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    ‘David, is Ilya. Have suddenly got upset stomach. Sorry.’
    Too cliched.
    ‘David, have broken both legs. Do not send ambulance. Will walk it off. Regards, Ilya.’
    Too melodramatic.
    ‘David, do not want to go. This is Ilya.’
    Too cruel.
    ‘David, I cannot embarrass you. You mean too much to me. Love, Ilya.’
    Too true.
    Fifth time’s a charm and Ilya sent ‘On my way!’ instead. David’s reply was immediate, ‘We’re gonna make a night of it, bud!’

    Or: Ilya is David's plus one for a function and is utterly unprepared for how David has been talking about him at work.

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    14 Jul 2026

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    When he looks at the picture before sending it, Niko looks so much like Shane that Ilya has to bury his nose into his hair, right where the warm, sweet smell of baby is most concentrated, and then smack a kiss against his head, then over his little shell of an ear.

    It’s unbelievable the way that the long stretches of tedium that come with parenting an infant crack open at least once or twice a day to reveal some of the deepest, wildest surges of love Ilya’s ever felt. It’s enough, sometimes, somehow, to cut through the sour, stagnant funk he’s been in ever since his injury, enough to make him feel like he’s fully in his body again.

    ilya is injured and stuck at home with his baby, who he's pretty sure prefers shane to him

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    13 Jul 2026

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    “We didn’t kiss.”

    Saying the words felt like a boulder had been lifted off his chest for a few blissful seconds before a whole mountain crashed down to take its place. What the fuck was he thinking? Saying something so pathetic, so needy, so utterly stupid over something so insignificant? Heat flooded his face, a different kind of shame, fresh and hot.

    (or, I was mad that Shane never got any reassurance or apology for the Vegas humiliation ritual and "we didn't even kiss")

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    12 Jul 2026

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    Ilya Rozanov does not come pre-installed with good communication or healthy coping skills. Is he going to seek out help on his own? Hell no! But when a family member kills himself, fellow Boston Raider and friend Cliff Marleau decides that Ilya is going to therapy come hell or high water. And Ilya... well, Ilya is just playing along to keep the peace. Right? He doesn't need therapy. But if it helps his friend be less worried, so be it.

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    What if Ilya came into the tuna meltdown with slightly upgraded social skills and no one actually ran away before they had a conversation?

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    11 Jul 2026

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    It was all Harris' idea, and he'd expected to be fully shut down, given how private Shane and Ilya had been about their wedding and relationship. But they finally had the chance to be open, and set the record straight in a clear way that didn't name any names, that the Montreal Metros had never played with a Shane Hollander who hadn't been in love with Ilya Rozanov.

    (A vaguely spiritual successor to my fic 20 Questions, though this time canon compliant)

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    10 Jul 2026