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    When Shane Hollander’s daughter makes a sign letting Ilya Rozanov know he’s single and interested, chaos, and perhaps the best time of his life, will ensue.

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    19 Jun 2026

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    “Is very far from entrance to house,” Ilya said, brushing lightly past Shane to assess the space.

    “That’s a new one,” Shane noted, his eyes narrowing. “No problem. If we have to keep looking, I’ll keep that in mind. Any reason why? Sore after the games, or…?”

    “No.” Ilya shook his head, his gaze trailing over Shane from head to toe before drifting slowly back up and settling on the wide set of his cupid’s bow. “I just do not need guests to see whole house before I get them into bed.”

    OR: Ilya doesn’t want a new home, but he definitely wants his real estate agent.

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    18 Jun 2026

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    “Oh fuck,” Hayden cursed, looking at the mess within the case. Most of the clothes weren’t folded nicely, just flung inside, and it looked like a mess. “What the hell?” Hayden reached in and picked up a floral shirt, frowning at it. It didn’t look like one of Shane’s. Shane was not a floral shirt kind of guy.

    Unable to stop himself, Hayden started to pick up and fold some of the clothes within, absolutely certain by now that this wasn’t Shane’s case. He wasn’t sure if it belonged to someone else on the team or if there had been a mix up at the airport or what, but he knew Shane was going to be pissed when he found out. When the top layer of clothes were out of the way, everything suddenly became horrifyingly clear. Yellow text on black fabric that Hayden would know anywhere, that left little doubt in Hayden’s mind who this suitcase belonged to.

    “Holy shit.”

    *****

    When his best friend Shane is injured on the ice, Hayden jumps into action to support him.

    When he's asked to fetch some of Shane's things to bring to the hospital, he agrees easily.

    What he doesn't expect is to find out some startling truths...

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    18 Jun 2026

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    Thank you for being parents to me today. Was nice to not feel scared and alone. Love being part of Hollander family. ❤️

    “My god, even I never get a heart emoji from you,” Shane laughed, handing the phone back to Ilya, who quickly sent the message. “It must be love.”

    “It is,” Ilya said as his phone pinged again, a message from Yuna lighting up the screen.

    And we love you, Ilya. We're here for you and Shane, always. Thank you for letting us take care of you. ❤️

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    Life for Ilya Rozanov hasn’t always been easy.

    It's a good thing that Shane, Yuna and David have decided he’s theirs now.

    A series of firsts with Ilya's chosen family.
     

    Or: the found family fic where Ilya finally gets the love he deserves.

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    18 Jun 2026

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    Ilya let out a quiet laugh, shaking his head. “I want to be perfect for you, Shane. To make up for all the time we lost.”

    “I don’t want perfect,” Shane said quietly, stroking Ilya’s cheek. “I want something real. Something that we fight to make work, because we want it so much. Because being together is so much fucking better than being without each other.”

    ***

    Ten years ago, Shane and Ilya loved each other in secret and let each other go anyway.

    Now Shane, captain of the Ottawa Centaurs, is a single dad to four-year-old Ollie, and good at pretending he doesn’t think about the man he lost when they were younger and terrified of the fallout of being caught. Then one chance meeting turns into drinks, lingering looks, old feelings, and suddenly Ilya Rozanov is everywhere again.

    Some things, it turns out, never really leave you.

    As Shane and Ilya fall back into each other’s lives - and into something softer, steadier, and openly theirs this time — they realise maybe they’re finally ready for the life they used to dream about.

    Or: two hockey players who were each other’s first love reconnect ten years later and slowly build the family they always wanted.

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    18 Jun 2026