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  1. Public Bookmark 44

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    “Don’t let go!” Ilya shouted as Alexei struggled to hold onto the end of the bike, his legs moving quickly to keep up with the pace as the road turned downhill. 

    “I’m not going to let go. Calm down!” 

    “You sure?” 

    Alexei was starting to pant heavily but his legs kept moving. “I promise.”

    And Alexei didn’t let go — not until a rock got stuck in the front wheel causing Ilya to crash, taking Alexei down with him.

     

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    A recollection of Alexei's life from childhood to adulthood.

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    03 Mar 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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    14 Feb 2026

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    Shane gets in the car and slams the door shut.

    “What was that?” his dad asks, voice slightly worried.

    “Nothing,” Shane says unconvincingly, looking down at his hands, tearing at the skin around his fingernails.

    “Didn’t look like nothing, bud. It’s unlike you not to say bye to your friend like that. Or slam the door.”

    “Ilya Rozanov is not my friend, Dad.”

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    Shane Hollander thinks he's ready for 8th grade. For the most part, he is.
    Enter: Ilya Rozanov.
    Shane is not ready for the way his life is about to change.

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    05 Jan 2026

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    "биполярное расстройство."

    Shane was quiet for a moment, ticking through the words he had learned and picked up over the years. As Ilya suspected, this was not one of them.

    Inevitably he asked, "what does it mean?"

    It was Ilya's turn to be quiet.

    Or a continuation of Ilya getting mental health treatment after the Long Game ends that nobody asked for and him coming to terms with being diagnosed with bipolar 2.

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    03 Jan 2026

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    "Listen, Mr. Rozanov." The general manager is talking out of the side of his mouth, his cigarette dropping ashes all over the hotel table. "We like you. We want you. We understand you are putting yourself under a fair amount of risk here, meeting with us like this. I hope it's obvious that if you play for us, we will set you up for a good life in Canada."

    He pauses, looks Ilya in the eye. "But you have to understand, if you agree to this, you have to be prepared to leave with us right now."

    Red Army superstar Ilya Rozanov defects from the Soviet Union. A Cold War-era hockey AU

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    01 Jan 2026