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    In 2003, Shane Hollander is assigned a PenPal, and gains a friend. A friend who smokes, calls him boring, and gives him ridiculous nicknames.

    Across the world, Ilya Rozanov practices his English with a curious Canadian boy whose name he can't fucking remember.

    Or, before they were Canada's Shane Hollander and Russia's Ilya Rozanov, they were Cat and Elijah. Shane has no reason to suspect his childhood PenPal is his hockey rival, and Ilya has never even considered that the man he's falling for is also the boy he already fell in love with through letters and postcards.

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    “Go get laid, dude.” Hayden had snickered at him while they sat at the bar in the Hotel. The others had laughed at the innocent joke while Shane's face felt like it would explode any second.

    And maybe it wouldn’t hurt to have someone to talk to about something else for once. Maybe his obsession with hockey wasn't that healthy after all.

    So Shane did the one thing that made the most sense: downloading the first “dating app” that popped up in the App Store to try to meet new people. Preferably people who don’t know who he is.

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    Shane downloads a dating app and out of every possible person, he matches with none other than Ilya Rozanov.
    But neither know who the other person is

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    Frances Houseman always wanted to change the world.

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    Did I hear her call you Franny?” Johnny’s voice was deep and smooth, tinged in a hint of humor he didn't let loose too often.

    Baby blushed down to her toes. “Unfortunately. Don’t make a habit of it.”

    (Snapshots from 1964, 1971, and 1973)

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    ‘You could come out,’ Shane said eagerly.

    ‘What?’

    ‘Come out, you know, tell everyone that you’re in a relationship with a man. Then you wouldn’t be able to go back to Russia, and your family would leave you alone.’ It was perfect.

    But Rozanov was shaking his head. ‘Risk is too big,’ he said. ‘Without Raiders contract, my visa will change, maybe I do not even get to stay in America. If I burn bridges with Russia, could be very bad.’

    ‘Oh.’ Shane thought for a minute. ‘What about Canadian residency? Then you’d get healthcare and be able to play for any of the leagues, or do something else entirely if you need to.’

    Rozanov looked confused. ‘I would have to play for Canadian team, maybe, to get Canadian citizenship, live in Canada, I don’t know how many years would take. Would be dream only.’

    Shane was terrified and excited at the same time as the rest of the idea fell into place in his mind. ‘What if we got married?’ he asked, stomach fluttering. ‘You’d get a Canadian passport, you’d be safe, no matter what happens.’

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