, all while he tries to win another damn cup.

    Part of a series but can be read alone.

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    14 Jun 2026

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    There were things about Shane Hollander that existed only in the dark, and those things were most of him.

    or; a moment of vulnerability at a team gathering turns into a viral scandal overnight when a video of Shane coming out is leaked to the press.

    Suddenly, everyone is watching. Everyone is talking. Everyone is judging.

    It all goes to hell—until maybe it doesn't.

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    13 Jun 2026