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    The first sound Ilya hears is a thin, discordant symphony of beeps and whirs. Something vibrating. 

    The next thing he hears is…wet. A sort of shaking, gargling sound, that feels like the ugliest crying he’s ever heard. And through it, Shane’s voice. 

    “I’m with him now, mom. He’s— he’s not fine. He’s not. I know—”

    Ilya wants to ask who's not fine, but he can’t feel his own body, his mouth, enough to ask.

    “Yeah,” Shane is saying, only slightly calmer. “I know. He wasn’t breathing—"

    Ilya knows there's a link, between the clinical musicality of medical settings, Shane’s audible, awful distress, and his own physical incapacity. It’s just, it’s so tenuous, and the air around him is so thick, so heavy. It would be easy, to sleep, a little. 

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    Footage of the last game between Ottawa and Montreal is everywhere; it’s breached containment from the sports world, and now it seems like everyone is baying for Montreal’s blood. Except, Ilya is oblivious. Not exactly blissfully so, but as the fight for accountability within the league rages on without him, Ilya just wants someone, anyone, to tell him what happened.

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    Shane Hollander has a laundry list of problems at any given time, and being a vampire (while keeping it a secret) is pretty consistently at the top of the list.

    His top problem right now, though? How much he really wants to sink his teeth into Ilya Rozanov, in every possible way.

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    One side of his brain is going: this is insane, don't do this, just stay in this room, what can he do? Whether you like it or not, he's hurt you, and chances are you've hurt him too, because you can't read a situation for shit, so what are we trying to do here? Get some fucking sleep instead.

    The other side of his brain is going: He's hurt you, and you've probably hurt him too, and what if this is your only chance to talk about it? What if Paris makes the difference?

    Five months after Sochi, Shane's set to play a charity hockey game in Paris. So is Ilya.

    They run into each other in the lobby of their hotel the night before. Twelve hours stretch out in front of them, and Ilya suggests something different: no phones, no expectations, no past, no hockey. Just the city, and whatever they can be when nobody else is watching.

    It's obviously a terrible idea, but Shane says yes, anyway.

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    @Wadjilicious gave the prompt: Montreal Club AU Fix It.
    I heard: All the things they (never) said but make it worse. Alternate ending to Ep 4 and the missing scene in room 1217 in Tampa Bay
    AKA "I ordered a beer and all I got was the crushing realization I might be gay"

    Smutbrix to the face.
    We're crying, we're smutty, we're crying while we're smutty. Enjoy. Happy Ending Guaranteed.

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    Harris is unhappy with Shane's Instagram, and a quick perusal through Ilya's phone for photographs leaves Shane reeling. Is Ilya's mental health worse than Shane had known?

    Aka Super Anxious/Regular Gay Shane Hollander snoops, then catastrophizes.

    Come for the heartbreak, stay for the spice. Includes hot smut and happy ending. Also includes references to and spoilers for Play Hard, but could also be read alone. Spoilers for TLG.

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