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    In the meanwhile, his fascination with Shane Hollander hasn’t waned. If anything, it’s stronger—the first thought he has when he signs his contract is that it will be much easier to orchestrate meeting him now that he’s a model, as well. The very thought makes his chest clench in excitement.

    The folder on his phone of Shane’s pictures grows steadily, so much so he starts to become a little concerned with himself, but he brushes it off. His obsessions were rarely harmful. Just… intense. Something about Shane Hollander intrigues him, and each time he learns more about him or finds a picture he hasn’t seen before it’s like a hit off a cigarette.

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    04 Jul 2026

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    His mother told him the story every so often; a ten-year-old Shane in Loblaws staring up at the endless supply of colorful cereals, stuck between one with white marshmallows and another with honey-granola oats; a too-tall shadow with a deep Russian voice asking which was better; he handed Shane the one with granola then turned to Yuna; “You give, or I take." 

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    04 Jul 2026

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    “—okay, that’s unusual,” the first commentator’s voice is saying over the footage. “Hm. Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that, thanks to some last-minute additions to the broadcast, we’ll be able to get an audio feed straight from the arena today!” 

    Ilya frowns. Who the fuck was stupid enough to get mic’d for this fucking game? Some idiot rookie from Toronto, probably. They really don’t teach kids how to handle anything these days. 

    “That’s right!” The second announcer pipes up with an annoyingly fake cheery voice. Ilya immediately wants to send a puck straight into his windpipe. “We just got confirmation that Captain Shane Hollander himself will be wearing a microphone during tonight’s game.” 

    Ilya sits up and spins to face the TV screen fast enough to give a lesser man whiplash.

    Shane doesn’t get injured when Ilya comes back from Russia in 2017, so Ilya follows through on his plan to end things between them. A year later, despite being miserable, he still believes he did the right thing for both of them.
    Except the Voyageurs have been acting weird around Hollander lately. And wait, what do you mean he’s mic’d for this game?

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    02 Jul 2026

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    Everyone knew that love could heal. With just a kiss to the cheek or forehead, it could heal papercuts and little scrapes. And there were rules, of course. It could only be healed by a kiss, the press of lips to skin of the injured person. The more kisses shared between two people, the more potent the magic became. The love had to be mutual and genuine. The intensity of love altered what one was capable of healing. Stronger love could heal wounds that were deeper, concussions and diseases and gashes large enough to need stitches. Nothing much bigger, though.

    Unless you were soulmates.

    Soulmates were supposed to create such a bond that they could heal anything that afflicted their soulmate. The love between soulmates still had to be there, but the magic was more potent. The stronger the bond between soulmates, the more they could heal. There were even a handful of cases where a person had brought their soulmate back from the dead. A love so pure, so strong, so genuine, that it reached beyond death, that it pushed air into lungs and restarted a heart. All healed with a true love’s kiss.

    These were just stories, though. And, besides, soulmates didn’t exist anymore.

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    Their first vacation at the cottage is going perfectly. They're official boyfriends, they've told each other they love one another. Ilya doesn't think he's ever been this happy in his life. He's never been so close to happily ever after.

    Then, he convinces Shane to try his favorite fruit, and Ilya is swiftly reminded of why exactly he doesn't get happily ever afters.

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