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    Ottawa face Montreal away from home ice, and for the first time in eleven years, Shane Hollander is not in red and blue.

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    Ilya watches Shane battle his old teammates and fails to stay calm about it.

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    Cliff was only aiming to push the guy off the puck, maybe disrupt his stride long enough to give Rozanov time to catch up, but Hollander wasn’t expecting the hit, and it caught him at an awkward angle, knocking one of his legs out from under him.

    Cliff watched as he slid uncontrolled, his momentum carrying him into the boards ahead of them at full speed. His shoulder hit first, but then Cliff heard his helmet hit the boards with a deafening crack.

    For a moment, the arena was deathly silent, as though the whole crowd was holding its breath. Cliff dropped to a crouch above Hollander’s body, still splayed out on the ice. There was blood streaming out of his nose. He wasn’t moving.

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    When the ref finally manages to get Rozanov to the bench after repeatedly warning him, Hayden sees it.

    The look on Rozanov’s face.

    Hayden knows that look because he’s seen it on his own face, when he was suddenly kicked out of the operating room shortly after the twins were born, when something had gone very wrong with Jackie.

    That’s the face that says someone I love, no, someone I’m in love with is hurting and I can’t do a single thing to help.

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    How Hayden realized Ilya and Shane were dating (or well, not technically dating.) Set post Shane’s injury on the ice.

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    [excerpt]
    "So, you have concussion?" he asked, hating his broken English. But his throat was tight, choking him, and his head was a mess. The less he spoke, the better, or else he might actually cry.

    "Yeah. I blacked out a couple of times, I guess. I don't remember the game." Shane let out a derisive laugh and Ilya didn't like the sheen of tears in his eyes. "I don't even remember my own team right now. Post-traumatic amnesia."

    Ilya's heart stopped.

    Amnesia?

    "So you do not…" Remember me? Ilya wanted to ask, but he couldn't voice the words. Not with his throat constricted. Not when his heart raced. Everything faded away as white noise filled his head. Tears stung his eyes and his nose burned for some reason.

    Shane didn't remember him.

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    Shane Hollander was taken off the ice, drifting in and out of consciousness, and Ilya can’t get the image out of his mind.

    (Or— following Ilya’s sleepless night after Shane’s injury and the day following.)

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