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  1. Public Bookmark 8

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    «I want to get out of the car and run back to your mom, spread my arms wide, and say, please, please, Mrs. Holander, hug me, run your fingers through my hair like my mom used to do.
    I love your son so much, Mrs. Holander. Could you love me just a little bit, one day, maybe? Don't be just nice and polite and so Canadian to me; let me be part of your family. I am so lost, Mrs. Holander. I am so alone.»

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    Meeting your boyfriend’s parents is supposed to be stressful. It’s not supposed to make you question your entire existence.
    So Ilya ends up playing passenger princess, apparently, that’s his coping mechanism.
    A slice of life on the drive from Shane’s parents’ house back to the cottage.

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    30 Mar 2026

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    It's Ilya and Shane's first Christmas together as an actual couple, and Ilya is a bit nervous to spend it with Shane's family. Of course, when he wakes up sick a few days before the holiday, that won't do. He can't ruin Christmas.

    Or, Ilya learns what it means to be cared for.

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    30 Mar 2026

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    Eddie’s changed back into his civilian clothes and is just finishing tightening the laces on his boots when Chimney comes into the locker room, his face uncharacteristically serious.

    “Hey guys, can you all hang back a minute? I need to talk to you about something,” he says, pulling the door closed behind him.

    Hen looks up from her phone, glancing around at Eddie, Ravi, and Harry. “Sure, Cap. Should we wait for Buck?”

    Chim sighs and shakes his head. “It’s…it’s about Buck.”

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    A few missing scenes from Pick Your Poison.

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    29 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 78

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    This deviates from the original timeline (the Montreal vs. Boston game has been changed from April 2017 to February 2017).

    Shane was traded to the Boston Bears.

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    28 Mar 2026

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    After Shane and Ilya were outed through fan mail, they were still playing games on ice and fighting for a playoff spot in the regular season. They faced disappointed fans, hostile teammates, and a world that no longer felt like it belonged to them.

    Ilya was fortunate enough to be traded to Ottawa—
    a team widely regarded around the league as one of the most openly gay-friendly locker rooms in hockey.

    Shane was not.

    The Voyageurs made their position clear—not through words, but through their actions on the ice.

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    In two games, the television commentators witnessed Shane being iced out by his own team
    isolated, ignored, and left exposed shift after shift.
    This wasn’t a mistake.
    It wasn’t a coincidence.

    It was bullying

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    28 Mar 2026