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    Shane and Ilya have done everything right, with years of waiting, planning, and hoping. After too many almosts and not-quites, they go to one more adoption event with no expectations.

    But one quiet conversation—and one perfect baby—turn “maybe” into something a lot more dangerous: hope.

    And hope, it turns out, has a way of asking for more than they expected.

    (AKA: hurt/comfort, so much yearning, accidental family, angst with a payoff, and yes—a hard-won happy ending)

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    20 Jun 2026

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    After the tuna melt meltdown, Shane meets Rose Landry, has several deeply inconvenient revelations, and decides to do the only sensible thing: win Ilya back with sincerity, logistics, and a frankly alarming amount of emotional effort.

    Ilya, meanwhile, mistakes every tender gesture for the kind prelude to an inevitable goodbye.

    Or: Shane is living in a romcom. Ilya is living in a Russian tragedy.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    After divorce and retirement, Ilya Rozanov finds himself back in Shane Hollander's orbit. It's been thirteen years since they've spoken.

    Ilya finds ways to stay.

    Shane finds ways to let him.

    Or.

    Pathetic Divorced Man Ilya Rozanov spends an increasing amount of time with his ex.

    title from even now by william fitzsimmons

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    20 Jun 2026

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    Shane broke up with his high school girlfriend before leaving for the NHL. He doesn't think he'll ever talk to her again, but one day just before his second season, she shows up at his apartment. She tells him she's gay, and her parents kicked her out. Obviously, he offers her a place to stay. His parents, the Metros, and the media all make assumptions about their relationship, and they figure... why not let them assume?

    He says, “It’ll be cool. Like… a sleepover with friends.”
    He says, “What else do you need?”
    He does not say, “I think I get it more than I should.”
    And that’s how Jessica comes to live with him.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    "From a little basket of blankets, she stared at him as he stepped through the doorway. Her bright yellow eyes reflected the light. She'd been waiting for him, it felt like. She tried to stand, and fell down in the blankets. Shane had rushed to her side. Her bright eyes, amber with wide black irises, looked at him with such trust. It was one of Shane’s favourite memories of his childhood."

    Or: Shane Hollander has a calico cat.

    Takes place over Heated Rivalry & The Long Game

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    20 Jun 2026