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    He shouldn’t look.

    He knows he shouldn’t look.

    But his thumb moves anyway, like it’s not entirely under his control.

    Unknown number (1):

    Hi Jane, welcome to the WAG’s chat, we’ve heard that you and Cap have been dating for a while. So we thought that you should be added too!

    And then, his world collapses two minutes before the game.

    Or:

    Shane Hollander is not a girl.
    He is not Ilya Rozanov’s girlfriend.
    And he is definitely not supposed to be in the Boston WAG group chat.
    Unfortunately, none of that stops anyone else from believing he is.

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    26 Sep 2026

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    “You are in bathroom now having panic attack, calling your boyfriend because you just told journalist you are gay?”
    “Fuck you, Ilya,” Shane scoffed.
    “I am just making sure I understand the situation. Okay, okay, you just go out and say you misspoke. You meant to say that you are… gray.”
    “I’m not a fucking paint sample.”
    “Maybe you said that you pray?”
    “I definitely did not say I pray. Also, I’m not religious.”
    “You're not?”
    “Ilya, can you fucking focus?”

    ****
    When Yuna books Shane a sit-down interview with GQ, she has no idea she's about to derail the carefully laid ten-year plan Shane and his secret boyfriend had only just begun to build. Shane never realized how exhausting the secret had become until it slipped out. Suddenly, telling the truth felt just a little more bearable than forcing himself back into hiding.

    This is a story about bravery. About being scared and doing it anyway. About being too exhausted to keep lying. About deciding which truths are finally safe to share, and which must still be protected while real danger remains.

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    26 Sep 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 68

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    The Purge AU.
    In this universe, Shane and Ilya never fell in love, they just kept hating each other.

    So when Montreal is sent to Boston for a game on the day of the Purge, Shane already knows Rozanov will find a way to make a bad situation even worse. The league swears they’ll be back inside their secured hotel long before 7 PM. The schedule is safe, the route is protected, everything has been planned.

    Then Shane and Ilya start a fight on the ice.

    One possible concussion, one injured hand, and two fighting penalties later, they’re still arguing in the arena’s medical room while everyone else is rushing to leave. A car is supposed to come for them.

    But the arena is getting quieter, the clock is getting closer to 7 PM, and the car still isn’t there.

    “Why is the final horn going off again?”

    Ilya didn’t answer. He stood across from Shane with his head tilted slightly, listening. Then he looked past Shane at the clock before slowly meeting his eyes again.

    “That’s not the final horn.”

    (the first five chapters are part one and can be read as a separate complete story)

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    26 Sep 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 55

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    The sparks from his gem slow his racing thoughts as he opens the box. His breath catches. Inside is a soul gem, the biggest one he’s ever seen. It’s a simple gold band, but the gem is the ring, leaving no filler. Unlike Shane’s metal gold the soul gem gold looks like the sun itself spun into a single ring. It’s the biggest brightest soul he’s ever seen.

    Mine. Shane thinks instinctively.

    (or in a world where everyone has a gem that is the physical representation of their soul Shane finds out Ilya has been suppressing his and comes to the only logical conclusion: he has to steal Ilya's soul.)

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    25 Sep 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 44

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    Ilya Rozanov moves in next door to Shane Hollander when they're five years old. Ilya doesn't speak English and Shane doesn't speak at all. They become best friends, and eventually, the two best hockey players in the world. The world is constantly baffled by their friendship and their private life. To understand it, you have to start their story from the beginning.

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    24 Sep 2026