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    “I was thinking summer,” Shane said.

    “Summer for what?”

    Shane lifted his head and met Ilya’s gaze. “For everything. Coming out. Going public. Getting married.”

    Ilya’s heart flipped. “Yes?”

    “Yeah. I know it’s going to be a shitshow, but I’m tired of being scared of being found out. I want to tell people, on our own terms. I think I can handle anything that happens, as long as going public is a choice we made ourselves. Together.”

    “That is what I want,” Ilya agreed. “We tell people ourselves. Together.”

    ~ The Long Game, Chapter 25

    What if Shane and Ilya were never outed in Hayden's FanMail, and got to come out on their own terms?

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    04 Oct 2026

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    Shane meets Ilya in Tampa for closure – he knows he’s gay now, and also knows he wants something serious, committed, reliable. He’s ready to end things neatly and conclusively. Ilya is going to have to accept that.

    ... Ilya takes this about as well as you would expect.

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    04 Oct 2026

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    Hayden grabbed his arm. “Shane, relax, buddy. They’ve got him.” Hayden’s eyes were frantic, searching Shane’s face for some form of understanding. The only confirmation that he got that Shane had heard him was in the form of Shane snatching his arm away and leveling him with a cold glare.

    “That’s my husband, Hayden,” he hissed.

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    or Ilya gets badly injured during a game and Shane comes out to an entire arena

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    Ilya knows that no one loves the same version of a person; his Shane is different to Yuna’s Shane, who is different to David’s Shane, who is different to J.J., or Rose, or Hayden’s Shane. And while Ilya knows he’d fall in love with every single version, he’s happy he gets this one. Happy he gets the Shane who lets himself be trusting, and vulnerable, and honest.

    It makes Ilya wish he could have loved Shane earlier - makes him wish he could have known him longer. But he’s just glad he gets to do it now, here, like this.

     

    (Or, four times people are surprised by Shane’s clinginess, and one time they completely expect it.)

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    03 Oct 2026

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    Shane never gets injured that night at the Montreal vs. Boston game. Ilya ends things between them. They spend the next year trying to forget each other in other people. Their yearning betrays them.

    Based on the song Pushing It Down and Praying by Lizzy McAlpine.

    "When I close my eyes
    You replace him
    Wearing no disguise
    You erase him
    I wanna feel guilty
    I wanna feel that it's wrong"

    Link to the HISYAD playlist here: YouTube & Spotify

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