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    Ilya Rozanov measures a lot of his relationship with Shane through touch. As the years pass and their relationship changes, Ilya craves that touch more and more.

    Read to find out how their relationship changes through touch.

    Or, an exploration of Ilya Rozanov and physical touch.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    "No m'not," Shane said, somehow pressing his face even more into Ilya's body. "All I ever did was play hockey. Now, I don't know what I'm gonna do. I hope we have a baby soon."

    The car went quiet at that. When Shane looked up, Ilya was looking out the window, jaw set.

    "S' something wrong?" Shane asked. He ran his fingertips along the warm skin of Ilya's forearm.

    Ilya turned back to face him, expression softened. Whatever pensiveness had taken hold of him was gone.

    "No. Everything is perfect."

    After sixteen seasons of professional hockey, Shane Hollander retires from the NHL in the interest of starting a family with his loving husband. It's maybe a little earlier than he would've liked, but with his thirty-five year old knees beginning to protest, it makes sense.

    He's happy. He and Ilya have been working towards this for nearly a decade.

    He's also terrified, wondering if this is the biggest mistake of his life, and thinking that maybe he should take it all back. But mostly, he's happy.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    “Perfectly fine. I’ll be good as new in a couple of days.” 

    “Good.” A moment of quiet on the other line. Shane could hear Ilya breathing. 

    “I love you so much. You know this, yes?”

    “Of course I do. And I love you too. I’ll see you…” Shane had to consider when the next day they could visit would be.

    "When you see me," Ilya supplied.

    “I'll see you when I see you. Okay. Sure.”

    “Bye, Shane."

    “Bye.”

    The Boxing Day argument doesn't happen, Ilya doesn't seek professional help, and he and Shane keep pretending everything's fine. In the last few weeks of the season, Ilya reaches a breaking point. After saving his boyfriend's life, Shane is forced to grapple with the broken pieces, figure out what went wrong, and try to slot everything back together again.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    Shane survives the world’s worst flu and thinks the nightmare is over.
    It is not.

    Because now Ilya is sick.
    And Ilya is stubborn, delirious, chaotic, and apparently capable of flirting with household lamps.

    Shane promised he would take care of him.
    He just did not realise it would involve grocery store emergencies, Russian melodrama, world's worst meals, and a fever so high it nearly stops his heart.

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    29 Jun 2026

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    “Papa, what’s your job?”

    Ilya opens his mouth. Closes it. He looks at Shane, who is suddenly very interested in his coffee.

    “My job,” Ilya says slowly, “is to take care of you.”

    “That’s not a job,” Wyatt says matter-of-factly. “That’s just being a papa.”

    “Yes,” Ilya agrees. “It is.”

    In September 2030, Ilya Rozanov is newly retired, newly restless, and learning the hard way that staying home with their three-year-old son is more exhausting than any playoff run. Shane Hollander is back on the ice, chasing another season while missing things he can’t get back.

    After more than a decade together, Ilya and Shane must relearn the hows of their relationship—what comes after happily ever after.

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