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    Once, Ilya had watched a video of a woman who was taking her dog out on one final adventure. Her dog was very old, and sick, and she wanted to let him have the best day ever before she took him to the vet to say goodbye. They went to the beach, and had ice cream, and a steak dinner, and visited his favourite dog park, and by the end of the video Ilya had been an inconsolable mess. It was devastating.

    Today, he felt like that dog.

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    or, author had a weird few days, wrote this instead of the chapter it was supposed to be, and now it's being posted because why not.

    BEFORE READING THIS FIC: this is technically an alternative to chapter 4 of the other fic in this collection called "something has to change"

    Could this be read as a standalone? Maybe, but I don't recommend it. There is context for certain things (like the team knowing Shane & Ilya are together) that only make sense if you've read "something has to change". And this is bordering on a crack fic anyways. SHTC is story I love dearly and is probably (definitely) a better read than this lol. But if you're just here to watch Ilya freak out and think that Shane is going to dump him just to get proposed to instead, welcome, enjoy :)

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    07 Jul 2026

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    [Ilya Rozanov yawns and stretches shirtless in his kitchen. Pajama pants hang low on his waist, and his hair is rumpled from sleep. He smiles and waves at the camera, and when he comes closer, he leans down so his face is level with the camera, his eyes bright even though he’s obviously tired.]

    Ilya: Good morning! It is ass o’clock, and I hate that I am awake, but today you are going to spend the day with me and my boyfriend. And I know what you are thinking, ‘what man could possibly be worthy of you, Ilya?’ and I get it. I ask myself this every day, but my boyfriend is very wonderful, even if he is much, much less famous than me and not nearly as good at hockey, and I think it’s about time you all get to know him. So, yay boyfriend reveal! And now I’m going to make him his disgusting breakfast smoothie, and then bring you along for our day together because my friend Harris Drover says I need more content on the internet, and what better way to do that than to tell you I’m bi, and that I have a boyfriend, and show you how disgustingly in love we are?

    [Ilya straightens so that his bare torso is the only thing in the frame, his abs flexing as he reaches over to turn on the blender.]

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    07 Jul 2026

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    Shane Hollander does not leave outcomes to chance. When traditional dating fails to produce the stability he wants, he turns to a private matchmaker who promises something more deliberate: one match, one meeting, one decision.

    Ilya Rozanov never planned to get married. But when his carefully controlled life starts to unravel, marriage becomes the simplest solution.

    Neither of them is looking for love. What they agree to is a calculated partnership, built on alignment, not emotion.

    It should be straightforward.

    It is not.

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    05 Jul 2026

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    Shane Hollander is a UFA on July 1, 2019 at 12pm Eastern. An Unrestricted Free Agent, or UFA for short, is a player of a certain tenure whose contract has ended and can sign with any team of their choosing. If it were anyone else, a player walking to his UFA day would strike fear into the fans and managers hearts. They could lose a player for nothing.

    On the morning of July 1, 2019, with Shane Hollander set to test free agency, the Montreal Metros and their fanbase aren't worried. It's well documented that Shane Hollander has always held out for the best deal, and being a free agent is his leverage. Everyone knows that he’ll sign another deal with the Metros.

    But maybe everyone is wrong.

    (Alternatively: the one where Shane Hollander finds out ahead of schedule that Ilya Rozanov is lonely.)

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    04 Jul 2026

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    In over five years in the MHL, Shane Hollander famously never started a fight. Widely regarded as hockey’s Golden Boy, the Canadian barely even chirped his opponents.

    Which is why the commentators go silent as the camera zooms in and catches the Guardian’s player saying something with a disgusted face and then spitting on the Metros’ captain, and Shane Hollander, for the first time on camera, dropping his gloves.

    (basically just a bit of "Shane Hollander knows how to fight", because that man breathes hockey, there is no way he wouldn't have been prepared on how to fight, he simply normally choses not to)

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    03 Jul 2026